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Marina Blinova

Chief Operating Officer, Collington Capital

Marina is the Chief Operating Officer of Collington Capital. After graduating with Honours in Jurisprudence at the Institute of International Trade and Law, Marina joined White & Case in 2003. Having specialised in corporate and commercial law, Marina transitioned to work in-house as legal adviser to a large publicly listed company.

Later, Marina helped to set up, and manage, the operations of a substantial family office in London. In this role she oversaw global private wealth management for the family’s portfolios in several jurisdictions and acted as a professional advisor on various legal matters and financial transactions.

Marina also served as Legal Counsel to the Board of Directors at a UK-based engineering company focusing on corporate law and corporate governance matters. Marina specialised in investments and securities for her Master’s in Finance awarded from the London Business School. 

Olivia Dickson

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

Olivia’s background is in financial services and social impact. She was a Managing Director at JP Morgan and financial services NED including for Virgin Money, Investec, Aon, Canada Life and Royal London. Olivia is a Board member of the Impact Investing Institute.

Julia Grant

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

Julia has extensive experience in social impact investing. She was chief executive of Pro Bono Economics, Impetus, the National Gardens Scheme and Surrey Community Action. Julia also worked in rural Zambia with women’s groups and has advised on social investment globally.

Kiron Bose

Founder Partner, Collington Capital

Kiron has expertise in capital markets, fund management and entrepreneurship particularly in Asia and emerging and frontier markets. He worked at Goldman Sachs in London and Hong Kong, raised capital from investors globally, managed investment funds and co-founded a business in Southeast Asia.

Marina Blinova

Chief Operating Officer, Collington Capital

Marina is an experienced legal counsel with deep knowledge of securities and investments and experience of wealth management. Previously Marina led oversight of the investments of a substantial family office. Marina now specialises in UK financial services corporate governance, risk management and regulatory compliance.

Sarah Gordon

Principal Consultant, 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.

Deborah Drake

Senior Advisor, Collington Capital

Deborah has expertise in microfinance and impact investing in developing markets notably in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. She was a Vice President of Investor Engagement and Research at Accion’s Center for Financial Inclusion and is a Director of Accion’s Financial Inclusion Equity Council.

Tanya Ghuman

Investment Associate, Collington Capital

Imogen Box

Investment Associate, Collington Capital

Oliver Dickson

Investment Associate, Collington Capital

James Simpson

Investment Associate, Collington Capital