Drew von Glahn

Background

About Drew von Glahn

Drew’s career spans the private, nonprofit and public sectors. Senior Advisor to the World Bank and several global philanthropic organizations. Focus is impact investing, private enterprise solutions for development, and the role of catalytic capital in addressing global social, economic and environmental challenges. Member of the investment committee of Calvert Impact Capital. A 20 yr veteran of Wall Street, leading over $30 billion in capital transactions across the globe, including a number of “first-of-kind” financings across the emerging and developed markets. Built and managed investment banking operations at such global firms as Credit Suisse and the predecessor firms to J.P. Morgan, as well as Managing Director for Technology, Communications and Media at ING. CEO of a global social enterprise and EVP Finance & Strategy for a start-up online finance company. Led the World Bank’s venture philanthropy program a portfolio that consisted of enterprises across a range of services; clean energy, sustainable agriculture, education, health, financial inclusion, water/sanitation and gender’s rights/equity. Co-founder of Third Sector Capital, a leading U.S. advisor on impact financings and Pay-For-Success mechanisms. Early architect on such collaborative initiatives as Boost Africa (an EIB/AfDB fund of funds for SMEs), Co-Impact (a multi-stakeholder initiative investing in system change opportunities), the Early Learning Partnership (a World Bank ECE initiative). He is an advisor to such NGOs as Last Mile Health, Splash and Roca, Inc. In the sustainable climate sector, Drew is an advisor to the Nordic Development Fund's new Catalytic Capital program and Power for All’s Utilities 2.0 initiative. As a researcher his topics include: performance-based financing mechanisms; benchmarking emerging market financial intermediaries to address the gap in SME finance.