Caroline Wilson is Director of Inclusive Economy at the London Borough of Islington, where she leads one of the UK's most progressive local economic development programmes, harnessing social value through affordable workspace, employment, business support and inclusive growth initiatives. She has secured significant external investment and led innovative programmes to tackle inequality, grow local businesses and strengthen economic opportunity for residents, enabling over 6,000 local people into work in the last 4 years and delivering nearly £10m in social value through affordable workspaces.

Previously, Caroline worked at Belfast City Council, where she led major regeneration and conflict transformation programmes, brokering complex political and community agreements, to secure over £150m of investment in local neighbourhoods. 

Caroline is Trustee of the Centre for Local Economic Strategies, and Chair of the Place-Based Working Group of the Mayor of London's Anchor Institutions Network.