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.
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- RT @karimharji: Day 3 of OIMP on Approaches to Impact Measurement - sessions on theory of change w/ @karimharji, gender inclusion w/ @peneh… ... 1 day ago
- RT @GreenSolitaire: Bloody hell, this is huge! London Stock Exchange has renamed ‘Oil & Gas’ as ‘non-renewables’ in their listings. Languag… ... 2 weeks ago
- Not for long - the internet of impact is coming... internetofimpact.org The first technical prototype just fini… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 2 weeks ago
- RT @JenOFee: ‘Do you have a #community, that stands behind what you stand for?’ Powerful message. Then you’ll be able to get more done. htt… ... 3 weeks ago
- & 5th question: how will regulators and multilateral institutions have to radically reinvent themselves to keep pac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 3 weeks ago
- .@R_G_Engstrom opening the @_oneinitiative summit at the Danish Stock Exchange in Copenhagen. Connecting sustainabl… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 4 weeks ago
- Likewise Gorgi! twitter.com/gorgikrlev/sta… ... 1 month ago
- RT @gilliantett: I have some exciting news! Next week @ft launches a new platform and newsletter #moralmoney to cover ESG, Impact investing… ... 1 month ago
- Questions from a pre-interoperability era - fortunately these days the answer is whichever one can run (and program… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 1 month ago
- Refreshing read calling for smarter & less ideological capitalism. Quoting Galbraith “I react pragmatically. Where… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ... 1 month ago
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