Board of Advisors
Robert W. Van Zwieten
CEO The Serendra Group
- 30 years of experiencein sustainable development, entrepreneurship, and private capital investments in emerging markets
- President & CEO of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association
- Director – Private Sector Capital Markets & Financial Sectors Division at the Asian Development Bank
- Numerous senior management and Board level position with financial institutions, global forums and development agencies
Heather Malloy
COO and CFO Strattam Capital
- Financial services professional with over 20 years’ experience
- Currently the COO and CFO of a lower middle markets buyout firm, focused on business to business IT transactions
- Previously, independent advisor for emerging markets alternative energy transactions,
- Career two global investment banks in various capacities, including global product manager, and principal transactions.
Micheline Ntiru
Business Facilitator Stanford Seed
- 20 years’ experience in investment transaction advisory, SME growth, sustainability and international development with leaders such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC), Nokia and Care International
- Currently, Business Facilitator with Stanford University’s Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, Seed
- Advisor for the Global Steering Group (GSG) on Impact Investment
- Board Director for Oxford Policy and Management
Wambui Chege
Director, Agribusiness KMPG East Africa
- Sustainability and economic development professional with over 20 years’ experience in international development, innovative financing, financial sector development, sustainability, communications, government relations, public policy and project management
- Spent 7 years with the IFC in Housing Finance, SME Lending and Agricultural Finance
- Worked for more than 8 years as a Correspondent for Thomson Reuters in Kenya, South Africa and Tanzania
Malini Moraghan
Principal Drawing Board
- Two decades of experience in finance, consumer product strategy and impact investments with particular expertise in the food and agriculture sector
- Partner of DAISA Enterprises and Owner/Principal of Drawing Board
- Owner of Bungalow Foods
- Previous roles at McKinsey & Co. and JP Morgan
Tam Thao Pham
Start-up Advisor and Angel Investor
- More than 15 years of experience in consulting, operations and advisory
- Spent over 10 years at Deloitte Consulting working to develop new practices including strategy for technology innovation, early-stage investments and strategic initiatives, and the Deloitte Consulting Innovation Product Ventures
- Has invested in 7 start-up companies and provides strategic advisory to each portfolio company
Adam Tait
CTO Sisterical
- Multi-disciplinary developer building web, mobile and distributed asynchronous software
- Currently CTO at Sisterical while also developing and managing a platform of for-profit mobile device applications
- Was previously a senior software development manager at Walmart