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Finance Leaders Fellowship — Class 8

Octagon

Eight sides, infinite angles — approaching impact from every direction.

24 Fellows·0 Launched·11,960 Total XP

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Active

7

Planning

2

Drifting

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Archetype Composition

How this cohort's impact styles break down

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Not Defined Yet24 fellows

The Fellows

24 finance leaders shaping the future

KN

Kara Nortman

Managing Partner

Monarch Collective

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
7mo
720
JB

Jessica Bailey

President and CEO

Nuveen Green Capital

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
6mo
680
MH

Michael Hsu

Founder

Michael Hsu LLC

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
6mo
640
NW

Nolan Watson

President and CEO

Sandstorm Gold

[Venture name — placeholder]

Canada
6mo
640
RK

Rahul Khanna

Managing Partner

Trifecta Capital

[Venture name — placeholder]

India
6mo
610
NV

Nicholas Vita

CEO

Apriligen, Inc.

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
5mo
590
AM

Ali Mazanderani

Executive Chairman

Lesaka Technologies

[Venture name — placeholder]

United Kingdom
5mo
580
EM

Erin Harkless Moore

Managing Director, Investments

Pivotal Ventures

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
5mo
560
NK

Nadia Karkar

Head of Business Development, Impact

TPG Inc.

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
5mo
560
JT

James Twiss

CEO

Beforepay Group Ltd. and Carrington Labs

[Venture name — placeholder]

Australia
5mo
530
GW

Garret Weston

Head of Global Strategic Partnerships

AMG

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
5mo
520
AD

Avid Larizadeh Duggan

Senior Managing Director

Ontario Teachers Pension Plan

[Venture name — placeholder]

United Kingdom
5mo
500
SR

Soumya Rajan

Founder and CEO

Waterfield Advisors

[Venture name — placeholder]

India
4mo
490
AB

Angela D. Brooks

Chief Housing and Urban Development Officer

City of Philadelphia

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
4mo
480
GB

Gregory Blank

CEO of Blackstone Infrastructure Strategies

Blackstone

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
4mo
470
DT

Dune Thorne

Chief Strategy Officer - U.S. Private Client

Brown Advisory

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
4mo
450
GK

Gerald Keefe

Head of Banking, Europe and Americas

HSBC

[Venture name — placeholder]

United Kingdom
4mo
430
SC

Shmuel Chafets

Founder & Vice Chairman

[Organization — placeholder]

[Venture name — placeholder]

Israel
4mo
420
BC

Borbala Cox

CFO, Chase US

JPMorganChase

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
3mo
400
FS

Fadi Al Said

Head of Investment Management

Public Investment Fund

[Venture name — placeholder]

Saudi Arabia
3mo
380
JM

Joseph McGeehin

Chief Financial Officer

Future Standard

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
3mo
360
CS

Christopher Shaffner

Senior Vice President, Utilities, Supply Chain & Global Trade Finance

CoBank

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
3mo
350
HS

Hideya Sadanaga

Executive Managing Director Head of Private Equity Investment Dept.

[Organization — placeholder]

[Venture name — placeholder]

Japan
2mo
310
ST

Sehr Thadhani

Chief Digital Officer

[Organization — placeholder]

[Venture name — placeholder]

United States
2mo
290

The Octagon Story

Octagon represents Class 8 of the Finance Leaders Fellowship — a cohort of 24 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.

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Ventures Launched

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