Breakfast Club Special: Scaling up social impact investment to the next level – emerging opportunities in Europe
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in englischer SpracheEurope’s trendsetters in the field of Social Impact Investment are mostly to be found in Germany, Great Britain and France. In Austria, larger investors are confronted with regulatory hurdles and insufficient volumes. Pioneers of the sector shine light on the question how the market can become more professional.
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Cliff PRIOR
Chief Executive Officer, Big Society Capital, London
| 1975-1978 | Biochemistry, University of Oxford |
| 1978-1982 | Crisis intervention counsellor |
| 1982-1988 | Special Needs Housing, New Islington & Hackney Housing Assn |
| 1988-1994 | Policy and Planning Director, Stonham Housing |
| 1994-1998 | Programmes Director, Mental Health Foundation |
| 1998-2006 | Chief Executive, Rethink |
| 2006-2016 | Chief Executive Officer, UnLtd |
| since 2016 | Chief Executive Officer, Big Society Capital, London |
Dr. Andreas RICKERT
Chief Executive Officer, PHINEO gAG, Berlin
| 1994-1999 | Biology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf; University of California, Davis and Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn |
| 1999-2002 | PhD, Molecular Genetics, Stanford Genome Technology Center, Palo Alto and Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne |
| 2002-2003 | Postdoc, Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne and Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin |
| 2004-2008 | Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company, Berlin |
| 2007-2010 | Director, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh |
| since 2010 | Chief Executive Officer, PHINEO gAG, Berlin |
| 2014-2015 | Senior Governance Specialst / Consultant, The World Bank, Washington D.C. |
Ruben VARDANYAN
Impact Investor and Social Entrepreneur, RVVZ Foundation - Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend Family Foundation, Moscow
| 1986-1988 | Service in the Soviet Armed Forces |
| 1985-1992 | Studies of economics, Moscow State University |
| 1991-1992 | Expert, Primary Placement Department Head, Troika Dialog |
| 1992-2012 | Executive Director, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Troika Dialog Group |
| 2001 | Executive Education, Harvard Business School |
| 2002-2004 | Chief Executive Officer, Rosgosstrakh |
| 2006-2011 | Founder and President, Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO |
| since 2007 | Founder, RVVZ Foundation - Ruben Vardanyan and Veronika Zonabend Family Foundation |
| 2012-2015 | Managing Director, Sberbank CIB |
| since 2012 | Advisor to the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Sberbank |
| since 2013 | Founding partner and President, LLC VARDANYAN, BROITMAN AND PARTNERS |
| since 2015 | Co-Founder, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative |
Johannes WEBER
Founder and Managing Partner, Ananda Ventures GmbH, Social Venture Fund, Munich
| European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel and Entrepreneurship and Finance, HEC Lausanne and International Business School, Budapest | |
| 1999 | KFOR - NATO Kosovo Forces, Pristina, Kosovo |
| 2006 | Managing Partner, PANDA Investment Management-Gesellschaft |
| since 2009 | Managing Partner, Ananda Ventures |
| Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Social Venture Fund, Munich |
