Sarah is a Principal Consultant at The Harriet Collington Foundation and leads its work on research, engagement and advocacy to facilitate the development and funding of blended finance impact investment vehicles. Sarah is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics’ Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.
Sarah is a non-executive director of Social Finance, an advisor to the Big Issue Group, a member of the Leadership Council at Snowball Investment Management, and a speaker for Speakers for Schools. She is a regular speaker at events and roundtables with investors and policy-makers, run by the Financial Times, the Economist, ESG Investor, government departments, political parties and others.
Sarah served as the founding chief executive of the Impact Investing Institute where she established and advanced its mission to make capital markets fairer and work better for people and the planet. Previously, Sarah was a journalist at the Financial Times for nearly 20 years, where she led the paper’s corporate coverage during the financial crisis and later became the FT’s Business Editor.
Early in her career Sarah worked in fund management in the UK and the US, and at the UN Conference for Trade and Development in Geneva. Sarah read English Literature at Clare College, Cambridge and was later awarded an MPhil in Latin American Politics and Economics from St Anthony’s College, Oxford.
Sarah has spent the latter part of her career building bridges between different parts of the investment chain, helping institutional and social investors, policy makers, and regulators work together more effectively in order to deliver positive outcomes for society and the environment. Her work is aligned with Collington Capital’s mission to bridge the gaps between participants in the impact investment chain, driven by the urgent need to transform the financial system to reflect a growing movement from shareholder to stakeholder capitalism.
