Tapping Into Social Finance For Growth: A Clinic For Practitioners
Friday, April 16, 2010
Session Description
Social entrepreneurs know all too well the limits of grant-driven growth, and are increasingly designing business models to tap into debt, equity, and other forms of finance to drive impact and scale. But these strategies can create organisational challenges for entrepreneurs and can send confusing signals to existing funders and partners. Led by proven investors and advisors, this clinic offers strategic and practical approaches to attracting investment dollars, effectively managing them once they arrive, and strategically employing them for heightened impact and scale.
Time & Location
Time:
09:00 - 10:30, Friday, April 16, 2010
BST
Speakers
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Nicholas Sabin is a DPhil candidate in Management Studies at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, whose work is supported by a Saïd Foundation Scholarship and Templeton DPhil Scholarship. His research interests include economic sociology, social innovation, microfinance, and…
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Executive Director, Grassroots Business Fund
Harold Rosen is Executive Director of the Grassroots Business Fund. Harold spent 30 years managing IFC’s emerging markets investments and leading IFC into new geographic areas and sectors, such as microfinance, technical assistance and SMEs. He founded the World Bank’s group SME…
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CEO, E+Co
Christine Eibs Singer, ECo’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for the vision and strategy behind ECo’s mission to create energy enterprises that alleviate poverty and protect the planet. She has over 20 years of experience in the successful implementation of public-private…
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Chairman and Partner, Lions Head Global Partners
Bim Hundal is a founding Partner of Lions Head Global Markets, an investment bank focused on emerging markets and development. LHGP is a pioneer in using capital markets to help meet development objectives, and is often engaged in areas not normally served by the capital markets, such as…
