2026

Annual Europe Dialogue

Geneva, Switzerland

FEBRUARY 12-13, 2026

Global Perspectives on Impact

Over the past five years, Forum for Impact has evolved into a premier gathering for impact-focused investors, family offices, philanthropists, and finance leaders globally. This year, we are bringing our dialogue to more regions to mobilize capital for transformative change. Our private, invite-only events unite capital allocators, decision-
makers, and thought leaders committed to advancing solutions in the energy transition, sustainable ocean investment, climate and carbon finance, and resilient innovation ecosystems. Rather than just talking, we focus on actions: forging new partnerships, inspiring cross-sector engagement, and supporting measurable impact. Our mission is to catalyze regional cooperation in investment and philanthropy to make meaningful sustainable progress.

About Forum for Impact

Forum for Impact (FFI) is a collaboration among leaders in impact and sustainable investment. We create private, invite-only dialogues to assemble global leaders to share their knowledge, stories, and journeys to inspire other investors to create positive impact in the world.

FFI represents many of the world’s leading family office principals, investors, philanthropists and private business owners; brought together to promote the growing need to invest in solutions seeking to generate positive social and environmental impact alongside financial return.

Our mission is to engage the unengaged in impact finance, and to bring new impacts and opportunities for impact to our global financial community. Our events are focused mobilizing capital and action, not just talking about it.

Relationship-building is a priority at all of our dialogues. Our events offer a private environment where our guests have ample opportunity to meet easily with one another, informally and in unhurried style. All FFI’s guests are known personally to us and are drawn from our networks in the USA, Canada, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the Caribbean.

Agenda

Day 1: Evening Program

6:30 pm

VIP Dinner:

VIP Dinner (invitation only) Connecting our supporters, speakers and friends for a private dinner to to get to know each other prior to the dialogue.

Location: Woodward Hotel Le Jardinier Restaurant 37 Quai Wilson, 1201 Geneva

Day 2: Core Program

9:00 am

Welcome Address

Location: N°OW’HERE Society (Main Venue)
Rte de Frontenex 60, 1207 Genève, Switzerland
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9:15 am

DIALOGUE 1: Next-Generation Impact: The Transformation of Family Offices & Philanthropy

Swiss and European family offices are increasingly deploying capital for measurable impact, with next-generation wealthholders prioritizing climate, education, and social equity. This topic focuses on new leadership, intergenerational transition strategies, and the rise of global co-investment platforms.

10:15 am

Break

10:45 am

DIALOGUE 2: Ocean Investment & Blended Finance: European and Swiss Contributions to Global Sustainable Development

This dialogue explores how European and Swiss investors can lead in ocean investment and foster international collaboration in blended finance. Geneva can convene global leaders to design new blended finance tools, share best practices, and build resilient systems through public private partnerships and sovereign cooperation, specifically focusing on marine ecosystems and the blue economy.

11:45pm

Lunch

12:45 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT: The Entrepreneurial Renaissance: Building Anti-Fragile, Triple-Bottom-Line Ventures at the Speed of the Poly Crisis

This fireside chat features Nicholas Niggli, a veteran trade diplomat turned venture builder at Oⁿ Venture Studio, and Michael Meehan, a 3x Silicon Valley entrepreneur and pioneer in carbon markets, impact investor, and founder at Forum for Impact. In the face of the global “poly crisis,” Nicholas and Michael discuss the urgent need for a new generation of builders in both entrepreneurs and investors. They will discuss the need for an “orchestration of intelligence” system integrating human, artificial, and nature intelligence that can create investment-ready, triple-bottom-line ventures en masse, at scale, in minutes rather than months or years.

1:30 pm

DIALOGUE 3: Women’s Leadership & Gender-Smart Investing

Gender and diversity remain primary drivers in impact finance. Swiss/EU investors and their global peers continue to expand gender-lens investments, supporting women-led funds, gender bonds, and financial innovations that address equity and unlock new economic pathways.

2:30 pm

Break

3:00 pm

DIALOGUE 4: Cross-Continental Impact: Catalyzing Sustainable Finance Partnerships

Swiss and EU investors are global leaders in sustainable finance innovation. This dialogue explores how blended finance and collaborative platforms can scale investments between Europe and global regions including Africa can leverage Geneva’s financial expertise and opportunities for maximum global impact.

4:00 pm

DIALOGUE 5: Impact Lenses in Action: Mobilizing Capital for Real-World Change

Move beyond the theory of impact investing to see what “coordinated action” looks like on the ground. In this showcase, we spotlight the funds, foundations, and companies driving the outcomes behind FFI’s core Impact Lenses—oceans, climate, entrepreneurship, and women leadership, and more. Join us to explore how these organizations are turning capital into measurable solutions, and hear the stories of the investors and partners standing beside them to accelerate their mission.

5:00 pm

FIRESIDE CHAT: Future of Humanitarian Aid: Innovative Solutions to Global Health Needs

Join us for a provocative dialogue at the intersection of frontline emergency response and systemic economic innovation. This fireside chat brings together Stephen Cornish, Director-General of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and Jay Cziraky, Founder of the No-End Philosophy Company, to challenge the status quo of global aid.

6:30 pm

Drinks and Dinner

Driving Measurable Impact

Impact Lenses

FFI is more than just talk. We launch several initiatives each year among our investment and philanthropic communities around the world. These prioritize tangible outcomes from our dialogues, actively engaging our community both within and beyond these discussions.

Our Impact Lenses support specific impacts, projects, and investments arising from the dialogues, enabling our community to achieve measurable progress and advance the conversation year after year.

Our 2026 Impact Lenses Include:

Donor Advised Funds for Impact Investing
Foundation for Sustainable Ocean Finance
Impact in (and alongside) Indigenous Peoples
Women in Impact Finance
Venture Frontier Africa
Misinformation in Media
Sovereign risk in carbon and energy investment
Sustainable Infrastructure Investment In Africa

Speakers

Nicholas C. Niggli

Founder & Executive Chairman

Oⁿ Venture Studio

Switzerland

Nicholas C. Niggli is a Swiss venture architect and systems leader, and former senior diplomat, working at the intersection of frontier technology, geoeconomics, and planetary stewardship. He is Founder and Executive Chairman of Oⁿ Venture Studio (Switzerland), the world’s first symbiotic intelligence venture studio building AI-native, net-positive ventures by orchestrating human, artificial, and nature intelligence. He is also Co Chairman of the Board of the Green Digital Finance Alliance, a United Nations-backed foundation advancing digital finance aligned with planetary boundaries, biodiversity, and inclusive climate solutions. Previously, he spent over two decades in international diplomacy and multilateral governance, including serving as Chairman of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and later as Director General and Deputy Secretary General of the Republic and State of Geneva. He is Guest Faculty and Professor of Practice at the Geneva Graduate Institute, where he teaches complex negotiation dynamics, mediation innovation, and strategic advocacy.

Jay Cziráky

Founder

Denesfa No-End Co.™ & The No-End Philosophy Company

UAE

Jay Cziráky is a Canadian–Hungarian serial entrepreneur, impact investor, and humanitarian operator with 25+ years of experience across conflict zones, post-conflict regions, developing countries, and fragile economies. A Brock University graduate, he moved to Hungary in 1997 as a founding member of Move One, a leader in deployed government and aid logistics. Now based in the UAE, he has served on advisory boards including InFrontier (impact private equity in Afghanistan), ForAfrika, and SixRing, and is Chairman of North Degrees, focused on energy technology solutions for developing countries. He founded Denesfa No-End Co.™ and The No-End Philosophy Company to build perpetual, non-extractive entities and scale a socio-economic model grounded in purpose, community, and sustainable capital.

Stephen Cornish

Directeur General

MSF Switzerland

Switzerland

Stephen Cornish has been a dedicated member of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for over 30 years. Throughout his extensive career, he has managed several major humanitarian interventions in conflict zones ranging from Chechnya to Sierra Leone. His expertise in negotiating humanitarian access to vulnerable populations and resolving aid-worker abduction crises has been instrumental in MSF’s global operations. Cornish served on the board of directors of MSF Canada before becoming its Executive Director. He also held roles with the Canadian Red Cross and CARE Canada, and served as CEO of the David Suzuki Foundation. He has been General Director of MSF Switzerland since 2020. He holds a master’s degree in Global Risk and Crisis Management from Université Panthéon Sorbonne (Paris) and a post-graduate diploma in Conflict Resolution from the University of Bradford. He is multilingual (English, French, Spanish; working knowledge of Russian) and has published in academic and policy journals.

Sindre Ostegard

Partner

We Are Human, Builders Vision

Oslo

Sindre Ostegard is a Partner at We Are Human and Builders Vision, based in Oslo. He brings experience working across organizations to structure partnerships and align stakeholders behind shared outcomes. His perspective supports the practical questions behind blended finance and collaboration—how strategies translate into coordinated action, governance, and measurable delivery.

