Laina Greene Founder & CEO (May 2016-present)
Laina Greene has over three decades of experience in the tech industry and social impact space as consultant, entrepreneur, investor, mentor and educator. She has helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for organisations of all sizes. She also served as Senior Advisor to Ashoka, as Associate Director of the Asia Center for Social Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy at the NUS Business School, as Advisor to Plus Acumen chapter in Singapore and currently teaches social entrepreneurship and Lean Startup at NUS Business School as Senior Adjunct Lecturer. She is also the co-author of a book “Sustainable Impact: How women are key to ending poverty” (2017) and two reports written for Angels of Impact funded by Oxfam and Sasakawa Peace Foundation. |
Pia BruceCo-founder (May 2018-present)
Pia Bruce has spent most of the last decade working towards women’s empowerment and gender equality in Asia. As the Executive Director of the Singapore Committee for UN Women (formerly UNIFEM) for over eight years before taking on a Senior Advisor role (now known as United Women), she has been heavily involved in multiple initiatives that provide women and girls with access to education, economic independence and a life free of violence and abuse. Pia is also passionate about investing in women, and spending part of her time with Angels of Impact, supporting women-led social enterprises in the region. |
Vivek SharmaSenior Advisor
Vivek is passionate about the empowerment of women, underprivileged and disabled through education and sustainable investment. Governance, strategy, general management and consulting is his forte. Leveraging 15 years of executive experience in bulge bracket banks, he serves on non-profit boards and advises pro-bono to NGOs and social enterprises. Vivek is a Director at Credit Suisse and Governing Council Member of Oxfam.
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Jaspal SidhuSenior Advisor
Jaspal is the Founder and Chairman of the SIS Group of Schools. The SIS Group is Indonesia's largest chain of quality private K-12 schools with multiple price points on its tuition fees, so as to make quality education accessible at different income levels. The Group has schools in Myanmar, India and South Korea and is in strategic partnership with the International Finance Corporation (World Bank) to expand its operations both in Indonesia and other countries. In 2019, the SIS Group of Schools was awarded the Financial Times-IFC (World Bank) Global Education Award for its transformational work across geographies.
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Esther Park
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Teresa Tepania Ashton
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Dona Beverley Kannangara
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Madison Lommen
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Maneet is inspired by the Angels’ focus on empowering women-led social enterprises and helping local communities. She is a firm believer that the corporate sector will pivot more of its considerable talent and volunteering hours toward skills-based volunteering. She is a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank with a career spanning 20+ years and various roles in the Trading and Risk management functions.
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Marc is the Manager, Business Planning and Projects of DKSH Healthcare. He has been a long time volunteer of Angels of Impact since as an intern from NUS Business School. Marc was instrumental in helping Angels of Impact with the Oxfam report and with the project proposal to Sasakawa Peace Foundation. He is now assisting us with further research and outreach.
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