LUCIANO BALBO Entrepreneur with a 20 years’ experience in Venture Capital and Private Equity, Luciano founded Oltre Venture in 2006. Prior to Oltre, Luciano gained a multi-year, active experience in the social sector with Oltre Foundation, the first Italian Venture Philanthropy Foundation established in 2002. In 1988 Luciano Balbo co-founded B&S Private Equity, one of the most successful Italian operators among its peers. Previously, he also served as General Director at Finnova (SO.PA.F spa), the first Venture Capital Company in Italy. Moreover, Luciano counts on 9 years of managerial experience in major companies active in the chemical and steel sector. Graduated in Physics at Università degli Studi (Milan, Italy), he holds an MBA from Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).

Oltre Venture Headquarter: Italy

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Development; Housing; Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

LUIS BERRUETE Luis co-founded Creas the first social venture fund in Spain and is the managing partner since then. He has been significantly involved in the development of the Spanish ecosystem. At Creas he leads the investor relations, is part the board and investment committee and on the advisory board of investees. In the year 2000 he travelled in India and through the Vicente Ferrer Foundation helped to construct houses and hospitals in Anantapur. Since then has collaborated in several social projects. He is member of the board of trustees of relevant organizations such Ecodes, y Fidah. Previously Luis worked in the municipality of Zaragoza, in the design of the urban master plan and co-founded b+b arquitectura, EuroAragón, Navegando (two real state firms) and b+b coworking. As an architect he designed over 70 projects and as a real estate developer has carried out over 20 developments of industrial plants and offices. He holds a master in design and urban planning MDeeS, by Harvard University, and a master in Real Estate Administration by the Madrid Polytechnic University. Luis has a degree in Architecture by the Navarra University.

Creas Headquarter: Spain

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth; Development; Environment; Health; Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

Overview Attendees EVPA Gathering of Leaders 4 & 5 May 2017, Venice

Vineet Bewtra Vineet is responsible for leading Omidyar Network's education-related investments across Africa, as well as globally applicable platforms coming out of Europe. He has also led the firm's involvement in social impact bonds, and co-led its involvement in the Global Innovation Fund. He joined Omidyar Network in mid-2011, before which he spent three years as an investment manager at The Children's Investment Fund Foundation, where he was responsible for the foundation’s work in educational achievement, concentrating on Sub-Saharan Africa and India. His work at Omidyar Network and CIFF has included ed-tech, after-school, early childhood, K-12, and remedial education, and school-based deworming programs. Previously, Vineet worked for 14 years in Europe’s structured and illiquid fixed income markets. He served as managing director at Dresdner Kleinwort, running a proprietary investment desk and was a member of the firm’s Underwriting Committee. Vineet also worked at Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank, and Chemical. Vineet received a B.A. with honours from Cambridge University and an M.Sc. in development management from the London School of Economics.

Omidyar Network Headquarter: United Kingdom

Geographical Focus: Worldwide Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Children/Youth; Culture & Recreation; Education; Research; Health; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

CLEMENTINE BLAZY Clémentine graduated from ESSEC; after working at a bank and the telecom subsidiary of a family group, she worked as a consultant with financial institutions at Accenture. She also undertook research on equity financing in the field of social entrepreneurship at Berkeley, California which was part of her postgraduate diploma at Science-Po. She is now responsible for investments in social enterprises at France Active.

FRANCE ACTIVE Headquarter: France

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: No focus Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

MARTIJN BLOM Responsible for Investor relations at Hivos Impact Investments, a dedicated impact investment management office for and full daughter of Hivos Foundation. Hivos Impact Investments is currently managing two SME impact funds with a diverse and growing portfolio;

• Hivos Mideast Creatives Fund that aims to support innovative companies in the creative industries in Middle East North Africa in order to support more open societies and freedom of expression.

• Hivos Food and Lifestyle Fund that supports sustainable food production, local food sales and support biodiversity and healthy diets in Southern Africa.

Martijn is an experienced business angel investor since 2007 with a special expertise in impact investment in international development. He is co-founder of Dutch business angel network De Investeerdersclub, Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Utrecht University and a co-chair of EBAN Impact Investment Committee.

HIVOS IMPACT INVESTMENTS Headquarter: The Netherlands

Geographical Focus: Africa; Middle East Social Sector: Children/Youth; Agriculture; Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

MARIO CALDERINI Mario Calderini, a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Manchester is full Professor at Politecnico di Milano, School of Management, where he teaches Strategy and Social Innovation and chairs the Alta Scuola Politecnica, the honour program jointly managed by Politecnico di Milano and Torino. He is the Executive Vice President of Fondazione Politecnico. He is the Director of Tiresia, the School of Management’s research centre for impact finance and innovation. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Minister of University Research and Innovation and a Government’s Sherpa for the G7 Italian Presidency 2017. His numerous publications in highly ranked international journals cover several topics in the field of innovation and social impact finance. He has been a member of the G8 Task Force for Social Impact Investment, he chaired the Italian Advisory Board on Social Impact Finance, he is the President of the Scientific Committee of the Social Impact Agenda for Italy. He sits in the Italian Government’s Advisory Group on Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Measurement and he contributed to promote the social innovation agenda in Italy, launching the sector’s first public consultation. Between 2005 and 2010 he was the President of FInpiemonte, the finance company of Regione Piemonte.

Politecnico di Milano Foundation Headquarter: Italy

Geographical Focus: Italy Social Sector: Type of Organisation: Academic Institution

ERIC CAMPOS Eric Campos has a strong experience in the field of retail banking, both in France and abroad, as well as in development assistance. After a first experience with an African agribusiness company, he joined the French Development Agency in 1993 to conduct programme evaluation missions and development assistance projects in the African, Caribbean and Pacific region. In 1996, he was appointed Deputy Managing Director at the financial company for development of Ile de la Réunion, very active both in social housing and in solidarity economy. In 2001, he joined Crédit Agricole where he held various responsibilities as Head of Financial Markets Division, then Deputy General Manager on behalf of Caisse Régionale du Crédit Agricole Mutuel de la Réunion. Between 2006 and 2010, he worked at the International Retail Bank of Credit Agricole S.A. to take up management functions in the development field before being appointed Deputy Managing Director of Caisse Régionale de Crédit Agricole Sud Rhône-Alpes in 2011. He joined the Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation as Managing Director in October 2016. Eric Campos holds a DEA Diploma in Foresight and a Master’s Degree in Audit and Management Control from the Toulouse Business School.

Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation Headquarter: France

Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Development; Agriculture; Environment; Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

ELENA CASOLARI Elena is co-founder and Executive President of Opes Impact fund, the first Italian investment vehicle targeting early stage social enterprises in East Africa, India aimed at contributing in covering the “pioneer gap” in the impact investing industry. She is also CEO at Fondazione ACRA, an INgo whose mission is to support inclusive businesses tackling critical issues at the Base of the Pyramid. Furthermore Elena sits in the BoDs of four organizations and enterprises (Fondazione Umano Progresso, E&E Ltd., Social Enterprise World Forum C.i.C, and the new born Social Impact Agenda per l’Italia). She is also member of the Steering Committee of Opportunity Collaboration, a global network of leaders dedicated to building sustainable solutions to poverty. Previously, she worked for over a decade in investment banking in emerging Countries (HSBC, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Nikko Securities). Elena graduated in Economics from Bocconi University in Milan and she was a researcher at the Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo for two years.

Opes Impact Fund Headquarter: Italy

Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia Social Sector: Development; Housing; Education; Environment; Health Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

HELEN CHAMBERS Helen believes in challenging established thinking and is instrumental in inspiring the innovative and collaborative approaches Inspiring Scotland takes to making Scotland a better place. As a founder of Inspiring Scotland, Helen has been acknowledged as one of Scotland’s leading social policy thinkers and has contributed to some of the country’s most cutting edge developments in the past decade. Helen joined Inspiring Scotland from the civil service where she worked on addressing child poverty and brings knowledge, experience and passion in using social entrepreneurship to fight social inequality in Scotland. She is a member of a number of academic groups on equality, social impact, research and evaluation including previously representing the UK at the European Union’s Social Impact Study Group and currently sits on the School of Management Advisory Council for the University of St. Andrews.

Inspiring Scotland Headquarter: United Kingdom

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth, Education, Health Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

MARIANA CHRISTEN JAKOB Mariana has a background in social sciences from University of Zurich (UZH), an MBA from University of St. Gallen (HSG) and is currently enrolled at the Impact Investing Executive Education at Oxford University. In 2010 she founded seif with the announcement of the Professional Program for Social Entrepreneurs and the first Award competition in Switzerland, supported by the Confederation’s innovation promotion agency, CTI, and the Gebert Rüf Foundation. She developed the Business Creation and Business Development Courses for Social Entrepreneurship as well as the concepts of the Corporate Programs, the seif Label and the Impact Investors Circle in strong collaboration with the team.

Social Entrepreneurship initiative & Foundation (seif) Headquarter: Switzerland

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Development; Environment; Health; Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: Incub/accelerator

MADELEINE CLARKE Madeleine Clarke is Founding Director of Genio, an Irish Non-Governmental Organisation that works to bring Government and private/philanthropic funders together to develop better ways to support disadvantaged people to live full lives in their communities. Prior to establishing Genio, Madeleine worked in the social sector for thirty years. During that time she undertook a number of roles including inaugural Chair and co-founder of the Children’s Rights Alliance of Ireland, Deputy CEO of Barnardos and independent consultant working with statutory, philanthropic and non-governmental agencies. Madeleine is a psychologist by profession and an Ashoka Fellow. She holds an M.A. in psychology from University College Dublin and a M.Sc. [Econ.] from the University of Wales.

Genio/EVPA Chair Headquarter: Ireland Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Development; Research; Health; Social Services (Emergency/Relief) Type of Organisation: VP Service Provider

NICHOLAS COLLOFF Nicholas Colloff is the Executive Director of the Argidius Foundation, a family foundation focused on supporting enterprise development in Africa and Latin America as an approach to poverty reduction and inclusive growth. A serial social entrepreneur, he has helped found a financial inclusion support foundation, two micro-finance banks in Eastern Europe, the international mental health NGO, Basic Needs, and the Prison Phoenix Trust that teaches yoga and meditation to staff and inmates of UK prisons. He has also worked at the international NGO, Oxfam GB, both as their country director in Russia and as their director of strategy and innovation. Argidius Foundation Headquarter: Switzerland

Geographical Focus: Africa, Latin America Social Sector: Development Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

PIET COLRUYT Piet Colruyt is an experienced (impact) investor and a Board member of several companies including Colruyt Group and Korys. Piet is the founder of Impact Capital NV, an investment holding that focuses on enterprises and projects with a social impact in the field of ecology, environment and social innovation. Impact Capital holds shares in 3E NV (consultancy and products for renewable energy and energy efficiency – Brussels), Re-Vive Brownfield Fund cvba (sustainable redevelopment of brownfields – Gentbrugge), Storm Holding (windfarms, Flanders), SI2 Fund and Colruyt. SI² Fund Headquarter: Belgium

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: No Focus Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

OLIVIER DE GUERRE In 1987, along with a partner, Olivier created GT Finance/Cristal Finance before joining Crédit Suisse Asset Management in 1998. He was the Managing Director of Crédit Suisse Asset Management. In 2003, Olivier developed PhiTrust Endowment Fund with the objective of supporting families and foundations in their financial, social and philanthropic strategy, believing that investors have actual responsibility through their financial and social investments. Olivier has a long-standing experience in asset management at the level of families/Foundations or institutions, in particular through assistance in their investment strategies. Olivier is a board member of the PhiTrust Endowment Fund and the Philippson Foundation.

PhiTrust Headquarter: France

Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America Social Sector: Development; Housing; Research; Environment; Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

MICHIEL DE HAAN Michiel de Haan has been active in venture capital since 1980 when he founded Atlas Venture, a European-American venture capital firm that has been involved in more than 300 venture backed companies. Currently he is General Partner of Aescap Venture, which he founded in 2005. Aescap invests in emerging Life Science companies in Europe. Michiel is past chairman of the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and co-founder of the European Venture Philanthropy Association. Aescap Venture Headquarter: The Netherlands

Geographical Focus: Social Sector: Health Type of Organisation: PE/VC Firm (Hedgefund)

GIUSEPPE DELL’ERBA Giuseppe is Managing Director of Fondazione Cottino since 2016, when he joined Fondazione with a remit to shape positioning and build structure for Fondazione’s development and impact. Founded in 2002, Fondazione Cottino operates today in the Biomedical sector, with the goals to develop entrepreneurship culture, scout innovative ideas and help them turn into companies with social impact. Fondazione Cottino focuses also on Education, aiming at facilitate spread and use of new methodologies in the local community. Giuseppe comes from the Zurich Financial Services insurance group, where he served for five years as Chief Operating Officer of domestic and international Life business units. Previously, Giuseppe worked for Marsh Italy as deputy to the CEO and prior to that for Seat Pagine Gialle in Corporate Development. Giuseppe holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi and he graduated in Economics from Università degli Studi di Torino.

