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Impact Investor Forum Virtual Experience 2021
24 - 26 May 2021,
Available anywhere, BST time zone
Mobilising private capital for a more sustainable future
The Impact Investor Forum will be taking place virtually for the first time in May and will mobilise private market institutions to engage with the growing momentum in impact investments and allocations.
Hear from industry leaders creating scalable, positive change and explore how you can implement impact principles and methodologies into your portfolio to create greater value.
Join over 300 attendees from specialist impact fund managers, general asset managers and institutional investors for two days of networking at the must-attend event for impact investment professionals.
Connect with peers and build relationships through pre-event interactive workshops, small breakouts, forum discussions and private messaging. Exchange best practices in delivering impact performance and discuss how to overcome the unique challenges to investment models in private equity, real estate, infrastructure and private debt.
What can you expect at the Impact Investor Forum?
Get your data strategy right
Data is central to impact performance. Learn what measurement frameworks leading funds are using to guide their investor reporting and KPIs for portfolio companies.
Scale impact
Hear first-hand insight on how fund managers are formulating their strategy to deliver scaled impact and what this means in practice for staffing, opportunity selection, due diligence and more.
Investor insights
Get a view across the investor spectrum, from mission-driven endowments, pension funds, insurance and sovereign wealth. Understand what matters most to them and how to align with their risk, return and impact expectations.
Keynote speaker
In May 2020, Kate was appointed Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce to lead national efforts to find and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine. Seven months later, the UK began the world’s first mass vaccination programme. Her unique keynote presentation will discuss the advantages of the biotech mindset, and the ability to be nimble and small when addressing global challenges.
Previous impact event attendees
Created with thought-leaders and impact practitioners
Achieve more at our immersive virtual experience
Global connections
Hear from leading institutional investors, managers, and advisors from across the globe without the need to travel. Connect through pre-event interactive workshops, small breakouts, forum discussions and private messaging.
Extended networking
Attendees get access to our event platform 1 month before the event date and for 5 months after. Use advanced filtering to identify the people you want to meet. Reach out, network, and make valuable connections at a time that suits everyone.
On-Demand access
All content will be recorded and available on-demand for 5 months after the event. Log in to the platform to benefit from continual access to the global impact community. Continue conversations with attendees and catch up on any of the content you missed.
Access impact leaders from the safety of your workspace
Our purpose-built event platform provides you with a number of way to network. Attendees get access to the event platform 1 month before the event date and for 5 months after. Start sending direct messages to attendees ahead of time, as well as continue conversations and make connections after the forum has ended.
The virtual networking experience
Search for investor opportunities
Filter individual profiles and decide who you want to meet based on company type, sector or region.
Get maximum visibility on the platform
Send a direct message that goes straight to the recipient’s corporate email as well as their inbox on the platform.
Reach out and make new connections
Attendees have access for 6 months to the impact investor community.
Hear from leading investors and managers
Discover how your peers are responding to the impact of the pandemic and discover investor’s priorities for 2021.
Access 16 hours of interactive content from 100 speakers across the two days. Watch keynote interviews, panel discussions, debates and much more.
With the online platform you can:
- Create your own daily agenda so you don’t miss a meeting or a key session
- Take part in the sessions through speaker Q&A and live polling
- Watch any sessions you missed at a later date. All sessions will be available on-demand for 5 months
Explore the sponsor exhibition
Explore the virtual exhibition hall and chat with sponsors to discover solutions to your business concerns.
Through the platform you can:
- Visit the virtual exhibition booth to discover the range of solutions available to help you better serve your customers
- Interact with the exhibitors you can request more information with the click of a button or arrange a meeting to discuss the products and services in more detail
Our leading advisory board in 2021
Stéphanie Émond
Chief Impact Officer
FinDev Canada
Michele Giddens
Partner, Co-CEO
Bridges Fund Management
Neil Gregory
Chief Thought Leadership Officer
IFC
Adam Heltzer
Managing Director, Head of ESG
Ares Management
Fredrik Henzler
Partner – Head of the Industry Value Creation
Partners Group
Maurice Klaver
Senior Investment Manager Private Equity
PGGM Investments
Stéphanie Lachance
Vice President, Responsible Investment
PSP Investments
Danai Musandu
Impact Investment Investor Relations Associate
Goodwell Investments
Aaron Pinnock
Impact Investment Analyst
Church Commissioners
Olivia Prentice
COO and Head of Content
Impact Management Project
Megan Starr
Global Head of Impact
The Carlyle Group
View the 2021 agenda
All timings are in BST, UK time.
With the online platform you can:
- Create your own daily agenda so you don’t miss a meeting or a key session
- Take part in the sessions through speaker Q&A and live polling
- Watch any sessions you missed at a later date, all sessions will be available on-demand for 5 months
For more information on the agenda, please contact Boris Petrovic at boris.p@peimedia.com or call +44 (0) 20 7566 5444.
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Agenda
Impact Investor Forum: Virtual Experience 2021 - Monday 24th
Pre-conference workshops
13:30 - 14:45
LP-only workshop: Building a robust impact allocation strategy as a mainstream institutional investor
Hanna Ideström,
Christina Leijonhufvud,
Marlene Stam,
Cristian Norambuena Ureta
Private markets impact funds which are available are often too small, too early stage or not necessarily covering LP’s purpose and return ambitions. However, investors have an opportunity to accelerate, scale and take joint leadership.
Exclusive to LP attendees, join this session to explore how institutional capital can collaborate to accelerate, scale and professionalize the impact ecosystem. The workshop will explore what hurdles LPs currently face, where there are opportunities to work together and how we can bridge some of the identified gaps.
