LGT Venture Philanthropy
Nava Emilia Anvari is an accomplished investment professional with extensive experience in impact investing and finance across multiple sectors. Currently serving as a Board Member at Saruni Basecamp since April 2024, Anvari also holds the position of Investment Director and Head of the Sub-Saharan Africa region at LGT Venture Philanthropy since May 2019, where leading deals in healthcare, education, and environmental sectors and spearheading value creation plans are key responsibilities. Previous roles include Investment Associate at Lightrock, Senior Consultant at Dalberg Global Development Advisors, and Finance Internal Controller at Baha'i World Centre, where significant contributions involved managing high-value international transactions and implementing operational improvements. Anvari’s leadership experience is bolstered by early involvement as Vice Chairperson for UCT RAG and recognition as an Entrepreneurship Scholarship recipient from the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Business Science in Management Studies with honors from the University of Cape Town.
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LGT Venture Philanthropy
LGT Venture Philanthropy (LGT VP) strives to improve the quality of life of people facing disadvantages, contribute to healthy ecosystems and build resilient, inclusive and prosperous communities. LGT VP supports the growth of organizations and companies with outstanding social and environmental impact and potential to scale through tailored financing, know-how and access to networks. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and with its local teams, LGT VP primarily supports organizations and companies based in developing countries, focusing on high-impact sectors, including education, health and environmental protection and restoration. To date LGT VP has deployed over USD 58 million to 50 organizations in 25 countries, reaching almost 3 million disadvantaged people in 2016. LGT VP is the venture philanthropy arm of LGT – the world’s largest privately owned Private Banking and Asset Management group with over USD 200 billion AuM as of December 31st 2017. www.lgtvp.com LGT Venture Philanthropy uses the LinkedIn Company Page to connect like-minded people and organizations interested in our engagements, activities, and the impact investing and venture philanthropy industry in general. We maintain the Company Page to share information and news about our activities.