ESG In Venture Capital | Jaclyn Seow

Claudia's Guest today: Jaclyn Seow, Director Openspace Ventures in Singapore
Topic: ESG & Sustainability in Venture Capital
Mre about OpenSpace Ventures below:
- View Openspace’s ESG approach and annual sustainability reports at openspace.vc/r...
- View “Reaping the Regional Dividend: The Coalesce Index”, a report done by Openspace in conjunction with Stripe, which assesses Southeast Asia’s regional coalescence in recent years.
www.openspace....
Guest Bio:
At Openspace, Jaclyn oversees the firm's ESG & Impact strategy as well as closely advising portfolio companies and incorporating ESG into our due diligence frameworks.
She has a decade's experience in the Singapore public sector, working on land allocation and healthcare policies. During this period, she represented Singapore in negotiations on global economic growth and development issues, as part of ASEAN and G77 in the UN, New York. Her most recent role was Associate Director of Corporate Development at Raffles Medical Group, a publicly-listed regional healthcare group with a presence in 14 cities in Asia. She was responsible for expanding the health insurance portfolio from B2B into the B2C space, generating 7-figure revenues in the first year; and accelerated digital health initiatives, including tele-consultation.
Jaclyn graduated from Cornell University with a BA in Economics and Psychology (magna cum laude in Economics), on scholarship from the Singapore Government.
Professor Zeisberger has over 30 years of experience as a finance professional with deep expertise in private equity and venture capital, corporate venturing, and risk management.
As a Professor at INSEAD, the business school with campuses in Singapore, France, UAE and the US, she is a global citizen and award-winning author as well as an angel investor. She is a former member of KKR’s Sustainable Expert Advisory Committee (SEAC) and sits on the Advisory Boards of Standard Chartered Ventures, Linzor Capital, BG Ventures and KaizenVest. Passionate about the future of education, she acts as a volunteer board advisor to Girl Rising, a non-profit focused on girls' education and empowerment.
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