2026 EMIA's Blended Finance and Impact Conference

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

EMIA's 2026 Impact and Blended Finance Conference is organized by the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, and co-hosted by AllianceBernstein and Société Générale.

The conference will explore sustainable investing in emerging markets, featuring:

Climate adaptation and resilience
Nature‑based solutions
Insights from leading issuers and investors
Innovative financing structures to mobilize private capital, including sovereign debt swaps, outcome bonds, and liquidity‑support mechanisms

The Conference is open to EMIA members, partners, and affiliates; financial professionals; civil society and multilateral experts on sustainability and governance; and staff of national governments and publicly listed companies.

The panels will be recorded, and the recordings will be available only to EMIA members with access to EMIA's research library.

- - - Lisa Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment & Columbia Climate School
    - SebastianRenaud, Head of New Products Development, OLGF
    - Virginia Guazzelli, Climate Investments, Patria
    - Hassatou N'sele, Vice President of Finance, African Development Bank (AFDB)
    - Daniel Ballesta, Partner, Enosis
    - Leticia Ferreras Astorqui, Head of Development Finance, Alliance Global Investors
    - Adam Guerino, Associate Portfolio Manager, Nuveen
    - Matt Kaczmareck, Global Head of EM Credit, GIP BlackRock
    - Aroldo Miranda Costa Junior, Analyst, Banco Central do Brasil
    - Gautam Jaim, Senior Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
    - Pallavi Sherikar, Manager, Climate Policy Initiative (CPI)
    - Joseph F. Maji, Head of Asset & Liabilities Management, CRDB - Tanzania Development Bank
    - Sara Rosner, Director—Responsible Investing Research, AllianceBernstein
    - Agathe Gouot, Senior Advisor to the Chief Investment Officer, FinDev Canada
    - Luke Franson, Director of Fund Management & FX/Treasury, Finance in Motion
    - Jennifer Park, Partner and Head of Impact, ALTÉRRA
    - Christopher Clubb, Managing Director, Convergence Blending Finance
    - Niki Doshi, Director, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy
    - Lourdes Robaina, Senior Vice President, Product and Innovation Manager, SCOR
    - Marie Clara Buellingen, Head of Sustainable Investment Banking Americas, Société Générale
    - Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
    - Lydia Knoll, Political Risk & Credit Underwriter, AXA XL
    - Katrina Butt, Portfolio Manager, AllianceBernstein
    - Rekha Nair, Managing Director, Société Générale
    - Marie Aimee Boury, Head of Impact-Based Finance, Société Générale
    - Erin Bigley, Chief Responsibility Officer, AllianceBernstein (AB)
    - Ashok Parameswaran, President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA)

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