Fondazione Giovanni ed Annamaria Cottino Headquarter: Italy Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth, Education, Health, Renewable energy/Cleantech, Research Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

VINCENT FAUVET Vincent Fauvet has been an Executive President of Investir&+ SAS since 2012. Since 2011, Mr. Fauvet has been the President at Fair Planet. In 2004, he became the head of Groupe Saint Maclou. Previously, he founded Fair Planet, and launched the brand Tudo Bom?. Previously, he was employed in the investment bank of the Groupe BNP Paribas in Brasil, after working there in Chili and he joined in France in 1997. Mr. Fauvet served as Director of Oney Bank S.A. (formerly, Banque Accord Société Anonyme). Mr. Fauvet graduated from HEC (Business School) and holds a post graduate diploma from Paris IX Dauphine University.

Investir&+ Headquarter: France

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: No focus Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

DR. MARKUS FREIBURG For Markus, the special appeal of creating the financing agency is the opportunity to combine his strategic and financial expertise with his passion for social entrepreneurship. Markus studied Economics at Witten/Herdecke (Dipl.-Ök.) and Cambridge (M.Phil) and promoted at the WHU Koblenz on investments by institutional investors in private equity funds (Dr. rer. pol.). Markus has over seven years of experience as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, of which he spent more than four years doing pro-bono consulting for social entrepreneurs and engaging in the economic advisory board of “Chancenwerk”. Financing Agency for Social Entrepreneurship – FASE Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Social Sector: Development Type of Organisation: VP Service Provider

JULIO GARRIDO-MIRAPEIX Julio is a founder of, a Partner and the Head of KPMG International Development Advisory Services (IDAS) Africa. He has spent 27 years overseas working in development, of which the last 19 years have been spent working in Africa, 14 of these with KPMG. Julio has advised key government institutions, donors, civil society organisations and private companies in over 40 countries in Africa and Latin America. He has provided strategic and policy advice at the highest level. Julio has broad experience in the design, set up and management of large (US$ multi million) and complex programmes in particular involving Global, Africa-wide, region and country-specific Challenge Funds, with particular emphasis on agroindustry, financial innovation, renewable energy, adaptation to climate change, and resilience. IDAS has managed over US$ 2 Billion since inception and currently supervises over 400 grantees/investees in 39 countries, most of them being venture philanthropic investments. He is currently voluntarily engaged in the promotion of the incoming African Venture Philanthropy Association – an offspring of EVPA - as a member of its Advisory Group. Julio has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Administration, a Master Arts (MA) (Hons.) degree in Development Economics with Distinction and has undertaken postgraduate PhD studies in Economics. He was educated at the Universities of Oxford, Manchester, Pavia and Madrid. He has also attended multiple specialised courses including at Harvard Business School, the Saïd School of Business at Oxford University, and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Julio speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese, Italian and French.

KPMG Kenya Headquarter: Kenya

Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Australia and Oceania; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North America; Worldwide Social Sector: Children/Youth; Development; Agriculture; Environment; Health; Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: Service Provider (Consultancy, Legal Firm)

SHAY GARVEY Shay is a founding partner of Frontline Ventures and one of the most active and experienced early-stage technology investors in Europe. Shay has invested in over 30 early-stage European tech companies. Notable exits include Toucan Technologies (acquired by PMC Sierra, NASDAQ: PMCS), Exceptis Technologies (acquired by Trintech, NASDAQ: TTPA), DRM Data Management (acquired by P&O UK, LSE: PO), Improveline (acquired by Homeserve UK, LSE: HSV), and most recently Logentries (acquired by Rapid7, NASDAQ: RPD). Shay currently sits on the board of Qstream, Roomex, Linked Finance, and AQMetrics. Shay has engineering degrees from University College Dublin (BSc) and University of New Brunswick Canada (M Eng). He also has an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Shay has had a wide and varied career - covering corporates (Exxon, Corning, McKinsey), startups (Glentara Foods, Irish Seafood Producers Group), and venture capital (Delta Partners). Throughout his career in venture, he has been part of teams that have raised eight funds, totalling a combined $500 million through 3 different economic cycles. Shay has long been interested in the convergence of startup culture and society, as well the internationalisation of companies and ideas. He is Chair of the Science Gallery Trinity College, as well as Genio (which manages the Social Reform Fund in Ireland). Both of these institutions are leaders in their sectors and are expanding globally.

Frontline Ventures/Chair of Genio Board Headquarter: Ireland

Geographical Focus: Social Sector: Type of Organisation: PE/VC Firm (Hedgefund)

CLAUDIUS GUTEMANN Claudius Gutemann is part of the Artha Initiative associated with Rianta Capital Zurich, an England- and Switzerland-based single family office. Claudius joined Rianta’s Zurich office in 2010 as Investment Controller and was between 2012 and 2015 responsible for the family office’s overall controlling and reporting function. In 2016 he joined the Artha team to support the family office's social impact investing endeavours in India. Claudius’ main areas of responsibilities today include managing Artha’s portfolio of direct and indirect impact investments in India, operating and continuously adapting the Artha Platform to customer needs as well as organizing and running “Impact for Breakfast” sessions, the regular ecosystem convenings that Artha has run since 2008. Claudius joined Rianta from Swisslake Capital AG, a boutique Private Equity Real Estate Fund of Funds manager in Pfäffikon (SZ)/Switzerland. Prior to Swisslake, Claudius worked between 2003 and 2007 for Airbus Group in Munich, Ulm and Paris in various business and project controlling positions. Claudius holds a degree in Business Administration with majors in Finance & Controlling and Human Resources Managements. In addition to his work at Artha in Zurich, Claudius works in an honorary capacity on the board of a local organic food store.

Artha Initiative (associated with Rianta Philanthropy Ltd) Headquarter: Switzerland

Geographical Focus: Asia Social Sector: Development, Environment, Financial Inclusion, Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

PETER HELLER Dr. Peter Heller is the co-founder and executive director of the Canopus Foundation. He studied economics and philosophy at the universities of St.Gallen, Lausanne (Switzerland) and Freiburg (Germany) and holds a PhD degree in economics. From 1990 to 1997 he was deputy mayor for environmental protection at the Freiburg city council. He is co-founder of the Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy (BASE) and member of the board of trustees of BASE Foundation in Basel (Switzerland). Peter is the founder, owner and executive director of Forseo GmbH, an independent investment company dedicated to promote start-ups in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency. He is chairman of the supervisory board of the listed S.A.G. Solarstrom AG (Prime Entry Standard Stock Exchange Frankfurt) and of Streb AG.

Canopus Foundation Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Latin America Social Sector: Development; Environment; Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

FRANK HINRICHS Frank Hinrichs is owner and director of Vivatus GmbH. Vivatus Social Investments develops economically sustainable investments in social enterprises - tailor-made for committed individuals and for ambitious social enterprises. Before founding Vivatus in 2003, Frank Hinrichs also focused on being a catalyst for social change and sustainable business, working with both business enterprises and non-profit organization. Previous roles include working as a management consultant, commercial manager of a medium-sized group and various roles as director and board member. Frank Hinrichs studied economics at the University of St. Gallen and completed a PhD.

