Wanting to understand more about community lending and the roles available in that sector? Wondering how access to credit is important to society and our economy?
For this episode of the Careers4Change Candidate Spotlight, we spoke to Matt Woodcock. He moved from the Department of Education and the Civil Service into Responsible Finance, the national membership body for responsible finance providers and CDFIs (Community Development Finance Institutions).
We discuss what inspired him to make a career change, the innovation and opportunity he sees in social lending, what skills are useful (not just focusing on financial acumen), how the public sector differs from social lending and what he’d want to have known about the sector before taking the leap.
