The firm is a non-profit organisation that is dedicated to improving the awareness of impact investing

The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), a non-profit dedicated to increasing the scale and effectiveness of impact investing around the world, has promoted Giselle Leung as managing director, in an bid to engage with more mainstream financial players.

At GIIN, Leung will report to chief executive Amit Bouri, the firm has said in a statement.

Leung will be responsible for providing guidance on how to develop the global impact investing industry and will also help establish and deepen relationships with strategic partners.

She joined GIIN in 2010 as one of its founding managers of the firm’s investors’ council, working with experienced investors like The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation and Deutsche Bank. In 2015, she was promoted to director of the GIIN, guiding the firm’s European strategy. Before her time with GIIN, Leung worked at Enterprise Solutions to Poverty (ESP), working with emerging markets to build social enterprise solutions.

“In her most recent role as a director of our organisation, Giselle has enabled the GIIN to develop crucial strategic partnerships with other field-building organisations and funders around the world,” said Bouri.

He added: “As the industry continues to grow, and as our organisation continues to grow, Giselle’s leadership as managing director will help to ensure that we remain focused and efficient in our efforts to harness the untapped market potential of impact investing around the world.”

Impact investments are made by investors into companies, organisations, and funds with the intention to generate social and environmental impact alongside a financial return.