
David Gowenlock
Senior Investment Director, Sustainable and Impact Investing at Cambridge Associates

20 - 21 May 2025
The Brewery, London
The Impact Investor Global Summit 2025 is back—bigger and better than ever! Join 700+ leaders in impact and transition investing, including 250+ active allocators on 20-21 May at our exciting new London venue, the Brewery.
As the leading global event in impact investing, the Summit is your chance to dive into how private capital is fueling a sustainable and equitable future—and uncover the investable opportunities within this shift.
Position your company at the forefront of the impact investing landscape and connect with over 700 impact investment leaders, including 250+ global investors.
Sponsorship gives you the opportunity to:
Hear from institutional investors who are looking to increase their exposure to impact funds. Connect with representatives from Allianz Global Investors, Alvarium, AZR Capital, British Business Bank, BII, Church Commissioners, CPPIB, EBRD, EM Impact Capital, GIC, Hitachi Digital, IMAS Foundation, KFW Capital, M&G Investment Management, Mallinckrodt Foundation, and many more.
The summit will explore investment opportunities across the impact market’s different thematic buckets, and how to build strategies that are measurable, scalable and deliver real world outcomes. Featuring sessions on impact benchmarking, specialist vs generalist impact strategies, allocation priorities, investments opportunities in climate, circular economy, placed-based investing, emerging markets, and many more.
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.
The event 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…
The Impact Investor Global Summit provided a huge amount of clarity on all things impact investing and did so in an engaging and enjoyable way.
Very interesting programme and speakers, great event for networking. Well organised and location was top notch. Will participate next time again.
For more information on speaking in 2025, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@pei.group | +44 (0)204 548 4494
For more information on the agenda or speaking opportunities, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@pei.group | +44 (0)204 548 4494
Fairuz Farhoud, Research Manager, PEI Group
Jen Braswell, Head of Impact, EQT Partners
John Goldstein, Global Head of Sustainability and Impact Solutions, Asset & Wealth Management, Goldman Sachs
Max Odefey, Co-founder, GENUI
Paula Langton, Partner, Campbell Lutyens
Yasemin Saltuk Lamy, Member of the Investment Leadership Team, Legal & General Institutional Retirement
Matt Christensen, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, Allianz Global Investors
Hetal Damani, Impact Partner, Trill Impact
David Blood, Founding Partner, Generation Investment Management
Natalie Adomait, Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Renewable Power & Transition, Brookfield Global Transition Fund
Anders Bendsen Spohr, Managing Partner, Head of Planetary Health Investments, Novo Holdings
Anna Murray, Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Managing Partner & Chief Operating Officer, Renewable Power & Transition, Brookfield Asset Management
Read bioManaging Partner, Head of Planetary Health Investments at Novo Holdings
Read bioSenior Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Read bioAfter lunch the conference splits into four streams, the streamed sessions are designed for you to hear about the latest investment opportunities from best-in-theme managers and get detailed insights on innovations on the horizon.
Thorsten Billing, Senior Investment Manager, KfW Capital
David Gowenlock, Senior Investment Director, Sustainable and Impact Investing, Cambridge Associates
Floris Lyppens, Managing Director, Corporate Investments, ABN AMRO Bank
Cyril Gouiffes, Head of Social Impact, European Investment Fund
Sophie Robé, CEO, FIIND Impact
Emma Gordon, Energy and Investment Policy Analyst, International Energy Agency
Imraan Mohammed, Portfolio Manager – Climate Opportunities Fund, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
Jesse de Klerk, Partner, Stafford Capital Partners
Matteo Squilloni, Head of Climate Transition – Equity Investments, European Investment Fund
Angelika Delen, Head of Impact Solutions, Mercer
Peter Jäderberg, Founder & Principal, Jäderberg & Cie.
Henry de Zoete, Senior Advisor and Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, University of Oxford
Vilhelm Skoglund, Founder, Astralis Foundation
Angelica Nikolausson, Managing Director, Impact Investments, GEM Investments
Managing Director, Impact Investments, Global Endowment Management (GEM)
Read bioVirginie Morgon, Managing Partner, Ardabelle Capital
LP only session.
