Azelli Aris is Vice President at KWAP, Malaysia’s sovereign pension fund, where he serves as Special Officer to the Chief Investment Officer. In this role, he supports investment strategy and deployment across asset classes. Azelli also leads KWAP’s climate investment initiatives, including a multi-asset climate investment program and the development of the fund’s Net Zero Strategy.
Previously, Azelli was Principal Officer of Prima Ekuiti (UK) Limited, KWAP’s London office, where he oversaw UK and European investments across listed equities, private equity, and real estate. He began his career at KWAP as an equities portfolio manager.
With experience across public and private markets globally, Azelli plays a central role in integrating climate considerations into institutional investment strategy, positioning KWAP at the forefront of sustainable investing in the region.
Azelli holds an MBA from the University of Oxford.

As the Chief Impact Investing Officer, Vikas leads AVPN’s overall strategy and direction of Impact Investing.

This includes driving plans and strategic operations to effectively implement the organization’s impact investing priorities, identifying impact opportunities across AVPN’s four impact focus areas of climate action, gender equality, youth, and health; and fostering strategic partnerships with AVPN members, industry stakeholders, and business partners.

As part of AVPN’s leadership team, he contributes to the development of AVPN’s strategic vision. He also looks at operationalizing best practices, including the appropriate integration and collaboration of teams and functional areas to drive sustainable growth.

Vikas is regularly invited to speak on the topic of impact investing, having presented at over 20 events in the past year, promoting the importance of the field globally. Prior to joining AVPN, Vikas spent three decades in the banking industry, including 25 years at Deutsche Bank.

A believer in pursuing education, Vikas recently completed a Post-Graduate Diploma in Organisation & Leadership for Social Change at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Outside of work, Vikas actively contributes to the community as an Independent Board Director (pro bono) for Heartware Network, a non-profit organization in Singapore. He is an avid golfer, a tea aficionado, and an intrepid traveller.

Rosalind (Ros) Bazany is a Partner and the Head of ESG and Impact at Antler, where she leads the firm’s global sustainability strategy. Since joining in 2021, she has driven the integration of ESG and impact across Antler’s operations and investments, setting new benchmarks in early-stage venture capital.

Ros began her finance career at the hedge fund BlueCrest after earning an MSc in Chemistry. She then spent over a decade at Schroders, developing a deep understanding of sustainable investment strategies and ESG practices across asset classes, while managing a diverse portfolio of client relationships.

At Antler, Ros has launched proprietary tools and open-source platforms that help founders embed sustainability from day one. She has championed global partnerships to promote diversity and inclusion across the startup ecosystem and led the development of a sustainability monitoring framework tailored to early-stage companies.

Her work has earned industry recognition, including being named one of Venture Capital Journal’s 40 Rising Stars under 40 (2023) and one of PEI Group’s Women of Influence in Private Markets (2024). Ros serves on Novata’s Sustainability Advisory Board and the VentureESG Steering Committee, collaborating with peers to advance ESG best practices and highlight the role of venture capital in driving positive change.

Eliza joined Temasek in Singapore in 2018 and is currently serving as Director, Impact Investing. She believes in channelling capital to uplift communities and protect the environment so that every generation prospers. Eliza has also worked as a private equity, impact investor in renewable energy/sustainability and investment banking professional with firms including Carlyle Asia Partners, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs with a focus on Asia. She is passionate about supporting young and female entrepreneurs in achieving their vision to make the world a better place and doing her part to build impact ecosystem in Asia and globally.

Eliza has been involved in various impact and sustainability working groups including G7 Impact Taskforce Working Group, MAS Green Finance Working Group, BlueMark Allocator Working Group and GIIN’s Impact Lab Advisory Board. Eliza received her Master of Applied Finance from the University of Melbourne and Bachelor of Commerce from the Australian National University.

Natasha Garcha is the Senior Director of Innovative Finance at Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) where she has worked on IIX’s gender lens investing initiatives, research, and impact measurement work in Asia-Pacific, East Africa, and the United States. Natasha’s team focuses on the financial structuring, investor relations, and impact assessment for IIX’s award-winning Women’s Livelihood BondTM Series whose proceeds are empowering +1 million women in the Global South to build economic security and climate resilience.

Natasha has worked on multiple research papers and projects focused on gender equity, climate action, and/or peacebuilding along with partners such as the United Nations Development Programme, the United States Agency for International Development, the Bank of America Foundation, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, the Environmental Defence Fund, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others. Garcha also spearheads the Orange Bond Initiative, the world’s first debt asset class for investing in gender equality to advance sustainable peace, prosperity, and climate security. She adopts an intersectional approach to ensure equal representation of women and individuals from the Global South in shaping financial markets to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Natasha begun her career on Wall Street as part of D.E. Shaw & Co., a New York-based hedge fund where she worked in the global Investor Relations team and served as the Co-Head of Corporate Social Responsibility in India. During this time, Natasha co-founded of the Shades of Happiness Foundation (SoHF), a non-profit with the mission to empower children from underserved communities in India through access to quality education.

