IFB Seoul 2025 Series: Unlocking Korea's Potential through Family Offices & Alternative Investments

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The Role of Impact Investors in Nature-based Solutions

Korea las long been a center for innovation in Asia and an emerging player in the impact space.  There is a growing interest within the country regarding the role of private capital to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.  Continuing our 2025 series on the role of Family Offices and alternative sources of capital, this Impact for Breakfast (IFB) Seoul session will bring together stakeholders from the public and private sectors in Korea to learn more about the role of private capital and especially the increasingly important role of family offices in sustainable development.  In this sessin, Mr. Peter Jäderberg (from Jäderberg & Cie, a single family office), will share his family office's journey from a traditioanl asset preservation (wealth management) / charitable giving (philanthropy) approach to a more impact investment-driven approach  He will also share about his conservation efforts including in the Asia-Pacific. 

The session will be moderated by IFB Seoul, Chaired by Jinho Chung (The Wells Investment) and Kwang Kim (Economics of Mutuality Alliance).  It will be hosted by the Asian Forest Cooperation Organization (AFoCO). AFoCO is a treaty-based intergovernmental organization spanning 18 countries that is committed to strengthening forest cooperation and taking concrete actions to promote sustainable forest management and address the impacts of climate change.   As such, there is a specific interest in funding models for Nature Based Solutions (NbS), where private capital can be mobilized. The session will also include local thought leaders working in the NbS space.

Speakers

1. Mr. Peter Jäderberg (Jäderberg & Cie, MAIN SPEAKER), a single-family office based in Germany. Under Peter's leadership, the firm have actively supported Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and biodiversity conservation efforts, including in the Asia-Pacific. One of his flagship initiatives is the JC Sandalwood Project in Australia, which contributed to improving the status of sandalwood from "endangered" to "vulnerable," created habitats for various species, and promoted sustainable land use practices. Peter is based in Hamburg. 
    
2. Professor Suh-Yong Chung (Korea University, RESPONDENT) is one of Korea's leading climate action experts including from public-private perspectives, global climate change governance, and sustainable development. Professor Chung is the Chair of the Inter-Korean Cooperation Committee (Policy Advisor Board) at the Ministry of Unification, with degrees in law and international relations from Seoul National University, London School of Economics, and Stanford Law School. He will serve as a respondent to our main speaker. He is based in Seoul.
    
3. Mr. Ken Hynes (Artha Networks, INTRODUCTION SPEAKER). Ken is the CEO of Artha Networks, the impact advisory arm of Rianta Capital (single-family office). He brings over 20 years of experience in international development. He has led advisory projects for both private and public sector clients across the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia on competitiveness, innovation, and access to capital. Ken is based in Boston.

Agenda

• Opening - Chairman Jinho Chung (IFB Seoul)

• Welcome remarks - Executive Director Jongho Park (AFoCO)

• Introduction - participants (all)

• Framing remarks - Co-Chairman Kwang Kim (IFB Seoul)   

• Introduction to Main Speaker - Mr. Ken Hynes (Artha Networks)   

• Presentation - Mr. Peter Jadergerg (Jadergerg & Cie)

• Response - Prof. Suh-Yong Chung (Korea University)

• Discussion Q&A 

• Closing remarks - Chairman Jinho Chung