AVPN Global Conference 2023 | Asian Venture Philanthropy Network Limited (AVPN) | 19 June 2023 | Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, Jalan Pinang, Kuala Lumpur, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

This event had stalled or, in some cases, reversed. As a result of the effects of the economic slowdown, caused by the locking down of economies and the diversion of public resources to focus on emergency response, the role of philanthropy and social investment has never been more critical. So, this year we will continue to inspire transformational collaborations that empower communities and highlight Asian leadership to build a thriving world.

The three-day Conference will also include a dedicated AVPN Impact Investing Day. This is the first-of-its-kind large-scale impact investment-focused convening in Asia and will feature global and Asian investors, funds as well as Limited Partners (LPs) including asset managers, family offices, and institutional investors.

2023 Speakers

Dr. Nur Anuar Abdul Muthalib
Lead, Education, Yayasan Hasanah

Pankaj Agarwal
CEO, TagHive Inc.

Dato' Shahira Ahmed Bazari
Trustee & Managing Director, Yayasan Hasanah

Alizakri Alias
Chairman, Malaysia Venture Capital Management (MAVCAP)

Clive Allison
Global Sustainability Director, Unilever

Sandeep Aneja
Founder & Managing Partner, Kaizen Capital Management Pte. Ltd.

Dr. Frank Aswani
CEO, Africa Venture Philanthropy Alliance

Eisya Azman
Society Programme Manager, Neo-Uprise

Monica Bae
Director Of Investor Practice, Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC)

Clint Bartlett
Consultant to UNDP and Global Resilience Partnership, UNDP Global

Anant Bhagwati
Partner, Bridgespan

Stephanie Bilo
Chief Client & Investment Solutions Officer, ResponsAbility Investments AG

Dr. Catherine Brown
Chief Executive Officer, Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation

Bradley Busetto
Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Katie Carrasco
Environment, Social Responsibility and Governance (ESG) Director, Global Innovation Fund

Raynard Chai
AVPN Young Impact Leader

Rupa Chanda
Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Zhi Kin Chee
Co-Founder, City Sprouts, AVPN Young Impact Leader

Souraya Chenguelly
Senior WASH Portfolio Manager, The Stone Family Foundation

Huai Fong Chew
Regional Lead, East Asia & the Pacific Funds, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Dato’ Kathleen Chew
Group Legal Counsel, YTL Group, Programme Director, YTL Foundation | Founder, Mangosteen

Angeline Chin
Global Community Impact, APAC Lead, Johnson & Johnson

Bonnie Chiu
Managing Director, The Social Investment Consultancy

Kyu Choi
CFO, Head of Global Business, TR Corporation

Yejin Choi
CEO, DoBrain

Sahil Chopra
Co-Founder & General Partner, Simsan Ventures

Kyungsun Chung
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The Sylvan Group

Susan Clear
Director, Social Impact Investing, Macquarie Group Foundation

Sir Ronald Cohen
Co-Founder & Chair, Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG)

Marta Cusó
Economic Affairs Officer, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division Technology and Innovation Section, UNESCAP

Dr. Dipayan Dey
Chair (Research & Planning), South Asian Forum for Environment (SAFE)

Shinta Witoyo Dhanuwardoyo
CEO/Founder, PT Bubu Kreasi Perdana

Philipp Farenholtz
Regional Lead for Blended Finance Operations in Asia Pacific, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Simon Field
Founder, Yayasan Besi Pae Indonesia

Katja Freiwald
Regional Head for 'WeEmpowerAsia', UN Women

Nandita Ganapathy
Partner and Head - Investor Relations, Kaizen Capital Management Pte. Ltd.

Lisa Genasci
Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, ADM Capital

Dr. Choo Beng Goh
Head of Medical Affairs, APAC, Takeda Pharmaceutical International AG

Maria Goravanchi
Regional Managing Director, Lower Mekong, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Sanjay Gujral
Chief Business Officer, Everstone Group, Former Chairman, Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (SVCA)

Gaurav Gupta
Global Managing Partner (GMP), Dalberg Global Development Pte. Ltd.

