Elliott Dexter

Founder at Handpicked Society

Are you creating social AND economic impact? …I wasn’t! I was working very hard in Investment Banking making money, growing businesses, employing lots of people and delivering projects, costing £100ms. I thought I was having an impact, but I wasn’t. The realisation came when I discovered we’d lost $80bn in the credit crisis. It felt like everything I’d been creating had been destroyed, and that’s because there was no positive social impact, just money. I’ve now founded Handpicked Society, alongside Preyal Dewani. We believe that businesses should help solve the world's problems, not create them, and have a lasting positive impact on society, the economy and the planet. We work with a variety of business leaders and other talented people to deliver projects that make a difference to businesses that care about more than just money.