Vivatus Social Investments Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth; Housing; Education; Health Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

MARKUS HIPP Markus Hipp is the Executive Director of the BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Breuninger Foundation, a board member of the Paretz Foundation, a founding director and member of MitOst e.V., as well as a member of the Advisory Council of the nonprofit betterplace Foundation and of n-ost. Markus has served as a lecturer at Czech universities, before taking up positions in the marketing and publishing industry. From 1998 to 2006, he worked for the Robert Bosch Foundation, including as the director of the Berlin office.

BMW Stiftung Herbert Quandt

Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North America Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Development; Research; Environment; Voluntarism funding and promotion Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

ROLF HUBER Rolf Huber is Managing Director of the Board of Siemens Stiftung. Together with his board colleagues Nathalie von Siemens and Georg Bernwieser, he is responsible for the operative implementation of the goals defined by the foundation. Siemens Stiftung promotes sustainable social development, which is crucially dependent on access to basic services, high-quality education, and an understanding of culture. Within the Board of Siemens Stiftung, Rolf Huber is responsible for the working area development cooperation, with the goal to reduce existential deficits in basic services and strengthen necessary social structures. Prior to joining Siemens Stiftung, Rolf Huber worked for Siemens AG since 1989. There, he has held various positions in the areas of press and public relations, as well as marketing and human resources development in the company's international communications departments. From 2009 to 2012, Rolf Huber resided in Johannesburg, South Africa, and was responsible for the company’s CSR programs as well as relations with governments on the African continent. Rolf Huber completed his master's degree in American Studies, Political Science and Communications Science at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and the University of North Carolina, USA.

Siemens Stiftung Headquarter: Germany

Geographical Focus: Africa; Europe; Latin America Social Sector: Children/Youth; Culture & Recreation; Development; Education; Research; Environment; Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: Foundation (not VP)

LESLIE JOHNSTON Leslie Johnston joined C&A Foundation as its first Executive Director in August 2013, bringing 17 years of management experience across multiple sectors, including smallholder agribusiness, entrepreneurship and corporate philanthropy. Prior to this role, she managed the Swiss-based Argidius and COFRA Foundations, committed to helping enterprising people to help themselves. As the Deputy Director for TechnoServe in West and Southern Africa, she co-managed a $20 million portfolio and a diverse team working to help African farmers and entrepreneurs improve their bottom line. She currently serves on the C&A Foundation and Good Energies Foundation boards and the ANDE Executive Committee as well as advises Idinsight and Cause, a "Philanthropub”.

C&A Foundation Headquarter: Switzerland Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Children/Youth; Development; Environment; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

DR. BERND KLOSTERKEMPER Bernd serves as Investment Director at Ananda Ventures. He has been working in finance and management for over ten years. After completing his law degree and doctorate at the University of Bayreuth, he began his career at McKinsey & Company. As a project manager with a primary focus on financial institutions and change management, he operated in Germany, the Netherlands and Malaysia. Bernd gained valuable entrepreneurial experience when he assumed the role of CEO of the finance and property service provider PlanetHome AG. He succeeded in helping PlanetHome Group to become the leading B2B-Partner in the placement and financing of private properties, with over 500 employees in 80 locations in Germany and Austria.

Ananda Ventures Headquarter: Germany

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Culture & Recreation; Development; Housing; Education; Research; Environment; Health; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

EWA KONCZAL Ewa is the Executive Director of Valores and the EVPA Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Manager since MAY 2014. She is responsible for increasing the knowledge about venture philanthropy, social investment and relevant EU policies in Central and Eastern Europe. Ewa is Polish and has over 15 years of experience in social entrepreneurship field as Country Representative of Ashoka in Poland and in the past few years as Director for Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to her work with Ashoka, Ewa worked in India with Global March Against Child Labor and in Egypt with AIESEC and Egyptian-Polish Businessman Association that she co-founded. Together with her partner, she has set up the Magic Mountain Foundation, an organisation using mountain sports as a tool for change for youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and other disadvantages. Ewa is the recipient of the AIESEC Alumni Entrepreneurship & Leadership Award. Ewa has a master degree in marketing and management. Valores Foundation Headquarter: Poland

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth; Development; Education Type of Organisation: Foundation/Trust

MASSIMO LAPUCCI Massimo Lapucci is the Secretary General of the Fondazione CRT, a foundation of banking origin based in Turin. He is also the Secretary General of Fondazione Sviluppo e Crescita – CRT, a foundation primarily focused on venture philanthropy and impact investing. Massimo is the Managing Director of the OGR Company, whose mission is the conversion of a former large industrial building in the heart of Turin, into an innovative and experimental centre for contemporary culture. He has extensive international experience as a board member for public and private companies and nonprofit organisations in the EU and the Americas. Since 2014 he is a member of the Management Committee of the European Foundation Centre. Massimo also has consolidated teaching experience at University level. From 2006 he is a World Fellow at Yale University, USA.

CRT Foundation Headquarter: Italy Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Culture & Recreation; Development; Housing; Education; Research; Environment; Health; Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

CAROLINE MASON Caroline is Chief Executive at the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. Before joining the Foundation, Caroline was Chief Operating Officer at Big Society Capital and preceding that, Charity Bank. Caroline was also the co-founder of Investing for Good, a social investment advisory firm and one of the first Community Interest Companies. Before joining the social sector, Caroline had an eighteen-year track record of creative and innovative product development in the financial services sector. With Reuters, she managed the global development of real-time news and television services and then pioneered the introduction of web technology products. She also had her own consulting company, working with several financial institutions to develop new business and products including an electronic brokering service and a global wealth management business for a private bank. Caroline is a Board Member of Social Enterprise UK and of Ethex. She is also a trustee of CAADA, Impetus-PEF, and is on the advisory board of Big Society Capital.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Headquarter: UK Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Children/Youth; Culture & Recreation; Development; Housing; Education; Environment; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Voluntarism funding and promotion Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

DOUG MILLER Doug Miller was the Founder Chairman of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA) and is the Founder Chairman of the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN), organizations that are catalysing a more strategic, collaborative and outcome focused approach to driving sustainable social impact. With the combined influence of nearly 500 members across 49 countries, both EVPA and AVPN are working to increase the flow of financial, human and intellectual capital to the social sector—connecting and empowering key stakeholders from funders to the social purpose organizations they support. Doug is an American, residing in Boston, who has also lived in the UK for over 30 years. His corporate experience spans over 40 years in financial services, primarily private equity. Most notably, he founded and ran International Private Equity Limited from 1990 until 2010, where he developed his expertise across both Europe and Asia. He is also currently on the advisory board of a number of Venture Philanthropy and Social Impact funds across Europe and Asia.

