Yakety Yak: Kylie Charlton (June 2009)

Interview with Kylie Charlton, Managing Director, Unitus Capital and 2009 Heloise Waislitz Fellow, Asia Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy at Swinburne University. In this interview titled 'Can profit be for good?' Kylie speaks about her work through Unitus Capital channeling profit-seeking investment into social and environmental projects and arranging capital for microfinance institutions. She discusses the concept of 'postcode privilege', and the obligations and opportunities for those in positions of advantage to help those less privileged. Unitus Capital now services over 8 million clients.

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Education

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• CSI
• Yakety Yak
• Kylie Charlton
• microcredit
• microenterprise
• microfinance
• capacity building
• Centre for Social Impact
• social investment
• philanthropy
• leadership