3: Sarah Gordon, CEO, Impact Investing Institute
Money Maze Podcast
Money Maze Podcast
4.8 • 216 Ratings
🗓️ 14 May 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Our conversation begins with a glimpse of Sarah’s inspiring journey from finance, to journalism and now to the critical world of impact investing.
Sarah talks about the 18 years spent at the FT where she ran the FT’s corporate coverage during the financial crisis and her ascent to become the FT’s business editor.
She describes her motivation and the challenges involved with her new role as CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, and her passion about impact investing and its immediate relevance. She speaks frankly about the need for an intelligent and reasoned approach to the ESG debate and provides some invaluable advice for corporations wishing to improve their governance and operate more effectively. She also offers equally important advice for young people thinking about their careers and some additional invaluable insights.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Money Maze podcast. I'm Simon Brewer, and we've created this show to explore and unravel some of the mysteries surrounding the investment business. |
| 0:19.3 | And we hope through direct and insightful interviews with |
| 0:22.3 | masters of the real-life money maze, we're going to learn about different approaches to |
| 0:27.5 | allocating capital, making investment and business decisions, and navigating the pitfalls that line |
| 0:34.2 | the paths to prosperity. Whether you're a current or aspiring investor or a student |
| 0:39.3 | exploring career options, we hope you gain some helpful insights and enjoy the shows. Thank you for |
| 0:45.6 | listening. So my guest today spent 18 years at the Financial Times, where she ran the paper's |
| 0:53.8 | corporate coverage during the |
| 0:54.9 | financial crisis and rose to become the FTs business editor. Before joining the FT, she worked |
| 0:59.9 | in emerging market fund management, Citigroup and foreign and colonial, and started her career |
| 1:04.9 | working for the UN Trade and Development Debt Management Program in Geneva. She has a BA honors |
| 1:09.9 | in English literature from Cambridge |
| 1:11.5 | and a master's degree in Latin American politics and economics from Oxford. She was a panel |
| 1:17.1 | member of the recent inquiry into the future of civil society and is a trustee of one of the |
| 1:22.4 | UK's largest volunteering charities, as well as a visiting professor at King's College London. |
| 1:28.7 | She's recently become the chief executive officer of the Impact Investing Institute. Sarah Gordon, welcome to the |
| 1:33.9 | Money Mays podcast. Thank you very much. Sarah, let's jump straight in. Tell me, what makes a successful |
| 1:40.0 | journalist in the world of finance? I think interest in the story is absolutely fundamental. |
| 1:46.4 | I mean, some of the things that happened when I was running the company's desk or indeed |
| 1:51.5 | writing at the FT, we had obviously the financial crisis, which was, I mean, it was awful. |
| 1:56.9 | The impact on people was absolutely terrible. But I have to be honest and tell you that as a story, it was the best story ever. |
| 2:04.7 | And I've never felt the FT felt absolutely central. |
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