Biography
Vinay is Director of Business Development at one of the largest social impact investors in the UK, Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC). He is also the co-founder and Chair of Lightful, a social media management platform for the beyond-profit sector.
He started his career at the investment bank JPMorgan, where he spent almost a decade, latterly as Executive Director and Head of UK fixed income marketing.
Vinay is now deeply engaged in the social impact investment and beyond profit sector. Prior to SASC, he held senior positions at the Social Investment Business, Acumen Fund and the Clinton Foundation as well as launching two public health social enterprises, one in the UK and one in Mozambique.
Vinay received his BA from Trinity College Dublin and MPA from the London School of Economics. He is a practitioner-in-residence at The Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Saïd Business School, Oxford University, a lecturer for the Impact Business Leaders programme, Trustee and board chair of the Social Entrepreneurs’ Trust, and a Fellow at the RSA.