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Impact Investor Global Summit London 2022
18 - 19 May 2022,
Hilton Tower Bridge, London
Private capital for a sustainable future
The Impact Investor Global Summit will be taking place in-person for the first time in London. The purpose of the conference is to mobilise private market institutions to engage with the growing momentum in impact investing.
Hear from industry leaders creating scalable, positive change and explore how you can create impact strategies that create greater value for people and the planet.
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 ahead of the event. 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 Global Summit?
Event content with value
The summit will focus on mainstreaming and scaling impact strategies. Featuring how to structure impact investments to go mainstream among institutional investors, best practices in defining the intentionality of impact funds, leveraging ESG and impact for value creation, and building credible measurement and reporting frameworks.
Build a valuable network
Connect with industry participants in all aspects of impact investment and benefit from our expansive global community. Network in-person at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts. Build lasting relationships and compare best practices with your peers.
Meet institutional investors
Hear from institutional investors who are looking to increase their exposure in the industry. Past investors included California State Teachers’ Retirement System, Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation, New York State Common Retirement Fund, PGGM Investments and many more.
Featured speakers in 2021
Connect with impact investment professionals
Testimonials from attendees
Operating Principles for Impact Management
Diane Damskey, Head of Secretariat
The forum gathered some of the top names in impact investing and covered key topics to promote the understanding and growth of this market. The organization and…
SV Health Investors
Hannah Maunder, Investor Relations and Communications Associate
The Impact Investor Forum provided a huge amount of clarity on all things impact investing and did so in an engaging and enjoyable way.
FSN Capital Partners
Pål Dale, Senior Director, Business Development
All in all, the forum provided a rich and detailed snapshot of the state of the impact investment industry, as of 2021.
Operating Principles for Impact Management
Diane Damskey, Head of Secretariat
The forum gathered some of the top names in impact investing and covered key topics to promote the understanding and growth of this market. The organization and execution was impeccable.
Pre-Event Resources
Speaking opportunities in 2022
For more information on speaking in 2022, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@peimedia.com | +44 (0) 207 566 5431
Speakers featured in 2021
Nicholas Abel
Sustainable Investment Officer, Portfolio Management, CalSTRS
Nick joined CalSTRS in April 2020 and is an Investment Officer within the Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies division of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the nation’s largest teacher retirement fund. Nick i… 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 Director, Renewable Power, Brookfield
Natalie Adomait is a Managing Director in Brookfield’s Renewable Power Group focused on impact investments. In this role, Ms. Adomait is responsible for sourcing, execution and asset management of the investments within Brookfield’s Global Transition… Read full bio
Jeffrey Altman
Senior Advisor, FinAdvice AG
Jeffrey is Managing Partner at e2T Capital Partners, a private equity fund being launched that targets leading and innovative European technology as well as services companies involved in the global transition to sustainable energy. In addition, Jeff… 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- 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
Founder and Managing Director, Patron Capital
Mr. Breslauer founded Patron Capital in 1999 and is the Managing Partner of the Patron Capital Funds (Patron Capital Captive Fund, Funds I–VI). Total capital under management represents approximately €4.3 billion from leading U.S. and European instit… Read full bio
Tania Carnegie
Global Lead for Private Equity and Asset Management, KPMG IMPACT
Tania is the Global Lead for Private Equity and Asset Management for KPMG IMPACT, a global Centre for Excellence that brings together professionals and subject matter experts from across KPMG’s global organization to support the delivery of the UN Su… Read full bio
Sabine Chalopin
Power and Renewable 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 11 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 D… Read full bio
Jeff Cohen
Director of Capital Markets Integration, SASB
Jeff Cohen is the Head of Private Investment Initiatives and Director of Capital Markets Integration at SASB. In his role, Mr. Cohen partners with institutional investors and asset owners, facilitating integration of financially material, industry-sp… Read full bio
Jamie Cooper
Portfolio Manager - Impact Fund, Dream Unlimited
Jamie Cooper oversees all aspects of the Fund's financial and impact performance. This includes identifying and executing on acquisitions that fit Dream’s criteria, monitoring development progress, and managing portfolio composition and asset allocat… 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, Impact Principles
Diane 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 responsi… Read full bio
Silva Deželan
ESG Director, Stafford Capital Partners
Prior to joining Stafford Silva worked for Robeco where she was responsible for ESG integration and the implementation of ESG engagement across different private equity programs. Before this role Silva oversaw the Responsible Investing Program at Rab… 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
ESG Manager - Private Markets, Aberdeen Standard Investments
Manuela Fumarola works as ESG Manager for Private Markets at Aberdeen Standard Investments, overseeing the strategy for private markets investments, including private equity, infrastructure and private lending assets. Prior to joining ASI, Manuela wa… Read full bio
Michele Giddens OBE
Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Bridges Fund Management
