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Caroline Mason (finance)

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Caroline Mason CBE has been involved with the social investing sector for around 20 years. She has been the Chief Executive Officer of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation since 2013, a UK charity that supports improvement of life through strategic grants and investment.

Career[edit]

Caroline Louise Mason (married surname Cooper) studied Spanish and Portuguese at University of Bristol from 1982 - 1986 and after graduating she worked for the Reuters news agency until 1998. After leaving Reuters she worked until 2004 as a consultant, including with Pragmatics and Tulett-Preborn.[1]

In 2005 she was the co-founder, with Geoff Burnand, of an early UK community interest company called Investing for Good, that merged with the Charity Bank in 2010.[1][2] [3] The objective was to bring together investors, social organisations and expertise so that investment loans could have social as well as financial benefits.[4] In 2011 Mason was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Charity Bank and Big Society Capital Ltd. The latter was set up by the UK government for social investment using money that was dormant in UK bank accounts to provide loans via intermediaries for charities.[1][3][5]

In 2013 she became the Chief Executive Officer of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, which makes grants and loans to organisations aiming to improve the quality of life in the UK, especially when this does not fit within the remit of other funders.[1] In 2020, the charity changed to provide longer-term support in more specific areas rather than simply responding to requests.[6]

Mason is also a member of the boards that govern the UK government's Environment Agency[7] and the Impact Investing Institute.[8]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Caroline Mason CBE". Esmée Fairburn Foundation. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. Allen, Katie (3 September 2010). "Interview Caroline Mason, chief operating officer Charity Bank". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Burnand leaves Charity Bank for Social Investment Business". Civil Society News. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. "Investing for Good". Good Finance. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. Hetherington, Peter (5 March 2013). "Is this the end of Cameron's big society?". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  6. "Caroline Mason: A new strategy for the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – if not now, then when?". Civil Society. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  7. "Environment Agency". UK Government. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  8. "Our People". Impact Investing Institute. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  9. Ricketts, Andy. "Caroline Mason appointed chief executive of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation". ThirdSector.
  10. Ricketts, Andy (25 June 2013). "Tate director made companion of honour by Queen". Haymarket Publishing. Third Sector.
  11. "Woman's Hour Power List 2020: The List". BBC Radio4. Retrieved 16 November 2020.


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