Eilidh Mactaggart, CEO of the Scottish National Investment Bank will talk about her career after studying at the University of Edinburgh, the challenges of setting up a bank and how she will develop a mission-based approach to investing in Scotland’s economy, providing finance to power innovation and accelerate the move to a low carbon, high-tech, globally competitive economy.

Throughout the session we will answer questions submitted from attendees in the chat box, you will also have the chance to submit questions in advance of the event during your registration.

Speaker Information:

Eilidh who has previously worked for MetLife Investment Management, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ABN Amro Bank N.V., has led largescale investments in social infrastructure, transport infrastructure, regulated utilities and renewable energy.

She was most recently managing director, MetLife Investment Management in London and head of European infrastructure and project finance, establishing this team and growing it to be one of the leading investors in infrastructure in Europe.

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