About the event

At the Impact Investing Summit, the Scottish National Investment Bank, The Times & The Sunday Times Scotland brought together leaders of ‘impact’ businesses, who have received impact focused investment alongside investors who are developing and shaping how this innovative approach to finance works in practice, including from one of its earliest founders and thought leaders.

The Summit looked at

• How making impact investments differs from traditional investing
• How impact investing goes beyond, and is different from, Environmental, Social and Governance-based investing (ESG)
• How the regulator is defining ‘impact’ so that businesses, investors and consumers are all speaking the same language
• How to attract ‘impact’ capital into your business
• How impact investing is already making a difference across Scotland

“The Bank is keen to play a central role in bringing together and broadening the impact investment community in Scotland.”
Willie Watt
Chairman, Scottish National Investment Bank
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"Unlocking the potential of impact investing in Scotland" report
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Gillian Bowditch, Journalist at Sunday Times Scotland, Andrew Bissell, Co-Founder and CEO at Sunamp Ltd, Gavin Rodgers, CEO at Lothian Broadband and Simon Forrest, CEO at Nova Innovation
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The Impact Investing Summit
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Sarah Roughead, interim CEO at the Scottish National Investment Bank
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Greig Cameron, Scottish Business Editor at The Times, Michael Tefula, Head of Finance at CIRCA5000, David Mowat, Partner at Circularity Capital, Alexis Crusey, Vice President at Campbell Lyons and Sarah Norris, Investment Director at abrdn
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Sally Magnusson, Broadcaster and Writer and Willie Watt, Chair at the Scottish National Investment Bank
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Gavin Rodgers, CEO at Lothian Broadband and Simon Forrest, CEO at Nova Innovation
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Michele Giddens, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Bridges Fund Management
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Greig Cameron, Scottish Business Editor at The Times and Michael Tefula, Head of Finance at CIRCA5000

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