Anastasia Guha, Global Head of Sustainable Investment, Redington
Jonathan Hirschtritt, Managing Director, Sustainability & Impact Investing, GCM Grosvenor
Jake Levy, Director, Impact Investing, AlTi Tiedemann Global
Nina Freudenberg, Director, Investments, Golding Capital Partners
Kenza Himmi, Head of Impact Investing and Partnerships, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Ben Constable Maxwell, Head of Impact Strategy, M&G Investments
Niclas Düring, Senior Impact Director, Trill Impact
Madeleine Evans, Director, Generation Investment Management
Daniel Borrego Cubero, Head of Debt Mobilisation Product Development, EBRD
Regina Rossmann, Manager, Convergence Blended Finance
Diane Mak, Head of Impact Strategy, Allianz Global Investors
Eszter Vitorino, Manager Sustainable & Impact Investing, Van Lanschot Kempen
Heike Schmitz, Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Danielle Brassel, Director Responsible Investment, Zurich Insurance Group
Nicolas Muller, Managing Director (Head of Private Equity Partnerships), Blue Earth Capital
In this new format session, you’ll be hearing from some of the most innovative and exciting emerging managers in the global impact market.
We’ll hear a set of 5-minute pitches from five of the most exciting managers we’ve found in the impact market, followed by an open Q+A with the speakers facilitated by the chair.
We are committed to providing a platform for new managers that are doing exceptional work.
Johnny Brom, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, SAIL Investments
Ralph Engelchor, Lead Portfolio Manager, Impact Investing, Achmea Investment Management
Diana Wesselius, Managing Director Multi Asset Impact, Anthos Fund & Asset Management
Luc Rigouzzo, Managing Partner & Executive President, Amethis
Matt Robinson, Head of Private Capital Mobilisation, British International Investment
In this session we’ll have speed networking between conference delegates.
A great way to meet 6-8 new people with 4-minute per meeting.
Please note, places are limited and look out for our communication regarding how to sign up. this will occur roughly 3 weeks prior to the event.
PEI will then email the week before the event those that have been accepted and more details on the format.
Chris Gorell Barnes, Founding Partner, Ocean14
This is an Oxford-style debate in which we’ll have two speakers for the proposition and two speakers against, with audience voting on their views at the start and at the end of the session. This session will be an off-the-record discussion.
Private equity has received some scathing press recently, from publications like the Guardian and others, as being ‘capitalism on steroids’, a burgeoning sector of finance that is opaque, with a growing interest in the economy, and a playbook of cynical tactics.
Impact investing is largely a private market phenomenon and can be described as a progressive outgrowth of it, one based on the basic idea that investors can do good and make returns. In the face of collective issues such as climate change, biodiversity collapse and widening inequality, everyone in a position of privilege, influence and power is expected to do their part in addressing them. Impact investing is private capital’s ostensible answer.
In this debate we ask whether impact investing can do what it purports to, does its heritage in the ‘red-in-tooth-and-claw world’ of private equity hamper its ability to create positive change, and if so, what is the way forward if the criticisms which are circulating are sound (or partly sound), as well as looking to answer tangential questions such as:
Position your business with an authoritative content-led event portfolio focused on ESG & diversity and be recognised as a go-to solution provider for senior private markets professionals and institutional investors.
Sponsorship gives you the opportunity to:
For more information on available sponsorship opportunities please contact chris.w@pei.group | +44 (0) 7584 018 707
The Summit will be in-person in London. Join 600+ 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.
Network with active investors in the industry. Benefit from our expansive global investor community who will be in attendance throughout the summit.
Connect with your peers at interactive workshops, networking breaks, evening drinks reception, roundtable discussions and invite-only breakfasts.
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.
The event 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…
The Impact Investor Global Summit provided a huge amount of clarity on all things impact investing and did so in an engaging and enjoyable way.
All in all, the event provided a rich and detailed snapshot of the state of the impact investment industry, as of 2021.
The Impact Investor Global Summit is an opportunity to connect with 200+ investors who are looking to increase their exposure to impact funds and sustainable investment strategies. The Summit is a platform for investors to gain insights from their peers, benchmark investment strategies, and share best practices.
Confirmed investor attendees in 2024 included Allianz Global Investors, Alvarium, AZR Capital, British Business Bank, BII, Church Commissioners, CPPIB, EBRD, GIC, Hitachi Digital, IMAS Foundation, KFW Capital, M&G Investment Management, Mallinckrodt Foundation, and many more.
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for impact LPs, allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
Apply for a complimentary pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to confirm your eligibility.