Charles William Jacob (24 January 1921 – 1 June 2015) was a British stockbroker in the

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who was a pioneer and promoter of

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'', 25 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015. Jacob was born into poverty in

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, north London, and became a Methodist at a young age. After working his way up from office boy, he became a stockbroker specialising in gilt-edged and fixed-interest stocks. In 1972 he was asked to manage the

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's investment fund and his interest in ethical investment developed from there. He became a director of a number of investment companies and was the director and patron of the UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association. Jacob was a Methodist preacher. He was made MBE in 1988, and CBE in 2011.

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