AVPN Headquarter: Singapore

Geographical Focus: Asia Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Research; Business and professional associations Type of Organisation: Membership network/Association

JANE NEWMAN Jane is International Director of Social Finance UK. Social Finance is a not for profit organisation that partners with government, social sector organisations and the financial community to find better ways of tackling social problems. It pioneered the UK’s Social Investment Bank and the Social Impact Bond concept as well as the application of Jam Jar Accounts and a Care and Wellbeing Fund. As International Director, Jane works in collaboration with Social Finance sister organisations and intermediaries in other jurisdictions to support the development of Social Impact Bond models in those markets. Before joining Social Finance she was a Director of The Social Investment Business, the UK’s largest social investor, and before that was a senior corporate partner with the international law firm, Simmons & Simmons, working in London, Germany, and China. Jane is a member of the board of EVPA.

Social Finance Headquarter: UK

Geographical Focus: Europe; North America Social Sector: Development; Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Business and professional associations Type of Organisation: Incub/accelerator

FELIX OLDENBURG

Felix Oldenburg is the Secretary General of the Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen (Association of German Foundations), which incorporates more than 4000 German foundations. Besides representing the interests of the German foundations, the Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen promotes activities in social welfare and civic society and awards a number of acknowledged prizes in these areas. Between 2009 and 2016, Felix served as Europe Leader and Director Germany for Ashoka, the world’s first and largest association of leading social entrepreneurs. An entrepreneur himself at the interfaces of the social, business and political sectors, Felix launched a number of national and international programs at Ashoka that accelerate the spread and impact of social innovations, establishing the organization as a Europe-wide community of social innovators and business leaders. Before joining Ashoka, Felix started an online business and worked for management consulting firm McKinsey&Company in London. As director at a political consultancy, he pioneered citizen consultations for governments and foundations, including the European Citizens’ Consultations in 27 countries.

Association of German Foundations Headquarter: Germany

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Type of Organisation: Membership Network/Association

PIETER OOSTLANDER Pieter Oostlander is founder of shærpa and CEO of shærpa fund management. His professional background is in finance. He worked initially in auditing and later on in the position of CFO, for various international organisations. In 2004 he switched to Venture Philanthropy and Social Investments and was amongst the first joining EVPA. The decision to switch resulted from his ambition to make societal impact and value creation (in addition to creating shareholder value) a significant part of his professional life. He sees it as 'marrying the soul of philanthropy with the spirit of venture capital', and his work with shærpa fund management is dedicated to doing exactly that. Pieter is fund manager of the Benelux focused SI² Fund and InvestMZ which focuses on social care. He is co-opted director in the board of EVPA and also a member of the board of trustees of Social Value International (formerly SRoI Network).

Shaerpa Headquarter: Belgium

Geographical Focus: Asia; Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth; Development; Education; Environment; Health Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

HEDDA PAHLSON-MOLLER Hedda is a private investor focusing on Social Investment, primarily through co-investment vehicles. She currently holds board positions with EVPA, European Business Angel Network (and EBAN Impact), LBAN, Luxembourg Microfinance and Development Fund (LMDF) and Chameleon Invest (CHI); she is a lead investor and board member of the Rising Tide women’s angel program in Europe. Hedda invests and provides advisory services through OMSINT/TIIME.org. Hedda is based in Luxembourg, where she is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Sacred Heart University and teaches Social Enterprise and Social Innovation at University of Luxembourg. She is an Executive Fellow of Essex University.

Omsint/Tiime Headquarter: Luxembourg

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Health; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

PROF. DR. JOACHIM ROGALL Prof. Dr. Joachim Rogall has been Chief Executive Officer at the Robert Bosch Stiftung since April 1, 2013. He studied Eastern European history, Slavic philology, and German studies at the universities of Mainz, Poznan (Poland), and Heidelberg. He obtained his doctorate in 1988 and habilitation in 2000 at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Starting in 1988, he was employed as a research associate at Mainz University and the Herder Institute in Marburg/Lahn. In 1996, he switched to the Robert Bosch Stiftung where he was most recently Head of Department for International Relations Central and Southeastern Europe, CIS, China. He has been an adjunct professor in Eastern European History at Heidelberg University since 2003. Joachim Rogall intends to take international relations in a new direction, placing a particular focus on European integration. "We need to develop and achieve a positive vision of a united Europe, so that Europe becomes a matter close to its citizens’ hearts," says Professor Joachim Rogall. The Robert Bosch Stiftung has approximately 200 employees, who manage 800 projects of the Foundation and of other organizations every year. In total, the Robert Bosch Stiftung has provided funds of more than a billion euros for charitable projects since it was founded.

Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH Headquarter: Germany

Geographical Focus: Europe, Asia, North America, Africa Social Sector: Health Care, Science, Education, Society Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

SAM SALISBURY Sam is investment principal at Ignite. He is responsible for Ignite’s investment strategy, investment recommendations and portfolio oversight. Sam joined Centrica four years ago and has played a key role in setting Centrica’s most recent corporate strategy, conducted a major update of the group’s capital allocation framework, and has supported a number of Centrica’s businesses in developing new strategies. Prior to joining Centrica, Sam was a management consultant in Arthur D. Little’s London office. He advised senior management on strategic and commercial decisions, improving operations, organisational change, and fostering innovation. Sam’s clients were primarily in the energy industry and the public sector. Sam holds a D.Phil in engineering science from the University of Oxford and bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Queen’s University, Canada.

IGNITE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Headquarter: UK

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Environment; Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

GERRY SALOLE Gerry Salole is the Chief Executive of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) since 2005. The EFC is an association of over 200 public-benefit foundations and corporate funders active in philanthropy in Europe and elsewhere. His previous posts have included serving as Representative at the Ford Foundation’s Southern Africa office, based in Johannesburg, and director of the Department of Programme Documentation and Communication of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, based in The Hague. He has also worked for Save the Children Federation (USA) in Ethiopia and Zimbabwe, and Redd Barna (Norwegian Save the Children) and OXFAM UK and UNHCR in Ethiopia. Gerry Salole studied Social Anthropology and African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He holds an M.A. (Econ.) and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester. He is the Founding Chair of TrustAfrica, (Dakar) Chair of the Global Fund for Community Foundations (Johannesburg) sits on the Education Advisory Board of the Open Society Foundations (New York) on the Strategic Advisory Committee of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (Brussels) and is a Board Member of Assifero, the Italian Association of Grant Making Foundations (Milan).

