Good Deals: the first national social investment conference
Name | Good Deals |
Date | 6 May 2008 |
Location | LSO St Lukes, 161 Old Street, London EC1V 9NG |
Time | 8.30am - 7.15pm |
Description | Billionaire venture capitalist Sir Tom Hunter was a keynote speaker at the UK’s first annual social investment conference, ‘Good Deals’, in London on Tuesday 6th May. Presented by the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) in partnership with NESTA, Good Deals brought together a wide range of high profile contributors to debate and learn about new opportunities for financing social change. Organised by Social Enterprise magazine and sponsored by the RBS group, the conference was a not to be missed opportunity for social enterprises seeking new investment, private investors with an interest in the social investment marketplace, charities and philanthropists. Other speakers included the CEO of UK Business Banking at RBS Group, Steve Pateman; the CEO of John Laing plc, Adrian Ewer; Government Ministers Ed Miliband and Phil Hope; Charity Bank CEO Malcolm Hayday; Adventure Capital Fund CEO Jonathan Lewis; Social Enterprise Coalition CEO Jonathan Bland; NESTA CEO Jonathan Kestenbaum; Bridges Ventures director Antony Ross; Big Issue Invest CEO Nigel Kershaw; Fifteen Foundation board advisor and Social Enterprise Ambassador Liam Black; Ananda Jones and James Brown – from TV’s Dragons’ Den. |
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