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Ian Simmons Bio

Ian
Simmons

Co-Founder & Principal


The best impact investing is long-term investing to achieve great financial returns along with social and environmental impact.

Ian Simmons is Co-Founder and Principal of Blue Haven Initiative, where he oversees a portfolio focused on investments that generate competitive financial returns and address social and environmental challenges. This portfolio spans asset classes, including private and public equity, fixed income, direct investments, alternative investments and philanthropic programs.

A champion and practitioner of impact investing for two decades, Ian advances Blue Haven's investment, research and policy strategies. He is particularly passionate about pursuing solutions to complex challenges, such as clean energy and affordable housing. Ian also advocates for policies that facilitate long-term investing and promote corporate and political transparency and accountability.

Committed to initiatives and corporations that advance investing and strengthen democracy, Ian is the President of the Foundation for Civic Leadership and Co-Founder of Democracy House. He also serves on the board of directors of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance, Social Finance, Issue One, and the National Advisory Board for Public Service at Harvard College.

Ian graduated with honors from Harvard College in 2000. He lives in the Boston area with his wife, Blue Haven Co-Founder Liesel Pritzker Simmons, and their daughters.

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Impact investing is informed investing with high standards. Ian predicts that, someday soon, it will mean, simply, “investing.”


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