This webinar is the first of three webinars that make up the Constructing Change Webinar Series hosted by Building Bridges 2024 with the support of experts from Event Partners: UBS, Pictet, Lombard Odier, InTent and Edmond de Rothschild.
Our 5th Edition conference will take place from December 9th to 12th, 2024, at the CICG in Geneva. Over four days, our community will engage in transformative discussions, strategic networking, and financial innovations that aim to influence the next phase of the global financial system, with Switzerland and Geneva playing leading roles on the world stage.
Chris has 25+ years of experience financing development and climate projects in more than fifty emerging markets and developing economies. Chris has led Convergence’s thought leadership/knowledge, design funding/market acceleration and...
Strategic Partnerships Director - UBS Optimus Foundation
Patrick joined the UBS Optimus Foundation in July 2024 as the Strategic Partnerships Director. He brings extensive experience in private sector development and impact finance, particularly in frontier markets. In his role, he is responsible for...
Daniela started her career ten years ago at J.P. Morgan in New York, first as part of their Latin America M&A team and then their Latin America Corporate research team. After several years at J.P. Morgan, Daniela returned to school to pursue an...
Lead of Blended Finance Operations, Blended Finance and Corporate Strategy Department - International Finance Corporation
Andrey joined IFC’s Blended Finance team in 2013 and is responsible for overseeing the operations of IFC’s Blended Finance programs and broad engagement with contributing partners. Andrey is also leading the relationship with several climate...
Vikram Widge is Senior Advisor at CPI where he supports strategy and programmatic development, as well as guides financial aspects of CPI’s analytical work. With over three decades of leadership experience in climate and development finance,...
Building Bridges is an open and collaborative effort that aims to accelerate the transition to a sustainable financial system.
Building Bridges brings diverse actors from the finance industry, the United Nations, international organizations, NGOs, academia, and government together in collaboration around a common vision of advancing sustainable finance to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).