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Olivia Dickson

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

Olivia is a Founder Partner of Collington Capital, a Board Member and Chair of the Finance, Risk and Audit Committee of the Impact Investing Institute, and a Trustee Director and Chair of the Governance and Nominations Committee of ShareAction.

Previously Olivia led the Impact Investing Institute’s work on impact management, measurement and reporting, and was a member of the G7 2021 Impact Taskforce and the 2017 Steering Group and then Taskforce on ‘Creating a Culture of Social Impact Investing in the UK’. 

In her early career, Olivia was a Managing Director of JP Morgan leading its European derivatives brokerage business. Later Olivia served as a non-executive Director and member or Chair of many Board Committees, including for Virgin Money, Investec, Aon, Canada Life, Royal London and the Financial Reporting Council.

Olivia also served as a member of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the Financial Services Authority and the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator. Olivia read mathematics at St Hilda’s College, Oxford and was later awarded an MSc from the London Business School.

The Harriet Collington Foundation, at the heart of Collington Capital, has been established to further the legacy of Olivia’s great grandmother Harriet Collington, her sister Catherine Arnott, and successive generations of Collington women who were pioneers in their respective fields

This line of Collington women continues with Olivia who brings her deep knowledge of financial services, her networks, her skills and experience, to address the specific problem of enabling impact-led enterprises to access impact capital and deliver a more socially equitable world.

In this way, Olivia continues the work begun by Harriet over 100 years ago and ensures that each generation of Collington women has found a way, in a manner appropriate to their time, to use their skills and experience for the benefit of wider society.

Olivia Dickson

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

A former managing director at JP Morgan, senior adviser to the Financial Services Authority and experienced financial services NED including for Virgin Money, Investec, Aon, Canada Life and Royal London. Olivia is a Board member of the Impact Investing Institute and ShareAction.

Julia Grant

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

A former chief executive of Pro Bono Economics, Impetus the Private Equity Foundation, the National Gardens Scheme and Surrey Community Action. Julia is a member of the Investment Committee of the FCDO and was a member of the Advisory Board of Big Society Capital.

Kiron Bose

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

A former investment banker with Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong and experienced investor in emerging and frontier markets. Kiron worked across Asian markets for more than 20 years, advising governments and corporations, managing assets and raising capital from investors globally.

Sarah Gordon

Principal Consultant, The Harriet Collington Foundation

Sarah is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute and a non-executive Director of Social Finance. Sarah was the founding chief executive of the Impact Investing Institute and was a journalist at the Financial Times for nearly 20 years including as Business Editor.