TEAM

Dr Narayan Gopalkrishnan is the Course Coordinator of the Bachelor of Social Work course and is a Fellow of the Cairns Institute at James Cook University, Australia. Narayan has worked for over thirty-five years in Australia and overseas in universities, NGOs and the private sector and has held senior leading roles in research and sector development. Narayan brings together his background in business and in community development to his work in Social Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprise. He has helped to establish a social enterprise network spanning eight countries in Southeast Asia and is the founding chair of the Social Enterprise Network for the Tropics.

Director of Social Enterprise Australasia, facilitating and strengthening the growth of social enterprise with a particular focus on the tropics. Currently involved in a team project developing a coherent, representative and ambitious growth strategy for social enterprise and impact-led business in Queensland. Crystal is committed to raising the profile of social entrepreneurs as innovators in business and impact. She is an experienced researcher, strategist, facilitator, project manager and academic.