--- title: "4 Ed Mayo Quotes - Famous Economist (Values)" description: "Ed Mayo, is the CEO of the London-based charity Pilotlight. Browse 4 Ed Mayo quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-ed-mayo-31293.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Ed Mayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-ed-mayo-31293.jpg) # Ed Mayo (1964) Economist **4** quotes in **57** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Ed Mayo is an economist, best known for *Values*. ## Quick Facts About Ed Mayo Born April 14, 1964 Profession Economist Notable works Values ## About Ed Mayo Ed Mayo, is the CEO of the London-based charity Pilotlight. He is the former Secretary General of Co-operatives UK, the UK trade association for co-operatives and former chief executive of the British National Consumer Council (NCC) and CEO of the NCC's successor, Consumer Focus. ## Quotes by Ed Mayo > [Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. But you don't change human nature. Optimism, for me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/our-life-as-consumers-seems-light-years-away-from-that-of-our/) [Ed Mayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mayo/) [All the best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-the-best/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c69/ed-mayo-68897_all-the-best_our-life-as-consumers-seems-light-years_348009.jpg) > [It's not competition and greed that makes the world go around, it's cooperating and caring](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/it-s-not-competition-and-greed-that-makes-the-world-go-around-it-s/) [Ed Mayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mayo/) [Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a3/ed-mayo-68897_business_it-s-not-competition-and-greed-that-make_1563376.jpg) > [We all need a story. It just turns out that the story we have been told for years - that people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/we-all-need-a-story-it-just-turns-out-that-the-story-we-have-been/) [Ed Mayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mayo/) [Bleak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bleak/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd7/ed-mayo-68897_bleak_we-all-need-a-story-it-just-turns-out-th_1902494.jpg) > [What keeps things going, what sustains families, what makes work meaningful, what contributes to our wellbeing and what really connects us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-mayo/what-keeps-things-going-what-sustains-families-what-makes-work/) [Ed Mayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mayo/) [Cooperation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cooperation/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/ed-mayo-68897_cooperation_what-keeps-things-going-what-sustains-fa_3021614.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-mayo/#itemlist", "name": "Ed Mayo Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our life as consumers seems light years away from that of our grandparents. 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