Bob has over 20 years of investment experience including several years as fund manager. Additionally, he has hands-on general management experience in microfinance and SME banking. Bob has been in a number of Investment Committees and Supervisory Boards and is currently member of the Supervisory Board and IC for BIX Capital as well as Advisory Committee-member for the Mergence Renewable Energy Debt Fund.

Bob is partner of FOUNT. Within FOUNT, Bob has been leading in the long-term assignment for portfolio management and refinancing of a social housing loan portfolio in 17 emerging countries and played a key role in ‘investment readiness’ assignments for several clients. For FOUNT, Bob is the lead for structuring and setting up of the Good Fashion Fund as well as the lead advisor for Agri3, a joint initiative of Rabobank and UN for sustainable agriculture in emerging markets. Bob has a vivid interest in the microfinance, housing and energy sector and has been on assignments in numerous countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Central- and South Eastern Europe.

Bernadette has around 25 years structured finance and strategic advisory experience of which more than 17 years of experience in impact investment advisory. Bernadette is partner of FOUNT since 2011 (previously named Goodwell Advisory Services). Within FOUNT, Bernadette has been leading several strategic assignments including assignments focusing on corporate strategies, feasibility studies, impact investment strategies and frameworks, etc. Bernadette is (part-time) Director of BIX Capital, an initiative of Shell Foundation, Cardano Development and FOUNT, and IC member of Good Fashion Fund. She worked with different type of clients in amongst others Nicaragua, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Kenya and also for reputable impact investors such as Oikocredit, FMO, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bernadette is currently Board member at Aqua for all.

Before establishing FOUNT, Bernadette co-founded Corporate Connect, a financial advisory firm with a focus on impact investing in emerging markets, worked at Accenture as senior strategy consultant, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi investment banking (London) and ABN AMRO Bank’s investment banking division (Amsterdam).

Ravid Chowdhury has been an Advisor with FOUNT since 2018 supporting as an investment specialist with experience in the apparel sector, as well as in South and Southeast Asia investments.

Prior to Fount, Ravid worked for TAU Investment Management (Hong Kong), a textile and apparel focused private equity fund as an Investment Associate supporting transactions in South and Southeast Asia. He has consulted on apparel projects and assessments for Betterwork (Jordan), IDH (Netherlands), Innovations for Poverty Action (Bangladesh) and Impact Economy (Switzerland).

Following TAU, he worked as the CFO of Pathao, Bangladesh and Nepal’s first ride-sharing company, leading the company through four equity and mezzanine financing rounds totaling US$20M. He is additionally on the board of three VC-backed tech companies with operations in South Asia. Ravid is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Gerard has more than 20 years of work experience, including 6 years of direct impact investing experience in Africa. From 2006-2015 he worked for two different private equity firms: HAL Investments (2006-2009) and the Investment Fund for Health in Africa (“IFHA”, 2009-2015, investors including IFC, APG and FMO). Both funds are well-respected investment organisations with an international focus. Through his broad work experience, Gerard has developed a keen insight into the entire investment process, from the first contact with a potential investment candidate to portfolio management activities.

He joined FOUNT in early 2015 as a Senior Investment Advisor. Since then, Gerard has worked for Reall (affordable housing investor in Africa and Asia, based in the UK), PMIC (microfinance organisation in Pakistan), IFHA (healthcare PE fund focused entirely on Africa) and BIX Capital (clean energy, main focus on Africa and Asia), amongst other. Assignments included performing a market study, financial modelling, compiling an Investment Memorandum as well as deal execution.

Gerard obtained his Master’s degree in Macroeconomics at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands.

Sabien has worked in finance positions for various profit and non-profit organisations for over 20 years. Besides having a masters degree in General Linguistics, she is a Qualified Business Controller (QC). The seven years she spent working and living in Botswana and Ghana acquinted her with development issues and sparked her interest in impactful busniness models. Sabien joined FOUNT as of 1 October 2019 and is already somewhat familiar with the firm thanks to her work for Goodwell in 2012-2013. Prior to joining FOUNT she worked for Porticus CV as a business controller.

She has led the Laudes Foundation (formerly C&A Foundation) since 2013 and manages a team of over 50 people in 10 countries. She serves on the boards of COFRA Foundation, GoodWeave International and the Organic Cotton Accelerator.

Lisa Hall is a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University’s Beeck Center where she is leading the Beeck Center’s work on Fair Finance and inclusive economy. Using the tools of impact investing and philanthropy, she has served in executive roles across multiple sectors in the United States and abroad. Previously, Lisa was Managing Director at Anthos Asset Management, headquartered in Amsterdam, where she was based for three years. She served as CEO and President of the Calvert Foundation from 2010 to 2013. Current board seats include City First Bank; Toniic; and Habitat for Humanity International.

Vanessa is the MD of Nan Fung Development Ltd., and the founder of The Mills Fabrica – an HK-based innovation, tech- intensive textile incubator & retail destination. Vanessa is also the founder of The Keep Moving Project, which provides health programmes to schools & underprivileged children.