A South Africa Event on 2016-04-20 18:30:00
"Investing for Impact – new strategies for creating good" featuring Deval Patrick, Managing Director, Bain Capital & Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer, Acumen Join us for a moderated conversation, short Q&A and networking as both leaders discuss their organizations' definitions of impact, the opportunities and challenges their organizations encounter in investing for impact, and their vision for the next decade in this field. The conversation will be moderated by Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, Associate Professor in the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School. *All ticket proceeds after covering event costs support Acumen's work in changing the way the world is tackling poverty. * Hors d'oeuvres will be served About Acumen: Acumen is changing the way the world tackles poverty by investing in companies, leaders and ideas. Acumen invests patient capital in businesses whose products and services are enabling the poor to transform their lives. Founded by Jacqueline Novogratz in 2001, Acumen has invested more than million in 90 companies across Africa, Latin America, South Asia and the United States. Acumen is also developing a global community of emerging leaders with the knowledge, skills and determination to create a more inclusive world. In 2015, Acumen was named one of Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Companies. About Bain Capital: Founded in 1984, Bain Capital is one of the world's leading private investment firms with approximately billion in assets under management. About Our Speakers: Deval Patrick Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Patrick came to Massachusetts at 14, when he was awarded a scholarship to Milton Academy through the Boston-based organization A Better Chance. After Harvard College and Harvard Law School, he clerked for a federal appellate judge and then launched a career as an attorney and business executive, becoming partner at two Boston law firms and a senior executive at Texaco and Coca-Cola. In 1994, President Clinton appointed Patrick to the nation’s top civil rights post, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights. In 2006, in his first bid for public office, he became the state’s first African- American governor. In his two terms as Governor, Patrick oversaw the expansion of affordable health care to more than 98 percent of state residents, launched initiatives stimulating clean energy and biotechnology, won a national Race to the Top grant, and steered the state out of recession to a 25-year high in employment. Patrick currently serves as a Managing Director of Bain Capital LP, where he focuses on investments that deliver both a competitive financial return and significant positive social impact. He is a Rockefeller Fellow, a Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute, and the author of two books, A Reason to Believe: Lessons from an Improbable Life and Faith in the Dream: A Call to the Nation to Reclaim American Values. Sasha Dichter As Acumen’s Chief Innovation Officer, Dichter is responsible for growing the impact of Acumen’s work through our investment in leaders and the spread of ideas. Before Acumen Fund, Dichter worked as Global Manager of Corporate Citizenship at GE Money, expanding financial offerings to underserved communities globally; and as a Senior Program Manager at IBM, spearheading the company’s corporate citizenship strategy and launching a leadership program for school administrators. He began his career as a management consultant for Booz & Company in the telecommunications practice, based in New York but working primarily in Latin America and Europe. Dichter has also had stints with the microfinance group of Bank Rakyat Indonesia and with the venture-backed Navic Networks, recently acquired by Microsoft. About Our Moderator: Alnoor Ebrahim Alnoor Ebrahim is an Associate Professor in the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School. His research and teaching focus on the challenges of performance management, accountability, and governance facing organizations with a social purpose. He is also affiliated with the Hauser Institute for Civil Society at the Center for Public Leadership, Harvard University. *Please note that all ticket proceeds after covering event costs support Acumen's work in changing the way the world is tackling poverty.
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