Innovations In Social Finance
Friday, March 27, 2009
Session Description
The emerging field of social finance is a hotbed of innovation in which new business models and practices are raising the game and extending reach to new markets around the world. What innovations in social finance are helping to catalyse this growth and development of the field? This session will explore ways to increase accountability through social metrics and standards, extend financial services to new populations, and adapt investment models and approaches in new geographies such as China.
Time & Location
Time:
10:45 - 12:15, Friday, March 27, 2009
BST
Speakers
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Founder and CEO, Avantage Ventures
Yvonne Li is the Founder and CEO of Avantage Ventures. The consultancy and investment advisory aims to drive critical investments into sustainable social ventures in Asia. Currently based in Beijing, Yvonne is a former Hong Kong executive who has worked in various areas of finance including…
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Managing Director, shærpa
Pieter Oostlander was educated as a Registered Accountant (CPA) and worked for eight years in the audit profession with PwC and Deloitte, and for 15 years in operational financial with ASM, Peek Traffic and Rigda Group. In 2004 he joined Noaber Foundation as Managing Director, responsible for…
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President, ICICI Foundation for Inclusive Growth
Nachiket Mor is a Yale World Fellow (2004); has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania with a specialization in Finance from the Wharton School; a Masters degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an undergraduate degree in Physics…
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Founder, Good Capital
As a founding principal of Good Capital, Kevin leads market formation activities and portfolio company engagement. He is the founder of the SoCap conference,
Socialcapitalmarkets.net. He has extensive private investment experience as both a limited partner and as an angel in a range of…
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Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Brian Trelstad is the William Henry Bloomberg Senior Lecturer of Business Administration, the Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School and the faculty chair of the Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative. He is also a partner and board member of Bridges Fund Management, a…
