Louise Savell

Louise Savell
Director

Louise is a Director at Social Finance with a focus on the development and delivery of new initiatives. In this capacity, she plays a significant role in the strategic development of Social Finance. Louise helped establish the organisation in 2007 and played a key role in the development of the Social Impact Bond approach. She has also led much of Social Finance’s research, policy and financial inclusion work.

Before joining Social Finance, Louise was Programmes Manager at ARK, a child-focused foundation raising money from the hedge-fund industry. There she focused on supporting Eastern European governments to reform their child welfare systems. She started her career in East Africa researching and developing youth HIV/AIDS prevention programmes. Louise was a Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she received a BA in Philosophy, Psychology & Physiology and an MPhil in Development Studies. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in Voluntary Sector Management from the Cass Business School.