Alumni Spotlight: Graham Day, 2013 cohort
Graham was part of the 2013 cohort, working as an Investment Manager for LGT Venture Philanthropy (at the time LGT Impact Ventures). In this Spotlight interview he talks about his…more
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Three Alumni Fellows sharing insights into their impressive career paths post-Fellowship
Tom Kagerer (Investment Director, LGT Venture Philanthropy) discusses with three inspiring Alumni Fellows how the Fellowship has equipped them for their career transition post-Fellowship, what skills they acquired during the…more
Varthana CEO and Alumni Fellows discuss the added value of the LGT Impact Fellowship at Arthan’s “Investing for Good” conference
The LGT Impact Fellowship was kindly invited to host a session at the "Investing for Good" conference, which Arthan organized as part of their «Building Civil Society Organizations of the…more
What do you get when you cross an experienced American environmental professional with a young environmental NGO in China?
By Linda Greer, LGT Impact Fellow for the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, Beijing, China Can such a person meaningfully accelerate reductions in industrial pollution from some of the…more
Integrated access to finance for small-holder farmers: starting an innovative agri-finance company in the Philippines
by Jonna Bickel - LGT Impact Fellow 2016 As an agribusiness company specializing on high-quality crops like cacao beans, Kennemer Foods International enables small-holder farmers in the Philippines to grow…more
The Power of Impact and Innovation: Fascinations and Challenges for Social Enterprises in China
by Amy Zheng - LGT Investment Associate Fellow 2015 “It is the best of times, it is the worst of times; it is the age of wisdom, it is the…more
Do’s and Don’ts of Data Capture: Some lessons from an ICats fellow who wanted to (somehow) change the world through data collection
Back in late 2014, I decided to become a LGT VP ICats Fellow and part of an agribusiness company, which seeks to help increase the income and consequently, the quality…more
Social Impact: Loving vs Doing the Idea (Impressions from my first-hand experience with Agriculture)
Around early October 2014, I made one of the biggest decisions in my career. I was to move to a new city, into an industry I don’t know much about,…more
ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from Indonesia
Martin Zuercher (Switzerland) works as Chief Financial Consultant at Javara in Indonesia a company that provides smallholder farmers and local agricultural processors in Indonesia with a holistic solution that allows…more
ICats Fellow 2015 impressions from the Philippines
Gemeniano Crisante (The Philippines) works as Grower Management Specialist at KFI in the Philippines, a company that specializes in the sustainable growing, sourcing, and trading of high-quality agricultural crops. This…more
Inequality – Philippines
I landed in Manila in February. I am an accelerator fellow in the Philippines and my work here is to accelerate and support our existing portfolio companies to grow as…more
SPIEF, Russia Nr. 1
Two weeks ago I attended SPIEF (http://www.forumspb.com/#) in St. Petersburg (SPG), Russia. It is one of the biggest conferences in Russia, very much modeled after the Davos meeting of the…more
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