After nine years of exceptional leadership our inaugural Chair Dame Elizabeth Corley is now Chair Emerita of the Impact Investing Institute.
Previously she was Chair of Schroders plc from April 2022 until 30th September 2026. Elizabeth has extensive experience in the financial services industry having been CEO of Allianz Global Investors and previously had roles at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (formerly Mercury Asset Management), Coopers & Lybrand and Sun Alliance.
Elizabeth is active in representing the investment industry and developing standards within it. She is a director of the Green Finance Institute; serves on the investment committees of the Leverhulme Trust and British Museum Trust; is a member of the CFA Research & Policy Center Advisory Council, the Committee of 200 and the 300 Club, a global independent group of leading investment professionals.
Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and is a published author of crime thrillers. She was awarded a DBE in 2019 for services to the economy and financial services.
Elizabeth received an honorary doctorate from the London Institute of Banking and Finance (formerly the IFS University College) and is also an honorary fellow of the London Business School.