Chris Hegarty – Chair of the Ethical Oversight Committee

Chris Hegarty spent ten years in investment management; managing pension funds, investment trusts as well as ethical funds for various Edinburgh-based insurers and asset managers. He has since pursued his long-held passion for international development, leading policy, campaigning and media functions at NGOs such as SCIAF and Christian Aid Scotland. He has many years of experience at board level of campaigning coalitions at both UK and Scottish level, such as the Trade Justice Movement and Stop Climate Chaos Scotland.

He has harnessed his understanding of the investment and financial sectors to help bring about significant positive change on issues such as climate change and corporate tax payments in developing countries.