European Foundation Centre Headquarter: Belgium

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Children/Youth; Culture & Recreation; Research; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Voluntarism funding and promotion Type of Organisation: Membership Network/Association

DAVID SANDERSON David has worked for the Rank Foundation for 13 years, with the last four as Chief Executive. Prior to this, David served as a soldier for 24 years, serving in Africa, Middle East, Far East, Caribbean and various parts of Europe. David has helped to pioneer Rank’s place-based programmes, leading the new strategy and exploring new opportunities for the Foundation. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration, enjoys walking and wilderness trekking, and maintains a strong interest with several African charities. He is a member of the UK Foundation’s Forum, and a member of the European Venture Philanthropy Association

Rank Foundation Headquarter: United Kingdom

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth, Development, Education Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

FILIPE SANTOS Filipe Santos is Professor and Chair in Social Entrepreneurship at Católica-Lisbon School of Business & Economics and Visiting Professor at INSEAD. Formerly he was President “Portugal Social Innovation” a government initiative created in January 2015 with the mission of promoting social entrepreneurship and creating a market for social investment in Portugal. Professor Santos holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. He was a full-time professor of entrepreneurship at INSEAD between 2003 and 2014, where he led the INSEAD Entrepreneurship Centre (ICE) since 2009 and directed the INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Program (ISEP) from 2007 to 2014. His research on organisational theory, entrepreneurship and social innovation received international awards and has been published in top journals, with more than 4000 citations in Google Scholar. He is author of the book “The Social Entrepreneur’s Guide to Change the World”. As a teacher, Professor Santos won INSEAD teaching awards for MBA and EMBA courses on entrepreneurship and developed the social entrepreneurship bootcamp. He is a regular key-note speaker on topics of entrepreneurship and impact investing. He also mentors entrepreneurs and advises venture investors. A native of Portugal and a serial social entrepreneur, Filipe was a co-founder of IES – Social Business School in 2009 and the Social Investment Lab in 2013.

Católica-Lisbon School of Business & Economics Headquarter: Portugal Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Education; Research Type of Organisation: Academic, Research Institution, Think Tank

MATTHIAS SCHEFFELMEIER Matthias Scheffelmeier is a Director at Ashoka Germany and Co-Director for Europe. Prior to that he was Country Director for Turkey, co-leading the successful launch of Ashoka's Turkey program in Istanbul. Matthias also founded Ashoka’s ChangemakerXchange, an ever growing global network and collaboration platform for young social entrepreneurs, which connects over 200 innovators across 45 countries in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. While in Turkey he also served as BMW Foundation's Representative and Network Partner for the Region as part of a strategic multi-year partnership between the Foundation and Ashoka. Besides he is a regular keynote-, TEDx- and guest speaker and lecturer on social entrepreneurship. Before joining Ashoka he was Microsoft's Community Affairs coordinator overlooking the implementation of Microsoft’s Corporate Citizenship activities in 70+ countries of the MENA/Africa Region.

Ashoka Headquarter: United States Geographical Focus: Worldwide Social Sector: Advocacy/Law, Agriculture, Children/Youth, Climate, Culture/Recreation, Development, Education, Employment/training, Environment, Financial inclusion, Health, Housing, Independent Media, Renewable energy/Cleantech, Social services Type of Organisation: Incubator/Accelerator

PATRICE SCHNEIDER Patrice Schneider started his publishing career as a journalist reporting from conflicts in Central Asia in the 1980s. Following a 20 years career in publishing (Time Warner Group, Lagardère Active) and working for the World Economic Forum, he now works for the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) which invests in independent media around the world providing the news, information and debate that people need to build free, thriving societies. Since 1996, MDIF - a three consecutive years winner of the ImpactAssets 50 awards - has invested more than $125m in 91 independent news businesses in 31 countries and has returned US$ 18.2m to investors. For Patrice, the impact investment in quality information is THE cornerstone of any open and dynamic democracy.

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) Headquarter: Czech Republic Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North America Social Sector: Development Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

STEVEN SERNEELS In In 1992, Steven Serneels started his own company: S&V Management Consultants, specialised in supply chain and operations strategy. As a business entrepreneur, and together with his business partner Peter Verstraeten, he grew the company to about 100 people with offices in Europe and US, working with senior management of medium and large companies. They sold the company in 2008 to Mahindra Satyam, Steven remaining in charge as CEO. In 2011, Steven joined Ashoka Global, Washington, as a strategic advisor. Now, Steven is investor and board & IC member of SI², a for profit social impact fund, providing growth capital to European for profit social enterprises. He is also chairman of Kampani, a social impact investment fund to unlock the potential of entrepreneurial farming in the South. Steven supports as well directly some (social) enterprises with the potential to generate major societal and/or environmental benefit. He is also board member of some other companies such as I-Propeller and TrustedFamily where creating ‘shared value’ is a key lever for both growth, profitability and societal impact. Steven is visiting Professor at Hult International Business School, Dubai, lecturing on Business in Society. He lectures as well at HEC, Paris, on Inclusive Business and Social Entrepreneurs. He is (co-)author of papers on various topics dealing with the role of business in society, one of them being EVPA’s report on ‘Corporate Social Impact Strategies – New paths for collaborative growth’ (May 2015).

SI² Fund Headquarter: Belgium

Geographical Focus: Asia Social Sector: No focus Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

LAETITIA SOULEROT After a few years international experience in management control for small and large structures in the Pacific and Middle East regions, Laetitia Soulerot joined Renault in 2000 to hold different financial positions supporting the European sales and Human Resources departments. In 2009 she chose to complete her Master of Business Administration initial training at Paris-Dauphine University by a Master's Degree in Sustainable Development, while joining the Energy, Hygiene, Safety & Environment department to set up tools to manage the costs and skills related to these activities. In the Corporate Social Responsibility Department of Groupe Renault for the last three years, Laetitia has been in charge of developing the impact investment company Mobiliz Invest. Mobiliz Invest finances and supports solidarity projects that provide innovative mobility solutions with a strong social impact for disadvantaged people. 10 investments has been decided so far for a total amount of 3M€.

RENAULT MOBILIZ INVEST Headquarter: France

Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

MARK SPEICH Mark Speich has been Managing Director of Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland gGmbH (Vodafone Foundation Germany) since May 2008. He also serves as a Managing Director of the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communication since August 2011. Prior to this, he was Director of the Policy Planning Staff of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Party in the German Bundestag. Between 1999 and 2005, he worked at ALTANA AG’s Herbert Quandt Foundation in Bad Homburg in several management positions, the final one being Director of the Foundation’s Think Tank in Berlin. In 1997 and 1998, Mark Speich was Personal Advisor to the president of Bonn University. He started his career in the CDU Secretary General’s Policy Advisory Staff in the Konrad-Adenauer-Haus in Bonn. He was educated at Collegium Josephinum Bonn, studied history, political science and constitutional law at the universities of Cambridge (MPhil) and Bonn (Ph.D.).

