Lead, DACH region & Collaboration for Impact Initiative
Interests
system change; emerging countries; entrepreneurship; innovative finance; role of government; leadership in impact investing
About me
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjakoenig/
Jill Baker
Country
Company
Job title
Director of Development
Interests
About me
Johann Heep
Country
Company
Erste Group Bank AG- Social Banking
Job title
Social Banking Development
Interests
About me
Michal Szwarc
Country
Company
TechSoup
Job title
Senior Director
Interests
Impact Investments, grants
About me
Senior Director - Strategic Partnerships and Alliances - Member of the Board of Fundacja Techsoup
Responsible for developing relationships with partners such as corporations, foundations, NGOs, and government entities were together with Techsoup we can co-create new services and make the world a better place. In addition searching for funding opportunities to accelerate further Techsoup’s mission. With each $100 invested Techsoup generates the impact worth $47,000.
Paul Bertrac
Country
Company
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Job title
Digital Marketing Manager
Interests
About me
Kevin Govender
Country
Company
IAU Office of Astronomy for Development
Job title
Director
Interests
Astronomy, Development, Inequality
About me
Founding and current director of International Astronomical Union (IAU) Office of Astronomy for Development (OAD), established in 2011, now with 11 regional offices and language centres globally. Previously Manager of the Southern African Large Telescope’s Collateral Benefits Programme at the South African Astronomical Observatory, and facilitator for the establishment of the African Astronomical Society. Experimental nuclear physics background, with experience in community and school development initiatives in post-apartheid South Africa. Jointly recipient of the Edinburgh Medal, together with the IAU, for "the creation and practical establishment of the Office of Astronomy for Development, which integrates the pursuit of scientific knowledge with social development for and with those most in need"
Katrien Buys
Country
Company
Grupo Ageas Portugal
Job title
Director Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability
Interests
About me
Silvia Steisel
Country
Company
Banque Degroof Petercam
Job title
Managing Director Degroof Petercam Foundation
Interests
About me
Alexandra Lebedeva
Country
Company
VEB.RF
Job title
Managing Director
Interests
SIBs, impact investing, intermediaries, risk-modelling for impact investment, impact measurement, Russia, international SIBs
About me
Implement SIBs in Russia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandralebedeva/
Telegram-channel about impact (in Russian) t.me/impact_in_Russia
Alex Alvarez
Country
Company
International Venture Philanthropy Center (IVPC)
Job title
Partner
Interests
About me
The International Venture Philanthropy Center (IVPC), advances the practice of Venture Philanthropy and Social Investment globally, and to increase the effectiveness of that capital in generating meaningful social impact. IVPC has working as a catalyst and facilitator for the establishment of EVPA's sister networks in Africa (AVPA) and Latin America (Latimpacto).
Sergio Zuniga
Country
Company
Job title
Ecosystem Development Manager
Interests
About me
Peter Surek
Country
Company
Erste Group Bank
Job title
Head of Social Banking Development
Interests
About me
Peter is a retail and social banker with 20 years of experience in different CEE markets. He started his career from the bottom in retail banking in Slovakia, continued with co-founding a direct bank in Austria. Since 2013 he leads social banking at Erste Group and acts as CEO in Este Social Finance Holding. In 2018 he was elected to Board of European Microfinance Network.
Gianluca Gaggiotti
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Research Associate
Interests
About me
Maria Jose Cespedes
Country
Company
Latimpacto
Job title
Director, Mexico and Central America
Interests
About me
Thierry Roussin
Country
Company
AguiaLabs
Job title
Founder
Interests
IMPACT
About me
I am the founder of AguiaLabs, a global consultancy that helps large organizations focus on purpose and build disruptive business models that generate both sustainable economic value and societal impact. Specialist of value creation, I also advise leaders on driving business and cultural innovation in complexity. I dedicate part of my time as a pro bono advisor to social startups and changemakers in Europe and Africa, and I’m involved in the development of impact finance and higher education programs focused on impact.
