The Scottish National Investment Bank

A brilliant night last night at the Prosper Highlands & Islands Business Excellence awards✨ Huge congratulations to all the winners, and an extra round of applause for Robert Barlow, Owner of Hebrides Cruises, who won the Outstanding Business Leader award, sponsored by the Bank. #ProsperAwards24

Fascinating day at the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Summit, hearing about the opportunities for Private capital, and how this could be hugely accelerated as pension capital is increasingly deployed into private investments. Sandy MacDonald FICRS, our Executive Director for Impact Assessment & Reporting supported a panel discussion on how Venture Capital and Private Equity funding can deliver clear, intentional, measurable positive impacts. #BVCASummit2024

We've been shortlisted in the Net Zero and Business Growth categories at the Scottish Financial Enterprise awards! 💫 Looking forward to the ceremony in October, best of luck to all the finalists. #SFEawards #NetZero #BusinessGrowth

We’re helping ZeroAvia take flight with a £20m investment, our first in the sustainable aviation sector. This investment will support the company’s journey to develop the world’s first zero-emission, hydrogen-electric engines to be used for commercial aircraft.    Read more on how this aligns with the Bank’s mission grow Scotland’s net zero economy and bolster its burgeoning aerospace supply chain and manufacturing sector.    https://lnkd.in/ecaxxzqU   #SustainableAviation #NetZero #ImpactInvesting #hydrogen

Nicola Douglas talks about the sustainable space sector in Scotland and our investee Orbex who are really leading the way. Some of our team will be at the Space-Comm Expo this week, and hope to meet you there 🚀

Congratulations to our Executive Director Nicola Douglas for sharing in the most prestigious shortlist for Women in Banking and Finance - UK's 2024 Award for Achievement. Huge congratulations to all of the nominees in every category for doing what you do to bring inspiration to the workplace. Good luck to all. 👏 🤩

We're looking forward to City & Financial Global's Making the UK a Global Hub for Transition Finance Summit, in London next month. Our CIO, Mark Munro will be speaking on "The role of public finance institutions in developing blended finance to de-risk transition financing." For more information head here: https://lnkd.in/eQWqsMC5 #TransitionFinance #JustTransition

What a way to start a Thursday... we're at the Female Founders Growth Summit today with Female Founders Rise and Pathways Forward 🙌 Looking forward to a day of connecting and learning with the female entrepreneurship ecosystem in Scotland!

Our Scottish Impact Investor Readiness Programme with Strathclyde Business School launched last week and we're off to a flying start! The programme aims to help leaders and investors achieve responsible growth and create meaningful economic change. #ImpactInvesting #ImpactInvestment #ImpactTheFuture #LearningandDevelopment

Brilliant news from Social and Sustainable Capital who have announced their second investment of £1.11 million into Positive Steps. The Dundee charity will use the funds to buy 15 properties to house vulnerable adults. At the Bank, we were one of the original investors in SASC, supporting our Place mission. You can read more about our investment here: https://lnkd.in/evjpr9Bp #ImpactInvesting