Aparupa Chakravarti
Aparupa Chakravarti is a seasoned strategist operating at the intersection of private sector, public sector, development, and geopolitics. She has spent 14+ years working closely with the top leadership and boards of multinational businesses, multilateral institutions, governments, NGOs, foundations, philanthropies, SMEs and startups across 15+ markets in Africa, the Gulf Cooperation Council, and South Asia. Her experience encompasses the non-profit sector, education, healthcare, agriculture, trade and investments, manufacturing, the creative economy, and technology industries.
Currently, Aparupa is the Director of Botho Emerging Markets Group. She is also an advisor to Bridges for Enterprise and an alumna of the Global Shapers Community under the World Economic Forum. She has previously served as a Startup Mentor in the Opportunities for Youth in Africa (OYA) program and a Mentor for the Female Founders Program by She Starts Africa. Aparupa holds Bachelor’s degrees in Economics and French from Brown University and a Master’s in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago.
Anna Bruni Sabhaney
Anna Bruni Sabhaney is an entrepreneur and social impact communications professional with 15 years experience and a background in the private sector in civil engineering. Anna founded The Confluencers in order to help non-profits to communicate the full breadth and depth of their impact, get long term unrestricted funding and trusting funding relationships. As a Civil Engineer, Anna successfully developed Business Cases, secured and managed projects with a value of up to £4m. She is also responsible for leading Social Value delivery in the UK market for a larger engineering firm. Anna has worked with a variety of Non Profits, private sector developers and governments across the UK, USA, Africa, India and Europe. One of her greatest skills is the ability to connect seemingly unconnected people or ideas and organize them to work together towards shared goals. Anna volunteers, fundraises and donates to a number of charities.
Esther Neave
Esther is a fundraiser with almost twenty years of experience. She currently works for Age International, an international development organisation focused on supporting older people living in challenging circumstances around the world. As Head of Individual Giving, she sits on the Senior Leadership Team with shared responsibility for Age International’s overall fundraising and digital strategies. On a day-to-day basis she leads on the organisation’s public facing fundraising activity raising c.£1m per year. Previous roles have included positions at WaterAid and NSPCC where she started her fundraising career.
Greg Papciak
Greg received his Juris Doctor from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Berkeley Law) and subsequently practiced corporate law in Seattle and New York. His legal practice centered on technology start-ups, with a particular emphasis on corporate governance, financings, acquisitions, and intellectual property.
Moving abroad due to his wife’s role with the United Nations, Greg lived in various locations including Timor-Leste, Tanzania, and Geneva. In Tanzania, he served as Ace Africa Tanzania’s Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Coordinator and was a member of the Senior Management Team. Greg remains actively involved in international development and humanitarian efforts, focusing on data analysis, visualization, and evidence-based impact measurement.
Jemma Chambers
Jemma has been a fundraiser since 2003, when she began her career in a role at Oakhaven Hospice; since then she has worked in organisations supporting wildlife biodiversity, older people, younger people, and STEM education, and has spent the last nine years in international development, currently she is Head of Philanthropy, Trusts and Foundations at Habitat for Humanity GB. Jemma has a Master’s degree in Philanthropic Studies, and is actively involved in the fundraising community, sitting on the Chartered Institute of Fundraising Convention Board, and on the Central South Regional Committee, for whom she is Treasurer.
Kennedy Wanyonyi
Kennedy was Born and schooled (primary/secondary) in rural western Kenya. He was a beneficiary of Ace Africa bursary program for secondary school education.
Holds an undergraduate degree in Statistics and Programming from Kenyatta University and Masters in Biostatistics from University of Nairobi, both in Nairobi. At the start of his career, Kennedy worked with Ace both Kenya and TZ, in the research department where he Involved and baseline surveys, development of research tools and trained staff. Currently works as a statistician at Phastar, a contract research organisation in the Pharma industry.
Tom Savory
Tom is an emerging markets and impact investing professional. He has spent a significant proportion of his career focussed on Africa, including periods living in Lagos, Nigeria, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Currently, Tom works at Connectivity Capital, am emerging markets communications infrastructure investment firm. Previously Tom was at Zamo Capital, a Europe focussed impact investor and advisory business, and at the Boston Consulting Group, a management consultancy. Tom’s early career was in political risk and corporate communications, working in roles in banking, government at an Africa focussed consultancy. Tom has an MBA from the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, USA and an MA in Development Studies from SOAS, University of London.