Dr. Kim Tan, Chairman, Springhill Management, London, UK, is a leading authority on social impact investing. He will be speaking at the ELO Forum Vancouver on November 13th on "Optimal Stewardship ROI: How & Why Social Impact Investing Works!"
His presentation will cover:
- Professional and faith background
- Social Impact Investing
- How he became interested in social impact investing
- The Kuzuko Game Reserve story
- 5,200 hectare Spekboom Reforestation
- Jubilee and Social Justice
- The Agape prison call centre business, Changi Prison, Singapore
Dr. Tan is Chairman of SpringHill Management, a private fund management company specializing in biotech and social venture capital investments. He has been a pioneer of social impact investing for over 20 years and is a partner of several social impact funds including Inqo Investments (South Africa), Novastar Ventures (Kenya) and Garden Impact Investment (Singapore). He is an advisor to Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures. He is the co-founder of the Transformational Business Network and a trustee of the John Templeton Foundation and Templeton Religion Trust. He was also an Adjunct Instructor in the ELO Oxford Leadership Program 2024.
Dr. Tan was the chairman and founder of NCI Cancer Hospital (Malaysia) and the inventor of the sheep monoclonal antibodies. He developed the first rapid tests for Salmonella in chickens and for atrazine pesticide in drinking water. He is a Pro-Chancellor of Surrey University (UK) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (UK). He was the former Chairman of the Surrey & Hants Innovation Growth Team, former board member of the APEC Life Science Innovation Forum and the Saracens Rugby Club. He has a PhD in Biochemistry and 3 post-doctoral fellowships from the Medical Research Council (UK). He was the recipient of the Guildford Roll of Honour (2014) and the UK Beacon Award for Impact Investment (2017).
We are also pleased to present the ELO Entrepreneurial Leaders Award (ELA) to Dr. Kim Tan at the ELO Forum Vancouver in 2024 to recognize his track record as an inspiration to Christian marketplace and entrepreneurial leaders around the world.
For further information on Dr. Tan and some of his initiatives please see:
5200 Hectare Spekboom Reforestation
Social Impact Investing: New Agenda in Fighting Poverty by Kim Tan & Lord Brian Griffiths
The Agape Prison Call Centre Business in Changi Prison, Singapore
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