An Introduction to Blended Finance

Head of the Private Sector Development unit in the Economic Development Cooperation division at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

Chris has 25+ years of experience financing development projects in emerging & frontier markets. Prior to joining Convergence, he was EBRD’s Director leading investment activities in early transition countries

Sandrine Salerno has been the Executive Director of SFG since January 2021. SFG’s vision is to accelerate the transformation of the financial sector by setting ambitious environmental and social goals which is perfectly in line with Sandrine’s vision for the future of Geneva: an international city and the second-largest financial center in Switzerland. Sandrine has 13 years of experience working in governance as an executive member of the City of Geneva and the head of its Finance Department. Prior to that, she was Deputy of University Affairs at the Geneva’s Department of Education and a researcher at the University of Geneva. She started her career as the Deputy Chief of the European Third World Center and later became a Coordinator in the Swiss Immigrants’ Contact Center. Sandrine is well known in Geneva for her commitment to the public good: she currently serves as a Member of the Board of Geneva Public Transport and Groupe Serbeco, as the Vice-President of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Opera, and as the President of the Puppet Theatre of Geneva. In the past she also dedicated herself to the CAP Prevoyance, as President of the Foundation Council, as well as to the FIPOI, as member of the Foundation Council. Sandrine holds a master’s degree in public policy assessment from the University of Geneva.

Adrian Schatzmann is the CEO of Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS) in Basel since January 2021. Additionally, he founded in 2016 Clear Minds Investment AG, a financial advisor company, and assumes today the role of Managing Partner. He also sits since 2016 on the Board of Directors as Managing Director at Straub-Egloff Immobilien AG. From 2017 to 2020, Mr. Schatzmann assumed two other roles, one at DIventures Management GmbH as Member of the Investment Committee and the other at SwissBanking as Strategic Advisor. At the begining of his career, Mr. Schatzmann spent 6 years at SBC Brinson as Fund Manager and later spent 15 years within UBS Wealth Management with different roles as Managing Director. Finally, Mr. Schatzmann graduated from the University of Saint Gallen with a degree in Economics.