14:45 - 15:15
Virtual speed networking
15:15 - 16:30
GP + LP workshop: How to leverage ESG and impact for value creation
Tania Carnegie,
Luke Anderson,
Lisa Hall,
Abrielle Rosenthal
- What are investors’ main priorities in making fund selection when it comes to ESG/impact performance and how do they gauge the authenticity of investment stories?
- How do funds go about integrating value creation and impact strategy?
- How do you embed the most material impact and ESG considerations into portfolio companies to create value?
Agenda
Impact Investor Forum: Virtual Experience 2021 - Tuesday 25th
Plenary
11:00 - 11:20
Opening remarks & keynote
Michele Giddens OBE
11:25 - 12:05
Investors’ take on private market impact funds
Danai Musandu,
Anita Bhatia,
Manuela Fumarola,
Aaron Pinnock
In this first investor session of the day, we will explore how investors approach their impact-focused investment decisions, what they make of the mass entry of private equity funds into the impact investment market, and what they want to see from private market funds to make them a viable option for their capital.
- Do we have a solid definition among investor on what constitutes an impact investment and what does not?
- What can mainstream investors learn from mission-driven investors to accelerate them along the learning curve?
- How do these investors approach information requests, monitoring and influence with their allocations?
Moderated by Danai Musandu, Investor Relations Associate, Goodwell Investments
Anita Bhatia
Investment Director- Investment Director, Endowment Team, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation
Read bio
12:10 - 13:00
The route to scaling impact: dedicated funds vs integration with ESG?
Alexandra Farmer,
Michele Giddens OBE,
Anders Misund,
Megan Starr,
Rekha Unnithan
- Learn the different routes that funds have taken to their impact approach and how they believe they will achieve impact
- Listen to a debate on the role of ESG and impact blending in moving progress forward and what the evolution of these strategies will look like
- Understand the outlook of fund managers and where they are focusing their time and resources, and how they are staffing their effort
Moderated by Alexandra Farmer, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
13:00 - 13:30
Fireside interview: Deep dive on KKR’s impact strategy
Tania Carnegie,
Ken Mehlman
13:30 - 14:15
Keynote: The VC mindset in tackling global challenges
Kate Bingham,
Toby Mitchenall
In her 29 years at SV, Kate’s biotech investments have resulted in the launch of six drugs for the treatment of patients with inflammatory and autoimmune disease and cancer. In 2018, Kate led the £250m closing of the Dementia Discovery Fund that invests in new biotech companies to deliver high impact therapeutics for different types of dementia. In May 2020 Kate was appointed Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce Minster to lead UK efforts to find and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine and seven months later, the UK was the first western country to start COVID-19 vaccinations. This unique presentation will discuss the advantages of the biotech mindset – being nimble and small when addressing global challenges.
Kate Bingham, Managing Partner, SV Health Managers, and former chair of UK Government’s Vaccine Taskforce
Facilitated by Toby Mitchenall, Senior Editor, New Private Markets
14:20 - 15:10
Impact methodologies: will measurements reach a financial reporting standard and what to do in the meantime?
Olivia Prentice,
Natalie Adomait,
Tom Beagent,
Jeffrey Cohen,
Philipp Essl,
Neil Gregory
- Get an overview of the progress to harmonising impact management and measurement methodologies
- Learn what frameworks leading impact funds are using to demonstrate impact as well as implement continuous improvement
- Listen to debate on how data, metrics and methodology will develop in the next 5 years as the sector matures & where is innovation required?
Moderated by Olivia Prentice, COO and Head of Content, Impact Management Project
Thematic, specialist impact discussions
15:15 - 15:55
First round of breakouts
Benson Adenuga,
Dazzle Bhujwala,
Sabine Chalopin,
Eric Cooperstrom,
Diane Damskey,
Jay Koh,
Imraan Mohammed,
Danai Musandu,
Juho Uusihakala
Here we give attendees a range of options of sessions which they can attend. This is your opportunity to get involved in the discussion and networking with professionals working on challenges in a similar context.
The sessions will go into more details on thematic areas that have emerged in impact investing.
First round of breakouts – 15.15- 15.55 – three sessions to choose from
- Climate and energy
- Katharine Preston, OMERS
- Dazzle Bhujwala, Ceres
- Sabine Chalopin, Denham Capital
- Jay Koh, The Lightsmith Group
- Emerging markets
- Danai Musandu, Goodwell Investments
- Imraan Mohammed, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
- Benson Adenuga, CDC Group
- Sustainable forestry
- Eric Cooperstrom, Hancock Natural Resource Group
- Juho Uusihakala, Finnfund
- Diane Damskey, Impact Principles
Eric Cooperstrom
Managing Director, Impact Investing & Natural Climate Solutions, Hancock Natural Resource Group
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16:00 - 16:40
Second round of breakouts
Laurence Barker,
Michael Jelinske,
Brian Kernohan,
Justin Kulla,
Katie Naeve,
John Onwualu,
Tamar Pashtan,
Sophie Smith
Here we give attendees a range of options of sessions which they can attend. This is your opportunity to get involved in the discussion and networking with professionals working on challenges in a similar context.
The sessions will go into more details on thematic areas that have emerged in impact investing.
