Toronto
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Sarah Nielsen
sarah@relativimpact.com
Join us on March 20th for the next Toronto Impact for Breakfast event with Sabina Bharwani and Pranay Samson to discuss Systems Change and Gender Lens Investing.
Sabina Bharwani is a seasoned finance professional and board director committed to building an equitable and sustainable world through supporting women leaders and underrepresented communities in Canada. She is an independent consultant and impact investor in Canada and is passionate about investing in early stage impact ventures with a gender and diversity lens. Sabina serves as the Treasurer on the board of the Canadian Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID). She is also a board member and FAR (Finance, Audit, Risk) committee member at the Equality Fund. Sabina holds a Master of Business Administration(MBA) from the Brisbane Graduate school of Business in Australia. She is a Certified Financial Planner(CFP), Financial Risk Manager (FRM) and certified in Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR).
Pranay Samson works with the Criterion Institute, a think tank dedicated to expanding possibilities for how finance can be used for social change, alongside his role as Director of Innovative Finance, Plan International Canada and Managing Director, PlanCatalyst. Having started his career in banking, his work focuses on systems change at the intersection of development and finance. He has extensive experience working on blended finance and impact investment transactions and works closely with Multilateral Development Banks, Asset Managers and Impact Investors to incorporate a gender-lens in their investment processes. He is also Co-chair of the Innovative Finance working group at Cooperation Canada.