Women Changing Finance

Krisztina Tora
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Women Changing Finance is about the people transforming finance to create a better world. Host Krisztina Tora, a global leader and changemaker, brings her extensive expertise to the conversation, inviting remarkable women from across the globe to share their stories of driving social and environmental impact through financial innovation. Through real-world examples and personal journeys, this podcast reveals how finance can be a powerful tool for change—something we can all engage with and leverage for good. Our guests are women proving that change is possible—whether by investing in underserved communities, developing innovative solutions to address climate challenges, or driving systems-level transformation. Their stories showcase the impact we can create when we align financial resources with our highest aspirations for a better world. If you’re a changemaker, a professional seeking purpose, or simply curious about the role of finance in building a better future, join us to: Get inspired by real stories of impact and innovation Learn how to contribute to systemic change Explore the intersection of finance, purpose, and leadershipSubscribe now and join us in reimagining finance! Visit our website womenchangingfinance.org The show is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

  1. Sep 23

    E33 - Eliza Foo, Director of Impact Investing at Temasek (Singapore)

    What if some of the biggest opportunities to create impact alongside financial returns are in the markets investors still hesitate to enter? In this first episode of Season 3 on Women Changing Finance, Eliza Foo, Director of Impact Investing at Temasek, one of the largest investors in Asia, explains how Temasek invests for impact: looking for market-rate financial returns while holding a high bar for measurable impact, and investing in businesses where commercial success directly drives better outcomes for people and planet. We explore what Eliza is seeing across emerging markets: from India’s deep entrepreneurial ecosystem and digital infrastructure to growing momentum in financial inclusion and climate solutions across Southeast Asia. Technology is helping make essential products and services more affordable, while a new generation of Asian investors and family offices is increasingly looking at how purpose can sit alongside investment. Temasek has understood that capital alone isn’t enough. Eliza shares how collaboration and market building are inherent to her job, working with fellow investors and ecosystem partners, sharing knowledge and building capabilities within the sector. The opportunities are real, the risks need to be understood, and we know much more today about what works. It’s time to put that knowledge, and more capital into action. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Read Eliza’s full bio Follow Eliza on LinkedInTo go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: Temasek — https://www.temasek.com.sg/ Temasek Trust — https://www.temasektrust.org.sg/ Solugen — https://solugen.com/ Ola Electric — https://www.olaelectric.com/ Unified Payments Interface (UPI) – NPCI — https://www.npci.org.in/ GIIN Impact Lab — https://thegiin.org/impact-lab/ Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) — https://ciip.com.sg/ Ecosperity Week — https://www.ecosperity.sg/ Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) – FAST-P — https://www.fast-partnership.com/ Out of Poverty – Paul Polak — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/575944/out-of-poverty-by-paul-polak/9781605092768 A Different Kind of Power – Jacinda Ardern — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744301/a-different-kind-of-power-by-jacinda-ardern/Women Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

  2. Jul 8

    E32 - Sana Kapadia, Chief Catalyst at Heading for Change

    Women are among those most affected by climate change. But what if we've been telling the wrong story? In this episode, Sana Kapadia, Chief Catalyst at Heading for Change, shares what she’s seeing in many countries: women are already creating many of the most innovative solutions to climate change. The real challenge is that climate finance hasn't caught up. Together, we explore what it really means to invest at the intersection of climate and gender, and why this is about making better investment decisions. Sana shares how her team is using catalytic capital to demonstrate what's possible, building a global portfolio of climate funds that back women-led climate solutions, from clean energy and sustainable supply chains to nature-based innovations. In our conversation, we discuss why a gender lens helps investors uncover innovation and opportunities that are often overlooked, and how grants, investments, and ecosystem building can work together to unlock greater impact. This episode shows why and how finance can move beyond seeing women as beneficiaries and start recognising them as leaders, innovators, and agents of change. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Sana on LinkedInTo go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: Heading for Change — https://www.headingforchange.org/ GenderSmart — https://www.gendersmartinvesting.org/ Wharton Social Impact Initiative — https://socialimpact.wharton.upenn.edu/ Artha Networks — https://www.arthanetworks.com/  Invest for Better — https://investforbetter.org/ Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) — https://www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/ IDRC (International Development Research Centre) — https://idrc-crdi.ca/ Earthshot Prize — https://earthshotprize.org/ Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet (book/course by Thích Nhất Hạnh) — https://plumvillage.org/books/zen-and-the-art-of-saving-the-planet Empireworld (book by Sathnam Sanghera) — https://www.sathnam.com/empireworld/ The History of the World in 21 Women (book by Jenni Murray) — https://oneworld-publications.com/work/a-history-of-the-world-in-21-women/ Women Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E32 - Sana Kapadia, Chief Catalyst at Heading for Change

