Blended finance and local entrepreneurship - the key to WASH investments

How can real impact for the base of the pyramid socioeconomic group in emerging markets be achieved? Bringing together extraordinary local entrepreneurship and innovative blended finance instruments is key to creating a long term improvement. In this webinar we will have a closer look at the WASH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) sector and get insights on what is needed to improve millions of lives.
You will learn:
- The relationship between blended finance and WASH
- How investors can deploy funds addressing key topics such as WASH while generating competitive financial returns
- How WASH investment became part of an impact investor's investment agenda
With:
Paul Hailey
Head of Sustainability & Impact, responsAbility
Paul Hailey is Head of Sustainability & Impact. He is responsible for managing and measuring the impact of responsAbility's activities and is the lead author of the Impact Report and various other responsAbility publications. Previous roles at the company include Senior Research Analyst for the financial sector. He has an MBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris), where he is also a lecturer, and a B.A. (Hons) from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
Samuel Baumgartner
Business Relationship Manager, responsAbility
Samuel Baumgartner is a business development manager, responsible for Swiss private clients and institutional investors in Hong Kong and Israel. He is also a frequent keynote speaker on sustainable and impact investing topics. Prior to his time at responsAbility, he worked with an investment advisory in Peru and Chile matching investors with local private equity opportunities. Samuel holds a bachelor degree in business administration and is working on his masters in finance focusing on sustainable finance at the University of Zürich.