Sam Morgan

Founder Jasmine Social Investments - New Zealand

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In 2006, following the sale of Trade Me, Morgan founded and endowed Jasmine Social Investments, a private foundation focused on high impact philanthropy. The Foundation funds high-performing social ventures and outstanding social entrepreneurs who are solving a basic need of the very poor. The mission is to find extraordinary organisations and fund them and provide advice and connections by visiting the ventures and really getting to know them. They also actively advocate for those they fund and share diligence efforts with like-minded funders.

Jean-Philippe de Schrevel

- Luxembourg

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Bamboo Capital Partners is a commercial private equity firm making investments that matter. It finds game-changing businesses then applies a mix of geographical and sector expertise to deliver financial and social returns. Experts in energy, healthcare and financial services globally, Bamboo has offices in Luxembourg, Geneva, Bogota, Nairobi and Singapore. Since Bamboo launched in 2007 it has proved that private capital can be profitably deployed as a tool for effective change. It has close to $400m under management with a portfolio of companies in over 30 countries. BlueOrchard was founded in 2001, by initiative of the UN, as the first commercial manager of microfinance debt investments worldwide. We offer premium impact investment solutions to qualified investors worldwide and provide debt and equity financing to institutions in emerging and frontier markets. BlueOrchard has invested to date over USD 6 billion across more than 80 countries. 200mn people with low income in emerging and frontier markets received access to financial and related services with the support of BlueOrchard as of December 2018. BlueOrchard offers premium impact investing solutions across multiple asset classes and provides unique blended finance opportunities. Our fund management mandates address a number of key global development and sustainability challenges including: financial inclusion, climate change, education, job creation and women’s empowerment.

Eytan M. Stibbe

Founding Partner Vital Capital Fund - Ghana

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Vital Capital Fund is a $350 million private equity fund that invests 100% of its capital in impact opportunities which simultaneously enhance the quality of life of communities in rapidly developing nations, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa, while also delivering attractive financial returns for investors. 5 million individuals annually receive essential products or services through Vital’s investments and $740 million in local purchases made by portfolio companies (of which $78 million paid directly to smallholder farmers). In 2009, Eytan Stibbe and partners of the Vital Capital Fund committed to launch ADAMA Junior, an innovative educational program that creates agricultural villages, communities of about 200 students and their teachers, to educate and train Angolan girls and boys between the ages of 14-20. The program provides formal education as well as practical experience in agriculture, technology and industry. Each village will accommodate the students and serve as their home until they find their place in the country's work force.

Jeff Johns

CO-Founder and CEO of Impact Foundation - American Samoa

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Impact Foundation enables donors to invest charitable dollars in for-profit ventures that have a positive social and spiritual impact. The foundation provide donors a streamlined way to grow the impact of their charitable giving through an Impact Account - a special kind of donor advised fund. Purpose built for impact investing, it provide a streamlined way to fund transformational businesses, make loans to charity, and grow the amount donors have to give away.

Darius Yuen

Founder and Chairman of Sow (Asia) Foundation - Hong Kong

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SOW Asia aims to be the trusted partner and investor of choice to social-impact organisations looking to scale their impact in Hong Kong and throughout Asia by acting as a bridge leveraging venture philanthropic dollars to build a strong pipeline of investment-ready businesses with a social mission as venture philanthropy is needed to build and strengthen the pipeline for impact investing to thrive. Through this platform, our vision is to create an ecosystem in which local social enterprises can grow, self-sustain and attract external funding. We do this through our i2i accelerator program and our investments in our portfolio companies.

Vichien Phongsathorn

President & CEO, Premier Group of Companies - Thailand

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A social purpose organisation for collaborative sustainable development with the belief that active engagement from the public and multiple organisations is the key in achieving sustainable development and solving structural problems. We create platforms to empower active citizens to work with each other and to join issue-based intermediary organisations to mobilize for change. We do this through the “Thailand Collaboration for Change”, a cooperative network of active citizens and civil society groups working for inclusive and sustainable development. In 2018, all four platforms reached 53,328 beneficiaries, 358 stakeholders, 13,793 active citizens and 362 volunteers. Outcomes include: Thailand Collaboration for Change - people’s participation for sustainable development; www.taejai.com- an online community for sharing society; BKIND – a mutual fund for sharing society; THAI CG Funds – a mutual fund for corporate governance and anti-corruption; media for social Justice Fund- for strong media ecosystem for social justice.

Y?hei Sasakawa

Honorary Chairman of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation and the Nippon Foundation - Japan

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The Foundation has five priority goals: further strengthening the Japan–U.S. relationship, expanding Japan’s presence in Asia, enhancing understanding of and relationships with Islamic countries, establishing ocean governance, and empowering women. A host of projects are funded by the Sasakawa Pacific island Nations Fund program, Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund program, Sasakawa Japan - China Friendship Fund program, Sasakawa Middle East Islam Fund program. The Nippon Foundation (????) of Tokyo, Japan, is a private, non-profit grant-making organization. It was established in 1962 by Ryoichi Sasakawa, a late statesman and businessman. The foundation's mission is to direct Japanese motorboat racing revenue into philanthropic activities, and it uses these monies to pursue global maritime development and assistance for humanitarian work, both at home and abroad. In the humanitarian field, it focuses on such fields as social welfare, public health, and education. The current chairman is Yohei Sasakawa, World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for National Reconciliation in Myanmar, and the son of the foundation's founder, Ryoichi Sasakawa.

Zhou Qingzhi

Honorary President Primary Founder and Donor of Narada Foundation - China

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Based from its mission and vision, advance the philanthropic sector’s development aims to improve the policy environment, raise public awareness, build basic infrastructure that fosters the growth of non-profit organisations, and encourage the evolution of a healthy philanthropic ecosystem. Our work is carried out in four key ways: raising public awareness, encouraging supportive policies and regulations, setting good data standards, and building platforms and networks.

Peter Hall

Former Chief Investment Officer of Hunter Hall Investment Management and Philanthropist - Australia

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In 1993, he founded Hunter Hall Investment Management, an investment firm to invest in global companies that he believes do not harm people, animals or the environment. Hall previously served as its Executive chairman and Chief Investment Officer. Hunter Hall International donates 5 per cent of pre-tax profit to charity and Mr Hall directly put millions of dollars into conservation initiatives. He is especially proud of his work protecting the Sumatran and Javan rhinos, the most threatened of their species. In December 2016, Hall abruptly resigned his role as CIO.

Paul Little

Chairman and Founder of Little Group. - Australia

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In 2015 Paul and his wife Jane Hansen established a private ancillary fund called the Hansen Little Foundation. This has now grown to be a large and active philanthropic undertaking, chaired and run actively by Jane Hansen. Current areas of focus are on tertiary education, the arts, medical research and select project contributions. The size of grants varies significantly, with some multi-million dollar gifts having a long gestation period which occur typically when Jane or Paul have had extensive involvement with the organisation. The Foundation's resources extend beyond the financial to include both time and expertise in assisting a range of recipients to optimally achieve their goals. For the Little Group, philanthropy is an important part of the culture and how it chooses to prioritise it resources. The Foundation is not a cheque-writing exercise. It is about targeted programming where the founders have had extensive involvement in the design and impact of their investment. Those programs are specific in their nature and deep in their commitment.