Michele co-founded Bridges alongside Philip Newborough and Sir Ronald Cohen in 2002. As a partner, she focuses on strategy, investor relations, public affairs and social impact assessment. Michele plays a key role in the growth of the impact investin… 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 Houghton is a Partner at Palatine Private Equity and is Head of Palatine’s Impact Fund. Beth joined Palatine in 2007 after gaining an MBA with distinction from Manchester Business School. Beth leads Palatine’s Environmental, Social and Governanc… 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 Ideström is senior portfolio manager in the Alternative Investments team at AP4, one of the buffer funds in the Swedish state pension system. She focusses on private equity investments, with a focus on investments in line with AP4:s thematic pr… Read full bio
Pia Irell
Impact Partner, Trill Impact
Pia has more than 14 years of experience in the Private Equity industry, of which eight years at Altor Equity Partners and six years as a member of Gambro’s global leadership team, at that time a Private Equity owned company, acquired and delisted by… 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, Hancock Natural Resource Group
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 Manager Private Equity, 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 & Co-Founder, BlueMark
Christina Leijonhufvud is a well-respected leader in the impact investing field, with a track record of senior management roles on Wall Street, where she pioneered a first-of-its-kind social finance investment banking business and co-authored seminal… Read full bio
Luz Martinez
Sustainability Manager, ILX Fund
Luz 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, advised UN… 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 Nordics, 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, 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
Narina Mnatsakanian
Executive Director - Impact & Sustainable Investment, Kempen Capital Management
Narina is Executive Director Impact and Responsible Investment at Kempen Capital Management. She is heading Kempen’s Sustainability & Impact team and working closely with portfolio managers on ESG integration across asset classes, active ownershi… 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
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
Head of Responsible Investment, Actis
Shami leads Actis’ approach to responsible investment, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage sustainability issues, helping to build world-class businesses and to deliver societal benefits. Shami is a… 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
Responsible Investing Officer, ICG
Eimear joined in 2018 as ICG’s Responsible Investing Officer and is responsible for further integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across all fund strategies. She works closely with ICG’s business and investment teams as well… Read full bio
Jessica Pan
Principal, APG
Jessica Pan is a Principal 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 investment team, Jes… 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
Co-Founder and 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
COO and Head of Content, Impact Management Project
A co-founder of the IMP, Olivia has worked since the project’s inception to facilitate market consensus on sustainability and impact measurement, management and reporting. She focused on leading the development of best practices for investors, such a… Read full bio
Katharine Preston
Vice President- Sustainable Investing, OMERS
Katharine Preston joined OMERS in August, 2019 as Vice President, Sustainable Investing. In this role, she assists OMERS with evolving its sustainable investing practices and liaises with OMERS investment, risk and communications teams on matters suc… Read full bio
Fabio Ranghino
Head of Strategy & Sustainability, Ambienta
Fabio is Head of Strategy and 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 building internal pro… 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, Chief Human Resources Officer, Managing Director, TowerBrook Capital Partners
Ms. Rosenthal is Chief Sustainability Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer and a Managing Director of TowerBrook, and co-Chair of the Responsible Ownership Committee. Prior to joining TowerBrook, Ms. Rosenthal was a corporate partner in the London… 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
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
Senior Development Impact Adviser, Finnfund
Juho specialises in impact management and measurement in private sector operations covering the whole investment cycle from ex-ante screening to monitoring and impact studies. He has given numerous presentations on Finnfund’s systemic approach to imp… 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. Having been a prolific writer and regular speaker on company law and corporate governance throughout his career,… Read full bio
Joanne Yoo
Managing Director, DPI
Joanne Yoo is a Managing Director at Development Partners International (DPI), a leading Pan African private equity firm with $2 billion under management. Ms. Yoo also serves on the Investment Advisory Board of Acuity Venture Partners, a venture capi… Read full bio
Sponsorship opportunities in 2022
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The agenda will be confirmed later in the year
The Impact Investor Global Summit will take place on 18-19 May.
For more information on the agenda, please contact Boris Petrovic.
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Network with the global impact investment industry
After a successful virtual launch in 2021, the summit will be in-person for the first time in London. In May join 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.
The in-person networking experience
Meet investors focused on impact investment
Network with active investors in the industry. Benefit from our expansive global investor community who will be in attendance throughout the summit.
Network in-person in London
Connect with your peers at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts.
Build new connections at the forum
Our past attendees included Big Society Capital, Blackstone Group, CDC Group, Goldman Sachs, Macarthur Foundation, MassMutual, New York State Common Retirement Fund, and many more.