Addressing Power Imbalance in Impact Finance with Aunnie Patton Power

Be & Think in the House of Trust

Does Impact Finance Make You Uncomfortable?

In this episode of Be & Think in the House of Trust, I am listening to Aunnie Patton Power, an Academic, Advisor, Author, and Angel Investor (5 As!) who directs innovative financing to organizations that create a positive social and environmental impact.

She is a reformed M&A investment banker, who began her impact investing career in 2010 with Unitus Capital in Bangalore and has since worked with start-ups, intermediaries, funds, family offices, foundations, corporates, and governments across Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

In this episode, we explore Aunnie’s discomfort with traditional finance and how she shifted to impact investing with humility.

We revisit her thoughts on why we should scale positive impact outrageously, her take on the pervasive power imbalance, and what rethinking this dynamic could lead to.

I also loved the story of her student paper that led to a multi-million dollars Green Outcome Fund...

This episode is for you if you are thinking of changing your career to ignite social impact through finance.

It’s also for you If you want to boost impact through imagination and collaboration.

Highlights in this Episode:

(2.08) My discomfort with traditional finance

(5.06) The need for a power balance between impact builders and finance professionals

(8.47) From a student paper to a multi-million dollars Green Outcome Fund

(15:16) Scaling outrageously whilst allocating capital close to the ground

(25:00) Let’s rethink ownership and access to public markets.

Useful links

Find Aunnie Patton Power on Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/aunniepatton

Read Aunnie's first book Adventure Finance www.adventure.finance

Build your impact finance career: www.impactfinancepro.com

Muhammad Yunus: Creating a World Without Poverty https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/247204.Creating_a_World_Without_Poverty

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Website: https://servanemouazan.co.uk

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