Second round of breakouts – 16.00-16.40 – three sessions to choose from
- Healthcare
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- Laurence Barker, SV Health Managers
- Michael Jelinske, LeapFrog Investments
- Sustainable agriculture
- Brian Kernohan, Hancock Natural Resource Group
- Katie Naeve, Root Capital
- Tamar Pashtan, Vital Capital
- Financial inclusion
- John Onwualu, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- Justin Kulla, TZP Group
- Sophie Smith, Kirkland & Ellis
Plenary
16:45 - 17:25
Social impact and gender-lens investing: what are the lessons learnt?
Katie Naeve,
Stéphanie Émond,
Sandrine Henton,
Jane Hughes,
Joanne Yoo
- What are the KPIs you need to consider when looking to implement a social impact goals such as female empowerment?
- What are the key challenges gender-lens impact funds have come across?
- Are there frameworks that simplify the process?
Moderated by Katie Naeve, Director of Impact and Partnerships, Root Capital
Katie Naeve
Director of Impact and Partnerships; Lead of the Women in Agriculture Initiative, Root Capital
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17:30 - 18:15
Structuring impact to go mainstream with institutional investors
Daniel Perroud,
Nicholas Abel,
Maurice Klaver,
Jessica Pan,
Andrew Siwo
Get a view across the ‘mainstream’ investor spectrum, from endowments, pensions, insurance and sovereign wealth, on what matters most to them when it comes to impact and their perception on the range of impact product offerings currently on the market.
- Can, and should, impact be on parity with returns in importance?
- How do investors such as pension funds need to adjust their mandates to account for impact performance?
- What are the risk/return expectations, and are return concessions really off the table, when looking at impact funds?
- What data do investors want to see and which frameworks are they using to guide their information demands?
- Is there risk of a supply-demand imbalance between credible impact investment opportunities and the level of capital chasing impact deals?
Moderated by: Daniel Perroud, Global Head of Business Development, BlueOrchard
Andrew Siwo
Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund
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18:20 - 18:20
Close of day one
Agenda
Impact Investor Forum: Virtual Experience 2021 - Wednesday 26th
Plenary
11:00 - 11:40
Defining the strategy and intentionality of an impact fund
Elizabeth Ming,
Amala Ejikeme,
Beth Houghton,
Pia Irell
In this opening panel session, we hear fund managers discuss the how they define the fundamental goals and strategy of their impact efforts. The presentations will give insight on how impact funds approach performance metrics, source opportunities, undertake due diligence and ensure their performance is underpinned by scientific, empirical methods to ensure data is credible.
The session will include investor commentary and the audience will be able to provide feedback through polling on their preferred strategy.
Moderator by Elizabeth Ming, Managing Director, Asset Management, KPMG
11:45 - 12:25
Creating a credible impact roadmap for investments
Sarah Mathieu-Comtois,
Candice Brenet,
Cecilia Chao,
Fredrik Henzler,
Warren Valdmanis
- Considerations when scaling impact vs impact ‘turnaround’ situations – to what extent do you need to take a different approach?
- How do funds influence portfolio company management to deliver impact performance through incentives and human resource strategy?
- What qualitative analysis and quantitative metrics should you have in place to facilitate continuous improvements?
- Value creation plan vs impact creation plan – to what extent to do these need to be integrated?
- What support do you need to provide for portfolio company management?
Moderated by: Sarah Mathieu Comtois, Senior Manager, Sustainable Investment, Impact, and ESG, PwC
Candice Brenet
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Digital Transformation, Ardian
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12:30 - 13:00
Virtual speed networking
Plenary
13:00 - 13:30
Keynote interview: Deep Dive into Goldman Sachs impact strategy
Toby Mitchenall,
Ken Pontarelli
Ken Pontarelli, Partner & Managing Director, Sustainability Investing Group, Goldman Sachs
Facilitated by Toby Mitchenall, Senior Editor, New Private Markets
13:35 - 14:15
Reporting outlook: emerging legislation and regulations for impact and ESG disclosure
Simon Witney,
Dr. Silva Deželan,
Victor van Hoorn,
Eimear Palmer
- Understand future transparency regulations and how to align with upcoming legislation such as the EU taxonomy
- Ensure your efforts on reporting are future-proofed for the standards expected by key jurisdictions as well as investors
- Learn where the key legal risks are when making impact claims and how efforts to stamp-out ‘impact washing’ will evolve
Moderated by Simon Witney, Senior Consultant, Travers Smith
14:20 - 15:00
How to get your impact data strategy right
Christina Leijonhufvud,
Martin Ewald,
Shami Nissan,
Narina Mnatsakanian,
Johanna Raynal
- There is a plethora of impact frameworks to use so how do you go about deciding which mix of them you will apply?
- Is it likely that these methodologies will be harmonised and if not, what should you do to ensure you are still moving forward?
- How to know which standards are both right for your fund and will resonate with investor needs?
- What open sources frameworks have fund managers developed and to what extent should you create your own methodologies?
Moderated by: Christina Leijonhufvud, CEO & Co-Founder, BlueMark
15:05 - 15:50
Impact in private asset classes - Real Estate & Infrastructure
Jeffrey Altman,
Adam Bernstein,
Jamie Cooper,
Mathieu Elshout,
Tara Guelig,
Gianfranco Saladino,
Charles van Thiel
Here we give attendees a range of options of sessions which they can attend. This is your opportunity to get involved in the discussion and networking with professionals working on challenges in a similar context.