Tomo Hamakawa
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Earth Company

Amir Hamzah Azizan
Chief Executive Officer, Employees Provident Fund (EPF) of Malaysia

Dondi Hananto
Partner, Patamar Capital

Ruixi Hao
Senior Program Officer, Policy, Advocacy and Government Relations, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Deepa Hingorani
Senior Vice President, Head of Financial Services and Head of Asia, IFU

Dr. Niven Huang
Managing Director, KPMG Sustainability Consulting

Diane Jegam
Regional Director PROPARCO South Asia, Agence Française De Développement (AFD)

Jaeheon Jeong
Head of Corporate Development, Crevisse Partners

Zahida Fizza Kabir
Chief Executive Officer, SAJIDA Foundation

Nicholas Khaw
Head of Research, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Dr. Sara Saeed Khurram
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sehat Kahani (The Story of Health)

Wonyoung Kim
Executive Director, Crevisse Partners

Hun Kim
Director General, Social Infrastructure Department, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Robert Kim
Managing Director, JLIN LLC

Jeongtae Kim
CEO, President, MYSC (Merry Year Social Company)

Thomas Klein
CEO, KfW - DEG Impact

Lin-Net Koh
Director, Centre for Impact Investing and Practices, Temasek Trust

Harvey Koh
Senior Advisor, FSG

Priya Krishnamoorthy
Founder & CEO, 200 Million Artisans

Sarika Kulkarni
Founder & Chief Executive Director, Raah Foundation

Shilpa Kumar
Investment Partner, Omidyar Network Services

Antara Lahiri
Director - APAC, Micron Foundation

Jeffrey Lam
Head of Corporate Responsibility. Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad

Prerana Langa
CEO, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat

Chris Langwallner
Co-Founder, CEO, WhatIF Foods

Nicholas Lee
Board Director, BinjaiTree Foundation

Seong Nyeoh Lee
Vice President of the ESG Strategy and Management Department, SK Ecoplant

Stephen Lee
Senior Director and Head of Asia, Impact Investing, Nuveen - TIAA Investments

En Lee
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investments in Asia, LGT

Gabriel Leung
Executive Director, Charities and Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust

Bryan Lim
Head of Healthcare & Head of Dana Impak, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Sufei Lin
Deputy Director, Corporate & Industry Partnerships, National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre (NVPC)

Clarissa Loh
Executive Director, UOB Venture Management Private Limited

Steve Loh
Executive Director, Singapore Management University (Lien Centre for Social Innovation)

Patsian Low
Vice President, Inclusive Impact & Sustainability, APAC, VISA WORLDWIDE PTE. LIMITED

Duncan Macintosh
CEO & Executive Director, APNIC Foundation

Farshed Mahmud
Senior Investment Specialist Investment Funds & Special Initiatives Division Private Sector Operations Department, ADB

Rose Lauren Mariano
Social Business Innovation Lead – Asia Pacific, Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)

Cathy Marsh
Deputy Director General, Private Sector Operations, ADB

Ellen Martin
Chief Impact Officer, Circulate Capital

Simon McKenzie
Director, BRIDGE

Dr. Kiran Modi
Founder, Managing Trustee, Udayan Care

Oriel Morrison
CSO, APAC Network, CNBC

Kristy Muir
CEO, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Naghma Mulla
COO, EdelGive Foundation

Sana Mustafa
Chief Executive Officer, Asylum Access

Dr. Megumi Muto
Vice President of Development Finance, Partnership, and Mobilization, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Poonam Muttreja
Executive Director, Population Foundation of India

Srini Nagarajan
Managing Director & Head of Asia, British International Investment

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan
Chairman of 5F World, Lighthouse Communities & Honeywell Automation India Ltd, 5F World

Sai Kit Ng
Chairman, Malaysia Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, Founder and Director of Artem Ventures

Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & CEO, Acumen

Jana op den Winkel
Program Manager Social Innovation, Bayer Foundation

Jenna Palumbo
Head of Impact Investing, Minderoo Foundation

Namdong Park
Project Manager, PiQuant

Kuhan Pathy
CEO, Masala Wheels

Christian Patouraux
CEO, Kacific Broadband Satellite Ltd

Aneerudha Paul
Technical Consultant, Society for Promotion of Area Resource Center (SPARC)

Gillian Pearl
CEO, Pearl Consulting

Gayle Peterson
Associate Fellow, Oxford Said Business School

Tuan Pham
Head of Social Impact, APAC, LinkedIn Singapore Pte Ltd

Ajay Piramal
Chairman, Piramal Group, Piramal Foundation

Dr. Suranjeen Prasad
Primary Affiliation Title Director - Partnerships & Programs, Jhpiego

Amy Rahe
Managing Director of Strategic Partnerships, The Freedom Fund

Joohee Rand
Associate Partner, Tideline

M Arsjad Rasjid PM
Chairman, KADIN - Kamar Dagang Indonesia (Indonesia Chamber of Commerce)

Abhijit Ray
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Unitus Capital

Eric Rice
Head of Active Equities Impact Investing, BlackRock

Kathleeya Richard
Co-Founder, Kau Ok Tak, Co-Founder, Karnsuksa Initiative Malaysia

Ralitsa Rizvanolli
Partner, Head of Investments, Sarona Asset Management Inc.

