
Sarah Teacher
Sarah is Co-CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, the UK’s leading authority on impact investing, with a mission to transform capital markets and mobilize £1 trillion in investments over the next five years to benefit people and the planet.
Sarah drives the Institute’s fundraising efforts and oversees the field-building function, which brings major pools of institutional capital into impact investing.
Sarah joined the Institute from Lendlease Europe where she was Social Impact Investment Manager. Before her work at Lendlease, Sarah worked in roles at the intersection of social impact, sustainability, and private capital, whether in corporate investment or philanthropy. She was a Consultant at Sancroft International (2013-2017), an international sustainability consultancy focused on the social, environmental, and ethical risks faced by major businesses; an Associate at On Purpose, a one-year program for early-career professionals identified as future leaders in social enterprise (2012-13); and Director for Next Generation Philanthropy at the Institute for Philanthropy (2006-2010), leading workshops for philanthropists interested in increasing the impact of their giving.
She serves as a Director of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and its European Chair.