Howard Deans

About

Experience

• Sustainable Finance and ImpactCurrent

  Innovest Advisory · Greater London

  Jan 2024 – Present

  Innovest Advisory is an impact investment advisory firm which seeks to unleash the power of public and private capital to address some of the world's most challenging issues through a rigorous focus on impact. We believe that effective impact measurement and management are essential in order to ensure the impact integrity of funds in the eyes of investors and other stakeholders, and we work to drive best practice and continued innovation.

• Impact Data and Insights Lead

  Reckitt

  Apr 2021 – Jan 2024

  Reckitt is a purpose-led organisation, aiming to create a cleaner, healthier world. Lead for Social Impact and Analytics: Understanding impact is critical to improving social return on investment. At Reckitt, I led the impact data and insights function, harnessing the latest innovations in measurement and reporting to accurately understand and effectively communicate the positive impact created through Reckitt's Global Social Impact Investments and Brand-led initiatives, spanning ~50 countries and capturing impact on ~8 million people each year. Lead for Social Impact in Water: As a cross-cutting topic, water is critical to any corporate social impact strategy. I led the development of Reckitt's strategy to create social impact through operations, with consumers, and in communities through select investments that maximise Reckitt's strengths as a leading global corporation.

Education

• University of Amsterdam — Master of Science - MSc, Development Economics and International Development · 2014 – 2015
• University of Warwick — Postgraduate Certificate in Education, Secondary Education and Teaching · 2012 – 2013

Skills