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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, until recently, 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. She read mathematics at St Hilda’s College, Oxford and was later awarded an MSc from the London Business School.


Motivation

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 skills and experience and her networks, 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 of 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.

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 former member of the Investment Committee of the FCDO and 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 global markets for over 25 years, advising governments and corporations, managing assets and raising capital.

Marina Blinova

Chief Operating Officer, Collington Capital

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.

Imogen Box

Investment Associate, Collington Capital

Oliver Dickson

Investment Associate, Collington Capital

James Simpson

Investment Associate, Collington Capital