The sessions will go into more details on case studies and approaches within the four main classes of private market investments:
15.05-15.50 – first round of breakouts
- Real Estate
- Jamie Cooper, Dream Unlimited
- Mathieu Elshout, Patrizia
- Charles van Thiel, GRESB
- Infrastructure
- Gianfranco Saladino, BlueOrchard
- Adam Bernstein, North Sky
- Tara Guelig, The Lightsmith Group
- Jeffrey Altman, Finadvice
15:50 - 16:35
Impact in private asset classes - Private Equity & Private Debt
Nathalie Bleunven,
Catherine Godschalk,
Marta Hervás,
Kristina Matthews,
Gordon Power,
Robert Prengel,
Fabio Ranghino,
Keren Raz,
Luz Martinez
Here we give attendees a range of options of sessions which they can attend. This is your opportunity to get involved in the discussion and networking with professionals working on challenges in a similar context.
The sessions will go into more details on case studies and approaches within the four main classes of private market investments:
15.50-16.35 second round of breakouts
- Private Equity
- Fabio Ranghino, Ambienta
- Marta Hervás, Arcano Partners
- Robert Prengel, PwC
- Keren Raz, APG Asset Management
- Gordon Power, Earth Capital
- Private Debt
- Moderated by: Kristina Matthews, Brightwood Capital Advisors
- Catherine Godschalk, Calvert Impact Capital
- Manfred Schepers, ILX Fund
16:40 - 17:20
Liquidity in the impact market: how to successfully execute an exit from impact assets portunity?
Jennie Morawetz,
Pranav Kumar,
Imraan Mohammed,
Steven van Weede,
Wim van der Beek
Without an ecosystem to allow for the sale of assets the overall PE-impact market is limited in its attractiveness for investors. Here we hear from funds that have made successful exits across a range of different impact contexts and look to understand the lessons learnt. We will look to explore more of the details on what the process entailed, how it differed to exiting mainstream assets, overcoming challenges when executing sales in less mature markets and the implications for opportunity selection.
Moderated by Jennie Morawetz, Partner, ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis
17:20 - 17:30
Closing remarks
Speakers confirmed for 2021
For more information on speaking, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 20 7566 5444.
Nicholas Abel
Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies, CalSTRS
Nick is a Portfolio Manager within the Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies division of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation’s largest teacher retirement fund. Nick is responsible for working with a de… Read full bio
Benson Adenuga
Coverage Director and Head of Nigeria Office, CDC Group
Benson Adenuga is CDC Group’s Country Director for Nigeria since November 2019. He joined CDC from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) where he was the Equity Lead for the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with… Read full bio
Natalie Adomait
Managing Partner, Brookfield
Natalie Adomait is a Managing Partner in Brookfield’s Renewable Power & Transition Group. In this role, Ms. Adomait is responsible for sourcing, execution and asset management of the investments within Brookfield’s Global Transition Fund, with a… Read full bio
Jeffrey Altman
Senior Advisor, Finadvice
Jeffrey is a Senior Advisor to Finadvice AG, one of the leading sustainable energy and sustainable technology advisors in Continental Europe, where he advises utilities, institutional investors, funds, industry associations, regulators and technology… Read full bio
Luke Anderson
Partner - Private Equity, KPMG
Luke Anderson is a Partner in KPMG’s Private Equity Group where he focusses on value creation for large cap funds with a specific interest in ESG and “technology enabled” value creation and transformation. Prior to joining KPMG, Luke helped set up an… Read full bio
Laurence Barker
Partner, Dementia Discovery Fund, SV Health Managers
Laurence joined SV Health as Chief Business Officer of the DDF in February 2016. Prior to joining the DDF, Laurence was Head of Investment Management in Worldwide Business Development at GSK where he was responsible for managing GSK’s venture investm… Read full bio
Tom Beagent
Director - Impact, PwC
Tom has 20 years' experience, leading and advising investors and businesses develop to become more sustainable. He leads PwC’s work around impact measurement and management and is on the Advisory Group for the Impact Management Project, HBS’s Impact… Read full bio
Wim van der Beek
Founder and Managing Partner, Goodwell Investments
Wim van der Beek is the founder and managing partner of Goodwell Investments, a pioneering impact investment firm focused on inclusive growth in emerging markets. Goodwell channels capital to scalable business solutions that combine demonstrable soci… Read full bio
Adam Bernstein
Managing Director, North Sky
Adam Bernstein manages North Sky's direct investments in middle market sustainable infrastructure projects across the renewable power generation, renewable fuels and gas, energy infrastructure and efficiency, and waste, wastewater and water infrastru… Read full bio
Anita Bhatia
Investment Director- Investment Director, Endowment Team, Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation
Anita is Investment Director at Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, working on the investment activities of the Charity's endowment and leads the development and implementation of the Charity's impact investing activities including portfolio construction,… Read full bio
Dazzle Bhujwala
Director, Investor Network, Ceres
Dazzle is the Director of Ceres’ Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability. Ceres Investor Network consists of North America's leading institutional investors with a collective AUM of $30 trillion. Dazzle is responsible for driving investor… Read full bio
Kate Bingham
Managing Partner, SV Health Investors & Former Chair of the UK Vaccine Taskforce
As Chair of the Vaccine Taskforce in 2020 Kate led a team of world-class experts from across industry, science, academia, funding, regulators, logistics and government with the shared purposed of finding and manufacturing COVID-19 vaccine/s. The Vacc… Read full bio
Nathalie Bleunven
Head of Corporate Lending & Portfolio Manager - Tikehau Impact Lending, Tikehau Capital