Pauline Koelbl

Founder & Managing Partner

shEquity

Zurich

Pauline Koelbl is Founder & Managing Partner at shEquity, based in Zurich. She leads the firm’s strategic direction and investment approach, contributing to the growth of gender-lens and gender-smart capital across markets. Her experience reflects how investors are moving from commitments to execution—building investment theses, structures, and partnerships that aim to unlock opportunity and track results over time.

Shawn Castellanos

Chief Development Officer

Ocean Conservancy

United States

As Ocean Conservancy’s Chief Development Officer, Shawn Castellanos, IPA, leads the organization’s capacity-building work by envisioning, operationalizing, and activating fundraising and development strategies in support of the mission. She brings 20+ years of nonprofit resource mobilization experience, with leadership roles including the American Heart Association, Cornell University, and Johns Hopkins University. Shawn graduated with honors from the University of Iowa and holds a master’s degree from Johns Hopkins University, along with graduate certificates from Johns Hopkins and the London School of Economics.

Carmel Rafaeli

Co-Founder

The Table Foundation

Tel Aviv

Carmel Rafaeli is Co-Founder of The Table Foundation, based in Tel Aviv. She contributes to the organization’s leadership and partnerships, helping advance initiatives aligned with inclusive impact and long-term value creation. Her work connects with the growing focus on gender-smart investing and practical approaches to equity in capital allocation.

Julie Blane

Co-Founder

The Table Foundation

London

Julie Blane is Co-Founder of The Table Foundation, based in London. She works on building partnerships and shaping initiatives that advance inclusion and opportunity. Her perspective supports the practical evolution of gender-smart investing—linking values, decision-making, and measurable outcomes across funders and implementers.

Chris Dorsett

Vice President of Conservation

Ocean Conservancy

United States

Chris Dorsett is Ocean Conservancy’s Vice President of Conservation, overseeing work to ensure healthy and resilient marine ecosystems, abundant fish and wildlife populations, and vibrant coastal communities. He has been with Ocean Conservancy since 2002 and has led initiatives spanning sustainable fisheries, restoration of the Gulf of Mexico following the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, and broader ocean policy and conservation strategy. Chris holds a B.S. in Marine Fisheries from Texas A&M University and a J.D. from the University of Texas.

Sitara Merchant Carter

CEO

Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF)

Zürich / Geneva, Switzerland

Sitara Merchant Carter is CEO of the Swiss Capacity Building Facility (SCBF). She works with partners to strengthen capabilities and implementation readiness—an essential layer for blended finance, climate finance, and cross-border partnerships to succeed beyond strategy. She contributes a practitioner’s view on what it takes to build effective pipelines, align stakeholders, and support delivery in complex environments. Contact: sitara.merchant@scbf.ch

Audrey Selian

Managing Director

Rianta Capital

Geneva

Audrey Selian is Managing Director at Rianta Capital, based in Geneva. She contributes to leadership and investment management, with a focus on converting impact intent into disciplined strategy and execution. She brings a practical lens to “impact in action”—how capital partners with organizations to deliver outcomes and how those outcomes are tracked, communicated, and improved over time.

Naava Mashiah

Founder & CEO

ME LINKS

Geneva, Switzerland

Naava Mashiah is the Founder & CEO of ME LINKS, based in Geneva, Switzerland. In her role, she leads the organization’s strategy and growth and brings an operator’s perspective on how mission, governance, and execution translate into real-world outcomes. Her work connects with the broader shift toward measurable impact and new models of collaboration across investors, founders, and institutions.

Sofia Blount

Trustee

Blue Marine Foundation, CORDAP

London

An accomplished sustainability and environmental governance professional, Sofia Blount brings over a decade of leadership experience at the intersection of marine conservation, law and policy. As a Co-Founder and Director of the boutique international law firm Omnia Strategy LLP, she led complex international projects on biodiversity protection and legal reform, including advising a West African government on implementing UN biodiversity protocols. She later became a Trustee of the Blue Marine Foundation for over 7 years, guiding the organisation’s growth from an early-stage charity to a leading international NGO, shaping strategy, overseeing governance and executive leadership. She currently serves as Strategic and Policy Advisor to the Coral Research & Development Accelerator Platform (CORDAP), advising the G20-backed organisation on strategy, communications and policy to accelerate global coral conservation and restoration.

Sofia graduated with Distinction from the University of Cambridge’s Master’s in Sustainability Leadership programme, with commended research on protecting blue carbon ecosystems, and has published widely on sustainability for The Sunday Times.

