Lauren
Burnhill
International
Expert
Lauren is a finance, investment and
international development advisor with more than 30 years’ experience in all aspects
of responsible investment and management of complex programmes including Micro,
Small & Medium Enterprise (MSME) Finance, Sustainable Finance and
Infrastructure, Renewable Energy, Climate Risk, Adaptation and Resilience, Gender
Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI), Community and Social Resilience.
She is the
Managing Director of One Planet Ventures LLC, offering strategic advice, financial
product and project design services, as well as governance support for corporates
and nonprofits looking to create sustainable, values-driven funding streams to
leverage activities and impact in meaningful, practical and sustainable ways. Some
of the notable projects she has been involved in include, as Senior Advisor, Gender
and Social Inclusion (GESI) for ADB-GCF Green Finance Facility (GFF) for India,
where she provided advice and review of GESI policies for the GFF and its end
beneficiaries in connection with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Green Climate Fund
(GCF) project. She was also the Team Lead for the EIB Greening Financial Sectors
(GFS), Technical Assistance Program, supporting the goals of a net zero and climate
resilient global financial system.
Lauren has extensive experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders in
the design and successful implementation of clear and innovative strategies,
policies, financial products, technical assistance projects, capacity
building/training and metrics for achieving financial, social and environmental
goals in various projects across Latin America, Middle East and Africa, Europe and
the United States.
She holds a Masters in Social Change and Development from the
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and an MBA in Finance
and Strategic Planning from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In 2015,
she earned a Development Finance Professional Certification from the US Council of
Development Finance Agencies (CDFA).