THE POWER OF IMPACT

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ROSEMARY ADDIS

Chair, Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing

AUSTRALIA

ROSEMARY ADDIS

Chair, Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing

AUSTRALIA

Rosemary is a global strategist in innovation, investment and impact. She is the Executive Director of Impact Strategist and Chairs the Australian Advisory Board on Impact Investing and Impact Investing Australia. Over a 30+ year career, Rosemary has held senior roles across sectors, including as an equity partner at Allens-Linklaters, at the community organisation The Smith Family, at the Victorian Government, and in the Australian Government where she led the first social innovation unit.

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Pablo Alonso

Founder and Chairman, Eurocapital Advisors

Spain

Pablo Alonso

Founder and Chairman, Eurocapital Advisors

Spain

Pablo Alonso is the founder and President of Eurocapital Advisors SA, an independent investment advisory firm with offices in Miami, Geneve and Madrid that since 2001 provides sustainable investment solutions to foundations, institutions and family groups in Spain and Latin America. Previously Pablo was vice president of the International Private Banking Practice of Banco Santander New York for Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. Mr. Alonso holds an Master of International Economics and Management from Bocconi Business School in Milan and a Law Degree from Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Mr Alonso is a founder and member of the consultative committee of the Chilean Family Business Association and founder and director of Foro Impacto, a new Spanish association that is aiming to create the National Advisory Board of the GSG in Spain.

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Mohamed Amersi

Founder, Amersi Foundation

UK

Mohamed Amersi

Founder, Amersi Foundation

UK

Mohamed is the Founder & CEO of Emergent Telecom Ventures, a Consulting, Advisory and Asset Management firm specialising in Telecoms, Media & Technology. His non-profit, Amersi Foundation supports charities in education, poverty, conflict and religion in Africa, Middle East and Asia. More recently Mohamed launched the Inclusive Ventures Group, a social impact investing platform that has invested in education, livelihood, health and waste management in Africa and Asia.

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Mehrdad Baghai

Chariman, Alchemy Growth

Australia

Mehrdad Baghai

Chariman, Alchemy Growth

Australia

Mehrdad is co-founder, CEO and Chairman of High Resolves, a leader in the design and delivery of learning experiences in citizenship and leadership for young people. High Resolves has engaged over 200,000 youth in Australia and has now expanded into the U.S., Canada, China and Brazil.

In his business life, Mehrdad is Chairman of Alchemy Growth, a boutique strategy advisory firm, and a venture investor in promising technology companies. Previously, he was a partner at McKinsey & Company and co-leader of the Firm’s worldwide Growth Practice, and an Executive Director at the CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency.

Mehrdad has a JD from Harvard Law School, an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BSE in Electrical Engineering and International Affairs from Princeton University. He is a Henry Crown Fellow and McNulty Laureate at the Aspen Institute.

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Vikas Bali

CEO, Intellecap

India

Vikas Bali

CEO, Intellecap

India

Vikas has close to 25 years of experience spread across management consulting and industry roles. At Intellecap he is focused on developing innovative business models for the majority markets, scale up enterprises and contribute towards solving the jobless growth environment across the developing world.

He has or is closely working with clients like Shell foundation, Hans foundation, WBG, Shakti foundation, FHI360. Most recently he is overseeing the digitization of women centric value chains in rural india by creating a coalition of rural women, processing industry, payment banks, MFIs etc.

Prior to his appointment as the CEO of Intellecap, Vikas was the global head of Consulting, leading a team of 40 + people working across India and Kenya. Prior to joining Intellecap, Vikas was working with Accenture Strategy as Managing Director – Head of the Products industry group. He has also worked with DEN Networks, Tata Sky and A.T. Kearney.

Vikas has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM – Calcutta with Strategy as major subject of his study. He has completed his Bachelor in Engineering from Vivekanand’s institute for Technology.

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David Bank

CEO & Editor, ImpactAlpha

USA

David Bank

CEO & Editor, ImpactAlpha

USA

David is the editor and CEO of ImpactAlpha.com. Previously, he was a Vice President of Civic Ventures/Encore.org. where he deployed his journalistic and entrepreneurial skills and experience to explore and advance innovative ideas and compelling people who are making a difference with encore careers. David also wrote for The Wall Street Journal, covering the Internet, Microsoft and the software industry. His articles have appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, Wired, Mother Jones and the Stanford Social Innovation Review.

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Clara Barby

Partner, Impact Management Project

UK

Clara Barby

Partner, Impact Management Project

UK

Clara is currently leading facilitation of the Impact Management Project. Backed by a wide range of organisations, this open source project is supporting enterprises and investors to agree on and move to a widely shared convention for impact measurement and management. As a Partner at Impact Management Project, Clara leads Bridges’ impact strategy across all fund types, as well as the firm’s advisory efforts to promote the growth of sustainable and impact investment.

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LORENZO BERNASCONI

Rockefeller Foundation

USA

LORENZO BERNASCONI

Rockefeller Foundation

USA

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Pramod Bhasin

Founder, Genpact

INDIA

Pramod Bhasin

Founder, Genpact

INDIA

Considered a pioneer of the BPM Industry in India, Pramod is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and founder multiple ventures including Genpact, a global leader in Business Process with over 75.000 employees whilst operating in 17 countries. Pramod is the co-founder of Asha Impact, Virtual Fund focused on Social Impact Investments and Advocacy. He is currently the Chairman of Clix Capital and serves on the boards of several large organisations. Pramod is also a member of TIE-NCR, and currently its President.

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AMIT BHATIA

CEO, GSG

INDIA

AMIT BHATIA

CEO, GSG

INDIA

Amit is the inaugural CEO of GSG since 2017, an independent multilateral, catalysing impact investment and entrepreneurship to benefit people and the planet through eco-system development. An alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce and Delhi School of Economics, Amit quit a successful corporate career in 2007, to become an award-winning social entrepreneur. Amit has been Founder of McKinsey Knowledge Center; Founding CEO of WNS Knowledge Services; Founder & Chair of Aspire, a social enterprise in Education; and, Founding CEO of India’s Impact Investors Council.

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DAVID BLOOD

Generation Investment Management

UK

DAVID BLOOD

Generation Investment Management

UK

David Blood is co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management.  Previously, he spent 18 years at Goldman Sachs including serving as co-CEO and CEO of Goldman Sachs Asset Management from 1999-2003.  David received a B.A. from Hamilton College and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.  He is on the board of Dialight, New Forests, Motivate International, On the Edge Productions; and SHINE, Social Finance UK and WRI.

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David Bohigian

Executive Vice President, OPIC

USA

David Bohigian

Executive Vice President, OPIC

USA

David Bohigian serves as the Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation after being confirmed by the Senate in August 2017. OPIC is the U.S. Government’s Development Finance Institution. Since 1971, OPIC has been a leading impact investor, using project finance, political risk insurance, and private equity fund investments to address the world’s critical development challenges. In 2017 OPIC committed almost $2 billion to more than 50 impact deals.

Before OPIC, David was the Managing Director of Pluribus Ventures, an advisor to innovative financial services firms and invested in impact-driven companies. Prior to Pluribus, David worked at Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund. In the Bush Administration, David served as the Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce, where he led international trade and investment efforts. Earlier in his career, David was a Managing Director of Idealab after it acquired the venture capital firm he founded, VenCatalyst.

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Priscilla Boiardi

Knowledge Centre & Policy Director, EVPA

Belgium

Priscilla Boiardi

Knowledge Centre & Policy Director, EVPA

Belgium

Priscilla Boiardi is the Knowledge Centre and Policy Director of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) leading the research, policy, training and dissemination activities of the association. Founded in 2004, EVPA is the leading community in Europe for organisations interested in or practising venture philanthropy, social investment and impact investing. Priscilla is also an advisor on numerous EC-funded projects and she is part of the OECD Social Impact Investment Experts Group.

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Elli Booch

Director of Philanthropy, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation

ISRAEL

Elli Booch

Director of Philanthropy, The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation

ISRAEL

Elli is the Director of Philanthropy at the Edmond de Rothschild Foundation (Israel), which spearheads philanthropic efforts to build an inclusive society, and the Chair of the Forum of Foundations in Israel. He is also a member of the GIIN’s Israel National Advisory Board and a member of the board of the Edmond de Rothschild Partnerships. He has also established several educational programmes, and was a founder and executive director of Kav Hazinuk, an NGO that develops leadership and social entrepreneurship.

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AMIT BOURI

GIIN

USA

AMIT BOURI

GIIN

USA

Amit Bouri is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN). His work in impact investing began when he was a strategy consultant with the Monitor Institute. At Monitor he was part of the team that produced the Investing for Social & Environmental Impact report, and he left Monitor to co-found the GIIN in 2009.

Amit’s other projects at the Monitor Institute included strategic planning and organizational development work for nonprofit organizations and foundations. Amit previously worked in the private sector as a strategy consultant with Bain & Company. He left Bain to work in global health at the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. He also worked in the corporate philanthropy units of Gap Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. Amit holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, an MPA from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Swarthmore College.

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Don Hinkle-Brown

President and CEO, Reinvestment Fund

USA

Don Hinkle-Brown

President and CEO, Reinvestment Fund

USA

As President and CEO, Don Hinkle-Brown leads the Reinvestment Fund, a national leader in rebuilding America’s distressed towns and cities through the innovative use of capital and information. With over 20 years of experience in the CDFI industry, Mr. Hinkle-Brown is widely recognized as an expert in developing new programmatic initiatives, raising capital and creating new products to meet market demand. In 2017, he was appointed to the Community Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Board.

