How Openness Helps Finance Professionals Move Money for Good with Roshana Arasaratnam

Be & Think in the House of Trust

In this episode of Be & Think in the House of Trust, I am listening to Roshana Arasaratnam, a woman in Sustainable Finance, working across the private, public and not-for-profit sectors mobilising capital to achieve social impact. She is Executive Director at UK Government Investments (UKGI) and teaches sustainable finance at the Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership.

Roshana describes her career as a ‘squiggly’ career, moving between the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors, but connected by her purpose of helping financial professionals move money for good.

We discuss what it means to be a specialist generalist, how trust and openness can play an important part in investment decisions, and why Roshana has dedicated her career to breaking down barriers and championing investments that generate a positive social impact.

Highlights from this episode:

(01:13) Breaking down boundaries between disciplines

(04:05) The importance of bringing sectors together

(08:28) The fear and power dynamics in capital markets

(11:24) Investing in trust

(13:37) What is a specialist generalist?

Useful Links:

Connect with Roshana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roshana-arasaratnam/

"The logic of collective action" by Mancur Olson, Jr. https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674537514

"Range - Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World" by David Epstein. https://davidepstein.com/the-range/

Connect with Servane:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/servanemouazan/

Website: https://servanemouazan.co.uk

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