Nathalie joined Tikehau Capital in 2014 as Head of Corporate Lending (Private Debt team). Prior to joining Tikehau Capital, Nathalie worked as a Partner at Indigo Capital France, an investment fund specialized in mezzanine debt. Nathalie started her… Read full bio
Candice Brenet
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability and Digital Transformation, Ardian
Candice Brenet has been in charge of developing and implementing the firm’s Corporate & Investment Responsibility program since 2009, for the whole range of activities of Ardian. She is also in charge of Digital Transformation for the PE portfoli… Read full bio
Keith Breslauer
Managing Director & Founding Partner, Patron Capital
Mr. Breslauer is the Founder + Managing Partner of the Patron Capital Funds. Total capital under management represents approximately €4.3 billion from leading U.S. and European investors. The Patron Funds primarily in opportunities in the United King… Read full bio
Tania Carnegie
Global and US Lead for ESG, Private Equity and Asset Management, KPMG
Tania is the Global Lead for ESG and Impact Investing services for KPMG’s Private Equity and Asset Management clients. Based in New York, she is a Partner in KPMG’s ESG and Climate Strategy practice. She advises institutional investors on strategies… Read full bio
Sabine Chalopin
Power and Renewables ESG & Impact Director, Denham Capital
Sabine Chalopin is the ESG Manager to Power Deal Team and is responsible for screening, managing and monitoring investments for environmental and social risks and opportunities. She brings 12 years of power experience to the firm. Prior to joining De… Read full bio
Cecilia Chao
Managing Director, Bain Capital Double Impact
Cecilia Chao is a Managing Director at Bain Capital Double Impact. She joined Bain Capital in 2008 and prior to her current role, she was a member of the Private Equity Portfolio Group. Prior to joining Bain Capital, Ms. Chao was a Vice President at… Read full bio
Jeffrey Cohen
Managing Director, Head of ESG and Sustainability, Oak Hill Advisors
Jeff Cohen has management responsibility for the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters within the firm’s investment processes as well as other sustainability initiatives at the firm. Mr. Cohen is a member of OHA’s ESG co… Read full bio
Jamie Cooper
Portfolio Manager, Dream Impact Fund, Dream Unlimited
Jamie Cooper oversees all aspects of the Fund's financial and impact performance. Dream Impact Fund is one of the worlds first open-ended real estate funds dedicated exclusively to UN Sustainable Development Goal #11 - Sustainable Cities and Communit… Read full bio
Eric Cooperstrom
Managing Director, Impact Investing & Natural Climate Solutions, Hancock Natural Resource Group
Eric Cooperström, Managing Director, Impact Investing and Natural Climate Solutions, is responsible for developing timberland and agriculture products that deliver on HNRG’s sustainability and responsible investing priorities. In this role, he is dir… Read full bio
Diane Damskey
Head of Secretariat, Operating Principles for Impact Management
Diane Damskey is Head of the Secretariat of the Operating Principles for Impact Management, a global standard for impact investors. She leads the engagement with private sector asset managers, asset owners, wealth managers and family offices, and is… Read full bio
Dr. Silva Deželan
Head of Impact & ESG, Forbion
Dr. Silva Dezelan is Forbion’s Head of Impact & ESG, responsible for its impact and ESG initiatives, strategy and further implementation. Prior to joining Forbion, Silva worked as ESG Director at Stafford Capital Partners, private markets and rea… Read full bio
Amala Ejikeme
Partner - Investment Funds, Kirkland & Ellis
Amala Ejikeme is a partner in the Investment Funds Group at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and focuses on advising European and global sponsors on the establishment of private funds pursuing a wide variety of investment strategies. He has pra… Read full bio
Mathieu Elshout
Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing, Patrizia
Mathieu Elshout is Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing at PATRIZIA. Previously he was Senior Investment Director at PGGM, where he was responsible for a portfolio of European private real estate investments as well as leading PGGM’s efforts o… Read full bio
Stéphanie Émond
Chief Impact Officer, FinDev Canada
Stéphanie Émond is VP Operations and Chief Impact Officer at FinDev Canada’s, overseeing the Impact Enablement team responsible for development impact, technical assistance, environmental and social risk management, operations enablement, stakeholder… Read full bio
Philipp Essl
Senior Social Impact Director, Big Society Capital
Philipp focuses on social impact measurement and management across Big Society Capital’s investment process and portfolio. He is passionate about using impact strategy and evidence to drive social investment decisions and tackle pressing social chall… Read full bio
Martin Ewald
Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors
Martin Ewald is a Managing Director in the London office of Allianz Global Investors and heads the Impact Investment team of AllianzGI as Lead Portfolio Manager. The team currently manages the Allianz Impact Investment Fund and AfricaGrow and is acti… Read full bio
Alexandra Farmer
Partner - ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis
Alex heads the Firm’s ESG & Impact Practice Group, which advises some of the world’s most sophisticated and dynamic private equity firms, corporations, and project sponsors and lenders on complex and evolving legal issues relating to ESG and clim… Read full bio
Manuela Fumarola
Head of ESG, Private Equity, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Manuela Fumarola joined abrdn in March 2021 as Head of ESG for the Global Private Equity business in order to institutionalise and enhance the boutique’s integration of ESG and increasing focus on sustainability. Prior to joining abrdn, Manuela worke… Read full bio
Michele Giddens OBE
Co-founder ＆ Co-CEO, Bridges Fund Management
Michele co-founded Bridges alongside Philip Newborough and Sir Ronald Cohen in 2002 and now oversees strategy, client development, talent development, public affairs and impact management. She sits on the Investment Committee for all Bridges funds an… Read full bio
Catherine Godschalk
Vice President Investments, Calvert Impact Capital
