Impact Investment Summit 2023 | Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific | 29 March 2023 | ICC Sydney, 14 Darling Dr, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

The beating heart of Asia Pacific’s impact investment community.

Where like-minded people of purpose connect and co-create to shift capital as a force for good.

Together striving to realise a common vision: a transformed economy of equity and diversity.

Together harnessing the power of the collective: to reshape lives, livelihoods and life of the planet.

Where the impact community thrives and belongs.
In diversity and dedication. In combined strength and breadth of talent, interest and expertise – game changers and future makers, movers and thought leaders across the impact ecosystem, Summiteers hungry to network, listen, learn, lean in and take action.

It’s time! Mainstreaming Impact.
Buoyed by our highly acclaimed March 2022 Summit experience, expect an upping of tempo at our 2023 Summit – curated content, connections, conversations, collaborations with one purposeful intent. “Brace for impact. The once-niche domain of impact investing has now become mainstream”.

So said Karl Kaufman, bestselling author of “The Ultimate Profit Playbook”, in 3 Dec ’21 Forbes Magazine. According to the GIIN, in 2020 the impact investment market reached roughly US$715 billion in assets under management. Welcome to the bracing new Summit of mainstreaming impact!

2023 Speakers

Abhilash Mudaliar
Chief Impact Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation

Adam Milgrom
Partner, Giant Leap

Adrian Appo
Chair, Yajillarra Trust

Alice Joy
Co-Founder and CEO, Urban Villager

Alex Lagelée Kean
Impact and Engagement Manager, Snow Foundation

Amanda MacDonald
Head of Sustainable Investment, LGT Crestone

Amanda Miller
OAM, Co-Founder, Impact Generation Partners

Andrew Tyndale
Chair, Peyton Capital

Amanda Goodman
Partner, Ecotone Partners

Anna Le Masurier
Regional Head, Macquarie Group Foundation

Armine Nalbandian
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Social Impact

Bec Milgrom
CEO & Director, Tripple

Ben Smith
Head of Impact Investing, The Paul Ramsay Foundation

Brynn O'Brien
Executive Director, ACCR

Charlotte Connell
Director of Climate Tech Ecosystems, Climate Salad

Chris Povey
CEO, Justice Connect

Colin Le Duc
Founding Partner, Generation Investment Management

Craig North
Executive Director, Firesticks Alliance

Dan Madhavan
Partner, Ecotone

Danny Almagor
Managing Director, Small Giants

David Hetherington
CEO, Impact Investing Australia

David Morris
CEO, Environmental Defenders Office

David Rae
Financial Adviser, Ethinvest

David Ritter
CEO, Greenpeace Australia Pacific

Dr. Dionne Payn
Founder & CEO, High Impact Property Investments

Dureen Shahnaz
Founder, Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)

Elizabeth McKinnon
CO-CEO, Environmental Justice Australia

Fergus McKenna
Grants and Impact Manager, Barlow Impact Group

Fergus Pitt
Director of Media and Communications, Investor Group on Climate Change

Gavin Reid
Business & Operations Lead, The Wyatt Trust

Georgina Byron
CEO, The Snow Foundation

Guneet Rana
Director, Responsible Invest

Hanna Ebling
CEO, Sefa

Helena Ngo
Co-Founder and CMO, More Good Days

Ingrid Albert
Executive Director, Alberts

Izzy Jensen
Chief Investment Officer, Kakariki Capital

Jack Heath
CEO, Philanthropy Australia

Jade Miles
CEO, Sustainable Table

Janice Morris
Fund Executive Director, Impact Investment Partners

Jed Emerson
Managing Director, Global Lead Impact Investing, Alvarium Tiedemann

Jenna Palumbo
Director Impact Investing, Minderoo Foundation

Jessica Mendoza-Roth
Founder & CEO, Social Impact Hub

Jimmy Huang
Strategic Impact Fund, Minderoo Foundation

Joe Fernandes
Chief Investment Officer, Australian Unity Limited

Jonathan Ayres
Managing Partner, Koda Capital

John McKinnon
Chair, Infrastructure Access Managers

John Treadgold
Editor, OnImpact

Jono Nicholas
Founder & Managing Director, Wellbeing Outfit | Chief Mental Health Advisor, EY Oceania

Julia Newton-Howes
Leader & Advocate for Women’s Empowerment

Julie Reilly OAM
CEO, Australians Investing In Women

Kate Temby
Partner, Affirmative Investment Management Partners

Katharine Walters
Chief Impact Officer, Inspire Impact

Kat Kimmorley
Head of Commercial & Investments, Boundless Earth

Kate Healy
Partner, Indigenous Consulting

Katherine Palmer
Executive Director, Strategic Balance Sheet Management, NSW Treasury

