Tenke A. Zoltani is an impact investor and a Chief Impact, Sustainability and ESG Officer, with an unparalleled track record in impact investing strategy, structuring and execution. She is the Founder of Better Finance, working with the world's leading corporate, institutional, and family investors on making investments that deliver shareholder value and strong impacts, from origination to execution.
Tenke was also Director, Impact Investing, at UBS where she built out the bank's impact advisory practice for UHNW individuals. Before joining UBS, Tenke was an Investment Manager at Islan Asset Management in Switzerland, advising global agribusiness Bunge on direct investments. She built her expertise in London, consulting on the then-nascent carbon markets, and working in climate finance alongside Lord Nicholas Stern.
She is currently a Senior Advisor to UNDP on thematic debt, and is on the advisory boards of TLG Capital and the SDG Joint Fund. She advised the world's first ever species-focused impact bond, conserving rhinoceros, and on the world's first global fund for coral reef conservation. Tenke holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University and a M.Sc. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and is a CAIA Charterholder for alternative finance. When not working, Tenke competes internationally in distance and mountain running, finishing 58th in the World Championships in 2014.
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