  3. Jun 24

    E31 - Fernanda Camargo, Founding Partner of Wright Capital Wealth Management (Brazil)

    Brazil is becoming one of the most interesting places in the world for impact and climate finance. In this episode, Fernanda de Arruda Camargo, founding partner of Wright Capital Wealth Management shares her perspective on the country’s evolving ecosystem. With over three decades of experience in financial markets, Fernanda shares examples of how investors, regulators, development banks, and entrepreneurs have successfully collaborated and unlocked significant amounts of capital for sustainable development. She highlights how public funding has attracted private investors to innovative approaches supporting regenerative agriculture, bioeconomy, and nature-based solutions. We also discuss how she helps wealth owners align investments with their values while still pursuing financial returns. This conversation offers valuable lessons and practical examples from one of the most dynamic markets, showing solutions that simultaneously restore ecosystems and strengthen communities. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Fernanda on LinkedInTo go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: Wright Capital Wealth Management — https://www.wright.capital/en/ Brazilian Financial and Capital Markets Association (ANBIMA) — https://www.anbima.com.br National Development Bank of Brazil (BNDES) — https://www.bndes.gov.br EcoInvest Brasil — https://www.gov.br/tesouronacional/pt-br/fomento-ao-investimento/eco-invest-brasil Vox Capital — https://voxcapital.com.br MOV Investimentos — https://movinvestimentos.com.br Belterra Agroforestry — https://www.belterra.com.br/en Fundação Vale (Vale Foundation) — https://www.fundacaovale.org Letting Go: The Pathway of Surrender by David R. Hawkins — https://veritaspub.com/product/letting-go/Women Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E31 - Fernanda Camargo, Founding Partner of Wright Capital Wealth Management (Brazil)

  4. Jun 10

    E30 - Seçil Yıldız, Sustainability and Impact Leader, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye,

    What does it take to finance a country's transition to a more sustainable economy? In this episode, Seçil Yıldız, Sustainability and Impact Leader at the Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye, speaks about the role development finance can play in accelerating environmental and social progress. Seçil shares how her team works at the intersection of finance, policy, and impact and how they help channel capital into renewable energy, circular economy initiatives, water resilience projects, and businesses that are creating better opportunities for women. We also explore why development banks are often the first institutions willing to finance emerging technologies and ideas before they become mainstream. Most importantly, Seçil reminds us that sustainability is not simply about reducing harm. It is about creating long-term prosperity for people, communities, and future generations. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Seçil on LinkedInWomen Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E30 - Seçil Yıldız, Sustainability and Impact Leader, Development and Investment Bank of Türkiye,

  5. May 27

    E29 - Tokunboh Ishmael, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital

    Why do less than 2% of investments go to female founders globally? And what are we missing because of it? In this episode, Tokunboh Ishmael, one of Africa’s leading voices in impact investing and gender lens finance, explores the realities of investing to improve lives across Africa. As co-founder of Alitheia Capital, managing over $250 million in assets, Tokunboh has spent nearly two decades investing in businesses that expand access to finance, clean energy, and economic opportunity. In this conversation, she shares examples of what success looks like: helping grow a small financial services company into a national player serving underserved entrepreneurs, supporting a farmer aggregation business connecting West African farmers to international markets, backing a woman-led manufacturing company that now powers surrounding communities while creating jobs and export opportunities.This discussion touches on why diversity leads to better business decisions and why impact investing done well makes sense from all perspectives: economic, social, and environmental. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Tokunboh on LinkedIn Read Tokunboh's full bioTo go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: Alitheia Capital — https://alitheia.com/ Alitheia IDF - https://www.alitheiaidf.com/ 2X Global (2X Framework) — https://www.2xglobal.org/ The Earthshot Prize — https://earthshotprize.org/ The Atomic Human by Neil Lawrence — https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455130/the-atomic-human-by-lawrence-neil-d/9781802062106 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin — https://gabriellezevin.com/tomorrowx3/ Ready Player One by Ernest Cline — https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/209887/ready-player-one-by-ernest-cline/Women Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E29 - Tokunboh Ishmael, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Alitheia Capital

  6. May 13

    E28 - Megumi Muto, Deputy Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Mizuho Financial Group (Japan)

