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Board of Directors

EMpower’s Boards of Directors in New York, London, Hong Kong/Singapore are fierce champions of EMpower’s work, bringing passion, acumen, energy and financial resources to advance our mission and goals.

Aleem and Myrna Jivraj at Aangan Trust, Mumbai India

We are always so impressed when we visit EMpower’s grantee partners. They have a great understanding of the needs of the youth and communities they serve. What drew us to EMpower is the ability to find and work with best in class NGOs, and there is a high degree of transparency so we know that our donations are having a significant impact in the areas we care about. On top of that, EMpower works very closely with its grantee partners and helps them to scale up, so that they can become even more impactful over time – meaning our funds are multiplied in terms of impact.

Aleem and Myrna Jivraj, EMpower Board Directors in HK

United States

Murtaza AhmedChiltern Street Capital
Patricia AhnGoldman Sachs
Eric Baurmeister
Kristin CevaPayden & Rygel
Eric Dannheim Citadel
James DonaldLazard Asset Management
Carlos Fernandez-Aller
Beth FredrickJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Michael Hirschhorn
Tim Jensen
Kathleen KinsellaCIBC World Markets Corp.
Robert KushenPorticus Foundation
Matthew W. RyanMFS Investment Management
Thomas L. SaidyCartica Management LLC
Cynthia SteeleEMpower
Jim Valone Wellington Management Company

United Kingdom

Marc Balston
Pierre-Yves BareauJP Morgan Asset Management
Jonathan BaylissCitadel
Jonathan BellCape Ann Asset Management
Andrew Curran
Swatee Deepak
Reggie DodgeEMSO
Adeel KhanBarclays
Alessandra LabombardaBBVA
Mike Lekan
Jeremy Llewelyn
Pontso Mafethe
John PattonArgentem Creek Partners
Colin ReedieLegal & General
Kunal ShahGoldman Sachs
Parvoleta ShterevaGemcorp Capital LLP
Ozan TarmanDeutsche Bank
Aditi ThoratGlobal Witness
Peter TolhurstSC Lowy
Toby WestMarketAxess
Brad Wickens
Paco YbarraCiti

Hong Kong

Rachel Andrews
Stephen Chang
Benjamin Falloon
David Fernandez
Maddy Foo
Ben Hall
Ross Hamou-JenningsCargill
Aleem Jivraj
Richard Johnston
Nicholas Koh
E.G. Morse
Aasha PaiPhilanthropic Advisor
Cynthia SteeleEMpower
Vivien Teu

Singapore Committee

David Fernandez
Maddy Foo
Sandeep Gupta
Ross Hamou-Jennings
Aleem Jivraj
E.G. Morse

Underwriters

United States

Argentem Creek Partners
VR Capital
Murtaza AhmedChiltern Street Capital
Eric Baurmeister
Frank Carroll
Eric Dannheim Citadel
James DonaldLazard Asset Management
Carlos Fernandez-Aller
Keith Gardner
Tim Jensen
Liquidity Finance
Payden & Rygel
Jim Valone Wellington Management Company

United Kingdom

Citigroup
EMSO
BBVA
Cape Ann Asset Management
Ozan Tarman and Ram NayakDeutsche Bank
MarketAxess
Legal and General
Marcelo AssalinWilliam Blair
James BanghartJP Morgan
Marc Balston
Pierre- Yves Bareau, Didier Lambert, Zsolt PappJP Morgan Asset Management
Jonathan BaylissCitadel
Andrew Curran
Sam FinkelsteinGoldman Sachs
Gemcorp Capital LLP
Stephen Jefferies and Edward FranklinJP Morgan
Devan KalooAberdeen Asset Management
Adeel KhanBarclays
Liquidity Finance LLP
Jeremy Llewelyn
Nick RileyBlueCrest
Kunal ShahGoldman Sachs
Spinnaker Capital
Peter TolhurstSC Lowy
Marcin Wiszniewski

Hong Kong

Modular Asset Management
Värde Partners
Kirk Alexander
Benjamin Falloon
Maddy Foo
Sandeep Gupta Broad Peak Investment Advisors
Ross Hamou-JenningsCargill
Aleem and Myrna Jivraj
Richard Johnston
Nicholas and Jessica Koh
E.G. and Kristin Morse
Patrik Sandin and Aasha Pai

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