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