AVPN Conference 2018 | Asian Venture Philanthropy Network | 4 June 2018 | Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec City, Singapore 039593

Now in its sixth year, the Avpn Conference will bring together a diverse group of funders and resource providers from around the globe to take part in the largest gathering of social investors in Asia.

With the theme "Maximising Impact", the 2018 Conference reflects the importance of strategic, collaborative, and outcome-focused approaches to social investing - from philanthropy to impact investing, the conference will cover a range of impact areas and investment approaches. View the Agenda for key topics of interest.

2018 Speakers

Aarti Mohan
Co-Founder and Head, Knowledge, Sattva Consulting

Abrar Mir
Managing Partner, Quadria Capital

Achal Agarwal
President, Kimberly-Clark Asia Pacific

Ada Chirapaisarnkul
Founder and Managing Director, Thai Young Philanthropist Network

Adam Bendell
Chief Executive Officer, Toniic

Aditi Banerjee
Advisor, Innovative Finance, British Asian Trust

Alan McClay
Chief Executive Officer, Better Cotton Initiative

Alison Eskesen
Asia Pacific Regional Director, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Amina Evangelista Swanepoel
Executive Director, Roots of Health

Amit Banati
President - Asia Pacific, Kellogg Asia Pacific Pte Ltd

Andi Prasetyo
Head, Japfa Foundation Indonesia

Andrew Buay
Vice President, Group Sustainability, SingTel

Annie Chen
Founder and Chair, Rs Group

Ariel Muller
Director, Apac, Forum for the Future

Ash Sharma
Managing Director, Amala Paradigm, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Asher Hasan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, doctHers/Naya Jeevan

Assaad Razzouk
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sindicatum Renewable Energy Company Pte. Ltd.

Azad Oommen
Co-Founder, Global School Leaders

Azman Jaafar
Deputy Managing Partner, RhtLaw Taylor Wessing

Belinda Chng
Director, Policy & Programs, Milken Institute

Ben Midberry
Managing Director, Alina Vision

Bill Weil
Sustainable Finance Specialist, Tempest Advisors

Brenda Lim
Deputy Director, Employment and Employability, Sg Enable

Brett Gerson
Public Policy Counsel, Google Asia-Pacific

Cai Shiyin
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Dialogue in the Dark (China)

Callum Douglas
Corporate Responsibility Director, China and Asia Pacific, PricewaterhouseCoopers China

Chan Ham Si
Director, Macau Tong Chai Charity Association, Beijing Office

Chang Liu
Managing Director for Singapore, Mainland China, and Hong Kong, Access Health International

Charlotte Beckett
Director of Operations, Barakat Bundle

Charlotte Nors
Managing Director, Singapore Repertory Theatre

Christy Owen
Thailand Country Director, Pact

Claire Dufour
Executive Director, Nexus

Clara Barby
Lead Partner, The Impact Management Project, Bridges Fund Management

Clive Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Yidan Prize Foundation

Corey Lien
Co-Founder & Chairperson, B Lab Taiwan, B Corp Asia

Cyrille Arnould
Head, Global Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Fund

Daiana Beitler
Philanthropies Lead, Asia, Microsoft

David Ganz
Executive Director, Recoftc - The Center for People and Forests

David Katz
Director Asia Public Affairs, Kkr Singapore Pte Ltd

David Woods
Chairman, Impact Enterprise Fund

Deepali Khanna
Regional Director, Rockefeller Foundation

Deval Sanghavi
Partner & Founder, Dasra

Diana Chiu
Director of Development - Asia, OneSky

Doug (Duckjun) Lee
Chief Exeutive Officer, D3Jubilee

Dr. Melissa Foo
Vice President, Social Innovation, Agensi Inovasi Malaysia

Dr. Patrick Liew
Managing Partner, Global Enterprise Exchange

Durrie Hassan
Executive Director, Visible Mission

Edwin Ou
Director, Funder Alliances, Skoll Foundation

Elizabeth Knup
China Country Director and Representative, Ford Foundation

Elsie Tsui
Project Director, Cuhk Center for Entrepreneurship

Emily Low
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Pillpresso

Esther An
Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited

Ethel Agnes Valenzuela
Deputy Director for Programme and Development, Seameo Secretariat

Eugenia Koh
Head, Impact Investing and Strategic Engagements, Standard Chartered

Felicitas Agoncillo-Reyes
Assistant Secretary for Investments Promotion, Department of Trade and Industry, Philippines

Felix Oldenburg
Secretary General, Association of German Foundations (Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen)

Fitria Werdiningsih
Program Manager, Lawe

Francis Ngai
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Social Ventures Hong Kong

Frank Hubers
Research Fellow, Asia Centre for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy (Acsep), Nus Business School

Fumi Sugeno
Japan Social Impact Investment Foundation

Ganesha Lubis
Creative Economy, Entrepreneurship and Competitiveness of Cooperatives and SMEs, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Indonesia

Gaurav Gupta
Regional Director for Asia, Dalberg Global Development Advisors

Georgia McCafferty
Managing Editor Client Branded Programmes, The Economist Group

Glen Mehn
Head of Development Innovation, Nesta

Grace Fu
Minister, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth

Guy Henley
Analyst, Climate Change, Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Hannah Skelly
Program Manager, Digital Development Unit, Fhi 360

Hardik Mehta
Head of Partnerships, Swasth Foundation

Harvey Koh
Managing Director, Fsg

Heather Grady
Vice President, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Heather Matranga
Senior Manager of Vilcap Innovations, Village Capital

Helene Li
Sector Influencer, Senior Advisor and Catalyst, Avpn

Hideo Tone
Program Officer, Group for International Grants, The Toyota Foundation

Ijlal Naqvi
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Singapore Management University

Ingrid Stange
Founder & Chair, Partnership for Change

Ivic Mueco
President - Asia Pacific, Convergys

Ivy Wong Abdullah
Senior Vice President, Head of Environment, Yayasan Hasanah

Jacob Ninan
Executive Trustee & Chief Executive Officer, Axis Bank Foundation

Jae-Hoon Kwak
Chief Executive Officer, Pan-Impact Korea

Jaff Shen
Chief Executive Officer, Leping Social Entrepreneur Foundation

Jasjit Singh
Associate Professor of Strategy, Academic Director, Insead

Jason Yip
Regional Head of Market, Government Affairs and Donor Relations Division, International Committee of the Red Cross

Jayanti Shukla
Chief Executive Officer, United Way Mumbai

Jeannette Gurung
Executive Director, Wocan

Jenna Liang
Global Philanthropists Circle Senior Advisor, Synergos Institute

Jenny Everett
Managing Director, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

Jeongtae Kim
Chief Executive Officer/President, Merry Year Social Company

Jeremy Nicholls
Chief Executive Officer, Social Value International

Jes Kaliebe Petersen
Chief Executive Officer, Phandeeyar: Myanmar Innovation Lab

Joan Cabezas
Managing Partner, The Palladium Group

John Garrity
Senior Connectivity Advisor, Usaid

John Rendel
Founder, Peas

Joie Lopez
Chief Executive Officer, Apec Schools

Jonathan Chang
Executive Director, Lien Centre for Social Innovation

Jonathan Tsuen Yip Wong
Chief of Technology and Innovation, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Joy Anderson
President and Co-Founder, Criterion Institute

Julian Koo
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Jaga-me

Julie Rezler
Head, Corporate Engagement Centre, Asia Regional Office, Save the Children

Justin Chang
Director, Prudence Foundation

Kalyan Chakravarthy
Executive Director, PanIit Alumni Reach For India foundation

Karen Seymour
Executive Director, Li & Fung Foundation

Karen Wilson
Finance for Sustainable Development, Dcd, Oecd

Katrina Ngo
Senior Manager, Membership, Global Impact Investing Network

Kelvin Wong
Assistant Managing Director, Singapore Economic Development Board

Ken Ito
Regional Head, East Asia, Avpn

Kevin Tan
Asia Lead, Third Sector Asia

Kinkini Roy Choudhary
Business Strategy Senior Manager, Accenture

Krishna Udayakumar
Director, Duke Global Health Innovation Center, Duke Health

Kristen Yee
Senior Program Manager, Criterion Institute

Krisztina Tora
Market Development Director, Global Steering Group

Kyungsun Chung
Founder and Cio, Root Impact

L.M. Singh
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ajooni Impact Investment Advisors Pvt Ltd

