Charles Middleton

Biographical Information
" Charles joined Triodos Bank in 2003 as Managing Director of the UK business, bringing with him 21 years’ banking experience of which 11 were spent overseas in India, Africa and the Caribbean. Moving to Triodos provided a great opportunity for Charles to combine his banking expertise with his desire to make a difference to people and the environment.

"Since joining Triodos Charles’ leadership has helped generate significant growth in the core business of mobilising depositors’savings to support a range of social and environmental projects, growing lending from around £60m to more than £250m. Charles has also helped Triodos to bring other types of finance to the UK market, such as capital raising for fair trade coffee brand, Cafedirect, and launching Triodos Renewables, which has pioneered an increasing number of investment opportunities in the growing UK renewable energy sector.

"Charles is also Chair of the Haller Foundation, a charity supporting people and the environment in Kenya and continues to indulge his passion for photography by raising funds to support street children projects in Mumbai ."

Affiliations

 * Advisory Board, Ecotricity
 * Former Director, UK Social Investment Forum