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Carolien de Bruin

Founder and CEO, C-Change

Netherlands

Carolien de Bruin

Founder and CEO, C-Change

Netherlands

Carolien de Bruin is the founder of C-Change, an Amsterdam based tech startup and facilitator of large-scale partnerships in sustainability. She is a frequent speaker, and moderator on the topic of building firms and markets that are ‘fit for purpose’ and maximizing cross-sectoral contributions to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Carolien has also turned to technology to address the persistent silos and ’system disconnects’ that stand in the way of market transformation.
Prior to C-Change, Carolien led Monitor Deloitte’s global impact investing activities, working with clients such as B Lab, Calvert Foundation, the GIIN, and the World Economic Forum. Before becoming a social entrepreneur, Carolien held an interim role as COO at the Bertha Centre in Cape Town, Africa’s leading hub for social innovation and entrepreneurship.

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Allie Burns

Managing Director, Village Capital2018

USA

Allie Burns

Managing Director, Village Capital2018

USA

Allie serves as the Managing Director at Village Capital, bringing more than 16 years of experience working with entrepreneurs and innovators at the intersection of tech and social change. She previously served as a senior executive at Revolution and the Case Foundation, the venture capital firm and private family foundation created by former AOL executives Jean and Steve Case. Allie is a graduate of Boston University and holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Management.

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Dr. Mario Calderini

Professor, Politecnico di Milano, School of Management

Italy

Dr. Mario Calderini

Professor, Politecnico di Milano, School of Management

Italy

Dr. Calderini is Full Professor at the School of Management of the Milan Polytechnic, Department of Management Engineering, where he teaches Business Strategy and Decisions and Social Innovation. He is Director of the High Polytechnic School, the high specialization school promoted by the Polytechnic of Milan and Turin and Vice-President of the Polytechnic Foundation of Milan. He founded and currently directs Tiresia, the research center of the School of Management of the Polytechnic of Milan on the subject of Innovation and Finance for Social Impact and is responsible for the specialization course in Social Innovation and Sustainable Operations of the Degree in Engineering Management of the Milan Polytechnic. He is a member of the Unicredit Advisory Board. He sits on the board of directors of the Nesta Italia Foundation, of the Socialfare Social Accelerator of which he is Vice President and of the Foundation for the Gift.

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Elena Casolari

OPES-LCEF Foundation, President

Italy

Elena Casolari

OPES-LCEF Foundation, President

Italy

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Stephan Chambers

Director, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics

UK

Stephan Chambers

Director, Marshall Institute for Philanthropy and Social Entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics

UK

Stephan Chambers is the inaugural director of the Marshall Institute at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the co-founder of the Skoll World Forum and was chair of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Director of International Strategy at Oxford’s Saїd Business School, and Senior Research Fellow at Lincoln College Oxford. Currently He sits on the advisory board of Princeton University Press and is a director of the Britdoc Foundation, the Dartington Trust, the University of the People, and the Dragon School.  He wrote a regular Entrepreneurship column for the Financial Times.  In 2014 he was special advisor to Larry Brilliant and Jeff Skoll at the Skoll Global Threats Fund in California.  He teaches entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, venture capital, and entrepreneurial finance.

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Bonnie Chiu

Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy

UK

Bonnie Chiu

Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy

UK

Bonnie Chiu is the Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy, an international impact advisory firm with a focus on convening the impact investing industry around gender and diversity. She is also the Founder and CEO of award-winning non-profit social enterprise Lensational, which equips marginalised women with photography training and digital storytelling. She has been awarded Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur in Europe and the Young Achiever at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards. She has been invited to speak in 14 countries, most prominently at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting 2016, and she serves as a Forbes contributor.

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Patricia Chu

AVPN, Greater China Director & Impact Investing Advisor

Singapore

Patricia Chu

AVPN, Greater China Director & Impact Investing Advisor

Singapore

Patti Chu is AVPN’s Greater China Director. Patti has over fifteen years of experience working on international development issues with particular focus in the areas of financial inclusion, microfinance, education and sustainability.

Patti started her career in New York with the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi and has also worked with the International Finance Corporation and Citigroup in Latin America and Asia. In the last few years, Patti is a native of Argentina and has working experience in Latin America, the United States, Asia and Europe.

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Cathy Clark

Faculty Director, Fuqua School of Business

USA

Cathy Clark

Faculty Director, Fuqua School of Business

USA

Cathy serves as Faculty Director at the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, where she founded and directs the CASE i3 Initiative on Impact Investing and co-leads the Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Duke, an accelerator working to scale impact of global health ventures in India and East Africa. She helped develop the standards for B Corporations and has coordinated global research across 15 universities using data from $4.5 billion of impact assets under management.

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Nicola Cobbold

Trustee, GSG

UK

Nicola Cobbold

Trustee, GSG

UK

Nicola focuses on the potential of impact investing in creating solutions for the current global refugee and migration challenge. She previously worked as CEO of The Portland Trust, a British non-profit ‘action tank’. She was a founding shareholder of Social Finance Israel and is a Trustee of The Portland Trust and The Institute for Jewish Policy Research. She is a steering committee member of the World Commission on Forced Displacement and a member of the CGD Innovative Finance for Resettlement Working Group.

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SIR RONALD COHEN

Chair, GSG

UK

SIR RONALD COHEN

Chair, GSG

UK

Sir Ronald Cohen is Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. He chaired the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK’s presidency of the G8 (2013-2015), the Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for innovation in social finance. He co-founded and was Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005). He was a founder director and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a founder director of the European Venture Capital Association. He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School and a Vice-Chairman of Ben Gurion University; a former member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers; a former director of the Harvard Management Company and the University of Oxford Investment Committee; a former Trustee of the British Museum; and a former trustee of the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is a graduate of Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union and serves as an Honorary Fellow of Exeter College.  He has an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship. In 2007, Sir Ronald published: The Second Bounce of the Ball – Turning Risk into Opportunity and today is authoring a book on the “Impact Revolution.”

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Dr. Shaun Conway

Founder, IXO Foundation

SOUTH AFRICA

Dr. Shaun Conway

Founder, IXO Foundation

SOUTH AFRICA

Shaun is the founder and president of the ixo, a non-profit software development foundation that is developing the ixo blockchain for sustainable development impact. He is a clinically experienced physician and an innovator who has established global health and human development ventures that have made an impact in the lives of millions of people.

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Carmen Correa

Director of Alliances, Pro Mujer

URUGUAY

Carmen Correa

Director of Alliances, Pro Mujer

URUGUAY

Carmen is Director of Alliances at Pro Mujer, one of Latin America’s leading women’s development organizations offering access to finance, health and educational services. More recently, Carmen developed a new financial instrument for the government of Uruguay, which aimed to finance a venture capital fund and business accelerator. Carmen is also a board member of Pymecapital, an impact investment fund based in Nicaragua and of Educación Responsable, an NGO that promotes emotional intelligence in Uruguay.

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Phyllis Costanza

CEO, UBS Optimus Foundation

SWITZERLAND

Phyllis Costanza

CEO, UBS Optimus Foundation

SWITZERLAND

Phyllis is the CEO of the UBS Optimus Foundation and has been instrumental in reshaping the Foundation’s strategy and introducing innovative financing vehicles like the first Development Impact Bond. Previously, she was a senior executive and Board Member of the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation. Phyllis has also worked for New York State Governor, advising on policy and politics in Manhattan. She holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

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Elizabeth Boggs Davidson

Senior Advisor - Private Sector, UNDP

Elizabeth Boggs Davidson

Senior Advisor - Private Sector, UNDP

Elizabeth is a Principal at the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund, which uses both grant and investment mechanisms to strengthen the environment for business. She advises the Fund on new partnership opportunities for its grant and investment activities by leveraging and increasing financial and non-financial support for programmes through targeted outreach. Previously, she served as a Principal Investment officer for the Opportunities for the Majority Initiative, the first dedicated office within a development finance institution to finance inclusive business models using market-based principles.

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Nishith Desai

Founder, Nishith Desai Associates

India

Nishith Desai

Founder, Nishith Desai Associates

India

Nishith is the founder of the international law firm, Nishith Desai Associates. He is a renowned lawyer, researcher, published author and lecturer in leading academic institutions around the world. He specializes in the Financial Services sector and assisted the governments of Mauritius and India in the establishment of their offshore financial centers. After India opened up its economy to the outside world in 1991, he established the first five India Focused funds and pioneered the roots of asset management industry.

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Ashish Dhawan

Founder, Central Square Foundation

INDIA

Ashish Dhawan

Founder, Central Square Foundation

INDIA

Ashish Dhawan is Founder and Chairman of Central Square Foundation (CSF) and a Founding Member of the prestigious Ashoka University. Prior to this, he worked for twenty years in the investment management business and ran one of India’s leading private equity funds, ChrysCapital. In June 2012, he left his full-time role at ChrysCapital to start CSF, a venture philanthropy fund and policy think tank focused on improving school education and learning outcomes of children from low-income communities in India.

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NICK O’DONOHOE

CEO, CDC Group

UK

NICK O’DONOHOE

CEO, CDC Group

UK

Former Senior Adviser to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a co-founder of Big Society Capital, Nick joined CDC as its Chief Executive in June 2017 and is also a member of the CDC Board. At JP Morgan, Nick was the Global Head of Research and a member of the Management Committee of the Investment Bank and the Executive Committee. He is also a board member of the GIIN and Deputy Chairman of the GSG.

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Cheryl L Dorsey

President, Echoing Green

USA

Cheryl L Dorsey

President, Echoing Green

USA

Cheryl Dorsey is the president of Echoing Green, a global organization unleashing next-generation talent to solve the world’s biggest problems. Prior to leading this social impact organization, Cheryl was a social entrepreneur herself and received an Echoing Green Fellowship in 1992 to help launch The Family Van, a community-based mobile health unit in Boston. She has served in two presidential administrations and serves on several boards including the SEED Foundation and, previously, the Harvard Board of Overseers.