Kerry Series
Founder, NorthStar Impact

Keshav Puri
Investment Associate, Tripple

Kim Farrant
General Manager, Responsible Investment HESTA

Kirsty Nowlan
Executive Director, The Achieve Foundation

Kristi Mansfield
CEO and Co-Founder, Seer Data

Krzysztof Dembek
Strategic Impact Management & Sustainable Business Models Expert

Kylie Charlton
Managing Director, Australian Impact Investments

Leah Armstrong
Managing Director, First Australians Capital

Lillian Kline
Founder, Impact Outfit

Liz O’Connell
CEO, Kindship

Louise Walsh
CEO, Walsh Capital

Lucy Steed
CEO, Melior

Lucky Lartey
Founder, Lucky African Dance

Luke Terry
CEO, White Box Enterprises

Marion Enander
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Australian Ethical

Mark Ingram
Chief Impact Officer, Bright Light Group

Mary Delahunty
Founder, Seven Advisory

Matt Tominc
Chief Investment Officer, Conscious Investment Management

Melanie Greblo
Founder & CEO, Scribed

Melissa Walsh
Lead, Ocean Finance and Blue Economy, Minderoo Foundation

Michael Ryland
Director, Centre for Social Finance Law

Michael Traill
Executive Director, For Purpose Investment Partners

Michael Vanniekerk
Chief Impact Officer, NorthStar Impact Funds

Naina Suberwal Batra
CEO, AVPN

Nigel Sharp
CEO, Tiverton Agriculture Impact Fund

Paul Oosting
smartMonday & Acacia Money

Paul Ronalds
Innovative Finance Specialist, Save the Children

Peter Ball
Founding and Managing Director, Greater Outcomes

Philip Webb
Investment Director, Australian Impact Investments

Pia Clinton-Tarestad
Co-Founder and CEO, Clean Slate Clinic

Rebecca Thomas
Executive Director of Impact Investing, Social Ventures Australia

Rosemary Addis
Founding Managing Partner, Mondiale Impact

Rosalie Wilkie
PwC Partner, Assurance, ESG & Social Impact

Sabina Curatolo
Gender Lens Specialist

Sally McCutchan
Executive Director of Portfolio Management, Breakthrough Victoria

Samar McHeleigh
Co-CEO, Scale Investors

Sandy Blackburn
Founder and Managing Director, Social Outcomes

Sara Parrott
CEO, Board of Benevolence

Sascha Courville
Chief Impact Officer, Bank Australia

Susheela Peres da Costa
Principal, The Stewardship Centre

Simon Lewis
Partner, Goodwolf

Sir Ronald Cohen
Co-founder Chair, Global Steering Group (GSG)

Stephanie Copus Campbell AM
Australian Ambassador for Gender Equality (DFAT)

Dr. Stuart Palmer
Head of Ethics Research, Australian Ethical

Susan Sy
Philanthropy Services, UBS

Thomas King
Founder and Chair, Food Frontier

Tim Buckley
Director, Climate Energy Finance

Tim Buskens
CEO and Founding Director, HOPE Housing

Tim O'Brien
CEO, Purpose Made

Toby Grogan
COO and Natural Capital Manager, ImpactAG Partners

Tom Hall
Global Head Social Impact and Philanthropy Services, UBS

Zarmeen Pavri
Partner and Chief Impact Officer, SDGx Ventures

2023 Partners

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP PARTNERS:
• Colonial First State
• Investing in Women Smart Economics
• Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

PATHFINDER PARTNERS:
• The Snow Foundation
• Business Events Sydney

INNOVATION PARTNERS:
• Minderoo Foundation
• LGT Crestone
• Australian Ethical

SOCIAL PARTNER:
• NSW Government

WELLBEING PARTNER:
• Australian Unity Real Wellbeing

HOSTED BREAKFAST PARTNER:
• Impact Investment Exchange

VALUES PARTNERS:
• Australian Impact Investments
• Global Ventures
• Inspire Impact
• Melior Investment Management
• NorthStar Impact Funds
• Purpose Made
• Seven Advisory
• Empowa
• Fenn Foods

SUPPOTING ORGANISATIONS:
• Abundium
• Australian Philanthropic Services
• The Funding Network Australia
• Red Hat Impact
• AVPN
• Probono Australia
• SVA
• Impact Investing Hub
• B Lab
• Australians Investing in Women
• Social Impact Hub
• Impact Investing Australia
• GIIN
• Better Futures Australia
• Start Giving
• Small Giants Academy
• Start Some Good
• Goodwolf
• RIAA
• Ethical Advisers' Co-op
• Greenpeace
• Philanthropy Australia
• Impact X
• Sefa
• PWN
• Impact Club