Adriano Mancinelli
Country
Company
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Job title
Europe Programme Manager
Interests
Non-financial support, ESG
About me
Rosa Madera
Country
Company
Empatthy
Job title
Philantropy advisor/ social enterpreneur
Interests
famliy foundations, corporate social investment, gender lens investments, DEI,
About me
Bertrand Meunier
Country
Company
Fondation de Luxembourg
Job title
Fondation de Luxembourg
Interests
About me
Mariana Mesanelli Nunes
Country
Company
Impact Hub
Job title
Impact HUB
Interests
Social entrepreneurship collaborations
About me
Ellinor Schweyer
Country
Company
FASE Finanzierungsagentur für Social Entrepreneurship GmbH
Job title
Managing director
Interests
Interested to meet new impact investors, project partners and social entrepreneurs
About me
Ellinor discovered her passion for financing sustainable business models in 2012 when working as an investment manager for German impact fund Bonventure. Before Ashoka Germany approached her to become a co-founder of FASE, she also supported social entrepreneurs in her role as a fundraiser and social impact lecturer at the Munich-based Social Entrepreneurship Akademie (SEA). For FASE, Ellinor contributes her broad network of investors, multiplyers and supporters as well as her extensive marketing and fundraising knowledge to build a pool of engaged impact investors. Through her father, Rolf Dienst, a seasoned venture capitalist, she knows the VC business from scratch and leverages her own entrepreneurial experience as a start-up founder. Ellinor is a frequent panelist for impact investing and social finance in workshops and conferences within and outside the impact sector. Originally, she obtained a bachelor degree in hotel and restaurant management from Lausanne and Oxford and ran marketing initiatives for premi
Fatma Sallabi
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Community and Finance Associate
Interests
Sustainability
About me
Carolina Suarez Visbal
Country
Company
Latimpacto
Job title
CEO
Interests
About me
CEO of LatImpacto, the Latin American Venture Philanthropy Network, a regional community of social investors that connects and mobilizes capital (human, intellectual, and financial) committed to achieving the most significant social and environmental impact.
Mrs Suarez has more than 14 years of experience in the fields of private social investment and philanthropy. Throughout her career and as an expert working with the social sector, she has played a strategic role in the international arena, promoting effective transformations by knowledge sharing and building effective partnerships. She is a reference on strategic approaches to philanthropy and is frequently invited to participate in high-level debates regarding private social investment and had publish many articles and publications about these topics internationally.
Before heading LatImpacto, she was a Senior Adviser at the International Venture Philanthropy Center (IVPC), where she co-led and strategized the creation of the Latin American Venture Ph
Teodor Petricevic
Country
Company
Co-Impact Foundation
Job title
Board Member
Interests
Impact investments, Impact measurement
About me
Roberto Navas
Country
Company
Fundación Arturo & Enrica Sesana
Job title
Director
Interests
Aging, Systems Change, Strategic Philanthropy
About me
Impact Investor, Wealth Advisor for families, board member of several foundations, member of Latimpacto.
Simon Wouters
Country
Company
Shaerpa Fund Management NV
Job title
Impact investment analyst Intern
Interests
Impact investing
About me
Christoph Tiefenbacher
Country
Company
Private Person
Job title
Private Person
Interests
System thinking, impact investing, grants with impact, meta projects
About me
David Hirschfeld
Country
Company
blueplanet Investments AG
Job title
Chief of Staff
Interests
Sustainable entrepreneurship and corporate governance
About me
Martijn Blom
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Lead Benelux and Impact Funds Initiative
Interests
About me
Arnau Picón Martínez
Country
Company
Job title
Research Analyst
Interests
About me
Ludovica Piergiovanni
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Research Analyst
Interests
About me
Markus Freiburg
Country
Company
Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship - FASE
Job title
Founder & CEO
Interests
About me
Deirdre Mortell
Country
Company
Rethink Ireland
Job title
CEO
Interests
About me
Rethink Ireland 2014-(formerly Social Innovation Fund Ireland), formerly ONE Foundation (IRL) 2004-13, pioneered European venture philanthropy in Ireland, EVPA Board 2017-13
Perrine Pouget
Country
Company
European Investment Fund
Job title
Investment Officer for Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship
Interests
About me
Karoline Heitmann
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Corporate Initiative Manager
Interests
About me
mariken gaanderse
Country
Company
Job title
Interests
About me
Anne Dermody
Country
Company
Rethink Ireland
Job title
Business Development Director
Interests
About me
Anne Dermody is Business Development Director with Rethink Ireland an organisation whose purpose is to support the best non-profits, charities and social enterprises in Ireland so that they can grow and reach more people who will benefit from their crucial work. Her philosophy in life is to do what you love!
