As the global community for investors for impact, AVPA, AVPN, EVPA & IVPC (LatImpacto) are working together to share philanthropic lessons and investors' for impact responses from across the world.
As the global community for investors for impact, AVPA, AVPN, EVPA & IVPC (LatImpacto) are working together to share philanthropic lessons and investors' for impact responses from across the world.
These short virtual spotlights will share examples from differing regions to similar challenges:
- Exploring the diverse roles grant makers can have in responding to the pandemic
- Share examples of responses
- Hear from voices on the ground
An opportunity to start conversations and share peer learning with a global audience which can be continued over the coming months. Hear practitioner stories from 4 continents.
Webinar Recording and Slides
Download slides here
Agenda:
- 11:00 - 11:10: Welcome words & Polls, Sophie Faujour, EVPA
- 11:10 - 11:15: Opening Remarks, Steven Serneels, EVPA
- 11:15 - 11:20: Agenda & European context, Sophie Faujour
- 11:20 - 11:30: Response from the King Baudouin Foundation, Brigitte Duvieusart
- 11:30 - 11:40: Response from Bank of America Foundation, Anthony Harte & Kelly Jo Lihaven
- 11:40 - 12:00: Q&A
- 12:00 - 12:10: Response from Danone Communities, Valérie Mazon
- 12:10 - 12:20: Q&A
- 12:20 - 12:30: Closing words and introduction to Unitus Europe
This webinar is part of a series, watch the webinars recordings below:
- Webinar #1: Asia's response, Tuesday, 7 April at 16:00 - 17:00 SGT. Watch the recording here.
- Webinar #2: Latin America's response, Wednesday, 15 April at 16:00 - 17:00 CEST. Watch the recording here.
- Webinar #3: Africa's response, Tuesday, 28 April at 12:00 -13:30 CEST. Watch the recording here.
- Webinar #4: Europe's response, Tuesday, 5 May at 11:00 - 12:30 CEST. Watch the recording here. Download the presentation here.
Sophie Faujour
Sophie leads Impact Europe's corporate impact market development in Europe, supporting Corporate and Financial institutions in shaping their social investment strategies, benchmarking their initiatives, facilitating peer learning, enabling the co-funding or co-creation of projects through strategic collaboration.
She is part of the National Advisory Board for Impact Investing in France and various local networks. She sits on the Board of a few non-profit organisations like PhiTrust Incubator, Article 1 (Education), Simplon (Coding school) and is part of the Expert Committee of Sanofi Espoir Foundation.
Prior joining Impact Europe in 2016, she occupied several senior positions at BNP Paribas: in charge of the Wealth Management strategy for Philanthropy, Impact investing & Social Responsible Investment and as an Investment banker for more than 15 years structuring fund raising for strategic Corporate & Institutional clients in Europe, Brazil and Asia (Shanghai).
Brigitte Duvieusart
As a senior advisor with a legal background, Brigitte is currently in charge of the Strategy and Knowledge unit of the King Baudouin Foundation. Her responsibilities include providing service to board members, CEO and staff with regards to strategy, knowledge sharing and learning with a specific focus on data strategy. Brigitte combines ten years of experience as a Philanthropy advisor with a robust expertise in managing participatory and multi-stakeholder processes.
Valerie Mazon
Valerie Mazon is the Business Development director at Danone Communities. She has more than 20 years of Marketing experience with a strong track record in FMCG and Healthcare companies (Mondelez, Yoplait, Johnson & Johnson, Danone). Valerie has joined Danone Communities in 2016 to leverage her business competencies and support social entrepreneurs to reach sustainable social impact. Danone Communities is a venture capital fund investing in businesses which address the issues of B.O.P. on access to safe and drinking water and on reducing chronic malnutrition. Today Danone Communities is managing a portfolio of 12 social businesses impacting 6M people worldwide.
Anthony Harte
Anthony oversees the philanthropy programme in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Bank of America. Before joining the bank, Anthony established the responsible business programme at Nomura for the EMEA region. He started his career at Lehman Brothers.
Kelly Jo Lihaven
Kelly Jo leads all grant-making activities for the EMEA region and has over 12 years' experience within the area of CSR/ESG. Prior to Bank of America, Kelly Jo worked for the JP Morgan Chase Foundation based in London. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Kelly Jo started her career in the field of Media and Communications.