๐ฑ Impact Investing | Sustainable Development | Financial Activism | Volunteering ๐๐ Iโm an impact investing advocate and financial activist with a passion for driving positive change. With expertise in communication, problem-solving, and project management, I am committed to using my skills to help create a more just, equitable, and sustainable world.๐ Early-Career Highlights:โข Co-founded and scaled the award-winning, student-run zero-waste shop Want Not Waste, at the University of Manchester, fostering sustainability and community engagement.โข Recognised with several prestigious awards for my dedication to volunteering and social responsibilityโsee my Awards section for more details!โข Authored and published a whitepaper on Impact Banking, contributing to the growing literature on impact finance for retail investorsโsee my pinned posts for the link.๐ Looking Ahead:In the next five years, I aim to be a leading voice in financial activism, advancing the UN SDGs and empowering individuals to use their financial influence for good. My future goals include publishing a book on financial activism, growing the impact investing community in Southeast Asia, publishing my UG thesis on food waste behaviour, and completing the CFA Impact Investing certificate to further hone my expertise.๐ Letโs Connect: If youโre passionate about creating positive change and would like to collaborate or exchange ideas, feel free to reach out. Iโm always open to learning and building connections with like-minded professionals.
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Product ManagerXcube.Co Aug 2024 - PresentSingaporeProduct Manager for Defy, a xcube.co company. See Defy role for full details.๐น๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ.๐ค๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ 10+ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ โจ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐น๐ค๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฆ.๐ค๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, ๐๐๐, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ด๐บ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. -
Product ManagerDefy Aug 2024 - PresentSingaporeโข Product manager for Defy, an ecosystem company at xcube.co, specifically the impact banking product. Responsible for team coordination, accelerating start-up roadmap including GTM strategy, MVP development, and market research.โข Subject-matter expert on impact thesis, measurement, and management for financial inclusion ecosystem. Author of company white paper on impact banking.โข Represented the company at conferences and awards including FinTech Asia Awards, TOKEN2049, HK FinTech Week, Not Your Token, SMU Sustainable Investment Summit, Singapore Fintech Festival.๐๐ฆ๐ง๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ. -
Impact Loan AdministratorLendforgood Jul 2024 - PresentAustraliaโข Managed end-to-end loan administration, including handling public and private loan documentation, campaign pages, Live Q&A sessions, onboarding, and customer relationship management.โข Led external communications for live loan campaigns, borrower updates and represented the company at industry events such as AlterCOP SG and She Loves Tech.โข Supported the transition and successful launch of the digital platform in collaboration with the CTO, ensuring seamless integration and user adoption.๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด. -
Advisory Research FellowRho Impact Feb 2024 - Presentโข Undertook the Rho Impact Research Fellowship training program on impact modelling. Worked with science fellows to develop quantitative models for low-GHG technology deployment through secondary research and client consultation.โข Contracted work supporting the advisory team with prospective clients, research papers, and model building. Emphasis on communicating complex information in accessible terms. -
FounderSister Safe Global Jan 2024 - Presentโข Founded a non-profit enterprise to bridge the gap between hostel services and barriers to female traveller safety. The mission is to provide resources informed by lived experience to hostels to help them create a more welcoming & safer environment for their female guests.โข Conducted and analysed upwards of 30+ interviews with female travellers using thematic analysis to generate action items for hostels. Recruited designers to collaborate on creating hostel resource bank.โข Future developments: expand resource pack, increase multilingual options, provide online consultation service.Sister Safe is open to small-scale funding opportunities to grow and sustain impact. DM me! -
Lead GeneratorReap London Jan 2024 - Apr 2024โข Created databases of potential customers, identified and reached out to warm leads under targeted customer verticals. Tailored communication material for corporate, community, and charity organisations accordingly.โข Liaised with representatives of potential customers to understand sales scope and sustainability analytics needs of clients.โข Developed business strategy with company director including target market profiles, communications, and Linkedin thought leadership. -
Impact Investing Analyst, Chief Of StaffFlit Invest Aug 2022 - May 2023โข Analysis: conducted 100+ impact and ESG analysis on FLIT Invest portfolio companies. Identified trends across investment and sectors to engage in shareholder advocacy during proxy season. Worked with IRIS+ System and Impact Management Project, and represented FLIT at regular impact investment conferences to ensure use of industry best practices.โข Research and Operations: wrote and edited investment papers for FLIT Invest portfolio themes. Authored the Gender Equality and Climate Solutions papers. Generated weekly articles for the company on financial literacy, impact investing, and everyday impact.โข Projects and People: coordinated the impact team on a day-to-day basis and mentored 6 interns a semester. Developed and managed all external NGO relationships and shareholder advocacy efforts. Managed mission critical projects under the role of โChief of Staffโ including B2B sales, VC profiling, and CX tasks. -
Sustainability InternFlit Invest Jan 2022 - May 2022โข Vertical lead for Gender Equality, writing an investment paper to support FLIT Invest's Gender Equality investment theme.โข Publish weekly articles for the website on a range of topics in impact investing, financial literacy, and sustainability.โข Collaborate across the Impact Investing, Product Design, and Marketing teams in product to user communication. At this time, efforts contributed to app and website iterations. -
CarerPurple Jun 2021 - Sep 2021Essex, England, United Kingdomโข Supporting an a young boy (11yo) with autism on days out with his family. I have known this individual since he was 8 through my volunteering at 1st Earls Colne Beaver Colony as a Young Leader. I was invited to help cover the summer hours due to my existing relationship with the young person.โข Supporting young person 1-to-1 whilst out at museums, the beach etc.โข Support him to achieve his goals for the day and his house choresโข Employment basis subject to when regular carer is unavailable -
Student Support WorkerThe University Of Manchester Jul 2019 - Aug 2021Manchester, England, United Kingdomโข Supporting students registered with the university disability service to access lectures, buildings and other services. Individuals require a range of support due to mental and physical needs.โข Promote equality within higher education (18+ years old)โข Engage with person supported in an empathetic, positive and encouraging manner. Work on building independence of student at the university by understanding the barriers they face. -
Virtual HousemateThe University Of Manchester Apr 2020 - Aug 2020Manchester Area, United Kingdomโข Working with the staff and students enrolled on the Pre-Sessional 6 week courseโข Communicate with pre-sessional students online to increase engagement and make them feel welcome into the Manchester community whilst online/abroadโข Generate materials on a given topic: preparing for study at the University of Manchester -
Relief Support WorkerThera Trust Feb 2018 - Aug 2021Essex, England, United Kingdomโข Working with a team of other enthusiastic support workers to provide 24-hour support to disabled individuals with learning and physical health needs.โข Aim of the organisation is to promote independence of those being supported and to demonstrate that the disabled community can contribute to society. Involves a hands-on approach, understanding each individual and not taking a back seat. -
Private TutorSelf-Employed Apr 2020 - Sep 2020Private tutoring offered to Year 10 students to support their learning disrupted by the pandemic.โข GCSE P.E, developing revision technique and general confidence towards the theory side by working through topics of strength and weakness.โข GCSE Chemistry, working on topics missed throughout the year and areas lacking confidence due to online learning during lockdown, developing grade 8-9 exam questions.
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Student AmbassadorThe University Of Manchester Sep 2019 - Oct 2019Manchester Area, United Kingdomโข Representing the University during Orientation and Welcome Period of 2019โข Available to answer questions to any students exploring campusโข Main role was to deliver campus tours
Holly Smith Education Details
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Psychology
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