Finance Leaders Fellowship — Class 1
The founding cohort — where it all began.
Cohort Score
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% launched
6-month avg streak
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Launched
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Active
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Planning
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Drifting
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Stalled
How this cohort's impact styles break down
22 finance leaders shaping the future

CEO + Founder
Tala
Tala
Tala provides instant credit and financial services to underserved consumers in emerging markets through mobile-first technology.

CEO
Nextdoor
Nextdoor Community Finance
Building local economic resilience through neighborhood-level financial networks and community investment.

Co-Founder & CEO
Unitus Capital
Unitus Capital Inclusive Credit
An innovative finance company providing creative lending solutions to impactful businesses in emerging markets.

Senior Vice President
Mastercard
Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth
Leveraging Mastercard's global network to advance equitable and sustainable economic growth for all.

Co-founder and CEO
Vouch Insurance
Vouch Insurance
Business insurance built for startups — protecting founders and their companies from day one.

Managing Partner
Alitheia Capital Limited
Yellow Cowries
Yellow Cowries enables income-security for the young and unbanked in Africa through a game-based savings and investment platform.

Chief Executive Officer
Corsair Capital
Supporting Responsible Leadership in Finance
Aims to secure the future of responsible leadership in finance by creating a network of purpose-driven executives.

Managing Partner
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MEVCA
Middle East Venture Capital Association — building the ecosystem infrastructure for venture capital in the MENA region.

Founder and Managing Director
Percapita
Percapita
A financial wellness platform providing equitable access to banking, credit, and savings tools for underserved communities.

Director
Sphere Holdings
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Senior Advisor
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Finance & Security Initiative
Bridging the gap between the finance sector and national security community to address emerging economic threats.

Chairman & CEO
China Ping An Insurance Overseas (Holdings) Limited
Micro Loan Venture
Making interest-free micro loans to farmers in China. The loans are intended to fund the purchase of seeds and fertilizer to increase crop yields.

Chief Executive Officer
TrueCar
The Executioners
Help entrepreneurs obtain the financial and operational tools they need to succeed.

Vice President & Chief Investment Officer
United States Steel
Solvency — A Pathway to Prosperity
Solvency strives to strengthen the financial security of individuals and communities in the United States by providing student debt elimination solutions.

Chief Investment Officer
The David & Lucile Packard Foundation
Mission-Aligned Endowment Initiative
Aligning endowment investment strategies with philanthropic mission across major foundations.

Chief Executive Officer
Braidwell
Integrated Institutional Impact Investing
The unrealized hope of Social and/or Environmental oriented investing is to create meaningful impact without meaningfully trading off financial return or increasing financial risk.

Managing Partner
Changcheng Investment Partners
Changcheng Impact Fund
Channeling institutional capital into high-impact ventures across Greater China and Southeast Asia.

SVP Corporate Strategy and Finance
Curemark
Impact Capital Connector
Connecting mission-driven companies with impact investors to accelerate the flow of capital to purpose-driven businesses.

Head of Emerging Growth and Regional Coverage
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Elder Bridge
Elder Bridge aims to incentivize individuals and families to increase savings specifically for healthcare costs in their elder years.

CEO
Dynasty Financial Partners
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Co-Head North America Institutional
Ninety One
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Head of Banking and Lending
BNY Mellon Wealth Management
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The Stand represents Class 1 of the Finance Leaders Fellowship — a cohort of 22 senior finance executives who came together to explore the intersection of their professional expertise and their deepest convictions about how finance can serve society.
Through the Impact Archetype process, each fellow discovered their unique mode of change-making — whether as an Intrapreneur reshaping institutions from within, an Entrepreneur building new vehicles for impact, a Catalyst accelerating others' work, or a System Changer rewriting the rules entirely.
The ventures born from this cohort span financial inclusion, sustainable investment, community capital, and professional development — each one a direct expression of the fellow's True North and their commitment to using finance as a force for good.
6
Ventures Launched
8
Actively Building
13,190
Total XP Earned
6
Avg Month Streak
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