Nick Hurd

He also chairs the Access Foundation for Social Investment in the UK, and the i(x) private equity impact investment company. In 2021, he was asked to chair the Impact Taskforce, set up by GSG Impact with the support of the G7 Presidency.

He has a background in the capital markets, having been a UK pension fund manager and having set up an investment banking business for Flemings in Brazil.

Nick served as a Member of Parliament in the UK for fourteen years. During that time, he served three different Prime Ministers as a UK Government Minister for nine years. As one of the longest serving Minister for Civil Society, he led the Government work that helped establish the UK as a world leader in developing the impact investment market. That included the setting up of Better Society Capital as the first impact investment wholesaler and the establishment of the first social outcome funds to support Social Impact Bonds. In other roles, Nick also served as UK Minister for International Development, Minister for Climate Change and Industry, and Minister for Police.