Lauren Moore
Vice President, Global Community Impact, Johnson & Johnson

Lauren Sorkin
Managing Director, 100 Resilient Cities, The Rockefeller Foundation

Lilian Lehmann
Southeast Asia Regional Director, IDinsight

Linda Jones
Vice President Partnerships and Innovation, Meda

Ling Ling Ng
Managing Director, Community Chest, National Council of Social Services

Lisa Moon
President & Chief Executive Officer, The Global FoodBanking Network

Liu Dongwen
Director, Cfpa Microfinance

Liza Green
Vice President for Corporate Citizenship Apac, Credit Suisse

Louise Lai
Founder/ Managing Partner, Design Venture Forward

Ludwig Forrest
Philanthropy Advisor, King Baudouin Foundation

Ma Wei Hua
Chairman, China Global Philanthropy Institute

Maral Dipodiputro
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Temu

Mari Kogiso
Director, Gender Investment and Innovation Department, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Mari Kuraishi
Co-Founder & President, GlobalGiving

Maria Athena Ballesteros
Asia Program Director, Growald Family Fund

Marie Rosencrantz
Adjunct Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Mark Sainsbury
Trustee, Ashden

Markus Dietrich
Director Asia and Policy, Inclusive Business Action Network

Martin Burt
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Poverty Stoplight

Martin Short
Chief Executive Officer, The Power of Nutrition

Mason Tan
Chief Executive Officer, Garden Impact Investments

Meg Argyriou
Head of International Programs, ClimateWorks Australia

Mercedes Lopez-Vargas
President & Executive Director, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc.

Michael Monteleone
Economic Advisor, Usaid

Michael Norton
Co-Founder, Spring Impact

Michella Irawan
Managing Director Pt Etmieco Sarana Laut, Outreach Ambassador, Nexus Indonesia

Milind Antani
Head, Social Sector Practice, Nishith Desai Associates

Mohammed Shahnawaz
Chief Operating Officer, Khushi Baby

Naghma Mulla
Chief Operating Officer, EdelGive Foundation

Nigel Majakari
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Chilasa

Nikki Kinloch
Chief Executive Officer, SimplyGiving.com

Ning Yeh
Counsellor, Executive Yuan

Niraj Shah
Head - Private Sector Window, Gafsp, International Finance Corporation

Olivia Leland
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Co-Impact

Ong Pei Yeing
Director, Uob Venture Management Pte Ltd

Pankaj Jethwani
Co-Founder, The Breakfast Revolution

Pascal De Petrini
Chairman Asia, Danone Communities

Paul Carttar
Founding Director, Us Social Innovation Fund

Pearl Tiwari
Head, Ambuja Cement Foundation, President Csr, Ambuja Cements Limited

Peter Brimble
Team Leader, The Dana Facility

Peter Kennedy
Managing Director, Clsa Capital Partners - Clean Resources Fund

Pradeep Nair
Regional Director, Delhi Branch Office, Ford Foundation

Prerana Langa
Chief Executive Officer, Yes Foundation

Priya Powell
Director, Development Finance Section, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Rachel Andrews
Senior Grants Manager, Asia, Fidelity International Foundation

Rajan Sankar
Program Director - Nutrition, Tata Trusts

Raman Sidhu
Global Director, Lorinet Foundation

Rashvin Pal Singh
Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Me.reka

Ravi Sreedharan
Founder, Indian School of Development Management

Rebecca Wright
Director, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change

Richard Ditizio
President and Chief Operating Officer, Milken Institute

Richard Hawkes
Chief Executive, The British Asian Trust

Rob Genieser
Managing Partner, Etf Partners

Robert Kraybill
Managing Director, Impact Investment Exchange Asia

Rohan Sandhu
Associate Director, International Innovation Corps

Roopa Kudva
Partner & Managing Director, Omidyar Network

Roy Swan
Director, Mission Investments, Ford Foundation

Ruby Lv
Co-Founder, Impact Hub Shanghai

Ruijun Yuan
Associate Professor, Center for Civil Society Studies, Peking University

S. Govindan
Vice President & Ea to Cmd’s Secretariat, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd.

Samuel Glatman
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ko Shwe Ventures Pte. Ltd.

