Founding Partner Chintan Panchal just returned from another amazing week contributing to the Oxford Impact Finance Innovations Program at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford! Led by Aunnie Patton Power and Professor Alex Nicholls, this program is an incredible opportunity for innovative finance professionals to learn about some of the most cutting-edge financing, fund-building and measurement/management approaches to deep, effective impact. It’s a fun, immersive and engaging week full of discussions, debates and workshops.
Some of Chintan’s course highlights include:
- Starting with understanding your “Why” from a broad perspective – what are the objectives for the transaction, the organizations and people involved, and most importantly, yourself? How does success connect with your personal mission?
- Implementing a new impact funds design case study based on RPCK’s work within the Malaria No More COVID-19 Syndicated Guarantee Facility.
- A traditional Oxford-style debate around Impact Linked Compensation (and how fun that was!).
- In-depth discussions around evaluating investment deal structures, impact linked compensation, innovative fund structures, and risk capital and how it can be used for impact.
- Master classes in Impact Measurement and Management (Karim Harji), blended finance (Justin Sykes), emerging technology (Tom Adams), and impact-linked compensation in blended finance (Bjoern Struewer), among so many others.
A huge thank you to Aunnie Patton Power for creating and leading such an incredible program and fellow lecturers Karim Harji and Shabana Abbas for fostering meaningful conversation and sharing expert insight on innovative finance. RPCK is honored to be represented by Chintan in this program and we hope to continue to share our expertise through academia for the next innovators and impact leaders.
Find out more about the program here!