IMPACT INVESTING:
RESHAPING THE FINANCIAL DOGMA
Sustainable impact investing can have a large effect on creating a better future for people and the planet. Not too long ago, the concept was introduced to the world. Today, it has become a household name in global finance for investing to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.
Impact Investing Reshaping the Financial Dogma is a four-part series looking at the challenges and opportunities of impact investing, and the role it can play in helping address global issues while generating financial returns.
Part 3: The Logic of Impact in Private Equity
The key to sustainable impact is integrating environmental and social considerations into every step of the investment process, from acquisition to portfolio management. This session looks at how private equity investors create lasting benefits for their companies and the communities in which we live and work.
HAE Members: Free
Friends of HAE/General Admission: $10
MODERATOR
Carlos Vargas Professor of Finance, EGADE Business School, Instructor, Sustainable Finance and Environmental Economics, Harvard University Division of Continuing Education
PANELISTS
Benjamin Bornstein Managing Director, Arctaris Impact Investors
Steve Grossman CEO, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC)
About Our Guests
Carlos is a Professor of Finance at EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey and an Instructor of Sustainable Finance and Environmental Economics at Harvard University Division of Continuing Education. He has experience in sustainable finance, renewable energy, financial analysis, business planning, development economics, and real estate finance. Vargas was formerly chief financial officer for New Evolution Ventures Mexico, a subsidiary of an investment fund that manages more than 1,000 health and fitness facilities worldwide, and chief operating officer for the Vertex Companies, USA. Vargas holds a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, an MBA from IPADE Business School in Mexico, and an ALM from Harvard Extension School.
As Managing Director of Arctaris, Ben focuses on fund structuring, investment evaluation, and investor development, leveraging his more than 25 years of financial services experience, in senior investment roles both domestically and internationally. He previously served as President of Prospero Capital Management, an investment adviser based in Chicago. Prior to Arctaris, Ben served as CEO of Imerman Angels, the world’s largest support network for cancer fighters, survivors, and caregivers. He previously worked as a partner and portfolio manager at Omega Advisors in New York and covered the US portfolio for the global fund products of Orbis Investment Management in London and Bermuda. Ben graduated from Harvard Business School with high distinction as a Baker Scholar (top 5% of class), Harvard Law School as part of the JD/MBA program, and magna cum laude from Princeton majoring in Economics.
As CEO of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Steve leads a dynamic and growing team of professionals dedicated to achieving economic prosperity in America's inner cities. Steve is focused on setting ICIC's strategic direction, leading the organization through a period of rapid growth and extending ICIC's national visibility and brand. He directs ICIC's efforts to secure new partners and drive private sector engagement and investment. Prior to joining ICIC, Steve was elected Treasurer of Massachusetts in 2010 and served in that position from 2011 until 2015. Steve graduated from Princeton University and Harvard Business School where he was a Baker Scholar.
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