Vodafone Stiftung Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth; Education Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

ERWIN STAHL Erwin Stahl has more than 18 years of successful track-record in investing in seed and early-stage companies. He graduated from Regensburg University, Germany, with a degree (Dipl.-Kfm.) in business management; PhD (Dr. rer. pol.) in economics. From January 1996 to March 1999 he was project manager venture capital with Wellington Partners, Munich (venture capital fund). From April 1999 to December 2002 he was managing partner of Upside Ventures, Munich (consulting and seed investments for entrepreneurs) and consultant to the EU (5th framework programme SME). From January 2003 (concept/start-up stage) to date Erwin Stahl is Managing Partner of the BonVenture Group, Munich (foundation and social venture capital fund with 29 investments up to now; www.bonventure.de). BonVenture Management GmbH Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Children/Youth; Development; Education; Environment; Health; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Business and professional associations; Type of Organisation: VP and SI Fund

PETER SUREK Peter Surek (40) is a retail banker with almost 20 years of experience in different CEE markets. He started his career in Tatra banka (Raiffeissen Bank International subsidiary in Slovakia) from the bottom and spent 8 years going through almost all the positions in the retail branch network - from teller to regional director. Within Raiffeisen Bank International he was managing multiple projects in Austria, Albania and Croatia focused on MIS, pricing and affluent banking. In 2009-2011 he co-founded the new direct bank ZUNO, heading products and business processes development. In 2011 he joined Erste Group as the head of the new established Retail MIS unit. After getting to know the social background of Erste, he decided to leave his retail career for developing social banking in the CEE countries. Since May 2013 he leads the new created unit Social banking development, reporting directly to Erste Group CEO. Additionally he holds CEO position in good.bee holding and chairs the Supervisory Board of good.bee credit, a microfinance institution in Romania.

ERSTE Stiftung Headquarter: Austria Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Children/Youth; Culture & Recreation; Development; Education; Research; Social Services (Emergency/Relief); Financial inclusion (Microfinance) Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

LUC TAYART DE BORMS Luc is the Managing Director of the King Baudouin Foundation. He served in the board of several organisation: the ‘European Foundation Centre’, President (June 2000 - June 2002), Vice-President (June 2002 - 2004) and Treasurer (2011 - 2013), the ‘Council on Foundations US’ (2002 - 2005) and the ‘International Committee’ (2002 - 2006). He’s the president of the ‘Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation’, member of the Advisory Council of the ‘European Policy Centre’ from 2003, a board member of the ‘European Cultural Foundation’, trustee at EVPA, Treasurer of the ‘King Baudouin Foundation United States'. He has also been president of ‘The Hague Club’ (2007 - 2008) and of ‘GuideStar International’ from 2007 –to 2010. Born in Belgium, Luc obtained a Master's Degree in Moral Sciences from the University of Ghent.

King Baudouin Foundation Headquarter: Belgium Geographical Focus: Africa; Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Development; Education; Health; No focus Type of Organisation: VP/SI Foundation

XAVIER THAURON Xavier has a 25 years experience in private equity after 5 years as SME banker, first in charge of growth capital in the PE structure of the French Banque Populaire Group where he was sponsor of the European Business and Innovation Network (EBN), then Head of Risks at Natixis Private Equity with a large diversified and international portfolio in Europe, Brazil, India and China. In 1987, he developed a venture philanthropy strategy for Natixis with the sponsoring of EVPA annual meetings and Knowledge Center along with an investment in PhiTrust Partenaires, as the first institutional investor in this first French social impact fund and he has been member of its investment committee since then. He is today Head of Social Investment of PhiTrust Partenaires. He is also member of the Investment Committee of IDF Active and IDF Capital (two regional funds specialized on social investment and small LBOs) and expert for 1001Pact (the only French crowdequity platform dedicated to social impact) and Dream Act (commercial site selecting ethical products). He is member of the board of Swiss Fresh Water (water purification in developed countries) and AMSI (micro franchise of Adie). He is member of the jury of the Global Social Venture Competition and a contributor to the Advanced Master in Real Estate, Building & Energie (IBE) of French Ecole des Ponts PariTech.

PhiTrust/EVPA Treasurer Headquarter: France

Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America Social Sector: Development; Housing; Research; Environment; Financial inclusion (Microfinance); Renewable energy/Cleantech Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

Dr. VOLKER THEN Volker Then has been the Executive Director and founder of the Centre for Social Investment at Heidelberg University since 2006. Previously, he worked at the Bertelsmann Foundation (Guetersloh, Germany), where he served as Director Philanthropy and Foundations from 1999 to 2006 and built the philanthropy division of the foundation. Prior to this assignment, beginning in 1995, Volker Then was the Director of Cultural Orientation of the Bertelsmann Foundation, after he had joined the foundation as a program manager in 1994. He had earned his Ph.D. in social history from the Free University of Berlin. He holds an M.A. from Bielefeld University in History, Sociology and Economics and has studied at the universities at Tübingen, Bielefeld and Oxford (St. Antony's College).

Centre for Social Investment (CSI) Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Culture & Recreation; Education; Research Type of Organisation: Academic, Research Institution,Think Tank

WOUTER VANDERSYPEN Prior to becoming Kampani’s Executive Director, Wouter was a consultant for PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers). He also worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Rescue Committee and the World Bank. Wouter is on the Board of Fairtrade Belgium, Trias, and a traditional private equity investment fund, called Invale NV. He holds a Masters degree in International Relations & Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and a degree in Political Sciences from the University of Leuven, having studied in Leuven, Tübingen and Fribourg.

Kampani Headquarter: Belgium Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Latin America Social Sector: Agriculture Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

LAURE VINCOTTE With more than 20 years in energy companies, specialized in sustainable development issues. Laure Vinçotte is currently Managing Director of the SAS “ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies”, an investment capital fund. “ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies” is ENGIE’s Corporate Impact Investment Fund which promotes access to sustainable energy for all with worldwide ambition. This impact investment fund was created in 2011 in order to support social entrepreneurs development promoting energy access for poor populations and help them scale up their business. To date, ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies has invested in 18 companies all over the world. Laure Vinçotte was previously senior CSR executive of ENGIE. She has also held a number of positions in corporate communication and human resources. She is graduated from the Institut d’Etudes de Politiques of Paris (Social and Economy), Paris Dauphine (Telecom management studies), Nanterre University (latin, greek languages).