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Andreas Eggenberg

Chariman, Grupo Ecos

Panama

Andreas Eggenberg

Chariman, Grupo Ecos

Panama

Mr. Eggenberg, a Swiss national, currently serves as Chairman of Masisa (quoted in Santiago, Chile), one of Latin Americas leading forestry and wood panel providers; and as Chairman of Grupo Ecos (based in Panama], pioneer Impact Investor in Latin America. He is also a Board Member of VIVA Trust and VIVA Idea, leading Latin American organizations to facilitate multi-stakeholder dialogue and foster social entrepreneurship.

Furthermore, Mr. Eggenberg is a Board Member of Solarcentury (based in London), leading solar energy player in Europe, Latin America and Africa; and a Presidential Advisory Council Member of INCAE Business School; as well as an Advisor to various corporations on Governance, Strategy, M&A, Impact, Sustainable Development and Bridge Building Latin America / Europe.

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Christine Engstrom

Director - Private Sector Financial Institutions Division, Asian Development Bank

USA

Christine Engstrom

Director - Private Sector Financial Institutions Division, Asian Development Bank

USA

Christine is the Director of the Private Sector Financial Institutions Division at the Asian Development Bank. She leads ADB’s long-term debt and equity funding to financial institutions throughout ADB’s developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific, as well as ADB’s Trade Finance and Supply Chain Finance Programs, and Microfinance Risk Participation and Guarantee Program. Christine has worked at ADB since 2006, supporting private sector financial development with a focus on inclusive finance.

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Nicola Galombik

Executive Director, Yellowwoods

South Africa

Nicola Galombik

Executive Director, Yellowwoods

South Africa

Nicola is Executive Director at Yellowwoods, a global investment group with roots in South Africa. The group has investments in financial services, restaurants and eco-tourism businesses and has incubated a portfolio of African social enterprises focused on inclusive economy, youth employment and education.  Nicola sits on the global Yellowwoods holdings board and is responsible for driving strategy for inclusive and sustainable growth and positive social value creation across the Yellowwoods businesses, investment management, and non-profit social enterprise portfolio. Nicola is a change leader and social innovator – leading multi-sector partnerships and coalitions to drive system change and inclusive economy. She is a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network, aboard member of the African Leadership Network and of several private sector businesses.  She is the founder of the Harambee Youth Employment Accelerator and is currently its Executive Chairman.

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PR Ganapathy

President, Villgro

India

PR Ganapathy

President, Villgro

India

PR Ganapathy is a member of the Global Executive Committee of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs. He is also the President of Villgro, a funder and incubator of social enterprises, and a co-founder of the Menterra Social Impact Fund. He is also a co-founder of Haqdarshak, a social enterprise. Prior to moving to the development sector in 2011, he worked at large Indian corporations such as the Tata Group and Infosys, and co-founded a venture-funded start-up in the US.

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Vikram Gandhi

Founder ASHA Impact and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

INDIA

Vikram Gandhi

Founder ASHA Impact and Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School

INDIA

Vikram is the Founder of Asha Impact, an impact investing platform, and a Senior Advisor to The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. He is also a member of The Global Leaders Circle and associated with the Social Entrepreneurship initiative at Harvard Business School. He is also a Founding Board member of Social Finance India and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee, which plays an important role in promoting economic growth, reducing poverty and maintaining global financial stability.

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MICHELE GIDDENS

Co-founder & Partner, Bridges Fund Management

UK

MICHELE GIDDENS

Co-founder & Partner, Bridges Fund Management

UK

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GEETA GOEL

Chair-IIC & Country Director (India) Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

India

GEETA GOEL

Chair-IIC & Country Director (India) Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

India

Geeta manages the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation’s operations in India to transform the lives of urban low-income communities. She has represented the foundation on several boards of its investee companies and is also on the Investment Committee of India Educational Investment Fund and Education Catalyst Fund. Geeta chairs the Impact Investors Council in India and In 2017, she was nominated as India’s 30 Most Powerful Women in Impact by Business Today.

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Hon. Al Gore

Former Vice President,USA & Nobel Laureate

USA

Hon. Al Gore

Former Vice President,USA & Nobel Laureate

USA

Former Congressman, Senator and Vice President Al Gore is the co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, and the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit devoted to solving the climate crisis. He is also a best-selling author and the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary movie “An Inconvenient Truth”. In 2007, Gore was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for “informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change.”

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Uli Grabenwarter

Deputy Director - Equity Investments

European Union

Uli Grabenwarter

Deputy Director - Equity Investments

European Union

Uli is Deputy Director – Equity Investments at European Investment Fund (EIF). In this capacity he oversees EIF’s activities in Impact Investing, Technology Transfer and Venture Capital. Previously Uli led the build-up of the Social Impact Accelerator, the first pan-European social impact investing fund-of-funds. He regularly publishes articles and white papers on venture capital and impact investing and is also the chair of the European Impact Investing Luxembourg think-tank platform (www.eill.lu).

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Maryanne Hancock

CEO, Rise Labs

USA

Maryanne Hancock

CEO, Rise Labs

USA

Maryanne Hancock is the CEO of Rise Labs, which has recently launched out of the Rise Fund to bridge between evidentiary communities and capital allocators and to underwrite impact for capital allocation decision makers. Previously, Maryanne spent more than 20-years at McKinsey & Company, where she was a Senior Partner. Among her several leadership roles, Maryanne co-founded McKinsey’s K-12 education practice in the U.S. and served several poverty alleviation non-profits, including CARE. Maryanne holds a BA and MA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia and a JD from Harvard Law School.

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BENJAMIN HEBBORN

Chief of Staff, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Germany

BENJAMIN HEBBORN

Chief of Staff, Bertelsmann Stiftung

Germany

Benjamin is Advisor to the Executive Board and Chief of Staff to Brigitte Mohn at Bertelsmann Foundation, one of Europe’s largest operating foundations.

He leads Bertelsmann Foundation’s international impact investing activities and is responsible for its partnerships with, inter alia, the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment, EVPA and the OECD. In Germany, Bertelsmann Foundation acts as a convenor for the National Advisory Board, conducts research on impact investing, initiates Social Impact Bonds and is currently in the process of piloting a ‘platform of platforms’ for impact capital. It also manages a portfolio of impact investments.

Prior to his role at Bertelsmann Foundation, Benjamin worked as a diplomat in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as a consultant with McKinsey & Company.

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Sean Hinton

CEO, Soros Economic Development Fund - Open Society Foundation

USA

Sean Hinton

CEO, Soros Economic Development Fund - Open Society Foundation

USA

Sean Hinton joined the Open Society in September 2015 as Chief Executive Officer of the Soros Economic Development Fund and Director of the Economic Advancement Program. Prior to this Sean was principal of Terbish Partners which he founded in 2007 to provide strategic advisory services on cross-border transactions in China, Mongolia and Africa focusing on the social and economic impact of large-scale extractive investments. He was also a long-term senior advisor to Goldman Sachs in Asia.

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Safeena Husain

Founder, Educate Girls

INDIA

Safeena Husain

Founder, Educate Girls

INDIA

Safeena is the Founder and Executive Director at Educate Girls – a widely-known, award-winning non-profit organisation that aims at tackling issues at the root cause of gender inequality in India’s education system. Under Safeena’s leadership, Educate Girls has initiated the world’s first Development Impact Bond in education. Her efforts have been widely recognized and she has been conferred with multiple awards, including the 2017 NITI Aayog’s Women Transforming India Award and the British Asian Trust’s Special Recognition Award from HRH Prince Charles.

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DAVID HUTCHISON

Social Finance UK

UK

DAVID HUTCHISON

Social Finance UK

UK

David has been Chief Executive of Social Finance since May 2009 and since May 2010, a General Partner for the Peterborough Social Impact Partnership, an initiative that has brought Social Finance significant national and international recognition. He is also a non-executive Director of Start Up Loans, a government funded pilot to extend small loans to young people and help them start their own businesses, and 3i, one of the world’s leading international investors, with over £11bn of assets under management.

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Eriko Ishikawa

Global Head, Inclusive Business, IFC

Japan

Eriko Ishikawa

Global Head, Inclusive Business, IFC

Japan

Ms. Eriko Ishikawa leads the Inclusive Business team at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Inclusive companies are those that have a direct impact on the poor as consumers and producers.  IFC is the largest global investor in inclusive companies, with over US$18 billion investments committed since 2005.  IFC’s Treasury has raised over US$1.2 billion to fund inclusive projects in developing countries through its innovative thematic bond program (“Social” and “Inclusive Business” bonds) that have been well received by institutional and private investors.

At the global level, Ms. Ishikawa has helped establish IFC’s leadership in “Inclusive Business” through her work with the G20 Development Working Group, APEC, ASEAN, UNDP and UNGC.  Together with her team members, she has co-authored several publications on this topic.

Ms. Ishikawa has over 25 years of development finance experience in the World Bank Group. During her career she has led several new practice areas — providing financing, technical assistance and advisory support to private sector companies in Brazil, Cote d’Ivoire, Guyana, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, and Uzbekistan.

Prior to joining IFC, Ms. Ishikawa was a Vice President for International Corporate Finance at Citibank in New York, covering Latin American and Japanese clients. She was born in Japan, grew up in Brazil, and has been educated in the US. She has her MBA from Stanford University; she has her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Harvard University.  Scuba diving is her favorite sport.

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CHRIS JURGENS

Omidyar Network

USA

CHRIS JURGENS

Omidyar Network

USA

As a Director for Impact Investing, Chris leads Omidyar Network’s efforts on increasing the reach and effectiveness of impact investing through catalytic investments, research, and field building initiatives. His work particularly focuses on building partnerships and driving innovations to increase the flow of “frontier capital” to early stage enterprises in emerging markets. Prior to joining the firm, Chris was Director of Private Sector Partnerships at USAID’s Global Development Lab, where he oversaw the entrepreneurship and impact investing portfolio.

