Evelyn Partners becomes founding partner of Edinburgh Futures Institute’s new hub

Evelyn Partners has become the founding partner of the Edinburgh Futures Institute’s new Compassion in Financial Services Hub. 

Edinburgh Futures Institute is a futures-focused space for learning, research, and innovation at the University of Edinburgh, delivering interdisciplinary education and collaborative partnerships with key sectors such as financial services to tackle challenges through better use and understanding of data. 

Its new Compassion in Financial Services Hub aims to create a more inclusive, sustainable and compassionate financial system by linking up key stakeholders from the sector with policymakers, academics, communities and civil society. 

By supporting the financial services sector and the companies within it as they strive to meet their ethical and long-term business goals, the hub hopes to contribute to a more just, sustainable and inclusive economy. 

Evelyn Partners’ philanthropic support to the Futures Institute will enable the hub to conduct foundational research, collaborate on student-led projects and organise outreach activities. The firm will have a dedicated desk located in the Futures Institute’s FinTech ward co-location space and will host practitioner-led events in the building, which is housed in the newly renovated Old Royal Infirmary in the Scottish capital. 

Andrew Middleton, group chief marketing and commercial officer at Evelyn Partners, said: “We’re delighted to be founding partner to the Edinburgh Futures Institute’s new Compassion in Financial Services Hub. The partnership underpins our promise to “inspire what’s next?” and we look forward to collaborating with the Institute on our shared ambition to create a more inclusive, more sustainable and more compassionate financial services sector for the future.”

Tobi Schneider, co-director, Compassion in Financial Services Hub and sector engagement lead at Edinburgh Futures Institute, said: “We welcome Evelyn Partners as an early stage founding partner of the Compassion in Financial Services Hub. This partnership will allow us to build initial capacity in the hub and to develop a roadmap of activities. 

“It also reflects a shared vision for sustainable system change by fostering practices that prioritise societal wellbeing, inclusivity and sustainability. We are grateful for the support and look forward to working with Evelyn Partners to drive meaningful change in the financial services industry.”