About Elpis Impact
Expertise
Elpis Impact
Elpis means hope — chosen deliberately. Because we believe that how capital is deployed shapes the world we leave behind.
Elpis Impact is a strategic advisory firm for senior leaders in private companies who need more than generic ESG guidance. We deliver advice that's sharp, credible, and built around how consequential decisions are actually made — advice that stands up to scrutiny and drives real value creation.
Our edge
Since launching in March 2024, we've built an industry-leading position in responsible defence for private markets — a field where the stakes are high, the questions are complex, and rigorous counsel is rare. We bring deep, combined expertise across strategic consultancy, risk, defence, and investment that is genuinely hard to find in one place.
We work with clients across the full defence ecosystem — including AI and cyber — to define their risk appetite and build robust frameworks that enable confident investment decisions. The best decisions in defence aren't just smart. They're defensible.
Approach
Simon — Founder
Simon has spent 28 years as an executive-level sustainability leader across manufacturing, asset management, and consultancy. At EY and Baringa, he built sustainable business practices serving Financial Services and Private Markets clients — developing a commercial instinct for sustainable transformation that is the driving force behind Elpis Impact.
Dominic
Dominic's career tracks some of the most demanding environments in global business. A Chartered Accountant trained at KPMG, he has held senior sustainability and ethics roles in oil and gas and at Coca-Cola Enterprises, before becoming Global Head of Ethical Business at BAE Systems. There he chaired IFBEC and worked directly with the MoD, NATO, and defence sector primes on ethics initiatives that shaped industry standards.
Few people understand ethics, governance, and compliance risk in defence as deeply as Dominic does.
Client recommendation
Simon was a pleasure to work with, he brought a pragmatic, informed and commercial approach to thinking about sustainability related value creation. He rolled his sleeves up and worked as part of the team to deliver practical insights. He used his network to deliver both on the record and off the record insights that were particularly useful. I would highly recommend working with Elpis Impact.
Jen Braswell
Managing Director and Head of Impact, Private Capital
EQT Partners Limited
Achieve Your Business Goals with Elpis Impact
Strategy, roadmap and implementation
Strategy, roadmap and implementation
Strategy, roadmap and implementation
Strategy services bring clarity out of ambiguity, enabling senior business leaders to set and communicate tailored, commercially robust ambitions, internally and externally.
Regulatory frameworks
Strategy, roadmap and implementation
Strategy, roadmap and implementation
Supporting clients navigate the alphabet soup of sustainability regulations and standards to achieve compliance and deliver sustainability and commercial objectives. Frameworks include: SFDR, SDR, ISSB (SDS) CSRD, SBTi, TCFD etc
Programme Implementation
Strategy, roadmap and implementation
Delivering tailored programmes to enable sustainability transformation and build confidence at Exec level.
External Disclosure
Providing guidance, insight, drafting and review of sustainability disclosures and data to support external disclosures to assurance readiness standard.
Exit readiness
Board sustainability/ climate & ethics training
Supporting management teams identify, and deliver value adding ethical compliance and sustainable programmes and disclosures to support investor communication and value creation at exit.
Board sustainability/ climate & ethics training
Board sustainability/ climate & ethics training
Customised Executive level training/ briefings on Ethics/ sustainability/ climate regulations, sustainability data requirements and disclosure and assurance best practice.
About Us
Our Team
Simon Abrams
Simon Abrams
Our team consists of experienced consultants with diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise. We are passionate about helping businesses succeed and are committed to delivering exceptional service to our clients.
Simon Abrams
Simon Abrams
Simon Abrams
- With 28 years of experience as an executive-level sustainability leader, Simon has operated across manufacturing, asset management, and consultancy — with a career defined by building sustainable business practices that work commercially.
- At EY and Baringa, he established sustainable business practices serving Financial Services and Privat
- With 28 years of experience as an executive-level sustainability leader, Simon has operated across manufacturing, asset management, and consultancy — with a career defined by building sustainable business practices that work commercially.
- At EY and Baringa, he established sustainable business practices serving Financial Services and Private Markets clients. His expertise spans Consumer Goods, Telecommunications, Industrials, Environmental Technology, Real Estate, and Professional Services.
- That breadth of experience is the foundation of Elpis Impact — a firm built around a senior network of commercial professionals, united by a shared commitment to navigating complexity and creating sustainable growth that lasts.
Dominic Hall
Simon Abrams
Dominic Hall
- Formerly Global Head of Ethical Business at BAE Systems, Dominic has a deep understanding of ethics, governance and compliance risk in the Defence sector.
- Dominic also chaired IFBEC (International Forum for Business Ethical Conduct) – the ethics body for the Defence industry.
- He has worked closely with the MoD, NATO and Defence sector p
- Formerly Global Head of Ethical Business at BAE Systems, Dominic has a deep understanding of ethics, governance and compliance risk in the Defence sector.
- Dominic also chaired IFBEC (International Forum for Business Ethical Conduct) – the ethics body for the Defence industry.
- He has worked closely with the MoD, NATO and Defence sector primes on ethics and governance initiatives, including ethical principles for AI, and the NATO Building Integrity program.
Working collaboratively to support positive impact
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