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AMITABH KANT

NITI Aayog

INDIA

AMITABH KANT

NITI Aayog

INDIA

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Amel Karboul

CEO, The Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and The Middle East

TUNISIA

Amel Karboul

CEO, The Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and The Middle East

TUNISIA

Former Minister of Tourism of Tunisia, H.E. Dr. Amel Karboul is a social entrepreneur, chairwoman, author and one of the leading young politicians in Africa. Having held several senior leadership roles in companies such as Mercedes-Benz and DaimlerChrysler, she is currently the CEO of the Education Outcomes Fund for Africa and the Middle East, and the Commissioner of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity.

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Julie Katzman

Executive Vice-President & CEO, Inter-American Development Bank

USA

Julie Katzman

Executive Vice-President & CEO, Inter-American Development Bank

USA

Julie T. Katzman is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Inter-American Development Bank.  Ms. Katzman joined the IDB in 2009 after a successful career as an investment banker, bringing together private sector expertise with a lifelong interest in development.

Ms. Katzman’s work has been recognized through a number of awards including Latin Trade Magazine’s Top 25 Businesswomen in Latin America and Global Diversity Magazine’s Top 10 Influential Women in Global Diversity.

Ms. Katzman serves on the Board of Directors of the MacArthur Foundation, the International Center for Research on Women and the Global Banking Alliance for Women.

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Maha Keramane

Social Business Manager, BNP Paribas

France

Maha Keramane

Social Business Manager, BNP Paribas

France

Maha Keramane began her career in 2002 in the audit/consulting sector within the financial industry after completing a business school degree and several experiences in the international arena (e.g. microfinance with the World Bank, export financing in Brazil).

In 2006, she joined the BNP Paribas Group’s Risk Department, contributing to the design and introduction of corporate rating methodologies across a wide array of sectors within the scope of regulatory updates. Since 2012, she has held the post of Head of Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship for Europe with BNP Paribas; her tasks include coordinating the project to implement a Group-wide system dedicated to Social Entrepreneurship within 4 European countries, involving: the development of specific analysis methodologies, monitoring tools, an impact measurement benchmark, and a study on the needs expressed by social enterprises.

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Runa Khan

Founder & ED, Friendship

BANGLADESH

Runa Khan

Founder & ED, Friendship

BANGLADESH

An Ashoka fellow and Schwab Foundation social entrepreneur, Runa is the Founder and Executive Director of Friendship, an NGO supporting remote communities in Bangladesh serving 4.2 million lives a year. Runa is also a board member of several organisations such as Global Dignity and BIC Corporate Foundation. She is a popular speaker at events and has received multiple international recognitions for her work including the Green Award by Positive Planet and the Social Innovation Leadership Award by the World CSR Congress.

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Rajeev Kher

Founder and CEO, 3S India

India

Rajeev Kher

Founder and CEO, 3S India

India

Rajeev’s mission to provide quality sanitation for un-served people in India has become a revolutionary concept and has created a phenomenal impact business model, which is present in numerous cities all over India. Today 3S, India’s premiere portable sanitation brand, is amongst the 50 top Social Impact Enterprises in India.

Rajeev has attended Clinton Global Initiative twice by invitation from former President of USA – Mr. Bill Clinton. He was featured in Business Outlook as one of India’s 50 Social Entrepreneurs who are making a difference to the lives of people in India. Under his leadership, the company has also been felicitated with the INDIA POSITIVE AWARD 2012 by CNN IBN. Additionally. Portable Sanitation Association International (PSAI), USA nominated Rajeev as the 1st Indian/Asian on its Board of Directors in 2010-2013.

Rajeev is a management graduate from Symbiosis Pune.

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Harvey Koh

Managing Director, FSG

Malaysia

Harvey Koh

Managing Director, FSG

Malaysia

Harvey is a Managing Director of FSG, and a leader of FSG’s Inclusive Markets practice. He has worked various actors to evaluate, develop and scale market-based models that benefit marginalized populations. Harvey has contributed to the field of impact investing through his research and consulting work, focusing on capital supply and demand. He is a member of the trustee board of Social Innovation Exchange, the advisory board of Energy Access India, and the GSG Working Group on Widening and Deepening the Market.

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Roopa Kudva

Partner, Omidyar Network and MD, Omidyar Network India Advisors, Omidyar Network

India

Roopa Kudva

Partner, Omidyar Network and MD, Omidyar Network India Advisors, Omidyar Network

India

Roopa is a partner of Omidyar Network and managing director of Omidyar Network India Advisors, where she leads investment strategy and operations. Previously, Roopa led CRISIL’s transformation from India’s premier ratings agency into a diversified global analytical company. Featured regularly in the media as a prominent woman leader in corporate India, Roopa has served as a member of several policy-level committees relating to the Indian financial system and is an independent director on the board of Infosys and Tata AIA Life Insurance Company.

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Manoj Kumar

TATA Trusts

India

Manoj Kumar

TATA Trusts

India

Manoj leads innovation and entrepreneurship for Tata Trusts and is responsible for creating and supporting sustainable ventures that serve critical social, economic and environmental needs. Manoj is also the architect of Social Alpha, an initiative to strengthen the science and technology start-up ecosystem in India. Social Alpha partners with Industry, Academia, and Government to empower innovators and entrepreneurs as they transition from lab to market. Social Alpha’s full stack support system includes product strategy validation, business and technology incubation and seed capital investment to accelerate the solution development and go to market execution. Since its inception in 2016, Social Alpha has nurtured more than 30 mission driven start-ups, creating a number of compelling solutions to fight poverty and address India’s intractable development sector challenges. To further strengthen the ecosystem, Manoj is currently raising a venture fund with an objective to provide early stage risk capital to high impact science and technology start-ups.

Manoj has been an entrepreneur as well as an early stage investor in a number of enterprise software start-ups and social innovation experiments. Prior to founding Social Alpha, Manoj co-founded Malgharia, a boutique consulting firm that helps companies identify and address their most critical challenges and turnaround business performance. Manoj has also worked for over two decades in investment banking and financial technology firms, including global leadership roles in the areas of Corporate Strategy, M&A, Product Management and R&D.

Manoj is a trustee of Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) and serves on the advisory and governing boards of a number of companies, non-profits and research institutions.

Manoj is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and lives in Bangalore, India.

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Dr. ANDREW KUPER

Founder & CEO, Leapfrog Investments

AUSTRALIA

Dr. ANDREW KUPER

Founder & CEO, Leapfrog Investments

AUSTRALIA

Dr Andrew Kuper is an award-winning entrepreneur, investor and author. He founded LeapFrog Investments in 2007 and serves as CEO. Today, LeapFrog has attracted over $1 billion in commitments from investors, and its companies serve 140 million people and support over 120,000 jobs across 33 countries. In 2017, LeapFrog was named by Fortune as one of the top 5 Companies to Change the World whilst President Clinton has recognised him for “opening up new frontiers for alternative investment”.

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Dr. RAJIV LALL

IDFC Bank

INDIA

Dr. RAJIV LALL

IDFC Bank

INDIA

A veteran economist and business leader for the past 35 years, Rajiv has been the Founder MD & CEO of IDFC Bank since 2015. He has been an active part of the finance and policy landscape both in India and internationally, occupying various leadership roles both in business and in public policy, such as the High Level Committee on Financing Infrastructure the President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He is also the Chairman of Social Finance India and on the Advisory Board of Columbia University.

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Cyrille Langendorff

Managing Director, CREDIT COOPERATIF

FRANCE

Cyrille Langendorff

Managing Director, CREDIT COOPERATIF

FRANCE

With over 20 years’ experience in the banking sector, Cyrille is Managing Director of the International Affairs Department of the French cooperative bank Credit Coopératif (CC). Prior to his current role at CC, Cyrille analysed and monitored the solidarity investments portfolio managed by Ecofi Investissements in France, and the investments done in collaboration with CC’s European partners. He is also the Chair of the French National Advisory Board, representing France on the executive committee of the GSG.

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Mairi Mackay

Global Head of Social Enterprise Programme, British Council

UK

Mairi Mackay

Global Head of Social Enterprise Programme, British Council

UK

Mairi currently leads the British Council’s portfolio of creative and social enterprise programmes, seeking to develop more inclusive and sustainable economies and societies through innovative, cross-sectoral approaches. Prior to that Mairi led the British Council’s Global Social Enterprise Programme across 30 countries, which provides social entrepreneurs with skills training, consultancy, and access to funding and investment opportunities. Previously Mairi served as Head of Greater China for Scottish Development International, directing four regional economic development offices to secure trade and investment for Scotland.

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Silvia Manca

Institutional Business Manager, European Investment Fund

Italy

Silvia Manca

Institutional Business Manager, European Investment Fund

Italy

Silvia is responsible for the Social Impact Programmes within the Mandate Management team of the European Investment Fund, the specialist provider of risk finance to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) across Europe. She joined the EIF in 2008 as project manager and she has been working in the design and implementation of new programmes to support access to finance for enterprises, with particular focus on the microfinance and the social entrepreneurship sectors. Prior joining EIF, Silvia held officer positions at State Street Bank. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Management of Arts, Culture and Communication from Bocconi University in Milano.

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Elias Masilela

Executive Chairman, DNA Economics

South Africa

Elias Masilela

Executive Chairman, DNA Economics

South Africa

Elias is the Executive Chairman of DNA Economics, Commissioner of the 1st & 2nd National Planning Commission. His previous roles include CEO of the PIC, Head of Policy Analysis at Sanlam, Act. Deputy Director General for Economic Policy at the South African National Treasury and Director of Research, Central Bank of Swaziland.

