Danyal Sattar
The Big Issue InvestChief Executive Officer
Danyal is Chief Executive Officer of The Big Issue Invest. He brings with him a wealth of experience in providing finance and support to social enterprises and charities seeking to eradicate poverty while creating opportunities for people across the UK.
Prior to his role at The Big Issue Invest, Danyal served as Head of Social Investment with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, where he was responsible for managing the foundation’s social investment fund with a focus on achieving solutions to poverty and inequality in the UK. He developed new strategic programmes such as the Poverty Premium Fund “Fair by Design.”
Previous roles were at Big Society Capital and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. This followed earlier work with Brussels based network INIASE, in the start-up of UK Sustainable Investment Forum, Aston Reinvestment Trust, a community based lender, and the think tank, New Economics Foundation.