Agnieszka Borek
Country
Company
Valores Foundation
Job title
President of the Management Board
Interests
About me
Seda Olmez Cakar
Country
Company
TTGV
Job title
Programme Coordinator
Interests
About me
Frances Haworth
Country
Company
The Community Foundation for Ireland
Job title
Senior Philanthropy Adviser
Interests
About me
Karolien Molenaar
Country
Company
VSO
Job title
Partnership Manager
Interests
About me
Jonathan Robinson
Country
Company
Civic
Job title
Founder
Interests
About me
Jonathan Robinson is an entrepreneur, author and anthropologist.
Jonathan is the co-founder of Impact Hub and Civic. He has launched ventures with partners ranging from the Cabinet Office, British Council, Tate Modern and the Guardian Media Group, to Unicef, the Anna Freud Centre and peace entrepreneurs in Afghanistan.
Sarah Faber
Country
Company
The Young Foundation
Job title
Head of Ventures
Interests
About me
Paula de Vaugelas
Country
Company
Job title
Programme Manager
Interests
About me
Kristine Kandelaki
Country
Company
Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia
Job title
Civil Society Organizations' Development Program Manager
Interests
About me
I am Civil Society Organizations Development Program Manager and leading Trainer/Consultant at the Center for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG). I find extremely inspiring working with CSOs, Community based organizations and Social Enterprises using long term approach which includes in-depth needs assessment and tailored organizational development services. Currently, I am intensively working on social impact management and measurement issues and trying to bring more knowledge to my country.
Psychologist by background, I hold Masters Degree in Work and Organizational Psychology. I have intensive experience in designing and delivering tailored trainings not only for CSOs, but also for business and public organization.
Tim Straight
Country
Company
Homeland Development Initiative Foundation (HDIF)
Job title
Founder/Executive Director
Interests
Development of smaller communities, product development using traditional skill sets, entrepreneur mentoring, female entrepreneur empowerment
About me
Born in the US, lived 16 years in Norway before moving to Armenia in 2000. Represent both Finland and Norway as their honorary consul in Armenia. Founded the Homeland Development Initiative Foundation (HDIF) in 2013, as a reaction to reporting to Helsinki and Oslo on poverty, stunning, domestic violence and more in rural Armenia. Decided to do something about it.
Liz Hayes
Country
Company
Job title
Connect Fund Manager
Interests
About me
Eka Datuashvili
Country
Company
The Centre for Strategic Research and Development of Georgia (CSRDG)
Job title
Program Manager, Social Enterprise Development
Interests
Social entrepreneurship, impact measurement, VPO
About me
Beau-Anne Chilla
Country
Company
DOEN Participaties
Job title
Investment Manager
Interests
About me
Amy Power
Country
Company
Rethink Ireland
Job title
Fund Manager
Interests
About me
Amy Power is the Fund Manager of the Mná na hÉireann Fund, the first fund in Ireland to support charities and social enterprises that seek to enhance the economic mobility of women and is designed specifically to equip these organisations to expand their business acumen, drive growth and deepen their impact across Ireland.
Sophie Faujour
Country
Company
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Job title
Head of Corporate Initiative dev & France/Portugal Country Manager
Interests
About me
Fábio Deboni
Country
Company
Instituto Sabin
Job title
Executive Manager
Interests
About me
Claudia Pani
Country
Company
Job title
Project Manager SwitchMed - Green Entrepreneurship
Interests
About me
Nikola Jovanović
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Representative for Balkans
Interests
VP, SI, impact funds, building networks, attracting corporate investors...
About me
Xavier Giamporcaro
Country
Company
Fairtrade International
Job title
Strategic Partnerships project manager
Interests
About me
Neve Mazzoleni
Country
Company
UniCredit Social Impact Banking
Job title
Communication and Partnership Manager
Interests
Social Innovation, Social Business, Impact, Culture, Art, Philosophy
About me
Michelle Willebrands
Country
Company
International Astronomical Union / Leiden University
Job title
Astronomy for Development Project Manager
Interests
About me
A. Mete Cakmakci
Country
Company
Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
Job title
Secretary General
Interests
Technology, Impact, Policy, Inclusive Development
About me
Electrical engineer by training, I have been working at TTGV since 2003. I am a strong believe r in technology to solve our shared challenges and my current interest is to build models and platforms for community action in this mission.
Nicolas Lahaye
Country
Company
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Job title
Community Associate
Interests
About me
Anne Holm Rannaleet
Country
Company
IKARE Ltd.
Job title
Executive Director
Interests
About me
Emilienne Lepoutre
Country
Company
Schneider Electric
Job title
Access to Energy Strategy and Performance Lead
Interests
About me
Lucia Stefania Badea
Country
Company
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Job title
Community Analyst
Interests
About me
Leonora Buckland
Country
Company
Stone Soup
Job title
Principal Consultant
Interests
About me
Suzy Chisholm
Country
Company
Job title
Corporate Communications Advisor
Interests
Connecting people and ideas
About me
Communications professional, bridge builder, optimist and people enthusiast. Making the transition from the for-profit to the non-profit, social impact sector.
May Lew
Country
Company
Global Innovation Fund
Job title
Investment Associate
Interests
About me
Joshua Haynes
Country
Company
Masawa
Job title
Managing Partner
Interests
Mental Wellness, Impact
About me
MP at Masawa, the only mental wellness impact fund. Previously diplomat in Obama Administration focused on tech + human rights; digital product designer; entrepreneur; software consultant; Peace Corps Volunteer.
I help trustees and staff of foundations to transform the management of water security, sanitation, hygiene and climate change across Africa, Asia and South America, by finding and developing the best investment opportunities.
I will:
► Connect philanthropists to leading experts on WASH, health, climate and systems change
► Support foundations to build high impact coalitions with like-minded funders
► Ensure context-appropriate and sustainable programme design with robust M&E
Working in the international development sector for nearly two decades now, I have secured funds large and small for charities including Plan, VSO and now WaterAid, and managed a diverse mixture of teams. In this time, I have experienced first-hand some of the huge development challenges as well as impressive achievements of communities in Afghanistan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Rwanda and Sri Lanka.
I am keen to develop relationships with:
► Trusts and foundations
► Venture philanthropists
► Impact investors
► Other service provid
Jouni Lounasmaa
Country
Company
Startup Foundation
Job title
CEO
Interests
About me
Daria Alexeeva
Country
Company
AFEW International
Job title
Director of Programs
Interests
Public health partnerships
About me
I'm a program developer and resource mobilizer with 20 year of experience in the public health sector
Enviu creates and builds game-changers for an inclusive economy: disruptive ventures designed with a systemic lens to drive fundamental change
Sandra Weinstock
Country
Company
Swiss Re Foundation
Job title
Senior Manager Corporate Volunteering
Interests
Corporate Volunteering, Impact Measurement, Employee Engagement, Skills-based volunteering, community support
About me
I have 20 years + experience in talent management, leadership development, project management, corporate volunteering. I started to work for Swiss Re in 1998 in the Swiss Re Academy organizing trainings in the area of financial tool and doing deals. In 2005 I managed the selection process for leadership development programs in Talent Development in HR. Since 2014 I work for Swiss Re Foundation and I am responsible for the corporate volunteering programs globally.
