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Convergence Blending Global Finance

About Us

Convergence is the global network for blended finance. We generate blended finance data, intelligence, and deal flow to increase private sector investment in developing countries.

Our global membership includes public, private, and philanthropic investors as well as sponsors of transactions and funds. We offer this community a curated, online platform to connect with each other on blended finance transactions in progress, as well as exclusive access to tailored trainings and original knowledge products such as case studies and reports. To accelerate advances in the field, Convergence also provides grants for the design of vehicles that could attract private capital to global development at scale.

We exist because traditional development aid from public and philanthropic sources is just not enough to realize the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which face an annual $2.5 trillion funding gap.

At Convergence we believe that blended finance can disrupt traditional development finance as we know it, by attracting private sector funds to developing countries in volumes never before seen. The money's there, $2.5 trillion represents less than 1% of global finance markets.

By using catalytic capital from public or philanthropic sources to scale-up private sector investment in developing countries, blended finance has the potential to result in as much as a ten-fold increase in investment. In fact, based on our data, blended finance has already mobilized over $140 billion.

We're going to bring this number into the trillions.

What We Offer

Deal flow & Networking

Online deal & investor matchmaking platform and in-person member convenings

Learning & Capacity Building

Trainings to advance blended finance knowledge

A Global Network

165 public, private & philanthropic member institutions

Data & Intelligence

Original blended finance knowledge and analysis

Market Acceleration

Grants for the design of innovative blended vehicles

Team

Joan M. Larrea's Photo

Joan M. Larrea

Chief Executive Officer

Christopher Clubb's Photo

Christopher Clubb

Managing Director

David Schwartz's Photo

David Schwartz

Senior Advisor to the CEO, Strategic Partnerships

Heiner W. Skaliks's Photo

Heiner W. Skaliks

Senior Advisor, Latin America and Caribbean

Jon Patell's Photo

Jon Patell

Director, Engineering

Leah Pedersen's Photo

Leah Pedersen

Senior Director, Market Acceleration and Design Innovation

Manissa Patel's Photo

Manissa Patel

Chief Financial Officer

Ritesh Thakkar's Photo

Ritesh Thakkar

Senior Advisor, Asia Pacific

Safia Gulamani's Photo

Safia Gulamani

Chief Operating Officer

Aakif Merchant's Photo

Aakif Merchant

Associate Director, Training and Engagement

Karolyn Xie's Photo

Karolyn Xie

Head of Communications (Interim)

Alicia Maitland's Photo

Alicia Maitland

Manager, Training and Engagement

Andrew Apampa, CFA's Photo

Andrew Apampa, CFA

Manager, Content

Ayesha Bery's Photo

Ayesha Bery

Manager, Content

Krishna Malhotra's Photo

Krishna Malhotra

Manager, Market Acceleration and Design Funding

Olive Munene's Photo

Olive Munene

Manager, Member Engagement

Trang Vandelis's Photo

Trang Vandelis

Manager, Market Acceleration and Design Funding

Basil Kandaya's Photo

Basil Kandaya

Senior Associate, Africa

Kanwal Rathi, CFA's Photo

Kanwal Rathi, CFA

Senior Associate, Design Funding & Market Acceleration

Nicholas Zelenczuk's Photo

Nicholas Zelenczuk

Senior Associate, Content

Robin Ivory's Photo

Robin Ivory

Senior Associate, Content

Sneha Thayil's Photo

Sneha Thayil

Senior Associate, Training and Engagement

Stephanie Singh's Photo

Stephanie Singh

Senior Associate, Finance and Operations

Arusha Latif, CFA's Photo

Arusha Latif, CFA

Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding

Egwin Fan's Photo

Egwin Fan

Associate, Asia Pacific

Garima Chaulagain's Photo

Garima Chaulagain

Associate, Communications

Ilsa Weinstein-Wright's Photo

Ilsa Weinstein-Wright

Associate, Development Finance Research

Ishwari Sawant's Photo

Ishwari Sawant

Associate, Content

Kayden Danh's Photo

Kayden Danh

Associate, Admin and Operations

Kerala Woods's Photo

Kerala Woods

Associate, Digital Communications

Mira Minkara's Photo

Mira Minkara

Associate, Training and Engagement

Shriju Dhakal's Photo

Shriju Dhakal

Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding

Thomas An's Photo

Thomas An

Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding

Vicky Li's Photo

Vicky Li

Intern, Market Acceleration and Design Funding

Nnamdi Igbokwe, Ph.D.'s Photo

Nnamdi Igbokwe, Ph.D.

