Overview
The Market Information Day on Wednesday 18 June will be held hybrid in Adelaide. This event is an opportunity to share impact investments in the market and invite discussion.
Market Information Days are designed to educate attendees about the social impact investment landscape and opportunities from social impact funds, charities and social ventures. The event will focus on learning in a mutually supportive environment; newer investors learn from the questions posed by their more experienced peers, and those presenting can benefit from feedback on their ideas.
In this session we will hear from the following for-purpose organisations: SIX (Sustainable Investment Exchange), Urban Villager, Ecotone Partners, Australian Ethical. Along with a market update in the Endowments for Impact Challenge from the Reichstein Foundation. Learn more about the speakers below.
The FGII Market Information Day coincides with the CSI Flinders Shaping the future of leadership in the for-purpose sector Conference on Thursday 19 June in Adelaide, where FGII will participate in a panel on impact investing alongside speakers from Paul Ramsay Foundation and The Wyatt Trust. Learn more and register here.
Please note:
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- Presenters will share their thoughts and views in conversation but will not offer any financial advice.
- A brief survey will be provided for completion at the end of each presentation.
Audience
Philanthropic funders, foundations and FGII guests are welcome to attend this event.
For questions about this event or FGII, please contact the FGII Program Director Michelle Di Fabio at fgii@philanthropy.org.au. Find out how to become a FGII member here.
If you wish to sign up as a Philanthropy Australia member, please reach out to membership@philanthropy.org.au.
When
Wednesday 18 June 2025
Online attendance:
12:00pm - 1:30pm AEST (ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC)
11:30am - 1:00pm ACST (NT)
10:00am - 11:30am AWST (WA)
In-person attendance: 11:30am - 1:30pm ACST (SA)
Location, hybrid event
Online: Meeting link will be provided after registration.
In-person: Flinders University City Campus, Adelaide. Venue address will be provided after registration.
Speakers
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Adam Verway, Co-Founder, SIX (Sustainable Investment Exchange)
Adam has a passion for using capital in a way that seeks to create systemic change on climate change and inequality. In 2014 he co-founded Future Super and became a director of ACCR. Both organisations were built to shake things up for a better future. Future Super shook up the $3 trillion super industry into taking their members' concern about climate risk seriously. ACCR created the blueprint for shareholder advocacy in Australia and got corporate boardrooms shaking.
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SIX is Adam’s next big chance to shake things up – Australia’s first fintech to combine activism with investing. SIX is the share trading app that makes it easy for ethical investors to invest with their values, and gives them the investing power to build a better world by influencing big companies to do better.
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Alice Joy, Co-Founder and CEO of Urban Villager
Alice Joy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Urban Villager, an impact-focused real estate architecture and development company. Legally trained with a master’s degree in Wellness, Alice has been building partnerships, strategies and blended financial models since 2012.
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Urban Villager’s mission is to use real estate development as an agent for social and environmental good. Its current focus is on shared equity housing, where it works with mission-aligned finance partners to deliver quality affordable housing to frontline workers. Urban Villager’s pilot shared equity project, supported by Brightlight and the Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation, uses blended finance incorporating philanthropic, impact and commercial capital, delivering financial returns every 24-27 months. The capital stack for the second project is currently being structured. Urban Villager was a finalist for Impact Enterprise of the Year in the Australian Impact Investment Awards in 2025. It is seeking support from philanthropy to scale its shared equity model.
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Dan Madhavan, Partner, Ecotone Partners
Dan has over 20 years of experience in financial services and has played a central role in establishing and advancing the impact investing sector in Australia. He was CEO of Impact Investment Group (IIG), where he helped grow the firm into one of Australia’s largest dedicated impact fund managers and contributed to the design and launch of pioneering investment products across renewable energy, real estate, and venture capital. Prior to IIG, Dan was the inaugural CEO of Impact Investing Australia, leading national efforts to build the market, engage government, and represent Australia on the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing. He began his career with 13 years at JBWere and Goldman Sachs JBWere, holding senior roles including Head of Advice – NSW, Executive Director, COO, and Acting CEO. Dan also serves as a juror for the Cartier Women’s Initiative and lectures in Sustainable Finance at the University of Melbourne.