Catherine Godschalk manages Calvert Impact Capital’s Investments team and its global portfolio of impact investments aimed at building, scaling, and strengthening intermediaries and structured funds tackling social and/or environmental challenges. Ca… Read full bio
Neil Gregory
Chief Thought Leadership Officer, IFC
Neil Gregory is Chief Thought Leadership Officer of the International Finance Corporation, the private investment arm of the World Bank Group. He has held a range of senior strategy and management roles at IFC, including research, business planning,… Read full bio
Tara Guelig
Director Sustainability and Impact, The Lightsmith Group
Tara Guelig is The Lightsmith Group’s Director of Sustainability & Impact. She designed the firm’s approach to measuring impact and ensures that ESG issues are considered at all stages of the investment process. Previously, Ms. Guelig spent 15 ye… Read full bio
Lisa Hall
Impact Chair, Apollo Global Management
Prior to joining Apollo, Ms. Hall was a Professor of Practice and a Fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, where she led research focused on creating a more inclusive economy. She previously served as a Manag… Read full bio
Adam Heltzer
Managing Director, Global Head of ESG, Ares Management
Mr. Heltzer is a Managing Director and the Global Head of ESG in the Ares Strategy and Relationship Management Group, where he leads the Firm's environmental, social and governance efforts, in addition to focusing on ESG integration across the invest… Read full bio
Sandrine Henton
Investment Director, Educate Global
Sandrine has over 15 years of professional experience in strategy and finance, including private equity investing for businesses in emerging markets. She is the Managing Director of Educate Global (EG) a new fund management company established in 201… Read full bio
Fredrik Henzler
Co-Head Goods & Products, Partners Group
Fredrik Henzler is Co-Head Goods and Products vertical, based in Zug. He is a member of the Global Executive Board, the Global Investment Committee and the Private Equity Directs Investment Committee, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of… Read full bio
Marta Hervás
Investment Director, Arcano Asset Management
Marta Hervás is an Investment Director at Arcano Asset Management, a leading alternatives asset manager headquartered in Madrid, Spain, with over €7 billion of assets under management and advisory. In addition to leading Arcano's impact private equit… Read full bio
Victor van Hoorn
Executive Director, Eurosif
Victor van Hoorn is the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, the leading pan European Sustainable and Responsible Investment association advocating for a more sustainable financial system. It works as a partnershi… Read full bio
Beth Houghton
Partner, Palatine
Beth is a Partner at Palatine and is Head of the Impact Fund. Her role includes defining the strategy and process for selecting impact investments, to engaging with portfolio companies to create commercial returns and additional value through environ… Read full bio
Jane Hughes
Professor of Practice, Simmons University
Jane Elizabeth Hughes is Professor of Practice at Simmons University School of Business in Boston. She is also a former Director of Social Finance, a pioneer in the impact investing market, and has partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and… Read full bio
Hanna Ideström
Senior Portfolio Manager, Alternative Investments, AP4
Hanna is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the team of Alternatives Investments at Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), where her focus area is Private Equity. As per June 2021, AP4 manages assets of approx. SEK 490 billion. Prior to joining AP4, Hanna was an Investm… Read full bio
Pia Irell
Impact Partner, Trill Impact Advisory
Pia Irell is the Impact Partner and leads Trill Impact's value creation impact and ESG practice. She is a member of the Investment Advisory Committee and has more than 15 years of experience in the private equity industry. Prior to joining Trill Impa… Read full bio
Michael Jelinske
Associate Director, LeapFrog Investments
Michael is an Associate Director at LeapFrog Investments, a leading emerging markets private equity firm with $2b in assets under management. There he helps lead the healthcare team focused on investments across both Africa and Asia. Michael has broa… Read full bio
Brian Kernohan
Chief Sustainability Officer, Private Markets, Manulife Investment Management
As Chief Sustainability Officer and Senior Managing Director of Environment and Policy, Brian is responsible for sustainability & responsible investing strategy and public policy engagement across forestry, agriculture, real estate, infrastructur… Read full bio
Maurice Klaver
Senior Investment Director, PGGM Investments
Maurice Klaver is Senior Investment Manager within PGGM Private Equity and responsible for sustainable investments in PFZW’s focus themes healthcare, climate, food security and water scarcity. Maurice joined PGGM Private Equity in 2011 and was until… Read full bio
Jay Koh
Managing Director, The Lightsmith Group
Jay Koh is Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Lightsmith Group. He has 20+ years of experience in private equity and government at Siguler Guff, U.S. Development Finance Corporation, R3 Capital, and The Carlyle Group. Mr. Koh chairs the Global A… Read full bio
Justin Kulla
Partner, Impact Investing & ESG, TZP Group
Justin Kulla joined TZP Group as a Partner of Impact Investing and ESG in May 2020. Mr. Kulla began his career at Credit Suisse where he was an engineer working in New York, London and Zurich, and at Google where he worked in business development. Fo… Read full bio
Pranav Kumar
Director of Investments, LeapFrog Investments
Pranav Kumar is a Director of Investments with LeapFrog’s Asia team based in Singapore. His role includes sourcing, evaluating and managing investments across South and Southeast Asia. Pranav currently serves on the boards of LeapFrog partner compani… Read full bio
Christina Leijonhufvud
CEO, BlueMark
Christina Leijonhufvud is the CEO of BlueMark, an independent impact verification business, where she is responsible for leading all aspects of the business strategy, new product development, and external relations. Christina supervises the BlueMark… Read full bio
Luz Martinez