Natasha has an interdisciplinary academic background, holding a Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.)) from the University of Oxford (Dean’s List MT, TT), a Master’s in Business Law from the National Law School of India, and a Master’s in International Relations from Harvard University (Dean’s List) where her research was focused on the nexus of gender-equity, peacebuilding and climate action.

Natasha is part of a number of Women, Peace, and Security industry bodies including Singapore chapter head for the Harvard Women in Defence, Diplomacy, and Development (W3D), the Pacific Forum’s women experts’ group on Indo-Pacific security issues and the Women in International Security (WIIS) professional membership group. She currently serves as a Steering Committee member for the Orange Bond Initiative and for the Principles for Investment in Fisheries; she previously served on the Advisory Council for the ICMA Green and Social Bonds.

Natasha is an active speaker at international sustainability-themed events (including the United Nations Feminist Finance Forum, the G20 Summit, SOCAP San Francisco, the Social Enterprise World Forum, among others). She has authored articles on multiple online publications (The Economist Impact, Skoll Center, Devex, among others) and has served as a guest lecturer on gender-lens investing and sustainable finance at the University of Oxford and Harvard University. Her work as the Chair of the Oxford Social Impact Business Network won her the BNY Mellon Achievement Award in 2014. Natasha was recognized on Tatler’s Gen.T. Leaders of Tomorrow list for her leadership in building the gender-lens investing market in Asia-Pacific in 2024.

Anubhuti is a Senior Principal Consultant for the Wealth Business in Mercer, Singapore. She is responsible for delivering investment solutions and advice and driving strategic partnerships across South-east Asia.

She has over 18 years’ professional experience in the investment industry with a focus on quantitative strategies and equities. Before joining Mercer, she was the CEO for Singapore and Head of Equity Quant Investments (formerly Rosenberg) for APAC at AXA Investment Managers. She was responsible for developing the strategy and driving the business, research, sustainability and investment agenda for Rosenberg in the region. She was a member of regional and global leadership teams including Asia Executive Committee and Rosenberg Global Management Committee and worked on multiple complex client and business projects.

Prior to this, she served as the Head of Portfolio Management and Deputy Chief Investment officer for the region. During that period, the business delivered several important milestones, developed complex new investment capabilities, undertook leading-edge platform-wide ESG integration and completely overhauled the portfolio construction process.

Anubhuti is an active contributor on investing, leadership and ESG related topics. She advocates for diversity, mentoring and knowledge-based volunteering to advance the investment industry. She has served on the global CFA Institute Education Advisory Committee as a member and Vice-chair for a term of 6 years and on the Nominating Committee for CFA Institute Board of Governors for a term of 2 years. She has been appointed as a member of the CFA Institute ESG Technical Committee starting September 2022. She is a member of the CFA Singapore Board of Directors and the Advisory Board of Singapore Chapter of CAIA Institute. She is a mentor and champion at Financial Women’s Association of Singapore and supports LGBT Great.

Anubhuti holds a Master’s degree in Financial Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (First class Honors) from Nanyang Technological University and a Certificate in Computational Finance from Carnegie Mellon University. She is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder and has Certificates in ESG Investing and Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM).

Deepa joined Novo Holdings in April 2024, and is currently Partner, Head of Planetary Health Investments Asia. Based in Singapore, she develops and manages the firm’s planetary health portfolio across Asia.

Prior to joining Novo Holdings, Deepa led Asia activities for IFU (now named Impact Fund Denmark), an investment fund owned by the Danish Government, investing public and private capital on commercial terms, with the aim of creating positive impact in emerging markets.

Deepa has three decades of private equity and debt investment experience in Asia and has led several greenfield and growth stage investments across the lifecycle from sourcing to exit.

Her investment experience spans multiple sectors, including Climate (renewable energy, energy efficiency, circularity, water, waste), Agri business and infrastructure, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Healthcare.

Deepa holds a Masters in Finance from University of Delhi, India and an EMBA from SIMI (now under Copenhagen Business School), Denmark.

Fernanda is a Partner and Co-head of LeapFrog’s Asian financial services team, responsible for originating investments and driving value and growth across the firm’s diverse portfolio. She has over 20 years of experience in private equity, since joining AIG Global Investment Group in London in 2002. From 2008, she focuses on Asia by taking an active management approach. Her team works to grow or turn around inclusive finance institutions across the region, making them attractive to strategics and capital markets.

Fernanda joined LeapFrog from Developing World Markets, a US-based pioneer and a sizable impact asset manager, where she was Managing Director. She invested and managed private equity investments for two funds . Her portfolio companies has spread across Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Vietnam and she has held Board seats and leadership roles managing diverse teams, Boards and senior staff.