Caroline Cornil
Country
Company
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Job title
Creative Manager
Interests
About me
Ilaria Peano
Country
Company
CRT Foundation
Job title
Project manager
Interests
Entrepreneurship, education
About me
Chiara Ventura
Country
Company
CRT Foundation
Job title
Interests
About me
Natasha Medvedeva
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Senior Manager Finance & Reporting
Interests
About me
Jonny Page
Country
Company
Big Issue Invest
Job title
Investment Manager
Interests
About me
Meri Helleranta
Country
Company
Job title
Advisor / Angel investor
Interests
About me
Cláudia Pedra
Country
Company
Stone Soup Consultinh
Job title
Managing Partner
Interests
About me
Daniel Rostrup
Country
Company
Global Steering Group for Impact Investing
Job title
Project Director
Interests
About me
Robert Manz
Country
Company
Valores Foundation
Job title
Board Member
Interests
About me
Following a 30 year career in the leading private equity investment firm in the region of Central & Eastern Europe, I am focused on venture philanthropy actvities. I head the Philanthropy Committee of the Polish Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and am also a co-founder and Board member of the Valores Foundation, the first venture philanthropy fund in Poland.
Ingrid Maurstad
Country
Company
Ferd
Job title
Finance and project Manager
Interests
About me
Sara Seganti
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Training Manager
Interests
About me
Espen Daae
Country
Company
Ferd Social Entrepreneurs
Job title
Investment Chief, Social Investments
Interests
About me
Elodie de Warlincourt
Country
Company
Swiss Re Foundation
Job title
Senior Portfolio Manager
Interests
About me
Rareș Pamfil
Country
Company
Impact Agora
Job title
co-founder
Interests
impact investing
About me
I lead the Impact Agora project, which is a new industry initiative to convene an institutional marketplace for impact investing. It brings together accelerators, venture funds, corporates, wealth managers, and family offices who invest in, and share, impact deals and funds. They launched officially in April 2020 and currently have over 60 organizations as members and 20 live deals raising over £300m (including funds). Investors currently have over £800m allocated for unlisted impact investments. (for a partial list of members see our website https://www.impactagora.com).
My previous work has been with Ashoka, ClearlySo and Google.
Zoe McDonagh
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Company
Fondazione CRT
Job title
International Projects Officer
Interests
About me
Lourdes Marquez de la Calleja
Country
Company
Job title
Head of Unit of Social and International Relations
Interests
About me
Mireya Bilbao Barbero
Country
Company
Foundation ONCE
Job title
Officer Dpt. Social and International Relations
Interests
About me
Adam O'Kane
Country
Company
FINCA UK
Job title
Director
Interests
About me
Georgios Papadakis
Country
Company
European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA)
Job title
Marketing & Communications Director
Interests
About me
Suzanne Giele
Country
Company
Heineken
Job title
Secretary General
Interests
About me
Rebecca Berlinger
Country
Company
Job title
COO
Interests
About me
Edda Fricke
Country
Company
Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen
Job title
Membership Management
Interests
About me
Robert Monas
Country
Company
Tommy Hilfiger (PVH Europe)
Job title
Director of TommyCares
Interests
About me
Profile – Robert B. Monas
Functions
A variety of commercial functions within Dutch and international Marketing Communication consulting agencies, among others: FVH/BBDO, HVR Advertising
Founder/owner European Teleshopping Services bv, an international consulting agency for (then) nonexistent distribution forms of goods/services through television, and later Internet
Furthermore, various director roles in NL, UK, France, Japan for Kinnevik Media (Investment AB Kinnevik, Sweden)
Approximately ten years on a ‘sabbatical trip’ in Latin America, Canada and USA
Since 2006, working for Tommy Hilfiger, global HQ in Amsterdam (Since 2010 part of PVH Corp. NYSE):
• (Re-) organisation of the internal marketing-communication agency, then approx. 50 FTE
Mark-comm responsible for divisions of Childrenswear, Bodywear, Global Corporate Identity and Karl Lagerfeld
• Co-initiator of CR development Tommy Hilfiger 2010
• Director of the Tommy Hilfiger Europe Foundation, founded May 2012
Victoria Potter
Country
Company
Permira Foundation
Job title
Events and Philanthropy Director
Interests
About me
Glenn Arradon
Country
Company
Big Issue Invest
Job title
Investment Director, Housing
Interests
Investment Opportunities / Partnerships / front line Social Enterprises
Christina Wu is passionate about helping organizations more effectively leverage their resources to advance impact. For her, ‘good intentions are not enough’ and she has brought this mindset to her philanthropy and impact investment work over the last 10+ years.
