About me
Karl is the co-founder of EngagedX, which specialises in providing bespoke consultancy, thought leadership, advocacy and policy work. He works internationally across private, public and social sectors. He is an experienced entrepreneur, leader and executive.
He was recently Head of Research and Knowledge for the UNDP SDG Impact Finance initiative (UNSIF), where he led research to improve the analytical framework for social impact investing; was a member of Groupe d’Experts de la Commission sur l’Entrepreneuriat Social (GECES) appointed by the European Commission to advise on its Social Business Initiative; sits on the OECD expert group on social impact investing; Senior Fellow of the Finance Innovation Lab; Adviser to a select number of organisations.
Karl has been invited by civil society organisations, academia, governments and the media across Europe, Asia and USA to speak on social impact investing. He has guest lectured at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; advised HM Treasury on EU social investment regulations; was invited to submit evidence for alternative finance to the UK’s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards; been asked by the UK Cabinet Office to represent the UK on social investment at EU level; was invited by US Secretary of State to be a plenary panelist at the Global Impact Economy Forum in 2012.
In 2011, he co-authored ‘Making Good in Social Impact Investment: Opportunities in an Emerging Asset Class’.
Karl holds an MBA specialising in entrepreneurship and project management, writing his dissertation on data interoperability standards and collaboration principles in the building design industry. He started his career as an architect and project manager for multidisciplinary design teams, and development leader for public and private sector construction projects. Karl was the founding Chair of Friends of the Crystal Palace Subway, which is a community-led initiative to reopen a historic community asset to the public.
Advertisements
RSS Feed to this Blog
Twitter @karlhrichter
- RT @Lewwwk: Increasingly interested in seeing how ‘impact-weighted’ accounts start to take shape in 2019. Watching Sir Ronald Cohen, @KateR… ... 16 hours ago
- RT @giuliopasi: Thank you @KarlHRichter! You are there, in the first pages of acknowledgement! But more important: you are in section on fu… ... 2 days ago
- Congratulations on producing an excellent compendium and roadmap for #ImpInv & #SocInn in #EU! twitter.com/Gianlucamisu/s… ... 2 days ago
- @ItaSIF @fbicciato1 @SriEvent @FondCariplo @MedmuseLieve @AKrzyzanowska @FondSodalitas @Eurosif @forumterzosett… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 2 weeks ago
- RT @ItaSIF: #SRIstudy2018 launch | La ricetta di @KarlHRichter per lo sviluppo della finanza sociale: 1) minimizzare i #rischi 2) massimizz… ... 2 weeks ago
- RT @Suitpossum: Bitcoin is a token system, but is it a money system? I was interviewed about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in… ... 3 weeks ago
- Congratulations to @ixoworld for winning Best Innovation category at the Sustainable Investment Awards in London ye… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 3 weeks ago
- RT @Suitpossum: For those trying to understand the implications of 'cashless society': The battle is not "cash vs. card" or "cash vs. pin"… ... 3 weeks ago
- What is a market-rate of return on our data? Don’t think of #data like oil - but like #money. Then expect more from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 3 weeks ago
- RT @James_Vaccaro: The new @UN’s Principles for Responsible Banking: best chance we have to accelerate alignment of global banking sector’s… ... 3 weeks ago
Osborne’s 2013 Budget for the UK – giving love a chance?
A committed fiscal conservative like UK Chancellor George Osborne was never going to deviate from Government’s hard-wired policy of austerity. Nobody really expected a change of course in his 2013 Budget, not even after his recent humiliation by Moody’s downgrade … Continue reading →