Lisbeth Stausholm Zacho
Founder & Managing Director, Nordic Impact Funds
Lisbeth Stausholm Zacho is the Founder and Managing Director of Nordic Impact Funds and a pioneer in impact investment and innovative finance solutions in frontier markets. She has a solid background in finance and international development from senior positions at the IMF, World Bank and international NGOs. She has worked with multiple stakeholders to develop innovative finance solutions - seeking to make the un-investable more investable. She has co-designed and issued a humanitarian catastrophe bond, designed a flooding risk insurance, structured a humanitarian health fund and worked with carbon finance and through Nordic Impact Funds she has invested in 10 East African companies and reached more than a million people with impactful solutions.