Rob Rosen
Director, Philanthropic Partnerships, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Kinkini Roychoudhary
Asia Lead, Accenture Development Partnerships

Steve Saerang
SVP - Head of Corporate Communications, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison

Rohit Sahagal
Founder & Director, The Voices Project

Kozue Sawame
Director, Japan Program, Fish Family Foundation

Regula Schegg
Managing Director, Asia, Circulate Capital

Fernando Scodro
Co-Founder, The ImPact, Impact Investing Manager, Grupo Baoba

Meaghan See
Director of Partnerships, Eco-Business

Jack Sim
Founder, World Toilet Organization

Verena Siow
President & Managing Director, SAP South East Asia, SAP

Pandu Sjahrir
Managing Partner, Indies Capital

Pompy Sridhar
Director-India, MSD for Mothers

Naina Subberwal Batra
Chief Executive Officer, AVPN

Sophia Sunderji
Director Research, Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

Belinda Tanoto
Trustee, Tanoto Foundation

Dr. Num Tanthuwanit
Partner | Healthcare | Strategy & Transactions, Ernst & Young LLP

Lan Tao
Founder, Beijing Green Inclusive Technology Co., Ltd

Tien Sing Tay
Senior Programme Associate, PEMIMPIN GSL, AVPN Young Impact Leader

Kevin Teo
Chief Operating Officer, AVPN

Geetha Tharmaratnam
Chief Impact Investing Officer, WHO Foundation

Varden Toh
Co-Founder, the moonbeam.co, AVPN Young Impact Leader

Mercedes Vargas
President and Executive Director, Lopez Group Foundation, Inc.

Marianna Vargas-Morada
Partnerships Manager, Oscar M. Lopez Center

Amit Varma
Co-Founder, Managing Partner, Quadria Capital Investment Management Pte Ltd

Ritu Verma
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Ankur Capital

Vyshnavi Vyshnavi
AVPN Young Impact Leader

Dato’ Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir
Managing Director, Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Colin Wee
Regional Director, HELP Logistics

Marcus Wong
Ecosystem Development & Venture Building, AVPN Young Impact Leader

Faye Wongso
CEO & Co-Founder, Kumpul

Stacy Xiao
Program Officer, New Venture Fund

Weilee Yap
Freelance Journalist, AVPN Young Impact Leader

Yang Berhormat Hannah Yeoh
Minister of Youth and Sports, Malaysia, Government of Malaysia

Jeremy Yi
Director, BlueWing Motors

Joanne Yoong
Founder and CEO, Research for Impact Pte. Ltd.

Charles (Chongguang) Yu
Technical Specialist, Climate Finance and Investment – Nature, Climate and Energy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Nadira Yusoff
Founder & CEO, Kiddocare Malaysia

Marat Zapparov
CEO, Pentagreen Capital

Nakul Zaveri
Partner, Global Co-Head Climate Investment Strategy, LeapFrog Investments Singapore

2023 Partners

HOST PARTNER:
• Yayasan Hassanah

LEAD PARTNERS:
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Johnson & Johnson Foundation
• Lever For Change
• The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
• VISA Foundation
• YTL Foundation

SESSION PARTNERS:
• AP NIC Foundation
• Bayer Foundation
• British Asian Trust
• Catalytic Capital Consirtium
• CAF
• Chevron
• Crevisse
• Dasra
• Give2Asia
• Help Logistics
• Haqdarshak
• IDRC CRDI
• jhpiego
• Korea International Corporation Agency
• KOIS Caring Finance
• KPMG
• Mangosteen
• Menzies
• Micron
• Mufin Green Finance
• MSD
• MYSC
• NVPC
• Second Muse
• Skoll
• Tanoto Foundation
• The Bridgespan Group
• The Nippon Foundation
• UBS Optimus Foundation
• UNDP
• VISA
• Vitamin Angels
• Yayasan Anak Bangsa Bisa

OUTREACH PARTNER:
• Global Impact Investing Network
• GSG Driving Real Impact
• Singapore Venture and Private Capital Association
• Social Enterprise Academy
• Wings

SCENT PARTNER:
• Mangosteen