2026 EMIA's Blended Finance and Impact Conference

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

EMIA's 2026 Impact and Blended Finance Conference was co-organized by the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance, AllianceBernstein, and Société Générale. The event was sponsored by Finance in Motion.

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

- - - Lisa Sachs, Director, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment & Columbia Climate School
    - Sebastien Renaud, Head of New Products Development, OLGF
    - Virginia Guazzelli, Product & Investor Relations Lead, Natural Capital, Patria Investments
    - 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, Advisor, Foreign Reserves Department, 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
    - Oriana Mansur, Vice President - Sustainable Investment Banking, 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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