Currently he serves as Chairman of several influential entities in South Africa, namely V&A Waterfront, Absa Asset Management, Capital Harvest and Economic Research Southern Africa and serves on several boards including Multichoice SA, Alternative Prosperity Holdings, Future Planet Capital in London, Avior Capital Markets, Strate, Absa Financial Services and CA Sales.

Previously, He was also a member of the Boards of the South African Reserve Bank, the Government Employee Pension Fund, the Airports Company SA, as well as the UN Global Compact Board & Chairman of the (UNGC) SA Local Network.

He is founder of many initiatives such as the Financial Sector Charter Council, Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA), Social security and retirement reform in South Africa, UNGC Africa Implementation Agenda for the SDGs, Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute for Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI) previously ESAIDARM and the Ratepayers Association network in Swaziland, amongst others.

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Meg Massey

Director, Communications - GSG

USA

Meg Massey

Director, Communications - GSG

USA

Before becoming the Director of Communications for the GSG, Meg led outreach and communications for the Urban Institute’s Pay for Success Initiative, which promotes the role of evidence and evaluation in impact investing. She first became involved in the impact movement as a policy analyst at the White House Office of Management and Budget, working on early social impact bond approaches. Her writing on social and economic policy has appeared in Time, CNNMoney, and Parade. She has a BA from Mount Holyoke College and MA from Georgetown University.

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Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein

CEO, LGT Group

Liechtenstein

Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein

CEO, LGT Group

Liechtenstein

H.S.H. Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein was appointed to the role of chief executive officer of LGT Group in 2006. H.S.H. Prince Max started his professional career in the private equity industry in 1993 as an investment analyst and associate at JPMorgan Partners in New York. After five years in the United States, he returned to Europe in 1998 to work for the private equity group Industri Kapital as an associate and associate director in London and Hamburg. In 2000, he rejoined JPMorgan Partners as a director in London before becoming the head of JPMorgan Partners’ German office in 2003.

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Dr. Shannon May

Co-Founder and CSO, Bridge International Academies

Kenya

Dr. Shannon May

Co-Founder and CSO, Bridge International Academies

Kenya

Dr. Shannon May is the Co-Founder of Bridge International Academies, the largest network of technology enabled nursery and primary schools in Africa and India, where she currently serves as the CSO. Bridge partners with governments, communities, teachers and parents to deliver transformational education in impoverished communities. Bridge’s academic results are impressive, with students outperforming their peers in national tests and exams across multiple years and countries. Dr May is also a fluent Mandarin speaker.

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Sophie Maysonnave

Chief- Financing for development, innovation and partnership, Ministry for Europe & Foreign Affairs

France

Sophie Maysonnave

Chief- Financing for development, innovation and partnership, Ministry for Europe & Foreign Affairs

France

Graduate of the Institute of Political Studies of Paris, Sophie joined the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2005 where she works on European issues. She was then seconded to the European Commission and then to the European External Action Service, where she is in charge of the EU-China relationship. She then became political advisor at the French Embassy in Beijing, and deputy Head of mission in Port Louis. Since September 2017, she is head of the “Financing for Development, Innovation, Partnerships” division.

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Raphaël Mazet

CEO, Alice

UK

Raphaël Mazet

CEO, Alice

UK

Raphaël Mazet is the CEO of Alice, a network built on the Ethereum blockchain that brings together social organisations, donors and impact investors to identify and scale provably effective social projects. Prior to Alice, Raphaël was the COO and co-founder of CliqStart, a charity tech startup focused on digital activism. Before becoming a social tech entrepreneur, he spent ten years working as an advocacy and corporate communications consultant in Europe and Latin America.

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Gavin McGillivray

Head, DFID, India

UK

Gavin McGillivray

Head, DFID, India

UK

Gavin has been head of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) Office in India since June 2017.

Gavin was previously head of DFID’s office in Burma since June 2013 and before that was based in DFID’s London office where he headed DFID’s Private Sector Department, Global Funds and Development Finance Institutions Department and International Financial Institutions Department. He was the UK Director on the Boards of GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation) (2007-09) and UNITAID (2007-10). From 2003 to 2013, Gavin was responsible for DFID’s oversight of CDC Group plc and PIDG (Private Infrastructure Development Group).

Prior to joining DFID in 2000, Gavin managed long-term agricultural sector development programmes in Bolivia, Honduras, Colombia and the Caribbean. In the middle of these assignments, he spent 8 years in London with the international corporate finance house Campbell Lutyens, of which he was an Executive Director.

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Harvey McGrath, Sir

Chair, Big Society Capital

UK

Harvey McGrath, Sir

Chair, Big Society Capital

UK

Sir Harvey McGrath has had a long and distinguished career in the international financial services industry, including chairing both Prudential plc and Man Group plc. He is currently Chair of Governors of Birkbeck College, Chair of Trustees for Heart of the City, icould, and Funding London. He is a Trustee of the Mayor’s Fund for London and Member of the Advisory Board for Sutton Trust. He has specific involvement with social investment through his roles as Founding Trustee of New Philanthropy Capital, as a member of the Advisory Board of Bridges Fund Management and as a social investor.

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GIOVANNA MELANDRI

Human Foundation

ITALY

GIOVANNA MELANDRI

Human Foundation

ITALY

Giovanna is the President and Founder of Human Foundation. A former member of the Italian Parliament, and former Minister for Culture and Minister for Youth and Sport, she was engaged in international relations, cultural affairs, human rights, youth policies, sport and environment, and represented Italy within the EU Council of Ministers and at the Council of Europe. Since 2012, Giovanna has been President of the MAXXI Foundation for contemporary arts.  In July 2003, she was awarded the title of “Officier de la Legion d’Honneur” by the French President Jacques Chirac.

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ANTONIO MIGUEL

MAZE Impact

PORTUGAL

ANTONIO MIGUEL

MAZE Impact

PORTUGAL

Antonio is the founder of MAZE, an impact investment firm based in Portugal. At MAZE, he manages the capital advisory services, structured four social impact bonds in Portugal, provided technical advisory to the creation of Portugal Inovação Social (the €150m social investment wholesaler) and leads the technical work of the Portuguese Social Investment Taskforce as part of the GSG. Antonio holds a MsC in Business Administration from Católica Lisbon and is a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum.

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Dr. BRIGITTE MOHN

Bertelsmann Stiftung

GERMANY

Dr. BRIGITTE MOHN

Bertelsmann Stiftung

GERMANY

Dr. Brigitte Mohn is the daughter of Bertelsmann Stiftung founders Liz Mohn and the late Reinhard Mohn. Her career has included positions with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy; Bantam, Doubleday and Dell Publishing in New York; McKinsey in Hamburg; and Pixelpark in Switzerland. 2002, she also became director of the Health program at the Bertelsmann Stiftung. She has been a member of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board since January 1, 2005.

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Chul Woo Moon

Chair, South Korea NAB

South Korea

Chul Woo Moon

Chair, South Korea NAB

South Korea

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Isabel Mota

President - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Portugal

Isabel Mota

President - Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Portugal

Recipient of multiple awards for her work, Isabel is the President of the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation since May 2017, she is also a non-executive member of the board of Santander-Totta Bank and member of the Council of Portuguese Honorific Orders. She has served in numerous government positions including as Secretary of State for Planning and Regional Development, with responsibility for the negotiations with the European Union over Structural and Cohesion Funds for Portugal.

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PRADEEP NAIR

Regional Director, Ford Foundation

India

PRADEEP NAIR

Regional Director, Ford Foundation

India

Pradeep is the regional director with Ford Foundation, based out of India. Pradeep has more than 20 years of private and non-profit experience, working primarily in the US and India, with a brief stint in Europe. His previous experience includes working with President Clinton’s Climate Initiative, with a focus on India and the region. Working with Michael Bloomberg and his team, he was also instrumental in expanding the C40 network (a network of global mayors) in India and the region.

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Reema Nanavaty

Executive Director, SEWA

India

Reema Nanavaty

Executive Director, SEWA

India

Reema has been working with the self-employed women from the informal sector since 1984 when she joined the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), becoming its General Secretary in 1999, making it the single largest union of informal sector workers. For her work, she received the Padma Sri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. Reema is currently member of the Advisory Council on Gender of the World Bank Group and a member of International Labor Organization’s High-Level Global Commission on Future of Work.

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YARON NEUDORFER

CEO, Social Finance Israel

Israel

YARON NEUDORFER

CEO, Social Finance Israel

Israel

Yaron is the co-founder and CEO of Social Finance Israel, Israel’s first social-financial intermediary, developing social impact bonds and the impact investing ecosystem. He previously served for seven years as CFO of The Jewish Agency, the largest not-for-profit organization in the country, overseeing a budget of more than $400M. Prior to joining the Jewish Agency, Yaron served for 12 years in various positions in the Israeli Ministry of Finance, overseeing projects within social areas such as healthcare and education.

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John Newbigin

Founder & Chairman, Creative England

UK

John Newbigin

Founder & Chairman, Creative England

UK

John is founder and Chairman of Creative England, a public/private partnership that invests in creative content businesses and digital technology. He serves in several senior positions, including as a member of the UK government’s Creative Industries Council; as the London Mayor’s Ambassador for the Creative Industries and as Chairman of the British Council’s Advisory Group for Arts and Creative Economy. He was awarded an OBE for “services to creative industries and the arts” in the Queen’s 2015 New Years Honours List.

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Chinyere Nnadi

Founder, Sela Technologies

USA

Chinyere Nnadi

Founder, Sela Technologies

USA

Chi Nnadi, is a social entrepreneur dedicated to leveraging cutting edge technology to increase prosperity in the emerging world. He is the founder of Sela Technologies and Sustainability International.

Sela is activating development capital by providing secure transactions, reputable economic identities, and real-time data.  Sela Citizens execute, and verify projects in a secure, reputation-driven network marketplace of environmental, social and impact investments. Sela ultimately seeks to drive measurable impact against the UN’s SDGs.