Sustainability Manager, ILX Fund
Luz Martinez is responsible for designing and implementing the sustainability strategy of ILX Fund. Prior to joining ILX Luz coordinated a portfolio on financial inclusion and impact investing at the KIT’s unit of Sustainable Economic Development, ad… Read full bio
Sarah Mathieu-Comtois
Senior Manager, Sustainable Investment, Impact, and ESG, PwC
Sarah Mathieu-Comtois is a Senior Manager in PwC's Sustainability Strategy team, based in Paris, where she works mainly with Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Infrastructure investment firms. Sarah is specialised in the definition of sustainabilit… Read full bio
Kristina Matthews
Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations & ESG, Brightwood Capital Advisors
Kristina Matthews is a Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations and ESG, at Brightwood Capital Advisors. She is primarily focused on business development and fundraising strategy as well as the firm’s ESG initiatives while overseeing the Investo… Read full bio
Ken Mehlman
Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head, Global Impact Fund, KKR
Ken Mehlman joined KKR in 2008 and is a Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs and Co-Head of KKR Global Impact at KKR. Since joining the firm, Mr. Mehlman has architected KKR’s responsible investment efforts to create shared value for KKR investors… Read full bio
Elizabeth Ming
Managing Director, Asset Management, KPMG
Elizabeth is a Managing Director working in KPMG’s Alternative Investments and Private Equity practices. She has over 13 years of experience serving public and private clients, including 11 years serving clients in the private equity and investment m… Read full bio
Anders Misund
Partner and Head of EQT Future Advisory Team, EQT Partners
Anders Misund joined EQT Partners in Oslo in September 2007. Anders is Partner and Head of Nordics. Anders graduated with a M.Sc in Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration majoring in finance, with e… Read full bio
Toby Mitchenall
Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability, New Private Markets
Toby Mitchenall is Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability at PEI. He is the editor of New Private Markets, a new publication serving sustainable investors in private markets, from ESG to impact. Toby was previously responsible for PEI’s private equity… Read full bio
Imraan Mohammed
Head of Impact Investments, Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Imraan Mohammed is Head of Impact Investments at Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) and is responsible for equity and debt related investments in areas that support CIFF’s programmatic focus. Imraan has 17 years of experience in managing pr… Read full bio
Jennie Morawetz
Partner, ESG & Impact, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Jennie Morawetz is the strategy and operations partner for Kirkland’s ESG & Impact practice, responsible for overseeing the day-to-day management of the practice to ensure it delivers on its promise of integrating cutting-edge legal and strategic… Read full bio
Danai Musandu
Investor Relations Associate, Goodwell Investments
Danai Musandu is the Investor Relations Associate at Goodwell Investments. In her previous role at Goodwell Investments, she was an Investment Associate building the Southern African portfolio. She joined the firm in 2016 as the first employee of the… Read full bio
Katie Naeve
Director of Impact and Partnerships; Lead of the Women in Agriculture Initiative, Root Capital
Katie Naeve is Director of Impact and Partnerships and Lead of the Women in Agriculture Initiative at Root Capital, a global organization that invests in the growth of small and growing agricultural businesses that transform rural livelihoods. As hea… Read full bio
Shami Nissan
Partner, Head of Sustainability, Actis
Shami leads Actis’ approach to sustainability, ESG and impact, working closely with investment colleagues and portfolio company management to assess and manage sustainability issues, helping to build world-class businesses which are leaders in sustai… Read full bio
Cristian Norambuena Ureta
Senior Investment Officer, Private Equity, New York City Retirement Systems
Cristian Norambuena serves as a Senior Investment Officer - Private Equity in the Bureau of Asset Management at the NYC Comptroller's Office. He works closely with the Head of Private Equity in pursuing new initiatives, making investments and managin… Read full bio
John Onwualu
Managing Director, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
Mr. Onwualu has a decade of experience with specific focus on in investments in technology and emerging markets. As Managing Director, Mr. Onwualu leads the agency’s direct equity investments in companies committed to creating developmental impact. P… Read full bio
Eimear Palmer
Partner, Global Head of ESG, Pantheon Ventures
Eimear is a Partner and Global Head of ESG, with responsibility for overseeing and developing Pantheon’s established ESG strategy and range of initiatives. Prior to joining the firm, Eimear worked for 14 years in private equity-focused ESG roles, inc… Read full bio
Jessica Pan
Senior Portfolio Manager, APG Asset Management
Jessica Pan is a Senior Portfolio Manager in the Global Private Equity group of APG Asset Management US Inc. based in New York. Jessica joined APG in 2014, a year after the firm’s launch of an in-house private equity program. As a member of the inves… Read full bio
Tamar Pashtan
Head of ESG & Impact, Vital Capital
Ms. Tamar Pashtan is Head of ESG & Impact on Vital Capital’s Investment Team. Ms. Pashtan brings with her a comprehensive background in environmental consulting, with over a decade of international experience in disciplines including sustainable… Read full bio
Daniel Perroud
Global Head of Business Development, BlueOrchard
Daniel Perroud is responsible for business development at BlueOrchard. He has over 20 years of in-depth industry knowledge and extensive experience in business development for traditional and alternative investments. Before joining BlueOrchard in 201… Read full bio
Aaron Pinnock
Impact Investment Analyst, Church Commissioners
Aaron leads on impact investment at the Church Commissioners for England, the £9.2bn endowment fund of the Church of England. Aaron’s responsibilities include identifying impact investment opportunities as well as portfolio impact measurement and man… Read full bio
