Impact for Breakfast

Boris Le Montagner is Head of Strategic Projects for Building Bridges since March 2023. One of his major annual projects is to coordinate the program of the Building Bridges Action Days that showcases over 60 events led by the community. Mr. Le Montagner graduated as an engineer and started his career 12 years ago in real estate and construction in France and Myanmar. While Myanmar was undertaking its democratic transition, he changed careers to address social and environmental issues. For about four years he worked on advocacy events in the form of photo and cinema festivals and organised exhibitions and campaigns for a range of local and international organisations such as Médecins sans Frontière, ILO or the European Union. Before joining Building Bridges, Mr. Le Montagner worked for two years for UNEP on the consumption and production agenda within the sustainable lifestyles and education team.

Guillaume Toffel is Senior Legal Counsel at Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS). He studied law in Fribourg and Heidelberg (MLaw) as well as Philadelphia (LL.M. UPenn). Mr. Toffel was admitted to the bar in Geneva and practiced for a couple of years before joining a consulting firm specializing in financial cross-border matters. After 6 years at the asset management division of FINMA, he joined the AMAS in 2022.

Kali Taylor is the Community Manager of Sustainable Finance Geneva (SFG) and works as Advisor to Building Bridges. In her role, she supports SFG’s community of professionals and advances sustainable finance impact themes in the Geneva ecosystem.  She also supports Building Bridges on governance and project management, having been involved in the initiative since its inception. Prior to joining SFG, Ms. Taylor was a policy advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) focused on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where she has led the Geneva 2030 Ecosystem and helped to create the SDG Lab at UN Geneva. Prior to coming to Geneva, she co-founded and led a global youth NGO, Student Energy, that engages young people in the energy transition and climate progress.  She has also worked in the energy industry on climate strategy, environmental management, and new ventures.

Guillaume has dedicated his professional life to sustainable and impact investing. Prior to joining the SDG Impact Finance Initiative, he led the Sustainable and Impact Solutions team at Credit Suisse, designed and managed impact investment funds at Lombard Odier, and audited micro finance institutions for an asset manager dedicated to financial inclusion. Guillaume began his career completing missions in developing countries, before establishing and managing a range of sustainable and impact products at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. He later joined Médecins Sans Frontières for a humanitarian mission, to lead the finance and HR department, and ran different health-related projects.