Tenke A. Zoltani is the CEO of the SDG Impact Finance Initiative. She is also the Founder of Better Finance, working with the world's leading corporate, institutional, and family investors on making investments that deliver shareholder value and strong impacts, from origination to execution.
Tenke was also Director, Impact Investing, at UBS where she built out the bank's impact advisory practice for UHNW individuals. Before joining UBS, Tenke was an Investment Manager at Islan Asset Management in Switzerland, advising global agribusiness Bunge on direct investments. She built her expertise in London, consulting on the then-nascent carbon markets, and working in climate finance alongside Lord Nicholas Stern.
She is currently a Senior Advisor to UNDP on thematic debt, and served on the advisory boards of TLG Capital, Impact Financce and the SDG Joint Fund. She advised the world's first ever species-focused impact bond, conserving rhinoceros, and on the world's first global fund for coral reef conservation. Tenke holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University and a M.Sc. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and is a CAIA Charterholder for alternative finance. When not working, Tenke competes internationally in distance and mountain running, finishing 58th in the World Championships in 2014.
Tenke A. Zoltani
CEO, SDG Impact Finance Initiative | Founder, Better Finance