Impact and Blended Finance Conference

The Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA) conducted the Impact & Blended Finance Conference on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, in New York. The event, co-organized by Alliance Bernstein and Societe Generale, was held at 66 Hudson Blvd E, New York, NY 10001. The conference focused on emerging market aspects of impact and blended finance, including outcome bonds, debt-for-nature swaps, and challenges to scaling the asset class. Topics such as standardizing structures, onboarding new de-risking partners, improving transparency, and impact reporting were discussed during the conference.

Ashok Parameswaran, President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
Patrick, O'Connell, Director—Fixed Income Responsible Investing Research, AllianceBernstein
Laila Nordine, Global Head, Sustainable Finance, Financial Sector, IFC-WBG
Roberto Sifon-Arevalo, Managing Director, Global Head-Sovereign & Multilateral Lending Institutions Ratings, S&P Global Ratings
Ana Maria Camelo Vega, Senior Economics and Finance Researcher, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Columbia University
Iftin Fatah, Senior Program Officer, Development Policy and Finance at the Gates Foundation
Gabriel Silva, Co-founder and CFO, MOMBAK
Naomi Cooney, Senior Financial Officer, Market Solutions & Structured Finance, The World Bank
Matt Lawton, Portfolio Manager, Global Impact Credit, T. Rowe Price
Stephen Liberatore, Head of Impact, Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Marie Clara Buellingen, Head of Sustainable Finance Americas, Société Générale
Asbjørn Purup Andersen, Senior Portfolio Manager, Velliv
Avril Benchimol, Senior Specialist, Blended Finance Coordinator, Global Environment Facility
Svetoslav Gatchev, Managing Director, Sustainable Debt, The Nature Conservancy
Matthew Cox, Partner, Baker McKenzie
Conal Duffy, Practice Leader - Political Risk at Alliant Insurance Services, Alliant
Jozef Henriquez, Director – Head of Resource Mobilization Financial Solutions, Mobilization & Asset Sharing, IDB Invest
Marie Aimee Boury, Head of Impact-Based Finance, Société Générale

Themes

Key Trends in Blended Finance and Impact Investing in EM

Debt for Nature Swaps: It's Only the Beginning

Speakers

Host Committee