Alice Metcalf is a Managing Consultant at Spring Impact, where she leads complex, multi-stakeholder projects to help mission-driven organisations design strategies that achieve impact at scale.

Since joining Spring Impact in 2019, Alice has delivered expert consultancy to over 30 non-profits and social enterprises across Europe, Africa, and Asia. She specialises in developing ambitious scale strategies, leveraging Lean Innovation methodologies to test, learn, and de-risk approaches. While her experience spans diverse geographies and sectors, Alice has particular expertise in working within Sub-Saharan Africa.

In addition to her consulting work, Alice leads Spring Impact’s research and insights function. She spearheaded the creation of the landmark ‘Who Pays for Scale’ study and continues to generate and share practical insights on what it takes to achieve sustainable impact at scale.

Recent projects include:

• Supporting Future Eve Foundation, an Egyptian non-profit to develop a strategy for scaling its microfinance programme for widows across other Arab nations.
  
• Helping MOSAIC, a South African non-profit expand free court support services for survivors of intimate partner and domestic violence, enabling better navigation of the justice system.
  
• Working with Bite Back, a UK charity to scale a youth activist movement challenging the UK food system.
  
• Embedding Lean testing and learning principles within Grow Great, a South African non-profit focused on eradicating childhood stunting.
  

Prior to joining Spring Impact, Alice worked at the International Secretariat of Penny Appeal, a global poverty relief organisation operating across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. There, she supported international offices in implementing the charity’s global strategy and facilitated its expansion efforts.

Alice holds a BA in Geography and History and an MA in Global Urban Justice from the University of Leeds.