Big Society Capital (BSC) originated in the London office of Sir Ronald Cohen, founder of Social Finance UK and thenchairman of the UK-based Social Investment Task Force. It was there, in February 2011, that Sir Ronald and I received and accepted an invitation by the UK government to provide a working blueprint for the “world’s first social investment bank” (as the government called it). From that moment until the end of last year, it was my privilege to be CEO of BSC. BSC represented a…

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