MATTHEW McGARVEY
- Impact investment and fund development specialist
- Leading Impact investment and social entrepreneurship initiatives in Asia for 20+ years
- 10+ years in organic and regenerative agriculture throughout Asia and US
- Led financing strategy for over 6GW+ of clean energy in Asia
- Former PwC Corporate Finance
Rich McClellan
- Strategy and policy advisor
- Former McKinsey & Co. (11 years); former Tony Blair advisor (3 years)
- Serving SE Asian countries on topics like circular economy, startup ecosystems, future skills, I4.0, plastic waste reduction, and provincial master- planning and tourism strategies
- Project development in renewable energy and economic zones
Summary
- SE Asia lags the world in impact investment; and it is critically needed here
- Continued economic growth in almost every sector reduces investment risk, but understanding of impact investing is dangerously low
- Areas that are most in need of investment include:
- Economicdisadvantage
- Climatechangepreparedness
- Genderdisparities
- Ripe opportunities in early-stage regenerative agriculture and landscape climate initiatives,
and growth capital in energy, forestry and food