Turbo Impact

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Shami Nissan, Head of Sustainability at Actis, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how sustainability is reshaping the way infrastructure investors build, operate, and scale long-duration assets. For Actis, the starting point is clear: sustainability must protect value, create value, and support better long-term investment outcomes.   Grounded in Actis’ “values drive...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Suzanne Tavill, Partner and Global Head of Responsible Investment at StepStone Group, joins host Kenny Chen to reflect on where responsible investment in private markets stands today, and what its next chapter may require. Suzanne describes an industry moving past the belief that frameworks and reporting alone can define progress. The more important question now is...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Liza Jansen, CFA, Head of Responsible Investment at Prudential, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how responsible investment needs to evolve in markets where the transition is not only a climate challenge, but also a development, capital allocation, and risk management challenge. Drawing on Prudential’s perspective as an asset owner across Asia and Africa, Liza expl...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Lee Qian, CFA, Portfolio Manager of the Positive Change Strategy at Baillie Gifford, joins host Kenny Chen to explore how public market investing can help move capitalism toward more purposeful, long-term value creation. Drawing on his experience helping build the Positive Change Strategy into a global impact investing platform, Lee explains how Baillie Gifford ide...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Viviana Occhionorelli, Partner and Head of Sustainability at Astorg, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how private equity firms can translate sustainability into disciplined value creation across the investment lifecycle. Grounded in Astorg’s philosophy of “the art of listening,” Viviana explains how understanding management ambition, customer expectations, and oper...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Tensie Whelan, Distinguished Professor of Practice at NYU Stern and founder of the Center for Sustainable Business, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how sustainability becomes a measurable driver of financial performance. Over the past decade, Tensie has advanced the Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI) framework to help companies and investors move beyond ES...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Dr. Nadira Lamrad, Head of Sustainability at Jardine Matheson, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how Jardine Matheson, a diversified Asian investment company with nearly 200 years of heritage, integrates sustainability into its approach to long-term value creation and enhancing total shareholder return.   The conversation focuses on Jardines' sustainability journey,...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Paul Hailey, Head of Impact & ESG at responsAbility Investments AG, joins host Kenny Chen to unpack how impact investing works in practice across some of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Drawing on responsAbility’s two decades as a specialist impact investor, Paul explains how the firm builds its strategies around essential needs in emerging economies and w...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Reynold D’Silva, CEO of Hello Health Group, joins host Kenny Chen to explore how digital health is transforming preventative care and access across Southeast Asia. From leading Chope through a successful turnaround to now heading one of the region’s largest digital health platforms, Reynold shares his mission to enable 100 million people to take proactive steps tow...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Chris Lerner, Group Chairman & Co-Founder of Thrive Alternatives and Operating Partner at Bonaccord Capital Partners, joins host Kenny Chen to discuss how sustainability is reshaping fund strategy and capital formation in Asia’s private markets.   Chris shares why he founded Thrive to address structural gaps in private capital, how LP expectations are shifting...

In this episode of Turbo Impact, Nina Kraus, Director of Sustainability at Hamilton Lane, joins host Kenny Chen to go inside the firm’s sustainability strategy. As one of the world’s largest private markets investment firms, with approximately $986B in assets under management and supervision, Hamilton Lane integrates sustainability across primaries, secondaries, co-investments, private credit, and...

In this episode of Turbo Impact , Ankit Todi, Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Mahindra Group, joins host Kenny Chen in unpacking how one of India’s leading conglomerates is operationalizing sustainability as a core business strategy.   Ankit explains how Mahindra’s “Planet Positive” vision is embedded across the group’s diverse business portfolio—spanning industries from mobility and finance...

In this episode of Turbo Impact , Courtney Wei, Head of Investment at China Life Insurance (Overseas), joins host Kenny Chen to explore how one of Asia’s largest insurers is embedding sustainability into long-term global allocation through a liability-driven investing (LDI) approach.   As a global asset allocator, Courtney shares how her team applies LDI principles to deploy insurance capital acro...

In this episode of Turbo Impact , Brian Matt, Head of Sustainability Advisory at the New York Stock Exchange, joins host Kenny Chen to unpack how sustainability is increasingly shaping the path from private ownership to public listing.   Drawing on his experience working with issuers, private equity sponsors, and institutional investors, Brian shares how companies can build credible, strategic sus...

In the inaugural episode of Turbo Impact, Cary Krosinsky—educator, advisor, and co-founder of the Sustainable Finance Institute—joins host Kenny Chen to explore how sustainable investing has evolved over the past two decades, and where it’s headed next.   Drawing on his experience advising LPs, GPs, and global institutions, Cary outlines the core strategies shaping the ESG landscape—from minimum s...