Dr Rupert Evenett

Rupert has held senior positions across the private, public and civil society sectors. A banker for 20 years, latterly at Merrill Lynch, he advised companies big and small on fundraising, capital structure, investor relations and acquisitions. Since retiring from banking in 2003 on the birth of his first child, he became one of the first-round directors of the Shareholder Executive in Whitehall, has researched social justice, global citizenship and the political role of cities at the LSE, taking a PhD in political philosophy, and has held board positions at a number of charitable and not-for-profit organisations, including being chair of BTCV, the leading volunteering and conservation charity from 2006–2011. Rupert is a non-executive director and an investment committee member of The Social Investment Business.