Director, Knowledge and Thought Leadership (on leave)

Sijia Yi's Photo

Sijia Yi

Head of Communications (on leave)

Catherine You's Photo

Catherine You

Manager, Market Acceleration and Design Funding (on leave)

Regina Rossmann's Photo

Regina Rossmann

Manager, Training and Engagement (on leave)

Shailie Rimal's Photo

Shailie Rimal

Senior Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding (on leave)

Governance

Board of Directors

David Creighton's Photo

David Creighton

Senior Advisor, BT Global (Chair)

Phil Bennett's Photo

Phil Bennett

Senior Advisor, Endeavor

Rachna Saxena's Photo

Rachna Saxena

Partner, Dalberg Advisors

Victoria Sabula's Photo

Victoria Sabula

CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)

Will Poole's Photo

Will Poole

Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Capria

Funding Committee

Amit Brar's Photo

Amit Brar

Senior Advisor, Impact Investing, Catholic Relief Services

Bart Van Eyk's Photo

Bart Van Eyk

Managing Director, VP Capital

Flora Ji's Photo

Flora Ji

Global Vice President, Nature Based Solutions, Shell

Geoffrey Seeto's Photo

Geoffrey Seeto

Head of Emerging Markets, New Forests Asia (Singapore) PTE LTD.

Jennifer Buckley's Photo

Jennifer Buckley

Founder and Managing Director, Sweef Capital

Jesse Ang's Photo

Jesse Ang

Independent Director, BPI/ACEN

Kaylene Alvarez 's Photo

Kaylene Alvarez

Co-founder, BIDUK Indonesia; Founder & CEO, Athena Global Alliance

Lily Han, CFA's Photo

Lily Han, CFA

Director, Innovative Finance, Rockefeller Foundation

Paul Currie's Photo

Paul Currie

Advisor, Office of the CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa

Ricardo Nogueira's Photo

Ricardo Nogueira

Member, Green Climate Fund's independent Technical Advisory Panel

Sébastien Boyé's Photo

Sébastien Boyé

Co-CEO, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)

Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski's Photo

Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski

Executive Vice President VR Investments

Stacy Swann's Photo

Stacy Swann

Former CEO and Founding Partner, Climate Finance Advisors

Tariye Gbadegesin's Photo

Tariye Gbadegesin

CEO, ARM-Harith Infrastructure Investment Ltd.

Thelma Ekiyor's Photo

Thelma Ekiyor

Managing Partner, SME.NG

Vipul Bhagat's Photo

Vipul Bhagat

Senior Advisor, Castalia

Partners and Funders

Convergence was conceived under the World Economic Forum and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistant Committee's (OECD-DAC’s) ReDesigning Development Finance Initiative. Convergence was designed and launched by the Global Development Incubator and Dalberg Advisors.

We are funded by

Government of Canada's logoRS Group's logoDFAT's logoMacArthur Foundation's logo

Market builders, key stakeholder committed to building the blended finance ecosystem

Global Affairs Canada's logoUSAID's logoSECO's logoNetherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs's logoDFAT's logoNorwegian Agency for Development Cooperation(NORAD)

Past funders

Citi Foundation's logoFord Foundation's logo

Partners

Association of African Development Finance Institutions's logoGINN's logoClimate Policy Initiative's logoADFIAP's logoAVPN's logoCPIC's logo

Contact Us

Global Headquarters
1 Toronto Street, Suite 701,
Toronto, ON M5C 2V6,
Canada
General Inquiries
Membership Inquiries
Media Inquiries
Design Funding