Team
Convergence is headquartered in Toronto, but we operate globally and have a presence in Nairobi, Kigali, Singapore, La Paz, and Washington DC. We are small but mighty. Our team is passionate about and united around the goal of directing money to where it's needed most - into emerging markets and developing economies and towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. We have built a culture defined by our diversity, inclusivity, and ability to get things done. Our team is led by our Chief Executive Officer, Joan M. Larrea.
Joan M. Larrea
Chief Executive Officer
Aakif Merchant
Director, Engagement and Capacity Building and Head of Africa
Christopher Clubb
Managing Director
David Schwartz
Senior Advisor to the CEO, Strategic Partnerships
Heiner W. Skaliks
Senior Advisor and Head of Latin America and Caribbean
Jon Patell
Director, Engineering
Leah Pedersen
Senior Director, Market Acceleration and Design Innovation
Manissa Patel
Chief Financial Officer
Nnamdi Igbokwe, Ph.D.
Director, Knowledge and Thought Leadership
Ritesh Thakkar
Senior Advisor and Head of Asia Pacific
Safia Gulamani
Chief Operating Officer
Sijia Yi
Head of Communications
Trang Vandelis
Associate Director, Design Funding and Market Acceleration
Alicia Maitland
Manager, Training and Engagement
Andrew Apampa, CFA
Manager, Content
Ayesha Bery
Manager, Content
Krishna Malhotra
Manager, Market Acceleration and Design Funding
Mei Ling Yeap
Manager, Asia Pacific
Nicholas Zelenczuk
Manager, Content
Olive Munene
Manager, Member Engagement
Regina Rossmann
Manager, Training and Engagement
Basil Kandaya
Senior Associate, Africa
Kanwal Rathi, CFA
Senior Associate, Design Funding and Market Acceleration
Kerala Woods
Senior Associate, Communications
Robin Ivory
Senior Associate, Content
Sneha Thayil
Senior Associate, Training and Engagement
Shailie Rimal
Senior Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding
Arusha Latif, CFA
Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding
Catherine Jemide
Associate, Finance and Operations
Elyssa Pullella
Associate, Development Finance Research
Garima Chaulagain
Associate, Communications
Ilsa Weinstein-Wright
Associate, Content
Ishwari Sawant
Associate, Content
Kayden Danh
Associate, Admin and Operations
Mira Minkara
Associate, Training and Engagement
Shriju Dhakal
Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding
Thomas An
Associate, Market Acceleration and Design Funding
Stephanie Singh
Senior Associate, Finance and Operations (on leave)
Governance
Board of Directors
The Convergence Board is comprised of 6 members who provide overall guidance and oversight of Convergence. Our Board brings a wealth of experience from the public, private, and philanthropic sectors and draw upon vast experience in international finance and development impact. Our Board is currently chaired by David Creighton, Senior Advisor, BT Global.
David Creighton
Senior Advisor, BT Global (Chair)
Phil Bennett
Senior Advisor, Endeavor
Rachna Saxena
Partner, Dalberg Advisors
Stacy Swann
Founder, Resilient Earth Capital
Victoria Sabula
CEO, Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF)
Will Poole
Managing Partner and Co-Founder, Capria
Investment Committee
Convergence's Investment Committee brings extensive experience to objectively evaluate the finalist pool of grant proposals and guides decisions on awards for Convergence's various design funding programs to maximize impact.
Alex Jarman
Chief Executive, Investing for Good
Amol Mehra
Director of Industry Programmes, Laudes Foundation
Bart Van Eyk
Managing Director, VP Capital
Flora Ji
Global Vice President, Nature Based Solutions, Shell
Elvira Lefting
Founder at Finance in Motion
Geoffrey Seeto
Head of Emerging Markets, New Forests Asia (Singapore) PTE LTD.
Jennifer Buckley
Founder and Managing Director, Sweef Capital
Jesse Ang
Independent Director, BPI/ACEN
Karen Tsang-Hounsell
Head of Business Development, InfraCo Asia
Kaylene Alvarez
Co-founder, BIDUK Indonesia; Founder & CEO, Athena Global Alliance
Lauren Ferstandig
Managing Director NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy
Paul Currie
Advisor, Office of the CEO, Development Bank of Southern Africa
Ricardo Nogueira
Member, Green Climate Fund's independent Technical Advisory Panel
Sébastien Boyé
Co-CEO, Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)
Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
Executive Vice President VR Investments
Vipul Bhagat
Senior Advisor, Castalia
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