Sandeep Aneja
Managing Partner, Kaizen Private Equity

Sarah Pearson
Chief Innovation Officer, InnovationXchange, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Seng Choon Koh
Director & Founder, Project Dignity

Serena Kao
Founder, GoPurpose.com

Seri Renkin
Chief Executive Officer, Ten20 Foundation

Shagun Sabarwal
Associate Director- Policy and Training, J-PAL South Asia, Ifmr

Shahira Ahmed Bazari
Managing Director, Yayasan Hasanah

Shamik Trehan
Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Reddy's Foundation

Shanthakumar Barnnirchelvam
Finance Director, Semacare

Shariha Khalid Erichsen
Managing Partner, Mission & Co

Sharon Buteau
Executive Director, Ifmr Lead

Sherrie Westin
Executive Vice-President, Global Impact and Philanthropy, Sesame Workshop

Shiv Kumar
Founder, Swasti

Shrikant Sinha
Chief Executive Officer, Nasscom Foundation

Shuichi Ohno
President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation

Shuyin Tang
Partner, Patamar Capital

Shweta Shukla
Director Sustainable Business, Communications & External Affairs – Seaa, Unilever

Sian Ferguson
Trust Executive, Ashden

Siddhi Lad
Head - Corporate Social Responsibility Operations, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd.

Sietse Wouters
Director, Innovative Finance, Ubs Optimus Foundation

Sigy Thomas Vaidhyan
Director, National Institution for Transforming India

Sihol Parulian Aritonang
Head, Tanoto Foundation

Simon (Mac) McKenzie
Managing Director Asia-Pacific, The Bridge Institute

Soh Lai Yee
Head, Cultural Exchange, Singapore International Foundation

Soo Jung Choi
Attorney and Value Synergizer, Blue Dot Advocates

Stanley Siva
Sen. Vice President, Operations, Yayasan Hasanah

Stella Tambunan
Treasurer, Ycab Foundation

Sunmoon Jang
Marketing Director, Root Impact

Swatee Deepak
Director, Stars Foundation

Sylvia Cadena
Head of Programs, Apnic Foundation/Isif Asia

Tammy Hu
Co-Founder, B Lab Taiwan, B Corp Asia

Tao Ze
Founder, Yishan

Tat Lam
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Szc Holdings Limited

Thi Van Nguyen
Chairwoman, Imagtor

Tipchaya Phongsathorn
Founder, Food4Good

Trisha Gray
Assistant Director of the Gender Technical Section, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Tulika Srivastava
Executive Director, Women’s Fund Asia

Ushnisha Ghosh
Manager, Lean Data, Acumen

Valencia Dea
Principal, Angel Investment Network Indonesia

Valentina Wu
Senior Director, Fosun Foundation

Vic Malik
Managing Director and Head of Investment Advisory, Private Banking, Asean & South Asia and Global South Asia Community, Standard Chartered

Vichien Phongsathorn
Chairman, Premier Group of Companies, Chairman, Khon Thai Foundation

Vidya Shah
Chief Executive Officer, EdelGive Foundation

Vikram Widge
Global Head of Climate Finance and Policy, International Finance Corporation

Wang Rui
Consultant, Philanthropy and Civil Society, Undp China

William Muir
Co-Founder, Equal Community Foundation

Wonyoung Kim
Head of Company Building and Accelerating, Crevisse Partners

Xavier Arnaudo
Founder and Representative Director, C4 Capital for New Commons

Xu Yong Guang
Chairman, Narada Foundation

Yamini Atmavilas
India Lead, Gender Equality, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Yanni Peng
Chief Executive Officer, Narada Foundation

Yannick Foing
Global Lead, Partner Engagement - Nutrition Improvement, Dsm Nutritional Products

Yannick Kuehl
Senior Director Asia-Pacific, National Geographic Society

Yibin Chu
Senior Vice President, Corporate Citizenship, Asia Pacific, Citi

Young Kim
Director, Seoul Social Economy Network

Yu Wai Maung
Head of Csr, Kbz Bank

Yuan Fang
Project Manager of Petro China’s Sustainability Report, Cnpc Economics and Technology Research Institute

Zainab Ibrahim
Consultant, Care International

Zhang Ruiying
Executive Director, China Foundation Center

2018 Sponsors

• Standard Chartered Private Bank
• Investing in Women
• Dhfl
• Suntec Singapore
• Furama International