Florian Kemmerich

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Human Planet

Geneva

Florian Kemmerich is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Human Planet, based in Geneva. He works at the intersection of strategy, partnerships, and execution—supporting initiatives that require coordination across stakeholders and capital providers. He brings a practical perspective on building collaborative platforms and translating ambition into implementable plans, particularly in international contexts.

Tal Govrin

CEO & Co-Founder

Kokomodo

Israel

Tal Govrin is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kokomodo, a foodtech and climate-tech company developing cell-cultured cacao to address the growing instability of global cacao supply chains. Under her leadership, the company is introducing a novel approach to one of the world’s most beloved ingredients. With over 22 years of executive experience, Tal has built a career at the intersection of business, government, and industry. She was a member of the global executive team at Caesarstone (NASDAQ: CSTE), managed the investment banking team at KPMG Tel-Aviv, and served as economic advisor to the Israeli Minister of Economy. Her work has consistently focused on strategic growth, innovation, and cross-sector collaboration. Tal currently also serves as Chair of the FoodTech Committee and a board member at the Israel-Asia Chamber of Commerce, where she helps shape the future of food innovation and international cooperation.

Patricia Fuller

President & CEO

IISD

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Patricia Fuller is President & CEO of IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development). She brings a leadership perspective on how research, policy, and practice connect to accelerate sustainability outcomes. Her work aligns with the need for credible frameworks and real-world pathways for climate and carbon finance, especially where public and private actors must coordinate.

Shally Shanker

Founder & Managing Partner

AiiM Partners

Palo Alto, California, United States

Shally Shanker is Founder & Managing Partner at AiiM Partners, an investment firm backing technology-enabled companies addressing climate and related sustainability challenges. She brings over two decades of investment management experience and focuses on building portfolios that aim to deliver both strong financial performance and measurable impact.

Frédéric Berney

Co-Head Investments

iGravity

Zürich, Switzerland

Frédéric Berney is a partner and co-head of Investments at iGravity AG, a Swiss impact investing manager specialized in Private Debt in Emerging Markets. Frederic brings more than 30 years of experience in the financial industry heading various risk management positions abroad and in Switzerland. He was the CRO of BlueOrchard for 6 years and partner/CRO at Harcourt Investment Consulting, a Hedge Fund boutique in Zürich. He previously held leading positions in market risk investment banking at Sanwa International and CSFB in London and Zürich. Frédéric holds a Bachelor’s degree Economics and a Master in Banking and Finance from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland and speaks French, English, German and Italian.Sent from my iPhone

Didier Toubia

Co-Founder & CEO

Aleph Farms

Israel

Didier Toubia is Co-Founder and CEO of Aleph Farms, a company developing cultivated meat. Trained as a food engineer and biologist, he has founded and led multiple medical device ventures and is a co-inventor on numerous patents. At Aleph Farms, he leads the company’s vision and strategy to build more resilient and sustainable protein supply chains.

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Michael Meehan

Co-founder Forum for impact

With over 25 years’ experience in impact and sustainable finance, Michael is an investor, thought leader, and senior advisor to public and private sector organizations around the world and serves on various boards for funds in the EU, UK, US, Canada and Asia. He founded Forum for Impact in 2020 in Europe as a way to bring family offices together to collaborate on impact investment and philanthropy.

Michael serves on the board of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a global think tank for impact in over 30 countries, and is the former Chairman of the UK Sustainable Investment & Finance Association, a consortium of leading institutional investors with AUM of over £11 trillion. Michael is also the former CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the largest sustainability standard in the world, based in Amsterdam.

As a pioneer in climate finance, he has also served on the board of trustees of Global Canopy, former CEO of Carbonetworks, vice-chair of the Natural Capital Coalition, and CEO of Canoe Carbon, an asset manager in climate finance based in Canada. Michael is also an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, Canada where he serves as the faculty lead for Sustainable Finance.

Throughout his career, Michael has worked with the White House, the UN, the World Economic Forum, and many other organizations in his mission to improve the state of the world through impact.

Partner Benefits

We offer a full benefits package to each partner that includes a full account management program to ensure maximum value is delivered to all partners, and to ensure their unique priorities are reflected in each regional and global event.

The account management program runs through to the official launch, including all pre-promotion activity, the event itself, plus the post-event communication through FFI’s channels, leading to the invitation to all family guests.

The focus of the account management ensures that all partners are introduced personally to FFI’s investment community and that opportunities (both commercial and philanthropic) are explored.