Sir Ronald Cohen - "Challenges and opportunities in social investing"

Sir Ronald Cohen previously on DeansTalk: Mar 2, 2009,  Aug 2, 2011,  Dec 1, 2011

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Video uploaded on Oct 19, 2012. Sir Ronald Cohen, chairman of Big Society Capital, speaks with McKinsey's Ian Davis about the opportunities and challenges of financing social investments and the parallels he sees between these activities and the rise of the venture-capital industry.

 

Q. Should private investors be paid a financial return for backing policies that promote good social policy?

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A cofounder and former chairman of Apax Partners, Sir Ronald Cohen pioneered the British venture-capital industry. Over the past decade, he has also stood at the vanguard of social investing. When Britain established its first social-investment bank, Big Society Capital, in 2011, Sir Ronald was named its chairman. In a conversation with Ian Davis, McKinsey’s former managing director and a board member of the bank, he describes the opportunities and challenges of financing social investments and the parallels he sees between these activities and the rise of the venture-capital industry.

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