Ken Pontarelli
Partner and Managing Director, Sustainability Investing Group, Goldman Sachs
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Gordon Power
Chief Investment Officer, Earth Capital
Gordon is Chief Investment Officer for Earth Capital (EC) and Co-Founder of Earth Capital Holdings (ECH) with Stephen Lansdown, EC’s holding company. Established in 2008, ECH is a global private equity investment group with $1.7bn AUM. The company’s… Read full bio
Robert Prengel
Director - Impact Valuation, PwC
Robert is a Director at PwC Germany’s Sustainability Services team. He joined PwC in 2005 and leads an expert group on impact measurement and management. Robert is a proven expert on environmental, social and governance issues and their impact measur… Read full bio
Olivia Prentice
Partner, Head of Impact, Bridges Fund Management
Olivia is responsible for Bridges’ impact strategy and impact management practice across all funds. Previously, Olivia was on secondment from Bridges to co-found the Impact Management Project (IMP), an ambitious sector-wide initiative to build market… Read full bio
Fabio Ranghino
Partner and Head of Strategy & Sustainability - Ambienta
Fabio is a Partner and Head of Strategy & Sustainability at Ambienta and is based in Milan. He has joined Ambienta in 2011 and since then has led the development of Ambienta’s approach to sutainability driven investment across asset classes build… Read full bio
Johanna Raynal
Director of ESG & Impact, Swedfund
Johanna heads Swedfund’s ESG & Impact operations focusing on themes such as Gender Equality, Climate Change and Environment, Human Rights, Decent Work, and Anti-Corruption. Johanna and her team ensure the assessment and measurement of impact in S… Read full bio
Keren Raz
Senior Responsible Investment Specialist, APG Asset Management
Keren G. Raz is a Senior Responsible Investment Specialist at APG Asset Management. In that role, she serves as the global responsible investment lead for private equity, hedge funds, and alternative credits, working closely with investment teams on… Read full bio
Abrielle Rosenthal
Chief Sustainability Officer, TowerBrook
Ms. Rosenthal is a Managing Director and Chief Sustainability Officer of TowerBrook, and co-Chair of the Responsible Ownership Committee and the DE＆I Committee. Prior to joining TowerBrook, Ms. Rosenthal was a partner in the London office of Kirkland… Read full bio
Gianfranco Saladino
Head of Sustainable Infrastructure Investments, BlueOrchard
Gianfranco Saladino joined BlueOrchard from Partners Group, where he was an Investment Manager in its European Private Infrastructure team in London and Zug. His transaction experience includes Renewable Energy, Utilities, Transportation and Social I… Read full bio
Andrew Siwo
Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund
Andrew Siwo is the Director of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions at the New York State Common Retirement Fund. He is charged with providing leadership and oversight of sustainable investment efforts across the Fund’s $250 billion portfoli… Read full bio
Sophie Smith
Partner, Investment Funds, Kirkland & Ellis
Sophie Smith is an investment funds partner in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. She advises and represents clients in relation to all aspects of the structuring and operation of alternative investment funds across a broad… Read full bio
Marlene Stam
Co-Founder, Partner, Collective Action
Marlene is co-founder of Collective Action, an institutional investor collaboration bringing together a club of institutional investors with a purpose to jointly pool resources to make actionable impact investments. Marlene has been working with impa… Read full bio
Megan Starr
Global Head of Impact, The Carlyle Group
Megan Starr is the Global Head of Impact for The Carlyle Group. She is based in New York. In her role, Ms. Starr works to design and execute Carlyle's cohesive, long-term impact strategy. She also oversees the dedicated ESG team, which leads the firm… Read full bio
Charles van Thiel
Director Real Estate, GRESB
Charles is responsible for the strategic development and execution of all real estate-related products and services at GRESB, the global ESG benchmark for real assets. This includes the development of the GRESB Assessment and benchmarking methodologi… Read full bio
Rekha Unnithan
Managing Director - Co-Head of Impact Investing, Nuveen
Rekha is the Co-Head for Impact Investing. Rekha was an early visionary and established the intentional and leadership impact investing platform for TIAA, and is responsible for determining Nuveen’s impact investment strategy across sectors, asset cl… Read full bio
Juho Uusihakala
Head of Impact, Finnfund
Juho specialises in impact management and measurement of private sector operations in emerging markets. His work covers the whole investment cycle from ex-ante screening to monitoring and impact studies. Juho has worked with several sectors and indus… Read full bio
Warren Valdmanis
Partner, Two Sigma Impact
Warren is a Partner at Two Sigma Impact. Warren comes to Two Sigma from Bain Capital Double Impact, where he helped to launch the firm’s first dedicated social impact fund and develop the firm’s strategic approach to social impact investing. Warren w… Read full bio
Steven van Weede
Managing Director, Palladium Impact Capital
Steven is an investment banker by training, having joined Palladium Impact Capital (formerly Enclude) in 2014, after working in the investment banking teams at Merrill Lynch (now Bank of America) and Citi in both London and Johannesburg. In these fir… Read full bio
Simon Witney
Senior Consultant, Travers Smith
Simon is a senior consultant at Travers Smith with over 25 years' experience in regulatory, transactional and fund formation disciplines. He also Chairs the firm's ESG and Impact Group. Having been a prolific writer and regular speaker on company law… Read full bio
Joanne Yoo
Partner, Development Partners International
Joanne Yoo is a Partner at Development Partners International (DPI), a leading London-based venture capital and private equity investment firm with over $3 billion under management targeting high growth, impact-driven and innovation-led companies in… Read full bio
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