FGII peer-peer breakfast: Impact Investment Summit

Monique Andrew - Executive Director, Transition Accelerator

Monique is Executive Director of the Transition Accelerator and a Senior Adviser to E&P Financial Group. With 15 years of experience in investment, strategy, and law, Monique has held executive positions and advised financial services and technology businesses across the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.

Monique also serves on the board of RMIT Activator, and holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Melbourne, and an MBA from the University of Cambridge.

Rohan Martyres - Director, Strategy and Partnerships, Menzies Foundation

Rohan has 15 years’ international experience in facilitating cross-sector collaborations to address complex social and health challenges, in Australia, the UK and Nepal. Prior to joining Menzies, Rohan was Major Grants Manager at The Ian Potter Foundation.  In the UK, he managed two dedicated negative return social investment funds, using blended capital and unsecured loans (CAN Invest UK), and directed a 10-year £40m initiative to tackle the commercial determinants of health (Impact on Urban Health UK).

Rohan has sat on numerous philanthropic grantmaking committees, and holds a graduate degree in strategy and innovation from Judge Business School, Cambridge.

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. 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.

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.

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.