Hany Assaad co-founded and has been Chief Portfolio & Risk Officer of Avanz Capital since its establishment, and is the Managing Director of Avanz Capital Egypt, an Egyptian asset management company and a subsidiary of Avanz Capital, established to manage fund-of-funds and other specialist private capital funds in Egypt to invest in VC and PE funds targeting startups and SMEs as well as specialized climate funds.
Read MoreChintal is the founder of CoSustain Consulting, and focuses on climate and gender-smart investing in emerging markets. She facilitates multi-stakeholder processes, workshops and delivers training on climate and gender-smart investing to investors and investee companies. She is a strategic advisor to the 2X Collaborative's Investment Officer and Climate and Gender Working Groups, and a Sector Advisor at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford, where she mentors students.
Read MoreSuzanne is founder of Catalyst at Large Ltd and is a globally-recognised expert on gender-smart investing. Her work has influenced hundreds of funds and institutional investors, and billions of dollars of capital to move with a gender lens.
Read MoreElias Habbar-Baylac is a Venture Fellow at Third Space, a Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Equity, Gender & Leadership, and an Entrepreneurial Finance Fellow at the Berkeley Haas School of Business. Elias is a gender finance and inclusive innovation professional, experienced as a strategist & investor in sustainable development & economic inclusion across direct deals & as LP, with a focus on opportunity, gender & diversity-lens investing, ESG, climate & sustainability, & financial services.
Read MoreSophie is the Founder and CEO of Kite Insights, as well as the Editorial Partner of the Women’s Forum for the Economy & Society and Curator of the New York Times Climate Hub. Sophie has two decades of professional services and consulting experience and is a globally recognised thought leader on gender and climate action.
Read MoreBahiyah Yasmeen Robinson is a recognized innovator of new avenues for VC and Impact investment. Her expertise in leading technology, investment, and social impact initiatives since the early 2000s culminated in creating VC Include in 2018 to build platforms and programs for diverse emerging managers globally.
Read MoreAs a corporate anthropologist, Marijn inspires people with her vision for a better world. She is passionate about, and stubbornly committed to, solving world problems by unlocking the potential of women, ensuring that they get access to finance and seats at decision making tables.
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