Caroline Mason (charity executive)

"It’s important that financial and social sustainability go hand in hand, and that longer-term, intelligent and patient finance exists to support this concept."

"We are precluded from investing directly in the front line; it’s built into our governance. The reason for this is twofold."

"It is the first time that social investment has been recognized so I feel that it puts the sector squarely on the map"

"It was all symptomatic of someone who was paid obscene amounts of money for doing something really quite basic, which was pretty useless in terms of the general lives of most people. He was just an average guy. He was probably in the top 0.1% of earners globally and I remember thinking: 'This is out of control',"

"I would say that for an organization whose core purpose is social change, sustainability in the long term is critical both financially and socially; in fact, the two are inextricably linked."

"It’s recognition that finance and business can be used for real social purpose. That perhaps there is an alternative to profit maximization no matter the cost and philanthropy as a way of dealing with the consequences."

"It was really clear at the time how being in finance had changed. All the stories you hear about the excesses and the culture are actually true"