Helena Riese Harstad is the Co-Founder and working Chairman of Optimizer Foundation. She leads the overall strategic direction of the foundation, including assessment of investment opportunities, and manages donor engagement
Anne Partridge is the COO of Optimizer Foundation. She is responsible for developing and implementing the strategy of the foundation, identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, and managing the portfolio
Marcus is a Senior Advisor to Optimizer Foundation and provides support across the portfolio. He is currently a partner and director at KawiSafi Ventures where he leads the team across investments, operations, and portfolio management.
Abdourahmane is an investment professional with more than 7 years’ experience in impact investing and innovative financing in agriculture, global health and education. He provides advisory support to Optimizer Foundation, specifically with regards to financial returns analysis and investment pricing strategy
Peter provides advisory support to Optimizer Foundation, especially as regards sector views and insights on education and health, but also with general advice on impact and strategy. Peter is an Associate Fellow of Saïd Business School
Carl Johan Hedstrom (CJ) is a Senior Advisor to Optimizer Foundation and provides support across their portfolio on product and technology. CJ is currently the Chief Product Officer at AxPay, and serves as an advisor, board member and angel investor to a handful of tech startups. He has over 15 years of experience in IT/Telecoms space.
Catharina is a board member of Optimizer Foundation. She is a lawyer and heads the legal team at Debt Capital Markets at one of the major Nordic banks Handelsbanken
Alexandra Rosberg Hinxman is a board member of Optimizer Foundation. She works as governmental advisor specialising in international relations and
With a background in Business and Tourism, and many years of experience in business and office management, Bianca brings an unprecendented level of organisation and structure to our daily operations