ENGIE Rassembleurs d’Energies Headquarter: France Geographical Focus: Social Sector: Type of Organisation: VP/SI Fund

FELICITAS VON PETER Felicitas von Peter is Founder and Managing Partner of Active Philanthropy, a platform for families and individuals interested or already engaged in philanthropy. She is also Managing Director of Beyond Philanthropy, a subsidiary of Active Philanthropy. Before Felicitas worked at the Bertelsmann Foundation where she ran the Foundation’s international projects in Media and Education, and coordinated the set-up of the Foundation office in New York.

Forum for Active Philanthropy GmbH Headquarter: Germany Geographical Focus: Europe Social Sector: Advocacy/Law/Politics; Children/Youth; Development; Education; Environment; Health Type of Organisation: VP Service Provider

CHRIS WEST Chris completed his Doctorate in Ecology at the University of Oxford. He then set up his own business in the environmental services sector. Following the successful UK and international growth of this company, he took on the position of senior environment adviser at the UK Department for International Development. As an adviser to UK Ministers he worked with a wide variety of donors, governments, NGO’s and corporates in over 60 developing countries and emerging economies. Chris was involved in early discussions around the creation of the Shell Foundation and joined soon after its launch in 2000 as Deputy Director. He managed the Foundation as Director until early 2015. In this role he reinforced an “enterprise-based” approach to catalysing scalable and sustainable solutions to global development challenges, and the “shared value” concept of corporates in society. As a pioneer in venture philanthropy, Chris has led in founding and scaling-up a range of social enterprises.

Sumerian Partners Headquarter: UK

Geographical Focus: Africa; Asia; Latin America; Social Sector: Economic and social Development; Agriculture; Education; Environment; Renewable energy/Cleantech; Health; Financial inclusion/Access to finance Type of Organisation: VP Service Provider

KAREN WILSON Karen is the Founder of GV Partners and has been working as a consultant at the OECD since 2009 where her work has focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, and finance - including angel investment, venture capital, social impact investment. She has had a longstanding involvement with the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA). Karen is also a Senior Fellow at Bruegel (an international economics think tank), an Associate Fellow at Said Business School at Oxford University and a Visiting Lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. She received, with honors, a Bachelors of Science in Mathematics and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

GV Partners Headquarter: Switzerland Geographical Focus: Global Social Sector: Multiple Type of Organisation: Research/Policy

EVPA Team

BERNARD UYTTENDAELE – Chief Executive Officer Bernard Uyttendaele joined EVPA as new Chief Executive in August 2016. Uyttendaele knows both the non-profit and business worlds. He started his career as Credit Manager and Treasurer at Otis Elevator Company in Belgium and France before becoming CFO and Deputy Director in the Netherlands. In 2001 he moved to telecom company Orange, sitting on the Board of the company until it sold to T-Mobile. From 2007 Uyttendaele was Director of his own company, Azure, focused on the redevelopment of organisations and optimisation of their business model. Most recently Bernard worked as Managing Director of War Child in the Netherlands. Under his three-year leadership, the organisation grew by fifty per cent, attracted more private and SME donors, and became more firmly established internationally. Bernard also co-founded War Child’s Business Friends Network; a network of business owners supporting War Child’s projects. He sits on the Board of one philanthropic organisation: Dioraphte Foundation.

PRISCILLA BOIARDI – Knowledge Center Director Priscilla Boiardi joined EVPA in April 2014 as Research Manager and became EVPA's Knowledge Centre Director in April 2016. Priscilla has more than 8 years of research experience, first as a Research Associate at the Vlerick Business School and then as a PhD candidate at the Catholic University of Leuven. She has a strong expertise in research for business and public bodies, both qualitative and quantitative. Priscilla holds a MSc (Hons) in Economics and Management of Public Administrations and International Institutions from the Bocconi University in Milan. She is an Italian national and speaks Italian, English and Spanish.

ELS DEPOORTERE – Operations Director Els Depoortere is in charge of the operational running of the Association and manages the Annual Conference & Gathering of Leaders. Els is a Belgian national who joined EVPA in May 2013. She holds a Master in Economics from the University of Leuven (KUL) as well as a postgraduate degree in French Language and Literature from Université Blaise Pascal in Clermond-Ferrand, France. She has worked in several positions in Office and Event Management in the cultural sector and has also been Human Resources Manager in a marketing company. Els speaks English, French and Dutch fluently.

DANIEL ROSTRUP – Community & Market Development Director Daniel Rostrup is based in London and leads the Community & Market Development team, spread across Brussels, Paris, Berlin and Warsaw. The team manages the EVPA membership, organises engagements and builds the market for VP/SI throughout Europe. He also leads the EVPA task group on Corporate Social Impact Vehicles and has a keen interest in unlocking the potential for corporations to scale innovations that have real societal impact. Previously, he helped launch and manage Thomson Reuters Foundation’s global pro bono legal service, TrustLaw. He also has experience in the US and UK working with social entrepreneurs to scale their ventures.

CHRISTINA WU – Community Manager

Christina Wu joined EVPA in May 2016. Before, she worked in marketing communications at the British Columbia Council for International Education in Canada. Prior to that, she was employed at Nokia, where she focused on their mobile gaming business. In 2006, she co-founded a charity, Global Agents, which invests globally in early stage social enterprises. More recently, she worked in South Africa as the Business Operations Manager intern for SPARK Schools, a portfolio company of the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund. She completed her MBA at ESADE in Spain and obtained her BBA in Canada. She is Canadian and speaks English, Cantonese, and some Spanish and French.

ELINOR DE PRET – Head of Policy

Elinor de Pret joined EVPA in March 2014, after almost ten years working in Public Affairs for the European Commission in China and with a consultancy in Brussels. A Board member of a Belgian foundation focusing on education, Elinor is also involved in the first Belgian social impact bond and has been a member of the Belgian Ashoka Support Network since 2010. She holds a Master in Business Engineering (Namur) and in European Economics from the College of Europe (Bruges), attended the Oxford Impact Investing Executive Programme and completed the Certificate in Management of Social Enterprises at the ULg.

IOANA TRAISTA – Communications Manager Ioana joined EVPA in April 2017 with a strong desire to raise awareness about venture philanthropy. Before EVPA, she worked as Communications and Fundraising Manager for PACT Foundation, a community development organisation in Romania. Ioana’s vision is a community that values close ties and relations, offers equal opportunities, and respect for every person, and gives everybody the opportunity to make their own choices. Ioana has volunteered and worked for a wide range of non-governmental organizations in the area of communication and fundraising: PRIME Romania, Greener, Chance for Life, and GRASP (Global Romanian Society of Young Professionals). She has a Bachelor in Communication and Public Relations within the University of Bucharest. In 2010 she graduated from a master’s program in European Communication Studies within the University of Amsterdam. After the master, she did an internship program within the European Agency for Fundamental Rights in Vienna, Austria.