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Keenan Bunning, National Manager Private Wealth & Family Office, Australian Ethical
Keenan Bunning is the National Manager of Private Wealth & Family Offices at Australian Ethical Investment. He is passionate about the environment and is motivated by the idea that capital can be a force for good in the world.
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Before assuming his current role, Keenan led the Adviser Relationships team at Australian Ethical Investments. He also spent five years at Perpetual as a Senior Business Development Manager, focusing on the New South Wales and ACT regions. Keenan has held senior investment sales and leadership positions at renowned institutions including Colonial First State, Rabobank, and Citi. Additionally, he has experience as an adviser and was a key member of the management team at a major national dealer group.
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Adam Roberts, Head of Private Markets, Australian Ethical Investment
Adam joined Australian Ethical in June 2024, bringing 15 years' experience investing across real estate, infrastructure, private equity, impact investing and private credit. Prior to joining Australian Ethical, Adam held several roles within Macquarie's asset management business, in both APAC and Europe, as well as Head of Strategy where he oversaw business and corporate development.
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Adam also spent a few years at a U.S. based alternative asset manager.
Adam holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Bachelor's degrees in Law and Commerce (majoring in Finance) from Bond University (obtained under scholarship). |
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Market update: Endowments for Impact Challenge presented by Rachel Ball, CEO, Reichstein Foundation
Rachel Ball is CEO of the Reichstein Foundation, an Australian philanthropic pioneer that has supported outstanding changemakers and shaped the infrastructure of giving for the last 50 years. The Foundation backs the people, ideas and organisations that drive social, economic and environmental justice in Australia. Rachel is also a Director of Australian Progress and sits on the advisory committee of the Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX).
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She’s previously held senior leadership roles at the Human Rights Law Centre, Oxfam Australia and the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria, where she supported Assembly Members to negotiate the foundations for Treaty-making in Victoria. She has expertise designing and delivering strategies that challenge unfair distributions of wealth and power, including through rights-based advocacy, public campaigns, strategic litigation and political engagement. Rachel lives on Wadawurrung Country on Victoria’s Surf Coast and loves dashing into the ocean at every spare moment. |
FGII chair
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Ben Smith - Head, Impact Investing, Paul Ramsay Foundation
Ben is Head of Impact Investing at Paul Ramsay Foundation. Alongside his role at PRF, Ben is the Vice Chair, and Chair of the Investment Committee, for NatWest Social and Community Capital. Furthermore, he holds the position of Impact Investor in Residence at Centre for Social Impact Flinders University.
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Prior to joining PRF, Ben was Head of Impact Investment at Esmée Fairbairn Foundation – the UK’s largest impact investing foundation. Ben previously established UnLtd’s – the UK’s largest early-stage social enterprise supporter – social investment department and first funds. Other notable activities in the space include co-authoring the CFA UK’s Impact and Investing Certificate, co-Chairing the UK’s Social Impact Investors Group and holding Impact Finance lecturing positions at Cranfield University and University of Westminster.
Originally a management and strategy consultant, Ben is also a former Board Member of Birmingham Symphony Hall and Aston University. |
FGII Program Director
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Michelle Di Fabio - Program Director for the Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII), Philanthropy Australia
Michelle leads the Foundations Group for Impact Investing (FGII) at Philanthropy Australia. The FGII launched in 2023, is designed to support market-building initiatives for foundations and charitable funders interested in starting or currently undertaking impact investing.
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Michelle is experienced in strategy, program delivery, education and impact investing. Michelle has held roles including Head of Strategy for Hostplus Superannuation, Relationship Manager for the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and is the Founder and Director of Strategic Global Advisory (SGA).
Michelle is passionate about education and collaboration, and a lecturer in Impact Investing (Sustainable Investment) at The University of Melbourne.
Michelle qualified as a Chartered Accountant at PwC and is an alumnus of The University of Melbourne, University of Manchester and Oxford University, where she was awarded a leadership scholarship to study the Social Impact Investing Programme at the SAID Business School. Michelle is a board member of Dodgeball Australia, National student body Financial Management Association of Australia (FMAA) and former Alumni Deputy Chair at The University of Melbourne. |
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