As a Philanthropy Solutions Consultant she enjoys connecting and understanding people—who they are and the challenges they face, and translating this into the solutions that serve grantmakers and their end beneficiaries.
Christina worked for the European Venture Philanthropy Association for four years, listening to what philanthropists and impact investors needed to realize their objectives together, and finding opportunities to help them convene and collaborate more effectively.
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Grantbook is a technology consulting firm exclusively helping grantmaking organizations around the world plan, select, implement, and optimize their philanthropy tech. Over the course of eight years, and more than two-hundred digital transformation projects, Grantb
Reto Wey
Country
Company
Toilets for All
Job title
Secretary
Interests
SDG 6
About me
My passion is discovering the New in the fields of finance and impact investing, social entrepreneurship, the circular economy, sanitation economy and the art world to come up with surprising new ways to provide basic services to the bottom of the pyramid and investing in them as Angel Investor and throughout our foundation Toilets for All to reach the SDG, especially SDG 6 for water and sanitation.
Specialties: Innovation, New Technology, Sustainable Development Goal SDG, SDG 6, Sanitation, venture Philanthropy Social Finance, Impact Investment, Angel Investment, Pyrolisis, BioChar, CO2-certficates, Contemporary Art.
Roberta Bosurgi
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
CEO
Interests
About me
Ingeborg Geluk
Country
Company
Heifer Netherlands
Job title
Corporate and Foundation Relations Manager
Interests
About me
Heifer supports and partners with small holder farmers to bridge the gap between poverty and a living income, while caring for the earth.
Amra Omeragic
Country
Company
Finance in Motion
Job title
Senior Investment Officer
Interests
About me
Florian Tuder
Country
Company
EVPA
Job title
Training Academy Coordinator
Interests
Social Impact
About me
Christian Jahn
Country
Company
Inclusive Business Action Network
Job title
Executive Director
Interests
About me
Anthony Harte
Country
Company
Job title
Head of Philanthropy, EMEA
Interests
About me
Jan Kaczmarek
Country
Company
MOST Foundation
Job title
President of the Board
Interests
innovations that drive positive change for the Society and the Planet
About me
I help impact-driven high-tech entrepreneurs start up and get funded: launch sales, attract investors and win grants. I am leading MOST Foundation (www.fundacjamost.pl) an NGO based in Warsaw where we believe tech entreprenurs can make a difference and drive positive change in the society and economy. We design go-to-market startegies for impact-driven innovations, help define business and partnership models and monitor impact-oriented KPIs.
Carla Contreiras
Country
Company
Santa Casa Misericórdia de Lisboa
Job title
Social Worker - Enterpeneurship and Social Economy Department
Interests
Social Innovation; Social Development; Social Care Services
About me
Christian Haenel
Country
Company
Robert Bosch Stiftung
Job title
Senior Vice President
Interests
About me
Christian Hänel is Senior Vice President Future Issues and Foundation Development at the Robert Bosch Stiftung. He brings almost two decades of experience in philanthropy in various management and advisory roles to the EVPA board. Christian has headed International Relations departments at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, developing and overseeing the foundation’s portfolio in America, Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa.
He has led the strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of international and transnational partnerships and programs in topic areas such as civil society, governance, promoting Europe, international affairs and global issues, education and cultural exchange.
As Senior Vice President Future Issues and Foundation Development, his tasks include challenges and opportunities for the impact ecosystem in the non profit sector, digitization, sustainable alumni networks, agile structures and processes, and theory and practice of strategic foresight.
Before entering the non profit secto
I have recently joined the USAID RISE Platform, which supports impact-oriented investors, small and growing businesses, and entrepreneurial ecosystem organizations in Southeast Asia.
