Advisory Councils
Advisory Councils
Leadership Council

Sir Ronald Cohen
Sir Ronald M. Cohen is Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust, Chair of Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative Advisory Council, co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital, co-founder and Chair of British Venture Capital Association and co-founder of European Venture Capital Association.
Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator, who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution.
For nearly two decades, his ground-breaking initiatives have catalyzed global efforts to drive private capital to serve social and environmental good.
He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel; and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and former co-founding Chair of Big Society Capital.
He chaired the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce (2013-2015), the UK Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the UK’s Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007).
In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for Social Finance.
He was a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005), a global private equity firm. He was a co-founder and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a co-founder of the European Venture Capital Association.
He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School; a former director of the Harvard Management Company; and formerly a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers and the University of Oxford Investment Committee.
He graduated from Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship.
Sir Ronald was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK.
Sir Ronald M. Cohen is Chair of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust, Chair of Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative Advisory Council, co-founder director of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel, co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and Big Society Capital, co-founder and Chair of British Venture Capital Association and co-founder of European Venture Capital Association.
Sir Ronald Cohen is a pioneering philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator, who is driving forward the global Impact Revolution.
For nearly two decades, his ground-breaking initiatives have catalyzed global efforts to drive private capital to serve social and environmental good.
He serves as Chairman of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investment and The Portland Trust. He is a co-founder of Social Finance UK, USA, and Israel; and co-founder Chair of Bridges Fund Management and former co-founding Chair of Big Society Capital.
He chaired the G8 Social Impact Investment Taskforce (2013-2015), the UK Social Investment Task Force (2000-2010) and the UK’s Commission on Unclaimed Assets (2005-2007).
In 2012 he received the Rockefeller Foundation’s Innovation Award for Social Finance.
He was a co-founder and Executive Chairman of Apax Partners Worldwide LLP (1972-2005), a global private equity firm. He was a co-founder and Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association and a co-founder of the European Venture Capital Association.
He is a member of the Board of Dean’s Advisors at Harvard Business School; a former director of the Harvard Management Company; and formerly a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers and the University of Oxford Investment Committee.
He graduated from Oxford University, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School to which he was awarded a Henry Fellowship.
Sir Ronald was born in Egypt and left as a refugee at the age of 11, when his family came to the UK.

Clara Barby
Clara is currently serving as Chief Executive of the Impact Management Project: a forum for building global consensus on how to measure and manage impact. As a Partner at Bridges Fund Management, Clara previously led the firm’s impact strategy throughout the investment cycle and across fund types – from defining the strategy and process for selecting investments, to engaging with portfolio companies to create additional value through environmental and social factors, to tracking and reporting results to our investors and other stakeholders. In addition to growing impact through Bridges’ funds, Clara also led Bridges Impact+’s research and development efforts to promote the growth of the wider sustainable and impact investment sector.
Prior to Bridges, Clara focused her career on investing in innovative high-impact businesses – most recently on the management team of an India-based healthcare chain and Acumen portfolio company. Clara previously worked for Acumen’s Capital Markets team in New York where she played a lead role in designing an innovative investment vehicle and later co-led the Acumen energy portfolio in India. Before Acumen, Clara worked in Colombia, promoting socially responsible investment.
Clara holds a BA (Hons) in Greats from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Clara is currently serving as Chief Executive of the Impact Management Project: a forum for building global consensus on how to measure and manage impact. As a Partner at Bridges Fund Management, Clara previously led the firm’s impact strategy throughout the investment cycle and across fund types – from defining the strategy and process for selecting investments, to engaging with portfolio companies to create additional value through environmental and social factors, to tracking and reporting results to our investors and other stakeholders. In addition to growing impact through Bridges’ funds, Clara also led Bridges Impact+’s research and development efforts to promote the growth of the wider sustainable and impact investment sector.
Prior to Bridges, Clara focused her career on investing in innovative high-impact businesses – most recently on the management team of an India-based healthcare chain and Acumen portfolio company. Clara previously worked for Acumen’s Capital Markets team in New York where she played a lead role in designing an innovative investment vehicle and later co-led the Acumen energy portfolio in India. Before Acumen, Clara worked in Colombia, promoting socially responsible investment.
Clara holds a BA (Hons) in Greats from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.

George Serafeim

Yael Almog

Peter Harrison

Robert Herz

Reynir Indahl

Karen Karniol-Tambour

Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein

Tracy Palandjian

Jean Rogers

John Streur

Urs Wietlisbach
Practitioner Council

Clara Barby
Clara is currently serving as Chief Executive of the Impact Management Project: a forum for building global consensus on how to measure and manage impact. As a Partner at Bridges Fund Management, Clara previously led the firm’s impact strategy throughout the investment cycle and across fund types – from defining the strategy and process for selecting investments, to engaging with portfolio companies to create additional value through environmental and social factors, to tracking and reporting results to our investors and other stakeholders. In addition to growing impact through Bridges’ funds, Clara also led Bridges Impact+’s research and development efforts to promote the growth of the wider sustainable and impact investment sector.
Prior to Bridges, Clara focused her career on investing in innovative high-impact businesses – most recently on the management team of an India-based healthcare chain and Acumen portfolio company. Clara previously worked for Acumen’s Capital Markets team in New York where she played a lead role in designing an innovative investment vehicle and later co-led the Acumen energy portfolio in India. Before Acumen, Clara worked in Colombia, promoting socially responsible investment.
Clara holds a BA (Hons) in Greats from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.
Clara is currently serving as Chief Executive of the Impact Management Project: a forum for building global consensus on how to measure and manage impact. As a Partner at Bridges Fund Management, Clara previously led the firm’s impact strategy throughout the investment cycle and across fund types – from defining the strategy and process for selecting investments, to engaging with portfolio companies to create additional value through environmental and social factors, to tracking and reporting results to our investors and other stakeholders. In addition to growing impact through Bridges’ funds, Clara also led Bridges Impact+’s research and development efforts to promote the growth of the wider sustainable and impact investment sector.
Prior to Bridges, Clara focused her career on investing in innovative high-impact businesses – most recently on the management team of an India-based healthcare chain and Acumen portfolio company. Clara previously worked for Acumen’s Capital Markets team in New York where she played a lead role in designing an innovative investment vehicle and later co-led the Acumen energy portfolio in India. Before Acumen, Clara worked in Colombia, promoting socially responsible investment.
Clara holds a BA (Hons) in Greats from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.

Jonathan Bailey

Tom Beagent

Michael Etzel

Vikram Gandhi

Maryanne Hancock

Nicolai Haugaard

Christian Heller

Bryce Klempner

Sakis Kotsantonis

Mark Kramer

Mikkel Larsen

Rebeca Minguela

Diana Propper de Callejon

Caroline Rees

Dr. Amanda Rischbieth

Adrian de Groot Ruiz

Susanne Stormer

Brian Trelstad

Martin Whittaker

Sarah Keohane Williamson
Academic Council

George Serafeim

Dr. Julie Battilana

Dr. Shawn Cole

Greg Fischer

Dr. Rebecca Henderson

Colin Mayer

Ilian Mihov

Chul Woo Moon

Ethan Rouen

Bengt Steen

Dr. Michael Toffel

Zeynep Ton
Observer
