59: The Economic Opportunity and Resilience Of Impact Investing

<div><strong>Tameo Impact Fund Solutions</strong></div> <div>Tameo is a spin-off from Symbiotics, including its market research, impact reporting, deal valuation and matchmaking solutions. Based on 15 years of experience built at Symbiotics, our aim is to promote the growth of the impact investing industry by increasing transparency and supporting evidence-based decision-making via independent solutions.</div> <div><br> </div> <div> <strong>Safeya Zeitoun, </strong>Head of Impact at Tameo</div> <div>During her 5 years at Symbiotics, Safeya has focused on assessing the social and environmental impact achieved by Symbiotics' investments. She has also contributed to industry initiatives on social performance management. Before that, she was a researcher at the Access to Knowledge for Development Center at the American University in Cairo. She holds a master's degree in International Economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the American University in Cairo.</div> <div><br> </div> <div> <strong>Ramkumar Narayanan, </strong>Head of Research &amp; Investments at Tameo</div> <div>Over 8 years, Ramkumar contributed to Symbiotics' research work in the areas of microfinance funds, markets, and social performance by developing reporting tools and co-authoring white papers and industry reports on these topics. Prior to his time at Symbiotics, he worked for over 3 years at the World Microfinance Forum Geneva, leading a working group aimed at raising awareness of the opportunities and challenges of private sector MF investments in China. Ramkumar holds a master’s degree in Public Management and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Geneva.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>Key points:</strong></div> <ul> <li>Impact is a subset of sustainable investments. Impact pushes it further by looking at the measurements.</li> <li>At Symbiotics, historically focused has been on Microfinance and research and reporting