Vision
We envision a world in which institutional and private capital are a force for good. A solution to the world’s most pressing issues, a world where money flows where it is truly needed.
Mission
As a company we want to be a catalyst for change. We want to inspire other investors to invest responsibly and to commit to a net positive impact on people and planet in line with their unique set of values.
Our structure
FIIND Impact consists of a commercial entity (BV) and a foundation in which different target audiences are serviced. Commercial versus non-commercial.
The Company | for-profit: FIIND Impact mobilises and supports institutional investors and asset owners in finding the investment opportunities that match their impact mandate. We work for endowments & foundations, family offices, wealth management & private banks, insurers, pension funds and their fiduciary managers.
The Foundation | non-profit: FIIND Impact foundation supports non-profit and governmental organisations in mobilising capital from institutional investors to move the money to where it is really needed.
The Foundation is also publishing research to help capacity building in the Impact industry. Our latest research results are published on www.faithimpactproject.org. A project aimed at moving faith-based investments into impact. The first theme we have looked at is climate.
Our offer
1. Impact Market research
In-depth research of sustainable and investment themes across the globe, in all asset classes
Peer group review and benchmarking across clients
Bespoke research methodology per type of client
2. Managing the journey from determining the investors’ unique values to a bespoke impact mandate using the UN SDG’s as a guiding principle
Investment planning and policy review:
Current situation
Value search
Setting ambitions and defining goals sustainability and impact investing
Providing research on impact solutions based on our deep knowledge of the available Impact investment universe
3. Impact mandate implementation
Developing the impact investment criteria
Analyzing the impact investable universe across asset classes
Financial, sustainability and impact due diligence via our bespoke integrated framework
Financial and impact monitoring and reporting
Impact dashboard
4. Advocacy and training
Thought leadership and advocacy through:
o Tailormade workshops
o Training
o Speaking at conferences
Team
Sophie Robé, CFA, PhD
Sophie is founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of FIIND Impact, an Amsterdam-based investment advisory boutique dedicated to impact investing. Prior to this, she founded Phenix Capital, an impact investing intermediary in July 2012, and was co-CEO until March 2020. The company successfully run seven impact investing summits, convened some among the largest asset owners, representing trillions in assets under management, and inspired numerous institutional investors to build impact mandates, while active as event convener, placement agent, and managing an impact fund platform,
Sophie and her team also launched a dedicated advisory service for institutional investors.
Prior to Phenix Capital, Sophie was a Director and Head of Hedge fund Sales at Jupiter Asset Management in London and a Vice President and Head of Quantitative Equity Analysis at Commerzbank Asset Management in Germany. She is a CFA Charterholder and holds a PhD in Economics and Statistics from the University of Kassel in Germany. In 1992 she wrote her Master Thesis on Environmental Impact assessment and is a Diplom Oekonom.
Maarten Toussaint, BA, MBM
Maarten is Chief Operating Officer (COO). He has over 20 years of project management and operational experience. Maarten has worked in various roles as partner, operations director, client services director and Management Team member at large agencies. In his last role as COO / Internal partner at Design Bridge he managed a company of 90 people, with approximately 85 projects running at the same time, for large multinational clients. Maarten is used to manage large teams up to 15 direct reports. Maarten holds a BA from The Utrecht Business School (Economy and Communication) and a Master of Brand Management title from the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
Work with us, becoming an Impact Change Advisor
We are always looking for Impact Change Advisors — our terminology for consultants that combine financial expertise with a deep knowledge and understanding of the Impact Investment universe. People that are 200% aligned with our vision and mission and would like to contribute their knowledge to help investors to invest responsibly and to commit to a net positive impact on people and planet in line with their unique set of values.