Dir. ESG & Impact Product, OpenInvest
Claire leads ESG & Impact product at OpenInvest, a mission-driven, venture-backed fintech startup that is also a Public Benefit Corporation. She has been working in impact investing for 12 years, and has held research, investment, product, and business development roles in London, Toronto, Singapore, Amsterdam, and San Francisco. Before joining OpenInvest, she led the Wells Fargo Social Impact Investing team’s research and corporate engagement work. In addition to serving on EvoNexus Silicon Valley’s Fintech selection committee, Claire is a Venture Partner at NextGen Venture Partners. She served as a Technical Advisor to the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board during its inaugural year, and was part of the first cohort to earn the FSA (Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting) credential. Claire is an MBA graduate of Berkeley-Haas, where she was awarded a Dean’s Fellowship. She holds an M.A. From King’s College London and a Licence from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva.