Sam Monger
Sam played a leading role in delivering the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) UK Urban Futures Commission's report 'Unleashing the potential of the UK’s cities’ and wrote the Investment Playbook, designed as an introductory guide for local government on how to engage effectively with private finance in pursuit of place-based regeneration and social impact goals.
Prior to joining TGE, Sam worked for Grosvenor where he led financial analysis, research and strategy in the UK property business for several years, including playing a leading role in developing Grosvenor’s net zero and social impact strategies. He also led development of a sophisticated spatial modelling capability which used multiple datasets to understand drivers of value and risk across several real estate sectors from a place-based perspective. In addition, he led strategy development and implementation of Grosvenor Hart Homes, an innovative, impact-led social housing business.
Before that, Sam held senior advisory roles at PwC and IBM where he led teams advising on some of the largest and most complex public-private partnerships ever undertaken in the UK, including the DWP PRIME portfolio PFI transaction and securing a financing deal for Avon & Somerset Constabulary’s custody portfolio.
Andy Smith
Andy is an experienced project manager and impact measurement and management practitioner, specialising in social housing, real estate and impact investing. He also plays an operations management role managing and developing teams and business systems.
Andy manages many of the Impact Services we deliver for clients, particularly within the housing and real estate sector. He works collaboratively with clients to develop robust, practical impact measurement, management and reporting systems that help both prove and improve impact. Andy is actively involved in the development of TGE’s impact assessment methodologies drawing on international good practice and first-hand experience.
Andy helps build and manage collaborations with partners across the public, private and social sectors. He has led the development of a standard approach to ESG and Impact Reporting for Social and Affordable Housing working with a wide range of stakeholders, including housing associations, lenders and investors.
Andy joined The Good Economy in 2018 from Social Finance, a consulting firm focused on finding better ways to tackle social problems. He was project manager of Leaving Well, an innovative tech product enabling local authorities to better support young people leaving the care system. Prior to this, Andy spent six years at The Challenge, a charity set up to encourage social integration. Andy’s role was to scale up its National Citizen Service and lead on impact evaluation as well as the delivery of its apprenticeship programme Step Forward.
Andy completed the Teach First programme, spending two years as a maths teacher at an inner-city school in south east London.
Andy has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge.