WoWE has assembled a field-leading team from across capital markets with extensive track records in financial innovation and sustainable finance. The team has over 60+ years working in the investment industry including with venture capital, private equity and asset management companies as well as institutional asset owners.
Patience has more than 20 years in debt and equity investing and has made ground-breaking contributions to the development of gender-focused investing.
She is widely recognized for driving innovation and building sustainable global investment programs including the creation of the Banking on Women platform at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and leading the fixed income business with a current portfolio of $3BN+. Her achievements in gender focused investing include co-developing the first ever Gender Bond issued on the Uridashi market and co-developing the $600 million Women Entrepreneurs Opportunity Fund.
Patience has dedicated her career to finding ways to use the levers of finance to create a more equal world. A seasoned investor, she has worked alongside investment leaders across the globe to catalyze investment in undercapitalized communities in ways that recognize all people as essential drivers of our global economy.
In 2018, she founded Women of the World Endowment focused on centralizing women as economic, environmental, and social changemakers while delivering market-rate, risk adjusted returns and impact at scale.
She recently co-authored The XX Edge: Unlocking Higher Returns and Lower Risk, where she makes the business case for a new paradigm of gender-focused investing where more women are placed in decision-making roles and able to optimize their skills across all capital markets—leading to higher returns for individual investors and greater economic growth.
Patience serves on the Boards of MIO Partners and Intelligent Medicine Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: IQMDU). She is a member of Apollo Global Management, Inc.’s Impact Advisory Committee; serves on the Investment Committee of Align Impact; is an investor in Purple Arch Ventures; She serves on several advisory committees including, As You Sow’s Prison Free Funds and Racial Justice Initiative as well as Emerging Sun LLC, a company she co-founded in 2005. Patience holds a JD from the Pritzker School of Law and an MBA from Kellogg at Northwestern University.
Team
Aarti Chandna
Aarti Chandna is an impact/angel investor working with early-stage ventures. Given her deep passion for social change and empowerment, Aarti mentors social entrepreneurs and invests…
Lili Forouraghi
Lili Forouraghi, CFA is Managing Director with BlackRock where she has held several roles over the past 17 years, in the firm’s asset management and…
Takuro Kimura
Takuro Kimura spent over 30 years in investing with impact in emerging markets from International Finance Corporation (IFC) and financial institutions in the private sector.…
Marty Nealon
Marty Nealon has over 35 years of experience in the retail business and held senior positions in a broad range of retail channels including department…
Dr. Ruth Shaber
Ruth Shaber MD is the founder and president of the Tara Health Foundation, which promotes health, well-being and opportunity for women and girls through innovative…
Kwame Lewis
Kwame has nearly two decades of experience in financial services focused on investment management. Kwame is seen as a leader within the private equity industry…
Lesley Ndlovu
Lesley is currently the CEO of the African Risk Capacity “ARC” Ltd. ARC Ltd is a specialist insurance company that provides parametric insurance coverage to…
Junko Yoda
Junko has over 25 years of experience in managing investment portfolios and building sales and trading businesses in global investment banks. As a member of…
Philippe Sachs
Philippe is the Deputy CEO of Kido Education, a company leveraging a unique network of international nurseries and virtual preschool offerings to deliver quality early…
Melanie Levy
Melanie has over 20 years of experience in private equity taxation, mergers and acquisitions and fund structuring. She is the Global Head of Tax and…
Atul Mehta
Atul Mehta is an investor and adviser with a focus on emerging markets companies and funds. He is also a Senior Advisor at the RockCreek…
Jeffrey Nasser
Jeff is a Managing Director at Strategic Investment Group, focused on manager sourcing, monitoring, and selection across private equity, venture capital and real estate. He…
Mindy Posoff
Mindy Posoff is a senior financial services professional with expertise in strategic development, operational due diligence, and institutional sales and marketing. She has more than…
Pooja Eppanapally
Pooja is a financial services professional passionate about using the power of capital to drive social and environmental change. She has deep experience conducting due…
Donna P Hall
Donna Hall served as the President & CEO of the Women Donors Network (WDN) from August 2002 – December 2022. In her role she oversaw…
Sarah Motley
Sarah graduated from Midwestern State University with a Bachelors of Business Administration in Management. Her accounting experience ranges over a variety of industries including oil…
Safo Ngunga
Safo has an undergraduate degree with majors in finance and economics from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. This was complemented with varied experience…
Arielle Rippley
Arielle Rippley has over 10 years of experience supporting and working with C-Suite members in varied organizations with a focus on startup entities. While working…
John Berger
John's career began with 17 years as an investment banker after which he left Wall Street to become a social entrepreneur and has been using…
Jennifer Buckley
Jennifer leads SEAF’s global women’s economic empowerment & gender equality investments. Prior to joining SEAF, she spent 20 years in private equity building and expanding…
Siobhan Cropper-DesAnges
Siobhan has over 14 years of investment experience, including 10 years at the private sector arm of the World Bank Group. She successfully executed over…
Angela Lumanau
Angela Lumanau is a financial services professional passionate about the power of capital to drive sustainable impact at scale. She has a 15-year track record…
Kavita Patel
Kavita is an MBA candidate at MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to Sloan, Kavita worked in BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group advising investment teams of…
Jessica Robinson
Jessica has an extensive background in financial services, she set up Moxie Future to engage with and empower female investors to grow their wealth through…
Maria Skuratovskaya
Maria has deep rooting in public capital markets and a 20+ year track record of building portfolios and introducing new products across sectors and geographies.…
