This event aims to provide you with the key benefits to impact investing.
Spaces are limited, we warmly encourage you to register as soon as possible.
BlueOrchard, member of the Schroders Group, has been shaping the industry for over two decades. With our investments, we support more than 300 million people in emerging economies. In 2024 alone, we executed over 260 transactions worth more than USD 1.4 billion across 60 countries.
We will explain the opportunities of impact investing and how it serves as a diversification tool in investor portfolio. This event will provide ample opportunity to exchange views, ideas and questions.
Navigating the wealth of information available on impact investing can be overwhelming. This event will help you make sense of it. As impact investing pioneer, we will help you understand the diverse range of information available in this field.
BlueOrchard’s experience in financial inclusion and private debt investments features an impressive 20+ year track record. Leveraging our extensive network and local expertise, we diligently select and manage a diversified portfolio that spans various regions and sectors. This panel will create a platform for our investors to share their valuable experiences with microfinance, delving into its vast potential as well as the challenges it presents.
By leveraging blended finance, institutional investors can tap into new markets and investment opportunities while protecting their capital through de-risking mechanisms. Drawing on our extensive experience in designing, structuring, and managing blended finance portfolios, we will provide valuable insights on how to maximize the potential of these fund structures.
Investing in climate solutions is essential for accelerating the global transition to combat global warming. This panel will delve into the latest climate innovations, emphasising how companies and investors are advancing sustainability through financial instruments. In addition, we will highlight the significance of impact measurement and credibility in driving meaningful results.
Melchior de Muralt is the managing partner of de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co Ltd, co-founder of Blue Orchard Finance, honorary member of the ICRC, member of the board of Swiss Better Gold.
Raphaël Ghiandai occupe les fonctions de directeur financier et administratif et de trésorier de la Fondation Prince Albert II de Monaco.
Il participe à diverses missions, notamment la supervision financière et budgétaire, la gestion des relations bancaires, l’élaboration de stratégies d’investissement et le soutien aux efforts de collecte de fonds. Il contribue également aux initiatives de la Fondation liées à l’économie bleue.
La Fondation se consacre à la protection de l’environnement et à la promotion du développement durable à l’échelle locale et mondiale afin de faire progresser la santé planétaire pour les générations actuelles et futures. Les actions de la Fondation consistent à lutter contre le changement climatique et à encourager les énergies renouvelables, à préserver la biodiversité, à gérer les ressources en eau et à lutter contre la désertification.
Avant de rejoindre la Fondation en 2024, Raphaël a acquis une vaste expérience de plus de 15 ans dans le domaine de la finance et de la comptabilité. Il a travaillé au sein de cabinets d’audit « big four » à Paris, Sydney et Monaco, avant de rejoindre le monde de l’entreprise en tant que directeur financier. Ses principales réalisations concernent le financement et la restructuration d’entreprises, ainsi que la supervision financière stratégique.
Safeya Zeitoun is the CEO of Tameo Impact Fund Solutions, a trusted provider of independent, data-driven solutions for the impact investing ecosystem. With expertise in impact measurement, management, and reporting, she works at the intersection of finance and development to enhance transparency and comparability in impact investing.
At Tameo, Safeya leads strategic initiatives to support investors in navigating evolving impact reporting requirements and regulatory frameworks, ensuring greater clarity and alignment with industry standards. Before joining Tameo, she was an Impact Measurement Specialist at Symbiotics, where she contributed to developing impact assessment methodologies across financial inclusion and climate finance.
She is an Executive Board Member of the Swiss Platform for Impact Investing, and actively engages with key industry networks such as the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) and the Social Performance Task Force to drive best practices, regulatory alignment, and harmonisation efforts in impact investing.
Safeya holds a Master’s degree in International Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo.
Michael is the Chief Executive Officer at BlueOrchard. In this capacity, he leads the firm’s strategic direction and execution of its mission to drive sustainable investment solutions. He leads the executive and extended management teams and has overall executive responsibility for the firm’s client and business operations. In his prior role, he was the Head Investment Solutions & Private Equity, overseeing the portfolio management and asset allocation of BlueOrchard’s funds and mandates as well as the development of product solutions. He chaired several investment committees in private debt and private equity. He has over 20 years of in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in public and private markets investment management and design and development of product and investment solutions. Prior to joining BlueOrchard, Michael held several management positions at Partners Group in Switzerland and the UK.
Michael is a CFA Charterholder and holds a Master in Banking & Finance from the University of Zurich.
Maria Teresa is responsible for the Public Private Partnership (PPP) funds under BlueOrchard’s management and impact practice. Maria Teresa joined BlueOrchard in 2008 as Chief Investment Officer. Previously Maria Teresa worked as Senior Banker in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development financial institution team both in London and Central Asia. Prior to that she worked for the Asian Development Bank in Manila and was an ODI Fellow in Africa.
Maria Teresa holds a M.Phil degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex University and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Florence.
Veronika has over 20 years of experience in emerging markets and impact finance. She was appointed Head of Impact Management in 2022. Previously, she was Head of Risk Management and member of the investment origination team, responsible for the regions in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean, as well as other countries in Africa and Asia. She has been a voting member of various BlueOrchard committees, including the Risk, Investment, and Impact Committees.
Prior to joining BlueOrchard, Veronika worked at an international credit rating institution in Latin America and at a European bank on the derivatives pricing project team.
Veronika is an economist and holds an MSc in Economic Development from the University of Glasgow.
Before joining BlueOrchard, Sébastien worked in Paris for nine years for Réunica, a major French institutional investor. He was responsible for portfolio management, asset-liability management, asset allocation and mutual fund selection in multiple asset classes.
Prior to this, he held various roles at Caisse d’Epargne des Alpes in Grenoble for two years in the asset management team. Sébastien travelled by bicycle for two years on the American continent from Alaska to Patagonia to meet MFIs and microfinance customers on the way.
Sébastien holds a Masters Degree in Management from Grenoble Graduate Business School and is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA).
Evariste is head of public debt portfolio management at BlueOrchard. Before joining BlueOrchard in 2017, Evariste worked at BlackRock (formerly Barclays Global Investors) in London from 2004 to 2016, where he managed active investment strategies across fixed income. Evariste holds an MSc in Financial Markets and Investments from Skema Business School and a Master’s degree from Paris Graduate School Of Management.
Over her past six years at BlueOrchard, Nadina has been key to the development of BlueOrchard impact management and measurement system and to the BlueOrchard annual impact reporting. She has worked on both private and public markets funds under BlueOrchard management developing their impact theory of change, setting impact KPIs, and tracking progress in achieving the respective impact goals. Over the past three years Nadina has worked closely with the sustainability heads at Schroders Capital in developing a sustainability and impact framework that could encompass all private markets teams’ activities including the development of the Schroders Capital Sustainability and Impact Policy and Report. Today, Nadina is part of the Impact team at Schroders, where she developed Schroders Impact Framework, leveraging her work at BlueOrchard, with the objective to scale impact across listed and private asset classes with integrity.
Lucas is a member of BlueOrchard’s Business Development team and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
With a background in both politics and finance, he has gained experience in diverse impact-related organizations before joining BlueOrchard six years ago. Lucas holds a Master’s degree in International Affaires from Sciences Po Lyon and a Master’s degree in Business management from EM Lyon Business School.
BlueOrchard is a pioneer impact investment manager. With an 20+ year track record and the largest commercial microfinance fund globally, we are widely recognised as a leader in the field of impact investing.