You can learn more about RISE at: https://rise-platform.org/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-christian-siebrecht-888672141/
Jacques-Jean Bouché
Country
Company
JJB-Philanthropy Advisors
Job title
President & CEO
Interests
About me
As former Chief Operating Officer of the European Foundation Centre I am fostering strategic partnerships between Philanthropic Foundations and NGOs, Associations, Universities and Research Centres. Worldwide scope and various areas of successful expertise. Results and References upon request :)
Alice Borrello
Country
Company
Politecnico di Milano - Tiresia
Job title
PhD Candidate
Interests
About me
Tim West
Country
Company
Job title
Interests
About me
Douglas Wong
Country
Company
Blackfire
Job title
Founder
Interests
Board games, racket and other sports
About me
Serial entrepreneur, ex- CFO Apple CEE, Founder of ADC Blackfire Entertainment a toy company and Blackfire Education an international school supplier. Scaled the latter businesses to 110 employees with offices in three countries, and customers in over 70. Recently exited both. Now full-time mentor and angel investor.
Cinzia Scanu
Country
Company
Impact Shaper
Job title
CEO
Interests
About me
Antonio Costantino
Country
Company
European University Institute (EUI)
Job title
Administrator for Fundraising
Interests
I have fun raising funds for people’s and organisations’ big ideas :)
About me
Natalia Miteva
Country
Company
America for Bulgaria Foundation
Job title
Program Director, Developing and Retaining Human Capital / Education
Interests
About me
Pieter-Jan Van de Velde
Country
Company
Trividend
Job title
Fund Manager
Interests
About me
Managing a small impact fund in Flanders, focussing on job opportunities for people with a distance to the labour market.
Mariah Grubb
Country
Company
Kampani
Job title
Investment Officer
Interests
About me
Passionate problem-solver with a track record of delivering results looking to leverage my management prowess and ingenuity to tackle human vulnerabilities, social inequities, and illicit trafficking.
Working with and supporting social investors in Asia Pacific
About me
As Director, Global Markets for AVPN, Ruth and her colleague Kurt Peleman (Europe Director) work with public, private and corporate social investors in North America, Europe, Middle East and Australia, who have a special focus on Asia Pacific. Their goal is to connect social investors with opportunities, peers and potential collaborators in the region, increasing the flow of capital to the social sector and ensuring resources are deployed effectively.
Genevieve Marshall
Country
Company
International Astronomical Union
Job title
Development
Interests
Gender and diversity, Nonprofit impact investing, venture philanthropy, grantmaking
About me
Manager, Impact for Breakfast Netherlands. STEM
and astronomy as a driver for long-term change. I have an especial interest in gender and diversity and reducing structural barriers to access finance.
I lead the USAID Regional Investment Support for Entrepreneurs (RISE) platform, which supports impact-oriented investors, small and growing businesses, and entrepreneurial ecosystem organizations in Southeast Asia. Luckily, this puts me right in the middle of an exciting network of passionate people who are working hard to tackle tough social and environmental challenges. You can learn more about RISE at: https://rise-platform.org/ and connect with me on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-robbins-b379a62a
Gideon Kletzka
Country
Company
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Job title
Advisor Private Foundations and Philanthropy
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GOAL 17: PARTNERSHIPS Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.
About me
As the Liason Office for private foundations at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) we are interested in building broad networks and partnerships across sectors and borders in order to increase the quality and sustainability of our development cooperation projects and programs internationally.
Yvette Hunt
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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External Relations and Private Sector Partnerships
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Elisabet Nyquist
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General Manager
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Patrick Hoese
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Impact Hub and Handicap International
Job title
Senior Business Partnerships Manager
Interests
Social Entrepreneurship
About me
The Impact Hub is one of the world’s largest networks focused on building entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale — home to the innovators, the dreamers and the entrepreneurs who are creating tangible solutions to the world’s most pressing issues.
The more than 100 Impact Hubs all over the world offer:
- Community & Workspace
- Startup Support
- Programs and Events
We use the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a lens through which to view our impact in the world.
Contact me to partner with us!
Currently, I am working on a project which aims to support African startups after COVID-19 in Nigeria and Ghana. Other projects in Africa related to social entrepreneurship and education will follow soon.
Feel free to connect with me via LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-hoese/
or email: patrick.hoese@impacthub.berlin
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I am volunteering for Handicap International - a well established and highly respected NGO which supports people with disabilities.
Handicap Internationa
Wendy Braeken
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