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 Advisory Board of Bankers for Net Zero, and a Commissioner on the RSA/East Midlands Combined Authority Inclusive Growth Commission. She is a regular speaker at events and roundtables with investors and policymakers, run by the Financial Times, the Economist, ESG Investor, government departments, political parties amongst 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 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.