Sustainability International is working to catalyze the largest cleanup of oil pollution in world history using a win-win social enterprise model that leverages biotechnology, blockchain technology, and the power of Virtual Reality to spread the message.

Chi’s work has been featured in Vice, Knowledge@Wharton, Al Jazeera, Huffington Post, and BBC Radio. He has been a speaker at Skoll World Forum at the University of Oxford, the Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Conference, the Harvard Business School Africa Business Conference, the Wharton Club of Africa Family Office Forum and the Opal Impact Investing Conference.

Chi is a former management consultant from the Boston Consulting Group.

He is an alum of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and University of California, Los Angeles’ School of Theater, Film, Television.

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SHUICHI OHNO

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

JAPAN

SHUICHI OHNO

Sasakawa Peace Foundation

JAPAN

Shuichi is the President of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic organizations in Asia with assets of over a US $ 1 billion. He was Japan’s Private Sector Representative at the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce and a founding member of Japan’s National Advisory Board. He serves on the board of Japan Social Impact Investment Foundation – an organization with the mission to promote social impact investments and unlock private capital for impact in Japan.

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TRACY PALANDJIAN

Social Finance US

USA

TRACY PALANDJIAN

Social Finance US

USA

Tracy Palandjian is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Social Finance, a nonprofit organization which is leading the development of Pay for Success financing and Social Impact Bonds, an innovative public-private partnership that mobilizes capital to drive social progress.

For more than a decade, Tracy has committed to building a more impactful nonprofit sector by re-imagining the role of the capital markets in enabling social progress. Inspired by Social Finance UK, Tracy co-founded Social Finance US in 2011 to develop the Pay for Success model in the United States. Prior to Social Finance, Tracy was a Managing Director for 11 years at The Parthenon Group where she established and led the Nonprofit Practice and worked with foundations and NGOs to accomplish their missions in the US and globally. Tracy also worked at Wellington Management Co. and McKinsey & Co.

Tracy is co-author of Investing for Impact: Case Studies Across Asset Classes. She is vice chair of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance to the Global Impact Investment Steering Group. She is a trustee at the Surdna Foundation (where she chairs the Investment Committee), and a Director of Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG). She also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Community Development Advisory Council. A former Vice Chair of the Harvard Board of Overseers, Tracy continues to serve on various Standing and Visiting Committees at Harvard University.

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Vivek Pandit

Director, McKinsey

INDIA

Vivek Pandit

Director, McKinsey

INDIA

Vivek co-leads McKinsey’s Private Equity & Principal Investor Practice globally, serving the world’s leading investors and shareholders on investment strategy, operations, origination, transformations, and exits. He serves as a trustee of the Aspen Institute India, St. Jude’s Cancer Care Centers, the Board of Governors of The Doon School, Avasara Leadership Academy and more recently as an Advisor to Social Finance India on developing Social Impact Bonds.

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Aunnie Patton Power

Founder, Intelligent Impact

SOUTH AFRICA

Aunnie Patton Power

Founder, Intelligent Impact

SOUTH AFRICA

Aunnie is the founder of Intelligent Impact, an advisor to the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Cape Town and an Associate Fellow at the Saïd School of Business. In these roles, she consults to a broad range of organisations, and researches and lectures on social finance and impact investing. Aunnie’s work has been published throughout the world, including by the Oxford University Press, the Stanford Social Innovation Review and the World Economic Forum.

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Ross Piper

CEO, Christian Super

Australia

Ross Piper

CEO, Christian Super

Australia

Ross Piper is the Chief Executive Officer of Christian Super.  He has over 25 years of leadership and management experience in corporate and non-profit contexts. Prior to Ross’ appointment as Christian Super CEO in Jan 2018, he was COO with World Vision Australia and also served with World Vision International for several years in the Middle East and various countries of the former Yugoslavia.

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Tina Porou

Head of Sustainability, Contact Energy

New Zealand

Tina Porou

Head of Sustainability, Contact Energy

New Zealand

Tina has worked in the Maori tribal economy for the last 20 years, seeing the rise of the Maori economic base and how this foundation of commercial growth has been utilized through an indigenous paradigm for the benefit of tribal members.

Tina is an entrepreneur in the area of environmental management.

She is an accomplished tribal advocate and has been honored with the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Award and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to Maori and the Environment.

Tina holds governance positions on a range of Maori commercial entities, where social impact investment in its Maori indigenous form has been in play since the 1920’s. She is a governor on the Lake Taupo Forest Trust, a tribally owned entity with a $300m asset base and Akina.

Tina has recently founded Poipoia, a company delivering ecosystem services through a Maori lens of sustainability and she is a technical advisor for the Iwi Leaders Group on Natural Resources.

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Alejandro Preusche

Chair, LIFF Task Force

ARGENTINA

Alejandro Preusche

Chair, LIFF Task Force

ARGENTINA

A Vice-Chair and Global Ambassador of the GSG, Alejandro began his career in private equity and venture capital in South America in 2003 and began developing high social impact enterprises in 2006, attracting major investors such as the IFC and JPMorgan. Alejandro’s own enterprise Almado aims to deepen the involvement of businesses in the reduction of poverty through greater collaboration with other stakeholders. Currently Almado collaborating with the City of Buenos Aires in a $450 million slum integration project.

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CLIFF PRIOR

Big Society Capital

UK

CLIFF PRIOR

Big Society Capital

UK

Before becoming the CEO of Big Society Capital in March 2016, Cliff was CEO of UnLtd for social entrepreneurs, supporting 13,000 new start-ups and building a 50-country Global Social Entrepreneurship Network. He has co-created a number of social start-ups, mentors emerging social leaders and is involved in the UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investing. He also leads an international working group on the development of wholesale social impact investors and market development agencies.

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Mika Pyykko

Project Director, Impact Investing, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra,

Finland

Mika Pyykko

Project Director, Impact Investing, Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra,

Finland

Mika is the Project Director for the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra since 2014. He has worked in Finland and abroad, particularly as a champion of health and well-being promotion and preventative action. In addition, Mika has been engaged in the development of collaboration between the public, private and third sectors. One of Mika’s most public achievements is pioneering the National Heart Symbol system, which allows consumers to make healthier choices faster and easier.

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Vineet Rai

CEO & MD, Aavishkaar

INDIA

Vineet Rai

CEO & MD, Aavishkaar

INDIA

Vineet is the Founder of Aavishkaar Intellecap Group and chairs its Group Executive Council. Managing assets worth $650 million, the Group provides funding to social entrepreneurs whilst playing a pivotal role in building the impact investing ecosystems of India, South East Asia and Africa.  Vineet has received numerous awards for his work, and serves on several boards and councils including as Commissioner at the Business Commission for Sustainable Development and as Senior Advisor to Blended Finance Working Group at OECD.

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Farhadur Reza

President of Build Bangladesh

BANGLADESH

Farhadur Reza

President of Build Bangladesh

BANGLADESH

Farhad leads Build Bangladesh, an issue-based platform, complementing social entrepreneurship, economic empowerment and environmental sustainability while focusing on intergenerational well-being and the SDGs. Build Bangladesh has partnered with UNDP SDG Impact Finance to launch the Build Bangladesh Impact Fund, worth US$100m, which is the first fund of such nature launched globally in 2017. He is also leading the Spark* Bangladesh Team to deliver an accelerator and growth programme for young social entrepreneurs in partnership with Australian based YGAP.

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Dave Richards

Co founder & Managing Partner, Capria

USA

Dave Richards

Co founder & Managing Partner, Capria

USA

Dave Richards is a co-Founder and Managing Partner of Capria, which supports and invests in the next generation of fund managers that back small and fast-growing businesses innovating for the masses in emerging markets. Dave brings deep experience as an entrepreneur, executive, and global early-stage investor. In 2012, he co-founded Unitus Ventures Funds, now the leading venture seed funds supporting startups innovating for the masses in India. Unitus Ventures is an affiliate of Unitus Group, a premier financial services group operating in India and other emerging markets since 2000. Since 2005, Dave has been involved with the Unitus Group, helping to lead efforts to select and invest in entrepreneurs in many developing countries, and as an early venture capital investor in microfinance and other businesses serving low-income populations. Previously, he developed and led multiple high-growth technology businesses at RealNetworks, Sybase and Symantec from startup to multiple hundred-million-dollar global enterprises.

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Sophie Robe

Founder and CEO, Phenix Capital

Netherlands

Sophie Robe

Founder and CEO, Phenix Capital

Netherlands

Sophie Robé is CEO and founder of Phenix Capital, an investment consultant focusing on impact investing for institutional investors. Prior to founding Phenix in 2012, Sophie was Director and Head of Hedge fund Advisory at Jupiter Asset Management in London and, prior to that Vice President at Commerzbank Asset Management in Germany, where she was Head of Quantitative Equity Analysis. Sophie is a co-founder of Alternatives4Children, an education-focused charity that supports children in need.

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Adva Saldinger

Associate Editor, DEVEX

USA

Adva Saldinger

Associate Editor, DEVEX

USA

Adva Saldinger is an associate editor at Devex, where she covers the intersection of business and international development as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. From impact investing and innovative finance to trade and social entrepreneurship, she enjoys exploring the role the private sector and private capital play in development. A journalist with more than 10 years’ experience, Adva has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and has lived in both Ghana and South Africa.

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FILIPE SANTOS

Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Católica-Lisbon and INSEAD

PORTUGAL

FILIPE SANTOS

Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Católica-Lisbon and INSEAD

PORTUGAL

Filipe Santos is Professor and Chair of Social Entrepreneurship at CATÓLICA-LISBON and Visiting Professor at INSEAD. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He was a full-time faculty member of INSEAD for 12 years until 2014 before founding and leading Portugal Social Innovation, a new government initiative aiming to catalyze the social investment market in Portugal. At INSEAD he was the Academic Director of the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Initiative from 2007 to 2015. He also co-founded IES – Social Business School and the Laboratory for Social Investment (now Maze – Decoding Impact). Professor Santos is an award-winning teacher and researcher. His work in entrepreneurship and social innovation has been cited 6000 times (Google Scholar). Professor Santos is co-author of the book “The Social Entrepreneur´s Guide to Changing the World”.

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Ommeed Sathe

Vice President, Impact Investments, Prudential Finance

USA

Ommeed Sathe

Vice President, Impact Investments, Prudential Finance

USA

Ommeed heads the Impact Investment unit in the Office of Corporate Social Responsibility at Prudential. The Impact Investment unit manages a portfolio of more than $800 million in investments with a commitment to grow its impact investing portfolio to $1 billion by 2020. Previously, Ommeed was director of real estate development for the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority redevelops residential and commercial properties and implements crucial public projects. Ommeed serves on the board of the Military Park Partnership, B-Lab, Non-Profit Finance Fund and The Community Development Trust.

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Eric Savage

Co-Founder & CEO, UNITUS Capital

USA

Eric Savage

Co-Founder & CEO, UNITUS Capital

USA

Eric is the Co-Founder & CEO of Unitus Capital (UC) and has led the company in raising almost US$2 billion for various impact businesses. Unitus Capital has been ranked the #1 Indian investment bank by Venture Intelligence and VCCircle for the past five years. In 2014, Eric was named Indian Expat Entrepreneur of the Year by Expat Entrepreneurs Circle, and, in 2016, was awarded the Indira Gandhi Sadbhawana Award for his contributions to the impact investing sector.

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Beto Scretas

Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial (ICE)

Brazil

Beto Scretas

Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial (ICE)

Brazil

Beto has 25 years’ experience in the financial markets, with primary focus on equity markets. He led Schroder Investment Management Brasil as its CEO for 10 years, before joining the Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial in 2012, a Brazilian NGO which aims to further impact investing. He is a member of the Executive Team of the “Aliança pelos Investimentos e Negócios de Impacto”, a Brazilian group that promotes impact investment and represents Brazil at the GSG.

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Audrey Selian

Director, Rianta Capital

SWITZERLAND

Audrey Selian

Director, Rianta Capital

SWITZERLAND

Audrey Selian currently serves as Director of the Artha Initiative.  She is founder of ArthaPlatform.com, an impact investment platform designed to tackle the information asymmetries and economics of due diligence around high impact, small scale SMEs/SGBs. Through its associated vehicle Artha Networks Inc., the platform tool has been licensed for Latin America by the Inter-American Development Bank. Audrey also currently serves as a trustee for several non-profit organizations whilst being a board member in several for-profits.

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Urmi Sengupta

Program Officer, Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation

USA

Urmi Sengupta

Program Officer, Impact Investments, MacArthur Foundation

USA

Urmi is responsible for managing grant-making on field-building and collaborative activities to inform and build the impact investing marketplace. She also coordinates the team’s evaluation activities and represents the team on all impact investing efforts undertaken in conjunction with the Foundation’s international programs.

With close to two decades of experience in international economic development, banking and impact investing, Urmi has worked with stakeholders along the financial services delivery chain, focusing specially on the small and micro segments. She started her career in corporate banking at Bank of America in India after a business degree from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, later earning a master’s degree (summa cum laude) at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago. For eight years, she worked with CapitalPlus Exchange, leading and managing relationships with small business finance and microfinance institutions and developing a range of capacity building initiatives. Her work included conceptualizing, launching and running the first global community network for emerging market small business banks, an initiative that is now part of the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) SME Finance Forum managed by the International Finance Corporation.

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Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty

Chairman & Founder, Narayana Health

INDIA

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty

Chairman & Founder, Narayana Health

INDIA

Devi is a pioneering cardiac surgeon and award-winning social entrepreneur. He is chairman and Founder of Narayana Health, a chain of 21 medical centers in India. He has been awarded multiple awards and honours including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003, the World Economic Forum Social Entrepreneurship Award in 2005 and Padma Bhushan in 2012, the third highest civilian award by the Government of India for his contribution to the field of affordable healthcare.

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Anubha Shrivastava

Chief Investment Officer, LGT Impact

UK

Anubha Shrivastava

Chief Investment Officer, LGT Impact

UK

Anubha Shrivastava is the Chief Investment Officer for LGT Impact Investment Advisors. Prior to this, Anubha was a Managing Director and Member of Management Committee at the CDC Group where she invested and managed the Asian private equity portfolio. Anubha moved to CDC from Performance Equity Management, where she headed the London office and was responsible for managing the European portfolio. Prior to PEM, Anubha was based in New York with General Motors Asset Management’s Private Equity Group. She has a 20-year track record in private equity and has invested across the United States, Europe and Asia.

She has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Lady Sriram College, India, and Masters in Finance from London Business School and is pursuing an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.

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Chetna Gala Sinha

Founder, Mann Deshi Bank & Mann Deshi Foundation

India

Chetna Gala Sinha

Founder, Mann Deshi Bank & Mann Deshi Foundation

India

Chetna is an activist, farmer and banker. In 1996, she founded the Mann Deshi Foundation with the aim of economically and socially empowering rural women. In 1997, she set up the Mann Deshi Mahila Sahakari Bank – India’s first bank for and by rural women, which today has 60,000 account holders, manages business of over $20 million. So far, it has supported over 400,000 women and plans to reach one million women entrepreneurs by 2022.

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Imogen Rose-Smith

Institutional Investor

UK

Imogen Rose-Smith

Institutional Investor

UK

Imogen Rose-Smith is an ESG Investment Fellow with the University of California and contributor to Institutional Investor. Among other topics she covers institutional asset owners, sustainable investing, alternative investments, impact investing, politics and capital markets. Her recent work has included features on the carbon divestment movement and community investing and economic development. She also served as a consultant to the Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights on their Compass conference and education program. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Anna Snider

Head of Due Diligence, Bank of America

USA

Anna Snider

Head of Due Diligence, Bank of America

USA

Anna Snider is a Managing Director and Due Diligence Business Executive for the Bank of America. In this role, she leads the due diligence team and is responsible for managing research across asset classes. She also defines and executes investment strategies focusing on impact strategy research, thought leadership and investment implementation.

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Laurie Spengler

President & CEO, Enclude Capital

USA

Laurie Spengler

President & CEO, Enclude Capital

USA

Laurie is President & CEO of Enclude, a global advisory firm and impact investment bank dedicated to building inclusive, sustainable and prosperous local economies. Laurie founded and led the Central European Advisory Group, a regional advisory firm she sold to her management team in 2005. Among her active board engagements, she serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs, the UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investing and the CDC Group.

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RATAN TATA

Chair - Tata Trusts

INDIA

RATAN TATA

Chair - Tata Trusts

INDIA

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Halla Tomasdottir

CEO, the B Team

Iceland

Halla Tomasdottir

CEO, the B Team

Iceland

Halla Tómasdóttir is the CEO of The B Team. Halla started her leadership career in corporate America working for Mars and Pepsi Cola. She was on the founding team of Reykjavík University where she established the Executive Education Department, founded and led successful women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment initiative and was an assistant professor at the Business School. She was the first female CEO of the Iceland Chamber of Commerce and later went on to co-found an investment firm with the vision to incorporate feminine values into finance.

Halla has served on for-profit and non-profit boards in education, healthcare, finance and consumer products. She also founded and chaired WE 2015, a global dialogue on closing the gender gap. Her work has led her to the TED stage twice. In 2011, Newsweek named her to a list of 150 women who shake the world and following Iceland’s Presidential Elections in 2016, The New Yorker called her A Living Emoji of Sincerity.

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Krisztina Tora

Director, Market Development - GSG

France

Krisztina Tora

Director, Market Development - GSG

France

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Masataka Uo

Vice Chair - Japan NAB

Japan

Masataka Uo

Vice Chair - Japan NAB

Japan

Masataka is the Vice Chair of the Japan National Advisory Board for the GSG. He is also the founder and CEO of Japan Fundraising Association (JFRA), a platform that promotes social impact investment and philanthropic giving, and the founder and CEO of Fundrex.Co.Ltd, a leading consultancy for social impact organizations. JFRA’s Social Impact Center is performing a pivotal role in creating Social Impact Bonds projects, facilitating Social Impact Measurement Initiatives and advocating a dormant bank account utilization policy.

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Gayathri Vasudevan

CEO, LabourNet

India

Gayathri Vasudevan

CEO, LabourNet

India

Gayathri, as co-founder and CEO, has built LabourNet into a respected social enterprise, by anchoring on values of growth, transparency social protection and inclusion. LabourNet has won numerous awards in the last few years for its model and contribution to society.

She has been extensively involved in policy issues & community mobilizations relating to Livelihoods, Social Security and the informal economy. Gayathri has a Doctorate in development studies with more than 20 years experience in both national and international organizations. She is been awarded with “Entrepreneur of the year – 2015” in Service Business – Training by Entrepreneur India Magazine.

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R Venkataramanan

Executive Trustee - TATA Trusts

India

R Venkataramanan

Executive Trustee - TATA Trusts

India

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Rodrigo Villar

Founding Partner, New Ventures

Mexico

Rodrigo Villar

Founding Partner, New Ventures

Mexico

Rodrigo is the Founding Partner of New Ventures and has been instrumental in the development of the Impact Investing Industry in Latin America. New Ventures combines a diverse set of technical assistance and acceleration services with Adobe Capital, its finance arm. He is a Board Member in several organisation including the Aspen Network for Developing Entrepreneurs and Impact Hub Global. Currently, Rodrigo is also the President of the Mexico National Advisory Board to the GSG.

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DARREN WALKER

President-Ford Foundation & Chair-USIIA

USA

DARREN WALKER

President-Ford Foundation & Chair-USIIA

USA

Before becoming the President of the Ford Foundation, Darren was Vice President at the Rockefeller Foundation, overseeing its global and domestic programmes. He chairs several organisations, including the UN International Labor Organization Commission on the Future of Work. Additionally, he serves on the boards of various organisations and councils such as Carnegie Hall and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is the recipient of thirteen honorary degrees and university awards, including the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard University.

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Sebastian Welisiejko

Secretary of State for Socio-Urban Integration, Ministry of Social Development

Argentina

Sebastian Welisiejko

Secretary of State for Socio-Urban Integration, Ministry of Social Development

Argentina

Sebastian Welisiejko is an Argentinian economist specialized in economic development, impact investment, conflict economics and socio-urban development. He is Secretary of State for Socio-Urban Integration at Argentina’s Ministry of Social Development, and Global Ambassador of the GSG. Previously, Sebastian served at Argentina’s Cabinet Office, was Executive Director of the GSG and Chief Economist of The Portland Trust, a British NGO promoting peace and stability between Israelis and Palestinians through economic development.  He holds a BA in Economics from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and an MSc in Economic Development from the University of Sussex (UK).

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Tim West

Founder & CEO, The Fable Bureau & Pioneers Post

UK

Tim West

Founder & CEO, The Fable Bureau & Pioneers Post

UK

Tim is the founder editor and CEO of Pioneers Post and mission-focused marketing and social innovation company The Fable Bureau. He also founded the Good Deals social investment conference and the NatWest SE100 Index.

Through these platforms and initiatives, he works with corporates, social entrepreneurs, private businesses, civil society organisations and government bodies to promote the fusion of brilliant business and social values, helping to build great brands, compelling stories and sustainable business around social impact and social responsibility.

Tim is a trustee with ECT Charity and a director of Big Issue Invest, and has served on a number of national programmes, advisory groups and awards panels – including the Deloitte Social Innovation Pioneers, the awards panel for UnLtd, and the UK social enterprise awards.

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Eric Wetlaufer

Director, TMX Group Inc

CANADA

Eric Wetlaufer

Director, TMX Group Inc

CANADA

Eric provides counsel to a range of companies, with a particular focus on sustainability and impact in the technology and financial sectors. He most recently was responsible for leading the CPP Investment Board’s Public Market Investments department, a multi-strategy platform of investing globally over C$180 billion. During his time at CPPIB, he was responsible for CPPIB’s Sustainable Investing Group and served on the Board of Directors of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment.

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Karen Wilson

Finance for Sustainable Development, OECD

SWITZERLAND

Karen Wilson

Finance for Sustainable Development, OECD

SWITZERLAND

Karen has been working at the OECD since 2009 where her work has focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and finance including angel investment, venture capital and impact investment. In addition to other boards and advisory positions, she serves as a board member of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) and on the Harvard Business School Impact Investment Alumni Steering Committee. Karen is also the Founder of GV Partners, a research and consulting firm focused on entrepreneurship and finance.

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Susan de Witt

Senior Project Manager - Innovative Finance, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship

SOUTH AFRICA

Susan de Witt

Senior Project Manager - Innovative Finance, Bertha Centre for Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship

SOUTH AFRICA

Dr Susan de Witt is the Innovative Finance Senior Lead at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Graduate School of Business in Cape Town. She is currently heading up the Secretariat for Impact Investing National Advisory Board. She is also working with National Treasury in South Africa to help integrate outcomes-based contracting mechanisms into supply chain management, as well as with line departments and private donors to design outcomes-based funds and Impact Bonds.

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Adam Wolfensohn

Co Managing Partner, Encourage Capital

USA

Adam Wolfensohn

Co Managing Partner, Encourage Capital

USA

Adam Wolfensohn is Co-Managing Partner of Encourage Capital, an asset management company formed by the merger of Wolfensohn Fund Management and EKO Asset Management. A unique partnership of disciplined investors and creative problem-solvers, the firm is working with major asset owners to deploy investment capital into commercial opportunities that solve problems like global fisheries decline and climate change.

From 2003 to 2006, he produced the climate change documentary, “Everything’s Cool,” that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. From 2002 to 2003, he worked with Conservation International to create a market for carbon credits from avoided deforestation projects.

Prior to 2002, Adam composed music for numerous films, television commercials and theater productions as founder and CEO of “Red Ramona,” an award winning music and sound design studio in New York City. He is a Trustee of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Yad Hanadiv, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Bang on a Can. He is a member of the investment committee of Rockefeller Brothers Fund and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Adam earned a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.E.M. from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.

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Jonathan Wong

Chief of Technology and Innovation, UNESCAP

UK

Jonathan Wong

Chief of Technology and Innovation, UNESCAP

UK

Jonathan is the Chief of Technology and Innovation at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). He joined ESCAP from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) where led a number of ground-breaking initiatives on impact enterprises and investment, technology and open innovation. He has developed several high-profile impact investment initiatives including the Global Innovation Fund. Jonathan was also a Founding Partner of an impact investment fund and supported the establishment of the UK National Health Service Institute for Innovation and Improvement.

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David Woods

Chairman, Impact Enterprise Fund

New Zealand

David Woods

Chairman, Impact Enterprise Fund

New Zealand

David is an experienced general manager and Board director with strong track record in change management and organisational re-engineering in both operational and strategic areas of business across a wide variety of cultures and geographies.

David held an executive role as MD of a large social finance/impact investing organisation, supporting financial inclusion, agriculture and renewable energy in the developing world with a capital base of EUR 1.2bn.

David has extensive governance experience in financial and non-financial Boards; he is a Director of Whai Rawa Fund Ltd, a trustee of The Gift Trust, and Chairman of the Impact Enterprise Fund, in addition to sitting on three overseas micro-finance company boards for the Aga Khan Foundation as an independent director. He is used to operating effectively across international networks and within both large and small working environments, and seeks to contribute to delivering successful outcomes for New Zealand businesses both in NZ and overseas.

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Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution

USA

Emily Gustafsson-Wright

Fellow, Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution

USA

Emily is a fellow in the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. A global expert on innovative financing mechanisms, she is also the premier thought-leader and convener in the emerging field of social and development impact bonds. Her previous professional experience includes working at the World Bank, the UNICEF Innocenti Research Center, and as Senior Researcher with the Amsterdam Institute for International Development (AIID).

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Brace Young

Partner, Arabesque

USA

Brace Young

Partner, Arabesque

USA

Prior to joining Arabesque in 2017, Mr. Young was the CEO at Eclat Impact and the CEO and a Partner at Mariner Investment group from 2000-2015. He serves as Board Chair of GWAVE, a wave-based renewable energy company and is the Chairman of the Board at Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a coeducational day school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is also the Chairman of the Board at Social Finance, Inc., a Boston-based non-profit organization dedicated to mobilizing investment capital for social change.

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Pavithra YS

Managing Director and Director, Vindhya e-Infomedia Private Limited

India

Pavithra YS

Managing Director and Director, Vindhya e-Infomedia Private Limited

India

Ms. Y. S. Pavithra serves as Managing Director and Director at Vindhya e-Infomedia Private Limited. Ms. Pavithra is the recipient of “Shell-Helen Keller Award” from National Center for Promotion of employment opportunity for disabled people, a Govt. of India body, and “Outstanding Customer” from then Honorable Finance Minister. She is also the recipient of “TATA-TiE Stree Shakthi Award 2009” for outstanding contribution towards woman entrepreneurship. She is also the recipient of “Young Achiever Award 2010” from Brigade Group & Rotary. Ms. Pavithra is a commerce graduate from Bangalore University and was pursuing her Chartered Accountancy at the time of founding Vindhya.

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Athena YU

Executive Director, Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation

CH

Athena YU

Executive Director, Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation

CH

Athena YU is Executive Director of Binance Blockchain Charity Foundation (BCF) , a non-for-profit foundation that aims to empower the multi billion people in poverty by leveraging blockchain technology. She is also Co-Founder of the Made in Africa Initiative which is a professional NGO advises African government for industrialization and social development. Now she leads BCF international development and marketing strategy.

She has deep expertise in international development strategy, charitable donation, public and private investment strategy in emerging markets, and operational experience in 10 Sub-Saharan Africa countries.

Athena has accumulated abundant experiences in bridging investment from to developing countries with various financing vehicles. Over the past years, she has successfully facilitated several infrastructure and industrial investment projects in Africa with multi billion USD.

Prior to joining BCF, Athena has worked in a global leading consulting firm and has been in charge of Marketing and overseas investment in a Chinese leading state-owned infrastructure corporation. She holds MSc from London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Angélica Zegers

Chair, Chile NAB

Chile

Angélica Zegers

Chair, Chile NAB

Chile

With years of experience as a corporate lawyer specialised in finance, Angélica became an advisor to the Minister of Social Development of Chile in 2010, focusing on promoting civil society solutions to social problems. In 2014, Angélica led a project at the Inter-American Development Bank with the aim of creating an impact investing ecosystem in Chile. This initiative led Angélica to found Fundación Impacta, a non-profit that seeks to build the market and create an impact investment ecosystem in Chile.

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Maya Ziswiler

Head, Innovative Finance, UBS Optimus Foundation

SWITZERLAND

Maya Ziswiler

Head, Innovative Finance, UBS Optimus Foundation

SWITZERLAND

Maya is the head of Social Finance at the UBS Optimus Foundation where she is responsible for mobilizing private capital in new and more efficient ways to maximize social impact. She spearheaded the foundation’s work in this space, piloting and scaling impact bonds, testing the concept of impact loans and leveraging public private partnerships. Before joining UBS Optimus Foundation, Maya worked at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria where she was managed partnerships with the private sector.

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