Simba Marekera is the Head of Investment Management at Brightlight Group, an impact investing fund manager dedicated to investing with the goal of transforming lives. He specialises in innovative financing and blended finance across a variety of Private Markets asset classes including infrastructure, real estate and credit/private debt both in developed and developing markets.
Read MoreKanini Mutooni is a Managing Director at Draper Richards Kaplan, a Venture Philanthropy institution focused on investing in global early stage entrepreneurs creating impact. She is also a Senior Adviser for Toniic, the global action network for impact investors with over 300 asset owners representing over $16b in investible wealth.
Read MoreHedda is the CEO of TIIME, an impact catalyst - driving capital towards positive societal impact (#impactimperative). She is a private investor, independent director, adjunct professor and advisor on issues related to sustainable development, impact finance and JEDI.
Read MoreRaya Papp is Founding Partner at SAGANA, a global impact investing and advisory firm where she focuses on Healthcare and Gender-Smart Investments. Raya also advises PE/VC funds in integrating a gender lens across their firm, investment processes and portfolio companies. She co-authored several reports in the sector including "Gender Lens Investing in Waste Management and Recycling" and “Gender Lens Investing Landscape - Asia”.
Read MoreJennifer Pryce is President and CEO of Calvert Impact Capital. For 25 years, Calvert has strived to make markets work for more people, more often, by investing in communities overlooked by traditional finance. Calvert invests globally, spanning sectors such as affordable housing, environmental sustainability, microfinance, renewable energy, and small business.
Read MoreKelly Roberts-Robbins serves as Senior Consulting Director at Sagana. Throughout her career, Kelly has focused on gender lens investing, gender smart banking, and impact measurement and management. Kelly is passionate about strategy development through impact assessments, and efficient interventions that improve impact and business performance.
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 MoreDarian is an accomplished impact investor, social entrepreneur, conference producer, and best-selling author. His work “helping people help” started during his five-year tenure as Executive Director of Craigslist Foundation, after which he co-founded several social impact conference series, consulted to a wide range of mission-led clients, and supported the UN's development of the SDGs around gender and climate.
Read MoreVicki Saunders is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world. Vicki is Founder of Coralus (formerly SheEO) and #radical generosity a global initiative to radically transform how we support finance and celebrate female entrepreneurs.
Read MoreLaurie Spengler is an impact investment banker, Board member and a recognised contributor to the impact investing industry. Laurie has over 25 years’ experience in international development with a focus on strategy, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions.
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.
Read MoreLisa Witter is a serial political and policy entrepreneur who uses an intersectional gender lens in all her work. She’s the co-founder of Apolitical, a global peer-to-peer learning platform, used by 180k+ public servants in 170 countries and was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in the World. She's the CEO of the Apolitical Foundation whose mission is to support the next generation of trusted and transformation politicians.
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