She holds a Master of Science in Environment and Development from the London School of Economics and a Master in Business Administration from the University of London (Imperial College). She was a British Chevening Scholar (funded by the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office) and speaks three languages. Fernanda has worked in four continents and moved to Singapore in 2013, where she lives with her husband and three sons.

Tai Lin is the Managing Partner of Proterra Investment Partners Asia (“Proterra Asia”), the Asian affiliate of Proterra Investment Partners (US), a global private investment manager focused on the food and agribusiness industries with over US$ 4 billion of assets under management. He is a member of the Investment Committees of both Proterra Asia and the global Proterra Investment Partners platform.

Tai has 21 years of private equity and investment banking experience. Prior to Proterra, he served as a Managing Director for Cargill-owned alternative investment management firm Black River Asset Management (Proterra’s predecessor), where he focused on investments in the food and farming sectors across Asia. Tai joined Black River (London) in 2007 from Credit Suisse First Boston (New York). Prior to that he spent numerous years in the area of M&A and investment banking in Hong Kong, London and New York.

Tai is a graduate of Vienna University of Economics in Austria with a Master’s Degree in Economics & Finance and a CFA Charterholder. He is also a Member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). He is fluent in English, Mandarin and German.

Proterra Asia

Proterra Investment Partners Asia ("Proterra Asia") is a private equity fund manager focused on investing in the Asian Food Sector. The Proterra Asia team sits in offices in Singapore and Shanghai. Proterra Asia is an affiliate of Proterra Investment Partners LP, an alternative investment manager focused on investing in natural resource sectors of agriculture & food.

Ellen Martin is Circulate Capital’s Chief Impact Officer. In her role, Ellen is responsible for driving impact and insights for Circulate Capital and managing ESG through the investment process. As a member of Circulate’s leadership and investment teams, Ellen is focused on ensuring the firm’s collective strategies, assets, and relationships deliver impact as it grows. She is also a senior advisor to Circulate Capital’s mission-aligned non-profit, The Circulate Initiative.

Johan is the Founder & CEO of Bintang Capital Partners, an award-winning Southeast Asian impact investment firm. Bintang Capital Partners is a signatory of the UN PRI and the Impact Principles.

Johan is a passionate advocate for impact causes and serves on boards of the Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation (a scholarship provider under the Ministry of National Unity) and Impact Integrated (a youth catalyst organization under the Ministry of Youth and Sports). He is also Honorary Treasurer of the Malaysian Leprosy Relief Association, which collaborates closely with the Ministry of Health.

Johan graduated with a BSc Hons in Economics from the London School of Economics. He is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charter holder. Johan holds both the Certificate in Sustainable Investing under the CFA Institute and the CFA Society UK Impact Investing Certificate.

Maud brings over 30 years of experience in ESG, impact investment, international development in the private and public sector in emerging markets.

Maud is the founder of Beyond Finance consulting HK, a consulting company supporting asset owners and asset managers implementing a strategy in impact investing. She is the senior advisor in South-East Asia for the GIIN, the Global Impact Investment Network, strengthening the impact investing community and building engagement with institutional investors. She is member of the investment committee of EMIIF, a fund of fund set up by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to support SMEs and gender lens investing in Asia Pacific. She also serves as advisor in several companies.

Until July 2020, she grew successfully responsAbility in Asia Pacific, one of world’s leading asset managers in ESG and impact investments. She led the investment team in private debt in financial inclusion and climate finance for 8 years before becoming regional director of Asia Pacific with teams in Hong Kong, Mumbai and Bangkok. She conducted more than 100 due diligences in SME banks and microfinance institutions, closed multiple deals and opened several Asian countries for investment, ranging from Indonesia and China to Samoa in the Pacific Islands.

Maud started her career at the French Central Bank as analyst in charge of the financial rating of SME and large corporates, being then seconded at the French Banking Commission to prepare and negotiate banking regulations and then posted at the French Trade Commission in Hong Kong.

Maud is a very strong supporter of Gender lens investing and led the gender diversity initiative at responsAbility. In 2021, Beyond Finance Consulting has designed an award-winning fund dedicated to gender and climate resilience in emerging markets which is supported by Convergence and was presented at the COP26.

French and Australian citizen, Maud graduated in 1991 from Sciences Po Paris, with a major in economics and finance. She was nominated French Foreign Trade Advisors (Conseiller du Commerce Exterieur) in 2020.

Diana is an impact investor with a global lens and a mission: to direct capital toward solutions that drive meaningful change for people and planet.

With a background spanning ESG, impact investing, corporate responsibility and philanthropy, she brings a multi-dimensional approach to investing - across asset classes. Whether it's backing visionary fund managers or supporting bold entrepreneurs, Diana is focused on opportunities where financial performance goes hand in hand with social and environmental value.

Diana has a particular passion for deploying capital in emerging and frontier markets, where innovation, resilience and unmet needs intersect to create extraordinary potential for impact.