Karl Richter

= social finance expert

Bio

'Karl is co-author of 'Making Good in Social Impact Investment: Opportunities in an Emerging Asset Class'. He is a founder of the JenLi Foundation for which he developed its financial model and legal framework to combine philanthropic and commercial capital, blending social and financial outcomes. He is appointed by the Euclid Network (of European civil society professionals) as advisor on social impact investments and currently coordinates the Euclid task force on social investment, which will report to the European Commission.

Karl works as an independent consultant in social impact investment and has been invited by civil society organisations and government to speak across Europe and in the USA on the subject. He holds an MBA specialising in entrepreneurship. His career started as an architect, project manager for multidisciplinary design teams and development leader for public and private sector building projects. He co-founded Entity Partnerships in 2007, an urban regeneration business which focussed on mixed-use projects and development finance for creating self-sufficient communities." (http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlhrichter)