This program was created with input from:
•Ayako Kageyama, Head of Innovative Sustainable Finance, Nippon Life Insurance Company
• Bryan Goh, Chief Executive Officer, Tsao Family Office Pte. Ltd.
• Chii Fen Hiu, Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
• Diana Watson, Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment, Tsao Family Office Pte. Ltd.
• Eliza Foo, Director of Impact Investing, Temasek
• Hui Hsing Ma, Co-Founder, Blue7
• Kavitha Menon, Director, Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA)
• Sook Yee Tai,Chairman, NO. 17 Foundation
• Vikas Arora, Chief Impact Investing Officer, AVPN
KEYNOTE AND SPOTLIGHT SPEAKERS
Bryan Goh
CEOTsao Family Office
Chavalit Frederick Tsao
ChairmanTsao Pao Chee Group
Diana Watson
Head of Sustainability and Impact InvestmentTsao Family Office
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Rajeev Peshawaria
CEOStewardship Asia Centre
Bryan Goh
CEO
Tsao Family Office
Bryan has almost 30 years of experience managing multi asset traditional and alternative portfolios in family offices and private banks. He began his career with Arab Bank in Asia, followed by Arab Bank in London before helping establish a family office for the bank’s shareholders. Later, he co-founded First Avenue Partners in London, an alternative investment advisory firm, leading its fund management business. Bryan also managed the alternative investment business at DBS private bank before joining Bordier & Cie in Singapore as their Chief Investment Officer. He has also been an occasional teacher at institutions such as the Wealth Management Institute and the London School of Economics
Chavalit Frederick Tsao
Chairman
Tsao Pao Chee Group
Founder of Octave Chairman, Council of Wisdom, Family Business Network (FBN) International Founder & Permanent Honorary President, Family Business Network (FBN) Asia Chairman, IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group Former Chairman of Intercargo, International Shipping Associations Chavalit was born in the East and educated in the West. Chavalit joined the 4th generation family business at age 20 and officially took over the group's chairmanship at 37 from his father, Tan Sri Frank Tsao. The alumni of the University of Michigan then went on to transform the IMC Pan Asia Alliance Group into a multi-national conglomerate with diverse business interests. Chavalit cut his teeth early in his entrepreneurship journey by starting a highly profitable palm oil business in Thailand, turning around a bankrupt Thai national shipping line, and listing it successfully. Chavalit, as he is known to his community, is leading the movement to embrace the Dawn of a New Era by elevating our shared consciousness, achieving a new humanity for all. He has consolidated over 45 years of experience as an entrepreneur, exploration of life and journey of self-cultivation into a set of belief systems. One that embraces consciousness as the mother of all capital, the principle for one to be well, all must be well; when all is well, one will be well, and the importance of moving from a shareholder to a stewardship mindset. The 4th Generation Business Leader also founded the Octave Institute, a platform for a new economy, one that is based on happiness and well-being, helping people find personal clarity, harmony and a new consciousness.
Diana Watson
Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment
Tsao Family Office
Diana is the Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment for Tsao Family Office. She is an impact investor with experience across ESG, impact, CSR and philanthropy. Diana is passionate about allocating capital to opportunities (funds and directs) that have a strong positive impact on society and the environment. Her work spans asset classes, private and public markets and has a global perspective. She has a particular interest in allocating capital to emerging and frontier markets.
Rajeev Peshawaria
CEO
Stewardship Asia Centre
Rejecting platitudes and theoretical models, Rajeev combines 22 years of global Fortune 100 experience with research-based insights to provide unique and practical approaches to personal leadership, ethics, governance, sustainable business growth, and stewardship. A sought-after speaker and consultant, he is the CEO of Stewardship Asia Centre, Singapore, and President of Leadership Energy Consulting, Seattle, WA, USA. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Human Science of Environmental Action. He also sits on the advisory board of Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT), which is under Malaysia’s Ministry of Higher Education. Author of the Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller Open-Source Leadership (McGraw Hill), Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders (Simon & Schuster), Sustainable Sustainability (Penguin Random House), co-author of Be the Change (McGraw Hill) and a regular contributor for Forbes, he constantly challenges conventional wisdom on leadership, management, stewardship, sustainability, and corporate governance. He has pioneered innovative practical concepts, including Leadership Energy and Emotional Integrity for personal growth, the Brains-Bones-Nerves model for enterprise leadership, and the Steward Leadership model for driving sustainable business growth in the 21st century. Rajeev is a high-energy, inspirational speaker who provides coaching, consulting and advisory services to corporate and public sector clients globally. He also serves as guest faculty at leading business schools in the US, Europe, and Asia. He has been widely featured in international media such as CNN, Bloomberg TV & Radio, National Public Radio, Harvard Business Review, CNBC, Fast Company, Leader to Leader, American Management Association magazine, Leadership Excellence magazine, The Times of India, The Straits Times, Business Times, and many more. Before joining SAC and starting LEC, he was the CEO of the Iclif Leadership & Governance Centre. He was formerly the Chief Learning Officer of Coca-Cola and Morgan Stanley and has also held senior positions at American Express, HSBC, and Goldman Sachs. At Goldman, Rajeev helped found Pine Street − the firm’s acclaimed leadership academy − and headed Pine Street for Europe and Asia. In his early career, he was a banker and currency trader. In 2014 and 2017, he was named one of the Top 100 Global Thought Leaders for Trustworthy Business by ‘Trust Across America.’
SPEAKERS 2025
Annisah Fatma Smith
Senior Strategic Partnerships ManagerStewardship Asia Centre
Ayako Kageyama
Head of Innovative Sustainable FinanceNippon Life Insurance Company
Ayesha Bohart
Director, Training & ProgramsCenter for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth Singapore
Chii Fen Hiu
DirectorCentre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
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Devahuti Choudhury
Senior Specialist- Private Finance for SDGs for Asia PacificUNDP
Diana Watson
Head of Sustainability and Impact InvestmentTsao Family Office
Di Fu
Vice PresidentTemasek International
Hampton Tao
Investment ManagerNew Heritage Group
Hao Tian
Senior Advisor, Blended Finance SolutionsGlobal Climate Finance Accelerator
Henry Soediarko
Director & Head of Portfolio ManagementFirst Estate Capital Management
Katy Yung
Chief Executive OfficersSustainable Finance Initiative
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Kavitha Menon
DirectorSingapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA)
Kitty Bu
Vice PresidentSoutheast Asia, Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAPP)
Lin-Net Koh
DirectorCentre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
Mark Mills
PartnerGeneration Investment Management
Mervin Teo
Managing DirectorFullerton Fund Management
Sean Low
CEO & CIOGolden Vision Capital
Shilpa Gulrajani
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance Institutional Banking GroupDevelopment Bank of Singapore (DBS)
Wee Kii Teh
Portfolio ManagerAllianz Global Investors
Yana Kaloshina
DirectorPhenix Capital Group - Impact Intelligence
Prachi Modi
Programming ManagerPhenix Capital Group - Impact Intelligence
Chii Fen Hiu
Director
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
Prior to her role at CIIP, Chii Fen worked at Bain & Company across the UK and Southeast Asia markets, and was most recently part of the Global Sustainability Innovation Center (GSIC) in Singapore.Her consulting experience spans topics such as sustainability, strategy, and transformation; and sectors across non-profit and social enterprise, agri-food, private equity, consumer goods, and insurance. Before joining the business world, Chii Fen was a Consultant for UNICEF, where she worked on projects related to well-being and bullying during childhood and adolescence within the context of education. Chii Fen holds a PhD. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford and an MBA from INSEAD. She believes businesses can be a force for good and is passionate about empowering those from less fortunate circumstances. She is an active mentor and pro bono consultant.
Devahuti Choudhury
Senior Specialist- Private Finance for SDGs for Asia Pacific
UNDP
Devahuti is UNDP's Senior Specialist, Private Finance for the SDGs for the Asia-Pacific region. She brings with her over 18 years of experience in operations, management consulting, research, and impact management across development themes such as digital inclusive finance, education, healthcare, agri-finance, and others. An advocate of using unified frameworks like the SDGs to create and communicate impact, Devahuti focuses her time on working with UNDP country office teams, government stakeholders and the private sector to build market intelligence to identify and activate flow of private capital for the SDGs. This work is scaffolded by her work to assist the governments and the private sector in adopting the SDG Impact Standards and impact management practices to help them authenticate their contribution to development agendas for people and the planet. Her priors include the Grameen Foundation where she founded and led their research and M&E advisory in Asia-Pacific and the International Finance Corporation [IFC, World Bank Group] where she managed projects related to responsible finance. Early in her career, Devahuti has also worked with incubator programs to set up microfinance institutions, many of whom have grown to become small banks, serving BoP populations in India. Currently based in Singapore, Devahuti holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from the Department of Social Work at the University of Delhi and an executive diploma in Social Finance from Saiid Business School, University of Oxford.
Diana Watson
Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment
Tsao Family Office
iana is the Head of Sustainability and Impact Investment for Tsao Family Office. She is an impact investor with experience across ESG, impact, CSR and philanthropy. Diana is passionate about allocating capital to opportunities (funds and directs) that have a strong positive impact on society and the environment. Her work spans asset classes, private and public markets and has a global perspective. She has a particular interest in allocating capital to emerging and frontier markets.
Di Fu
Vice President
Temasek International
Di Fu is Vice President at Temasek Impact Investing team, based in Singapore. She focuses on investments across global emerging markets to generate positive long-term social and environmental impact for the underserved. Prior to Temasek, she spent 5 years investing in PE & VC funds across South Asia and Africa at British International Investment, UK's development finance institution. Di started her career as a macroeconomist covering Latin America at Credit Suisse and subsequently spent time with responsAbility in Paris, covering global emerging market economics. She has obtained her M.A. in International Development from Sciences Po, Paris and her Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Mathematics with minors in Economics and Hispanic Studies from Columbia University.
Hampton Tao
Investment Manager
New Heritage Group
Hampton serves as Investment Manager at New Heritage Investments Limited and Programme Manager at C.F. & Nancy Tao Family Foundation. He is responsible for managing a multi-strategy digital asset portfolio. He is also passionate about harnessing technology for social impact and actively backing crypto-native, impact-oriented founders at the earliest stages of their journey. Previously, he served as an Associate at Creative Ventures, a deep tech venture capital firm and grew a Hong Kong e-commerce startup that eventually exited to the largest TV network in Hong Kong. Hampton holds a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge and graduated from St. Paul's Co-educational College.
Hao Tian
Senior Advisor, Blended Finance Solutions
Global Climate Finance Accelerator
Hao Tian has a decade of experience in finance and sustainability across global banks and the World Bank Group. She has held leadership roles in global capital markets, sustainability strategy, consulting, technology, and risk management, with a strong track record in structuring multi-million-dollar debt transactions and investing in climate tech PE/VC funds.As a seasoned practitioner, Hao bridges capital markets, venture capital, and the public sector across both developed and emerging markets. Her work focuses on blended finance, particularly on collaborative solution design and innovative structuring approaches for climate outcomes. Hao is committed to advancing sustainable finance through academic engagement, teaching a course on financing sustainability at the University of Toronto while pursuing a PhD focused on blended finance and its mobilization effects. She also serves on the Thought Leadership Committee of CAFIID.Hao holds a Master of Finance and a Graduate Diploma in Social Responsibility and Sustainability from the University of Toronto, as well as a Bachelor of Economics from the Central University of Finance and Economics. She is a certified Financial Risk Manager and holds the IFRS (ISSB) FSA Credential
Henry Soediarko
Director & Head of Portfolio Management
First Estate Capital Management
Henry Soediarko serves as a Director and Senior Portfolio Manager in Singapore with East West Private Wealth (EWPW) and is a portfolio manager and head of research for the award-winning Climate Impact Asia Fund, that was jointly set up with WWF. EWPW is the multi family office business of Milltrust with presence in Singapore, London and the GCC. Henry also manages the Global Emerging Markets as well as the Global Wealth Solutions for the group.
Katy Yung
Chief Executive Officers
Sustainable Finance Initiative
Katy Yung is the Chief Executive Officer of Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFi), a global platform created by and for Asia Pacific-focused private investors and changemakers, who believe in mobilising private capital for positive impact. SFi advises, guides and collaborates with impact driven family offices, asset owners, private investors, and financial services professionals to best position their capital for profit and purpose.
Prior to founding SFi, Katy was Director of Investment at HK-based family office RS Group, where she led their transition from a traditional investment portfolio to one that was 100% sustainably invested. In this role, she was actively involved in designing and implementing impact and climate change strategies across asset classes.
She started her career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, where she focused on capital raising and M&A transactions across a diverse range of sectors.
Katy graduated from Duke University, NC with a Bachelor degree in Economics, Comparative Area Studies.
Prior to founding SFi, Katy was Director of Investment at HK-based family office RS Group, where she led their transition from a traditional investment portfolio to one that was 100% sustainably invested. In this role, she was actively involved in designing and implementing impact and climate change strategies across asset classes.
She started her career in investment banking at J.P. Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Limited, where she focused on capital raising and M&A transactions across a diverse range of sectors.
Katy graduated from Duke University, NC with a Bachelor degree in Economics, Comparative Area Studies.
Kitty Bu
Vice President
Southeast Asia, Global Energy Alliance for People & Planet (GEAPP)
Passionate about accelerating change for impact-oriented results, Kitty Bu works towards catalysing system transitions to achieve net-zero economies at scale. She leads the Southeast Asia region at Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), identifying and executing opportunities to catalyse investments in critical solutions for decarbonising the region. Drawing on her private sector experience and background in adopting an ecosystem approach to drive net-zero transitions, Bu has made early strides at GEAPP in pioneering creative partnerships that can greatly amplify and complement GEAPP’s own financial contributions to investments.
Lin-Net Koh
Director
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP)
Lin-Net joined Temasek Trust in 2021, and currently holds her position at CIIP, as well as a concurrent role as Lead, Institutional Relations, at Temasek Trust. Prior to this, Lin-Net held concurrent appointments as the Chief Executive of two foundations under the Temasek family. She joined Temasek Foundation in 2016 after spending more than 20 years in the Administrative Service, which is part of the Singapore Civil Service. During this time, she held a wide range of positions, including as the Deputy Secretary in the then Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Media Development Authority. Her responsibilities included championing infocomm, heritage and the arts in Singapore, formulating and reviewing Singapore’s foreign economic policy at various multilateral and bilateral fora, and developing and regulating the media sector in Singapore. Lin-Net holds a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She sits on the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board, the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute Management Advisory Board at the National University of Singapore, and on the Boards of the Singapore Arts School and the Singapore Tyler Print Institute.
Sean Low
CEO & CIO
Golden Vision Capital
Golden Vision Capital (Singapore) is a new Single Family Office set up in 2021, focused on making PE, Private Debt and VC direct investments in Asia, leveraging on the family and team’s strong business connections in the region. It also actively invests in leading Funds globally and co-invests alongside them. Its CEO Sean Low, CFA is a veteran in the industry with 27 years of deal sourcing, investment experience, including 17 years in the PE & Infrastructure department of GIC, Singapore's SWF, where he help to oversee some of GIC's PE, Infra, Private Debt & VC fund and direct/co-investments in US, Europe and Asia at different times, and led some of GIC’s landmark deals in each region. He last played a leading role in expanding GIC’s private debt program, and last served as an active member in GIC Credit Business group which help review GIC’s overall credit investment strategy.Sean began his career in Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), after he received the EDB Scholarship in 1993. He served first as Assistant Head of InfoComms & Media group, and then as Director of Chicago Centre. Sean was also formerly the senior advisor to Yangzijiang Financial Holdings, a listed asset management company in Singapore with US$3b NAV active in PE Fund of funds investment and private debt direct investments. He was also board member of CFA Singapore and first chaired its Audit Committee in his first term, and later its Investment Committee in his second term. He was also elected the Treasurer of Singapore's VC & PE Association in 2021. He graduated from Trinity College, University of Cambridge with BA (1st Class Honours), MA and M Eng. (Honours). He completed National Service in Singapore as a commander of a Brigade Reconnaissance Team in the Singapore Army.
Shilpa Gulrajani
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance Institutional Banking Group
Development Bank of Singapore (DBS)
Shilpa has more than 20 years of experience in Corporate and Investment Banking, with almost a decade of involvement in ESG Strategy, Sustainable Financing & Advisory.
Shilpa has extensive experience in advising clients on ESG which includes corporate profiling for investors, labelled financing across both debt capital markets and lending. Shilpa has also led the role of ESG strategy advisory to corporates preparing their IPO journey. She is also the SG Asia Taxonomy Workstream Co-Lead under the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) and is also a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) Advisory Group – a global initiative which brings together leaders from Government and private sector on carbon pricing policies.
Prior to joining DBS, Shilpa led Corporate Development & Sustainability for Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas, providing comprehensive ESG advisory and banking solutions. She has a proven track record of deepening client relationships and building strong franchises. Shilpa has worked in India as well as Hong Kong within both corporate and Investment Banking space prior to moving to Singapore in 2015. Shilpa first started her banking career in 2002 with Citigroup in India.
Shilpa has extensive experience in advising clients on ESG which includes corporate profiling for investors, labelled financing across both debt capital markets and lending. Shilpa has also led the role of ESG strategy advisory to corporates preparing their IPO journey. She is also the SG Asia Taxonomy Workstream Co-Lead under the Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) and is also a member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition (CPLC) Advisory Group – a global initiative which brings together leaders from Government and private sector on carbon pricing policies.
Prior to joining DBS, Shilpa led Corporate Development & Sustainability for Asia Pacific at BNP Paribas, providing comprehensive ESG advisory and banking solutions. She has a proven track record of deepening client relationships and building strong franchises. Shilpa has worked in India as well as Hong Kong within both corporate and Investment Banking space prior to moving to Singapore in 2015. Shilpa first started her banking career in 2002 with Citigroup in India.
Wee Kii Teh
Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors
Wee Kii Teh is a Portfolio Manager in Allianz Global Investors’ Development Finance & Impact Credit team. Since joining the team in 2021, Wee Kii has focused on the Blended Finance partnership between Allianz and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) (completing the vehicle upsize to US$ 1bn+ commitments in 2022), as well as the build-out of the Emerging Markets Private Credit and Impact Private Credit strategies and executing transactions across these. In 2024, she was selected as one of the “40 Rising Stars under 40 in Private Debt” by Private Debt Investor. Prior to AllianzGI, Wee Kii was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 6 years, where she worked on the Emerging Markets bond origination & structuring desk and subsequently the syndicated Loan Capital Markets desk, focusing on acquisition financings and general corporate refinancings for large European and Emerging Markets financial institutions and corporate clients. In this role she gained experience in structuring sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), having been involved in the early wave of SLL issuances in Emerging Markets. Wee Kii Teh holds a Bachelor's of Science (BSc) degree in Biotechnology from Imperial College London, where she graduated with First Class Honours.
Prachi Modi
Programming Manager
Phenix Capital Group - Impact Intelligence
Prachi Modi is the Program and Content Manager at Phenix Capital Group. Before joining Phenix, she led partnerships and business development at a sustainability-focused media company in Italy. Her diverse experience spans working with early-stage tech startups in New York and California and working in finance with the regulatory compliance team at Goldman Sachs. Her passion for impact investing was sparked through a micro-lending initiative that provided business loans to women in East Africa. She is committed to deepening her expertise and contributing to the expansion of the impact investing landscape through her work at Phenix Capital Group.
FEATURED SPEAKERS 2024
Jinfeng Zhou
Secretary-General,China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation
Anjali Viswamohanan
Director, Policy,Asia Investor Group on Climate Change
Bryan Goh
CEO,Tsao Family Office Pte. Ltd
Chantal Hermans
COO,Phenix Capital Group
Eleonore Dachicourt
Head of Sustainable & Responsible Investments, Asia,BNP Paribas Wealth Management
Eliza Foo
Director,Impact Investing, Temasek
Eric Nietsch
Head of Sustainable Investing, Asia,Manulife Investment Management
Evalinde Eelens
MBA MSC FRM CAIA,Professional Board Member
Pension Funds
Founder
Ravenna Consulting
Janet Shum
Sustainable Investing Specialist, APAC,Citi Global Wealth
Jingyi Zhang
Senior Investment Officer, Private Equity,Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
Jon Waite
Senior Responsible Investment Manager - Private Markets,APG Asset Management, Asia
Koh Lin-Net
Director,Centre for Impact Investing and Practices
Maud Savary-Mornet
Senior Advisor,The Global Impact Investing Network
Misa Takaramoto
Senior Advisor,Phenix Capital Group
Natalie Au
Programme Manager,2x Global
Noémie Metz-Vinez
Content and Programme Manager,Phenix Capital Group
Ralitsa Rizvanolli
Partner and Head of Investments,Sarona Asset Management
Roger Charles
Executive Director - IBG Sustainability,DBS Bank Ltd
Vikas Arora
Chief of Impact Investing,AVPN
Wilson Tan
Managing Director,Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth Singapore
Bryan Goh
CEO,
Tsao Family Office Pte. Ltd
Bryan has almost 30 years of experience managing multi asset traditional and alternative portfolios in family offices and private banks. He began his career with Arab Bank in Asia, followed by Arab Bank in London before helping establish a family office for the bank’s shareholders. Later, he co-founded First Avenue Partners in London, an alternative investment advisory firm, leading its fund management business. Bryan also managed the alternative investment business at DBS private bank before joining Bordier & Cie in Singapore as their Chief Investment Officer. He has also been an occasional teacher at institutions such as the Wealth Management Institute and the London School of Economics.
Chantal Hermans
COO,
Phenix Capital Group
Chantal Hermans is the head of events & publications at Phenix Capital Group, leading the events & marcomm team. Chantal started her career at Management Events, working with C-level executives across industries. In 2014 she moved to London and started working for financial publisher Euromoney Institutional Investors as an investor relations manager. Here she was responsible for building relationships with the key financial players in the Benelux, UK and Eastern Europe. Next to her IR role, she was also responsible for building the European network for the II conferences. In 2018, Chantal joined EQDerivatives as Executive Director of machineByte. A platform focused on delivering education around machine learning and AI in the investment industry. Her passion for sustainability and building a better world brought her to Phenix Capital Group, where she can fully focus on delivering education on impact investing and helping the industry move forward.
Eleonore Dachicourt
Head of Sustainable & Responsible Investments, Asia,
BNP Paribas Wealth Management
She is responsible for leading the organisation’s growth in sustainable investments as part of BNPP’s “Growth, Technology and Sustainability” (“GTS”) 2025 Strategy and drive client uptake of sustainable investments. In her role she advises clients on their sustainability journey and works closely with the investment products and services teams as well as ESG stakeholders across the group, towards a holistic sustainable investment offering spanning all asset classes and strategies: from ESG integration to impact investing.
Prior to joining BNPP in 2022, Eleonore was a Managing Director with Credit Suisse, where her last role was Head of Sustainable Client Solutions, Global Wealth Management, where she implemented the group’s sustainability investment strategy for the private bank. She was also responsible for successfully growing sales of sustainable & responsible investments across all market areas, globally.
Eleonore started her career in alternative investments in London, building out the Hedge Fund Advisory platforms for UBS and Credit Suisse. She has more than 20 years of Asset and Wealth Management experience as an investment specialist, portfolio manager and fund raiser across Asia, UK, Switzerland and EMEA, including +10 years in Singapore. Over the course of her career she has raised and managed billions of dollars across the alternatives space, primarily in hedge funds, as well as in traditional multi-asset long-only portfolios. Eleonore graduated with a Masters in Business and Finance from NEOMA Business School and an executive MBA from INSEAD. She is also a CFA Charterholder, holds the CFA ESG Investment certificate and is a professionally certified executive and wellness coach.
Prior to joining BNPP in 2022, Eleonore was a Managing Director with Credit Suisse, where her last role was Head of Sustainable Client Solutions, Global Wealth Management, where she implemented the group’s sustainability investment strategy for the private bank. She was also responsible for successfully growing sales of sustainable & responsible investments across all market areas, globally.
Eleonore started her career in alternative investments in London, building out the Hedge Fund Advisory platforms for UBS and Credit Suisse. She has more than 20 years of Asset and Wealth Management experience as an investment specialist, portfolio manager and fund raiser across Asia, UK, Switzerland and EMEA, including +10 years in Singapore. Over the course of her career she has raised and managed billions of dollars across the alternatives space, primarily in hedge funds, as well as in traditional multi-asset long-only portfolios. Eleonore graduated with a Masters in Business and Finance from NEOMA Business School and an executive MBA from INSEAD. She is also a CFA Charterholder, holds the CFA ESG Investment certificate and is a professionally certified executive and wellness coach.
Evalinde Eelens
MBA MSC FRM CAIA,
Professional Board Member
Pension Funds
Founder
Ravenna Consulting
Eelens presently serves as an executive board member for the Dutch industrywide private security pension scheme, holds a board position for the Dutch painters' pension scheme, and acts as a supervisory board member for the Robeco corporate pension scheme. Evalinde serves as an associate at Muse Advisory, a UK-based firm. In this role, she provides expertise in advising pension funds on matters related to investment governance and fiduciary management. Prior to transitioning into her current role as a full-time trustee and supervisor, she held the position of an investment strategist, providing advisory services on investments to various Dutch and international pension schemes at esteemed organizations such as PGGM and A&O Services. She earned a Cum Laude MBA degree in Sustainable Business in the Global Economy and is a strong advocate for outstanding (investment) governance.
Janet Shum
Sustainable Investing Specialist, APAC,
Citi Global Wealth
Janet Shum is a Sustainable Investing Specialist for the Asia Pacific region. In this role, she manages Citi Global Wealth Investment's sustainable investing platform as it relates to product management, thought leadership and client engagement. She also works in partnership with Citi's investment divisions to help ensure that the integration of sustainability objectives aligns with Citi's best thinking on portfolio management, research and asset allocation.
Janet has over seven years of consulting experience in managing numerous international advisory, business development, research and engagement projects relating to sustainability, sustainable and impact investing as well as strategic philanthropy. Janet was a manager at KPMG, sustainable services in Singapore. She also worked as a consultant with Yunus Social Business, a social business fund and various non-profit organizations in Hong-Kong involved in social impact.
Prior to consulting, Janet worked at Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management and HSBC Personal Financial Services in Hong-Kong, where she served ultra-high-net-worth clients and retail clients in the Greater China region, respectively.
Janet holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford, as well as certificates in Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the CFA institute, respectively.
Janet has over seven years of consulting experience in managing numerous international advisory, business development, research and engagement projects relating to sustainability, sustainable and impact investing as well as strategic philanthropy. Janet was a manager at KPMG, sustainable services in Singapore. She also worked as a consultant with Yunus Social Business, a social business fund and various non-profit organizations in Hong-Kong involved in social impact.
Prior to consulting, Janet worked at Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management and HSBC Personal Financial Services in Hong-Kong, where she served ultra-high-net-worth clients and retail clients in the Greater China region, respectively.
Janet holds a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD, a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Human Sciences from the University of Oxford, as well as certificates in Sustainable Finance and ESG Investing from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and the CFA institute, respectively.
Jingyi Zhang
Senior Investment Officer, Private Equity,
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
As investment officer at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Jingyi is passionate about connecting people, services and markets by financing and investing in sustainable infrastructure. At AIIB, Jingyi works on originating, structuring and executing innovative, developmental and profitable debt and equity transactions, including fund investments, across all infrastructure sectors in Asia. Prior to AIIB, she worked at IDB Invest and World Bank in Washington D.C..
Jingyi holds a doctorate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University.
Jingyi holds a doctorate degree from Harvard Graduate School of Design, a Master of Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School and a bachelor’s degree from Peking University.
Jon Waite
Senior Responsible Investment Manager - Private Markets,
APG Asset Management, Asia
A Chartered Engineer with a passion for real estate, sustainability, and technology. Jonathan is responsible for the integration and management of all ESG matters across a ~USD$10bn portfolio of real estate, infrastructure, natural resources, and private equity investments throughout the Asia Pacific region. He also has experience in designing and managing complex building projects, as well as developing and implementing ESG strategies at a corporate level. He has 14 years’ experience in the real estate and sustainable design sectors in both the U.K and Asia. In 2019 he completed a Masters in Sustainability Leadership (MSt) at Cambridge University, focusing on climate resilience and asset management in Asia.
Koh Lin-Net
Director,
Centre for Impact Investing and Practices
Lin-Net joined Temasek Trust in 2021, and currently holds the position of Director at CIIP. Prior to this, Lin-Net held concurrent appointments as the Chief Executive of two foundations under the Temasek family.
She joined Temasek Foundation in 2016 after spending more than 20 years in the Administrative Service, which is part of the Singapore Civil Service. During this time, she held a wide range of positions, including as the Deputy Secretary in the then Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Media Development Authority. Her responsibilities included championing infocomm, heritage and the arts in Singapore, formulating and reviewing Singapore’s foreign economic policy at various multilateral and bilateral fora, and developing and regulating the media sector in Singapore.
Lin-Net holds a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She sits on the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board, the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute Management Advisory Board at the National University of Singapore, and on the Boards of the Singapore Arts School and the Singapore Tyler Print Institute.
She joined Temasek Foundation in 2016 after spending more than 20 years in the Administrative Service, which is part of the Singapore Civil Service. During this time, she held a wide range of positions, including as the Deputy Secretary in the then Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts and the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Media Development Authority. Her responsibilities included championing infocomm, heritage and the arts in Singapore, formulating and reviewing Singapore’s foreign economic policy at various multilateral and bilateral fora, and developing and regulating the media sector in Singapore.
Lin-Net holds a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She sits on the Harvard Business School Asia-Pacific Advisory Board, the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute Management Advisory Board at the National University of Singapore, and on the Boards of the Singapore Arts School and the Singapore Tyler Print Institute.
Maud Savary-Mornet
Senior Advisor,
The Global Impact Investing Network
Maud supports the GIIN with strengthening the impact investing community and building engagement with institutional investors in South East Asia. She brings over twenty-five years of experience in impact investment, international development and in the private and public sector to the GIIN.
Maud brings a track record of 12 years in ESG and impact investment in emerging economies. She grew successfully responsAbility in Asia Pacific, one of world’s leading asset managers in ESG and impact investments. She led the investment team in private debt in financial inclusion and climate finance for 8 years before becoming regional director of Asia Pacific with teams in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Bangkok. She conducted more than 100 due diligences in SME banks and microfinance institutions, closed multiple deals and opened several Asian countries for investment, ranging from Indonesia and China to Samoa in the Pacific Islands. She also developed a network of impact investors in Asia Pacific looking at private debt and private equity as well as capital market solutions.
Maud started her career at the French Central Bank as analyst in charge of the financial rating of SME and large corporates, being then seconded at the French Banking Commission to prepare and negotiate banking regulations and then posted at the French Trade Commission in Hong Kong.
Maud is a very strong supporter of Gender lens investing. She led the gender diversity initiative at responsAbility and worked extensively on a gender bond initiative for Asia Pacific.
French and Australian citizen, Maud graduated in 1991 from Sciences Po Paris, with a major in economics and finance. One of her personal goal is to open minds to sustainable finance and she is frequently invited to speak in conferences. She has published several articles on microfinance, impact investment and ESG. She also serves as advisor and Board member in several companies, networks and NGO, including Alygne Inc in California and the French Foreign Trade Advisors in Hong Kong.
Maud brings a track record of 12 years in ESG and impact investment in emerging economies. She grew successfully responsAbility in Asia Pacific, one of world’s leading asset managers in ESG and impact investments. She led the investment team in private debt in financial inclusion and climate finance for 8 years before becoming regional director of Asia Pacific with teams in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Bangkok. She conducted more than 100 due diligences in SME banks and microfinance institutions, closed multiple deals and opened several Asian countries for investment, ranging from Indonesia and China to Samoa in the Pacific Islands. She also developed a network of impact investors in Asia Pacific looking at private debt and private equity as well as capital market solutions.
Maud started her career at the French Central Bank as analyst in charge of the financial rating of SME and large corporates, being then seconded at the French Banking Commission to prepare and negotiate banking regulations and then posted at the French Trade Commission in Hong Kong.
Maud is a very strong supporter of Gender lens investing. She led the gender diversity initiative at responsAbility and worked extensively on a gender bond initiative for Asia Pacific.
French and Australian citizen, Maud graduated in 1991 from Sciences Po Paris, with a major in economics and finance. One of her personal goal is to open minds to sustainable finance and she is frequently invited to speak in conferences. She has published several articles on microfinance, impact investment and ESG. She also serves as advisor and Board member in several companies, networks and NGO, including Alygne Inc in California and the French Foreign Trade Advisors in Hong Kong.
Ralitsa Rizvanolli
Partner and Head of Investments,
Sarona Asset Management
Rali is accountable for investment selection, execution and monitoring of investments for Sarona’s funds and impact mandates on behalf of third-party clients such as governments and non-profit organizations. Rali ensures that ESG and impact are embedded into the investment process. Rali is passionate about deepening the gender lens and climate risk assessment capabilities at Sarona, believing that investing with both lenses leads to better financial and sustainability outcomes. Prior to Sarona, Rali was an investment manager at Triple Jump. Rali built a portfolio of private equity and fixed income investments primarily in Africa and MENA for a fund of funds (Dutch Good Growth Fund) funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that Rali was a Portfolio Manager with responsibility for credit risk analysis and top-down allocation for microfinance funds. She started her career in microfinance, holding various positions at MIX Market, a data and market intelligence platform for the microfinance industry. Rali holds a B.A. in International Relations from Pomona College in California and an M.A. in International Development from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Rali was born and raised in Bulgaria and has spent extensive time working and living in emerging markets including Albania and Mexico. Rali currently heads Sarona’s Singapore office.
Vikas Arora
Chief of Impact Investing,
AVPN
Vikas is an experienced finance professional with a passion for driving social impact. With a successful career in banking, including a 25 year stint at Deutsche Bank, he has held various regional leadership roles.
Motivated by a commitment to effecting positive change, Vikas now focuses on exploring the realms of social impact financing and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance).
His aspiration to align financial practices with sustainable and responsible principles has led him to join AVPN as Chief of Impact Investing. In this capacity, he will leverage his financial expertise and visionary outlook to drive capital into the social impact space and help create impact at scale on pressing social and environmental challenges.
Vikas is currently pursuing a Post-Graduate Diploma in Organisation & Leadership for Social Change at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Outside of work, Vikas actively contributes to the community as an Independent Board Director (pro bono) for Heartware Network, a non-profit organisation in Singapore.
Motivated by a commitment to effecting positive change, Vikas now focuses on exploring the realms of social impact financing and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance).
His aspiration to align financial practices with sustainable and responsible principles has led him to join AVPN as Chief of Impact Investing. In this capacity, he will leverage his financial expertise and visionary outlook to drive capital into the social impact space and help create impact at scale on pressing social and environmental challenges.
Vikas is currently pursuing a Post-Graduate Diploma in Organisation & Leadership for Social Change at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.
Outside of work, Vikas actively contributes to the community as an Independent Board Director (pro bono) for Heartware Network, a non-profit organisation in Singapore.
Wilson Tan
Managing Director,
Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth Singapore
Wilson Tan's focus at the CSP Singapore is on capacity building, research and training to help wealth owners and wealth managers mobilize their capital, firms, and societal gravitas for sustainable development and impact investing.
Wilson holds an executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with an interest in International Finance, Strategic Marketing & Brand Management, and Strategies for Growth.
Wilson holds an executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with an interest in International Finance, Strategic Marketing & Brand Management, and Strategies for Growth.
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INDUSTRY LEADERS & IMPACT PIONEERS
Al Gore
Former Vice President of the United States
Anita Bhatia
Former Assistant Secretary - General & Deputy Executive Director,UN Women
Matt Damon
Co-founder,WaterEquity and Water.org
Scilla Elworthy
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Sir Ronald Cohen
Chair,The Global Steering Group (GSG)
Fran Seegull
President,U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Hazel Henderson D.Sc.Hon., FRSA,
Founder, Ethical Markets Media,Certified B Corporation
Amit Bouri
CEO & Co-founder,The GIIN
Eva Halvarsson
CEO,AP2
Claudia Kruse
Managing Director Global Responsible Investment & Governance,APG
Ross Piper
CEO,Christian Super
Jennifer Morris
CEO,The Nature Conservancy
Former Vice President Al Gore is the cofounder and chairman of Generation Investment Management, and the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the climate crisis. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and a member of Apple Inc.’s board of directors. Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980, and 1982 and to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th vice president of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. He is the author of the #1 New York Times best-sellers "An Inconvenient Truth" and "The Assault on Reason," and the best-sellers “Earth in the Balance,” "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis," "The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change," and most recently, The New York Times best-seller "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” He is the subject of the documentary movie “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won two Oscars in 2006 and a second documentary in 2017, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” 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.”
Anita Bhatia
Former Assistant Secretary - General & Deputy Executive Director,
UN Women
Former Assistant Secretary-General and UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director for Resource Management, UN System Coordination, Sustainability, and Partnerships. Ms. Anita Bhatia served as the Former Assistant Secretary-General and UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director since August 2019.
Before that, Ms. Bhatia served since 2014 as the Director for Development Partner Relations at the World Bank Group. Previously, she held the position of Director of Partnerships and Advisory Services Operations (2011–2014) and Global Head of Knowledge at the International Finance Corporation (2010-2011).
Ms. Bhatia also served as Head of IFC’s Latin America Advisory Operations. In addition to Latin America, she has worked in Africa, Europe, Central Asia, and South and East Asia. Ms. Anita Bhatia brings extensive experience in the area of strategic partnerships, resource mobilization, and management. During her time at the IFC, she developed and expanded innovative partnerships with public and private sector partners to support its strategy in key areas, including fragile and conflict-affected states, gender equality, financial inclusion, support to women-owned businesses, and other priorities critical for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Ms. Bhatia holds a BA in History from Calcutta University, an MA in Political Science from Yale University, and a Juris Doctor in Law from Georgetown University.
Matt Damon
Co-founder,
WaterEquity and Water.org
Academy Award winner Matt Damon is an actor, screenwriter, producer and humanitarian, who has garnered international acclaim for his work both on- and off-screen.
Inspired during international travel with his family throughout Mexico and Guatemala as a youth, Matt has long been devoted to environmental and social issues. Learning about the immense challenges of accessing safe water and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Matt decided to create the H20 Africa Foundation. In 2009, he teamed up with Gary White to join their organizations and launch Water.org.
For his work as Co-founder of Water.org, Matt, along with fellow Water.org Co-founder Gary, was recognized as one of the TIME 100 most influential people in the world in 2011 and received the Environmental Media Award from The Environmental Media Association in 2013. In 2014, the World Economic Forum named Matt as the Crystal Award winner for his work through Water.org. Matt’s active participation in his organization’s work, including site visits to multiple countries, strategy development, advocacy, and high-level meetings with institutions like the World Bank and the World Economic Forum over the past decade, has positioned him as one of the world’s experts on water and sanitation issues.
Inspired during international travel with his family throughout Mexico and Guatemala as a youth, Matt has long been devoted to environmental and social issues. Learning about the immense challenges of accessing safe water and sanitation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Matt decided to create the H20 Africa Foundation. In 2009, he teamed up with Gary White to join their organizations and launch Water.org.
For his work as Co-founder of Water.org, Matt, along with fellow Water.org Co-founder Gary, was recognized as one of the TIME 100 most influential people in the world in 2011 and received the Environmental Media Award from The Environmental Media Association in 2013. In 2014, the World Economic Forum named Matt as the Crystal Award winner for his work through Water.org. Matt’s active participation in his organization’s work, including site visits to multiple countries, strategy development, advocacy, and high-level meetings with institutions like the World Bank and the World Economic Forum over the past decade, has positioned him as one of the world’s experts on water and sanitation issues.
Scilla Elworthy
Peace Builder, Three-time Nobel Prize Nominee
Dr Scilla Elworthy turns vision into action. Today her full attention is on developing Business Plan for Peace, resulting from her 2017 book: The Business Plan for Peace: Building a World Without War. She has been three times nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for developing effective dialogue between nuclear weapons policymakers worldwide and their critics, with the Oxford Research Group she founded in 1982. Peace Direct, voted ‘Best New Charity’ in 2005, goes from strength to strength under brilliant young leadership, founded by Scilla in 2002 to fund, promote and learn from local peace-builders in conflict areas. Scilla was adviser to Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Sir Richard Branson in setting up ‘The Elders’, and was Awarded the Niwano Peace Prize in 2003. She co-founded Rising Women Rising World in 2013, and FemmeQ in 2016 to establish the qualities of feminine intelligence - for men as for women - as essential for building a safer world. Her TED talk on non-violence has been viewed by over 1,400,000 people on TED and YouTube. Her book Pioneering the Possible: awakened leadership for a world that works (North Atlantic Books, 2014) continues to receive critical acclaim from experts in the field. She’s Ambassador for Peace Direct, a Councillor of the World Future Council and patron of Oxford Research Group; adviser to the Syria Campaign and the Institute for Economics and Peace. She advises the leadership of selected international corporations as well as young social entrepreneurs. Scilla is a mother, stepmother, and grandmother and loves messing about in her garden near Oxford in the UK.
Sir Ronald Cohen
Chair,
The Global Steering Group (GSG)
Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator, who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution. For nearly two decades, his ground-breaking initiatives have catalyzed global efforts to drive private capital to serve social and environmental good. He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel; and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital. He chaired the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce (2013-2015), the UK Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the UK’s Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007). In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for Social Finance. He was a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005), a global private equity firm. He was a co-founder and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a co-founder of the European Venture Capital Association. He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School; a former director of the Harvard Management Company; and formerly a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers and the University of Oxford Investment Committee. He graduated from Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship. Sir Ronald was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK.
Fran Seegull
President,
U.S. Impact Investing Alliance
Fran Seegull is the Executive Director of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance which works to increase awareness of impact investing in the United States, foster deployment of and demand for impact capital across asset classes globally, and partner with stakeholders, including government, to build the impact investing ecosystem. The Alliance is being accelerated by the Ford Foundation and supported by a range of philanthropies and individuals.
Fran was the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Investments at ImpactAssets where she headed investment management for The Giving Fund—an impact investing donor advised fund. She also oversaw product development for and managed the Global Sustainable Agriculture and Microfinance Plus Notes.
Prior to joining ImpactAssets, Fran was Managing Director at Funk Ventures, an early-stage impact venture capital and acceleration firm. She also served as Vice President of Business Development at Novica, an online retailer of products made by artisans in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Fran has consulted to National Geographic and NPR West as well as a number of family foundations and offices.
Fran has a BS in Economics from Barnard College at Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the Investment Committee of Align Impact. Previously, Fran taught a graduate-level course on impact investing at USC’s Marshall School of Business and served on the Investment Committee of the Goldhirsh Foundation and on the G7 Social Impact Investment Task Force Working Group on Asset Allocation. She tweets on impact investing at @franseegull.
Fran was the Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director of Investments at ImpactAssets where she headed investment management for The Giving Fund—an impact investing donor advised fund. She also oversaw product development for and managed the Global Sustainable Agriculture and Microfinance Plus Notes.
Prior to joining ImpactAssets, Fran was Managing Director at Funk Ventures, an early-stage impact venture capital and acceleration firm. She also served as Vice President of Business Development at Novica, an online retailer of products made by artisans in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Fran has consulted to National Geographic and NPR West as well as a number of family foundations and offices.
Fran has a BS in Economics from Barnard College at Columbia University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the Investment Committee of Align Impact. Previously, Fran taught a graduate-level course on impact investing at USC’s Marshall School of Business and served on the Investment Committee of the Goldhirsh Foundation and on the G7 Social Impact Investment Task Force Working Group on Asset Allocation. She tweets on impact investing at @franseegull.
Hazel Henderson D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, founder of Ethical Markets Media, Certified B Corporation. She is a world-renowned futurist, active environmentalist, syndicated columnist, and author of award-winning Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy (2006); Mapping the Global Transition to the Solar Age (2014), and other books in 800 libraries, in 20 languages, including “Planetary Citizenship “co-authored by Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda. Ethical Markets is the publisher of Henderson’s forthcoming textbook, “Mapping the Global Green Transition: 2009-2020“.
She is the producer of the global TV series “Transforming Finance“ and the Ethical Markets TV series. She created in 2004 the EthicMark® Awards for Communications Uplifting the Human Spirit & Society, showcasing positive messages to raise the ethical bar on global advertising and in 2009 the annual Green Transition Scoreboard®.
She launched the EthicMarkGEMS®.com, the first global standard certifying only gems NOT mined from Mother Earth, to phase out unnecessary global gem mining, now chemically- identical gems are cheaply available worldwide and also co-created Ethical Biomimicry Finance®. Henderson served as a cabinet-level science policy advisor to the US Office of Technology Assessment, the National Science Foundation, and the National Academy of Engineering.
Her over 400 articles appear in Harvard Business Review, New York Times, LeMonde Diplomatique, and journals in Japan, Britain, Venezuela, China, France, Australia. Honorary Member of the Club of Rome, Fellow of Britain’s Royal Society for Arts and of The World Academy of Art & Science, Henderson shared the 1996 Global Citizen Award with Argentinian Nobelist Pérez Esquivel. She has many honorary degrees.
Amit Bouri
CEO & Co-founder,
The GIIN
Amit Bouri is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the 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.
Eva Halvarsson
CEO,
AP2
Since 2006, Eva Halvarsson has acted as the CEO of the Second Swedish National Pension Fund -- AP2. She heads up an organization with more than SEK 345 billion (approx. USD 43 billion) under management in virtually every asset class, and one that is active in all parts of the world; AP2 is one of northern Europe's largest pension funds.Ms. Halvarsson began her career as an accountant, progressing to the point that before joining AP2, she spent ten years working for the Swedish Government where she was responsible for the governance and management of the large and extensive portfolio of state owned companies. Eva Halvarsson has had a distinguished and varied leadership career. She took part in the working group that put into effect the Swedish Corporate Governance Code in 2004. She also spent several years, serving on the Swedish Corporate Governance Board. Eva has been a board member of several large companies and has chaired the nomination committees of some of Sweden’s largest listed companies. She recently left after serving for ten years as the Deputy Chairperson of the board of the University of Gothenburg.Presently, she is board member of the UN-PRI (the United Nation´s Principles for Responsible Investments), Vasakronan (the largest real estate company in Sweden), The Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development and The Royal Swedish Opera. In addition, she serves on the advisory board of the Women Entrepreneur´s Opportunity Facility, the first-ever global finance facility dedicated exclusively to women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises.Eva Halvarsson was born in 1962 and holds an MSc in Business and Economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg.
Claudia Kruse
Managing Director Global Responsible Investment & Governance,
APG
As Managing Director Global Responsible Investment & Governance Claudia Kruse is part of the management team of the investment function reporting into the Chief Investment Officer/ Board. Her seventeen people strong team implements the responsible investment policy on behalf of APG and its clients across all asset classes. The focus is on active ownership, ESG integration tailored to the specific investment strategies and investing in solutions that contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. Before joining APG in 2009, she worked on the buy and sell-side in London for almost a decade. She was appointed to the German Corporate Governance Code Commission in 2016, and in 2017 was member of the EU Expert Group on Sustainable Finance whose recommendations inspired the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance. She is on the Board of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN). In 2016 she was voted CIO Europe’s Next Generation CIO Award winner. Claudia is co-chair of the PRI SDG Advisory Committee. Claudia studied International Management & Chinese, and has an MSc Tourism & Development (UCL, London). She has lived in Germany, China, the UK and now the Netherlands. She has inter alia published on the Governance of Sustainability and the integration of sustainability into remuneration which reflects her strong belief in the connection between good governance and sustainability.
Ross Piper
CEO,
Christian Super
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 January 2018, he was Chief Operating Officer 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. During his career Ross has held a number of positions in the corporate sector, primarily in investment banking and mining. He was Head of Corporate Risk for Macquarie Group for several years, and his early professional experience was gained in Indigenous communities and the mining sector, where he worked in the area of Native Title and community enterprise development. He served as a Director and Chair of AgroInvest, a microfinance bank serving rural families in Serbia and Montenegro, and currently sits on various other boards for organisations focused on social enterprise and technology. He is currently the Deputy Chair of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (www.responsibleinvestment.org). Ross’ formal qualifications include a BSc (Geophysics), GradDipEd, and MBA (Deakin University).
Jennifer Morris
CEO,
The Nature Conservancy
Jennifer Morris is Chief Executive Officer of The Nature Conservancy, a global conservation organization working with partners around the world to conserve the lands and waters on which all life depends. Jennifer leads nearly 4,000 global staff who are dedicated to creating a world where people and nature thrive together. Her teams bring diverse groups together in a collaborative way to transform business practices, shape government policies, and leverage rigorous science to prove and scale on-the-ground conservation work. Jennifer brings more than 25 years of conservation leadership experience to her role as CEO. Previously, she was president at Conservation International, where she developed some of CI’s most enduring programs, partnerships, and innovative strategies using business development as a tool to protect nature for the well-being of humanity. Jennifer is a passionate storyteller, avid outdoors enthusiast, and mentor to the future generations of conservation leaders.