    What if financiers started thinking like finance ministers? In this episode of Women Changing Finance, Megumi Muto, Senior Managing Executive Officer and Deputy Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Mizuho Financial Group describes what it means to integrate impact into one of Japan’s largest financial institutions. Megumi brings a rare dual perspective: decades in development finance, including at JICA, and now as a sustainability executive inside a large bank, financing industrial transformation. From hydrogen and carbon credits to adaptation finance and blended finance, Megumi explains how Mizuho is working to transform industries like energy, steel, chemicals, and automotive, and make them more sustainable. She shares how Mizuho is embedding impact across $14 billion in assets, and we explore: What  “transition finance” looks like in practice Why impact-related decisions must take future impacts into account Why public and private actors must collaborate from the very beginning How Japan leads regional efforts on adaptation and transition finance across Asia.This episode is about bridging worlds: public and private, short-term and long-term, profit and purpose. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Read Megumi's full bioTo go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: Mizuho Financial Group — https://www.mizuhogroup.com Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) — https://www.jica.go.jp Impact Driven Finance Initiative (IDFI) — https://idfi.jp Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) — https://www.dbj.jp Asia Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) — https://www.theacmf.org ASEAN Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance — https://www.theacmf.org/sustainable-finance/publications/asean-taxonomy-for-sustainable-finance-version-4 Asia Transition Finance Study Group — http://atfsg.org/ Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction — https://www.undrr.org/implementing-sendai-framework/what-sendai-framework GSG Impact Japan - https://impactinvestment.jpWomen Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E28 - Megumi Muto, Deputy Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Mizuho Financial Group (Japan)

  7. Apr 29

    E27 - Laura Ortiz Montemayor, Founder and Chief Purpose Officer at SVX Mexico

    What if it was possible to build a regenerative economy? In this episode, Laura Ortiz Montemayor, a pioneer of regenerative finance in Latin America and founder of SVX Mexico, unpacks assumptions behind today’s impact investing models and why they often fall short. Laura shares her perspective on one of the biggest challenges in the Latin American region: the belief that job creation alone equals impact, and protecting nature is treated as “nice to have”. She explores how impact investing has evolved from socially focused initiatives to a more integrated understanding that we cannot separate people from the ecosystems they depend on. Laura also introduces the concept of regeneration as a fundamental quality of life and how this enabled her to create a fund that supports regenerative agriculture and nature-based solutions. Through powerful examples, she explains how finance can support biodiversity, community resilience, and long-term value creation. This is an invitation to think differently and to co-create financial systems rooted in local wisdom, interdependence, and care. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also: Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Laura on LinkedInTo go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode: SVX Mexico – https://www.svx.mx/ Regenera ventures Fund – https://regeneraventures.com/ ANDE (Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs) – https://www.andeglobal.org/  Oxford Impact Investing Programme –https://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/programmes/executive-education/person-programmes/oxford-impact-investing-programme SVX Canada – https://www.svx.ca/ John Fullerton / Capital Institute (Regenerative Economy) – https://capitalinstitute.org/ Beneficial Returns (Reciprocity Fund) – https://www.beneficialreturns.com/ Vandana Shiva – https://navdanya.org/ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass – https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/ bell hooks – All About Love – https://dn790000.ca.archive.org/0/items/all-about-love-new-visions-bell/All-About-Love-New-Visions-Bell.pdfWomen Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E27 - Laura Ortiz Montemayor, Founder and Chief Purpose Officer at SVX Mexico

  8. Apr 15

    E26 - Zuleyma Bebell, COO & Co-Founder of ImpactAlpha

    How do you make sense of a rapidly evolving impact investing landscape? In this episode, Zuleyma Bebell, Co-Founder and COO of ImpactAlpha, explores how stories, data, and community are shaping the future of finance. Over the past 10 years, ImpactAlpha has grown from a start-up into the leading voice in the field, tracking trends, connecting people, and making impact investing more approachable. We discuss what has changed in the industry, what signals matter today, and how investors are navigating uncertainty. We also talk about learning and what it takes to build and grow a business in a space that can often feel intimidating from the outside. But progress doesn’t happen in isolation. Zuleyma shares why building trust, staying curious, and simply talking to people may be the most important things we can do. This episode is an invitation: step out of your bubble, reach out, and be part of the conversation. Please review the episode, share your feedback, and subscribe to the podcast! You can also: Visit our website: womenchangingfinance.org Follow Zuleyma on LinkedInWomen Changing Finance is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

    E26 - Zuleyma Bebell, COO & Co-Founder of ImpactAlpha
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Women Changing Finance is about the people transforming finance to create a better world. Host Krisztina Tora, a global leader and changemaker, brings her extensive expertise to the conversation, inviting remarkable women from across the globe to share their stories of driving social and environmental impact through financial innovation. Through real-world examples and personal journeys, this podcast reveals how finance can be a powerful tool for change—something we can all engage with and leverage for good. Our guests are women proving that change is possible—whether by investing in underserved communities, developing innovative solutions to address climate challenges, or driving systems-level transformation. Their stories showcase the impact we can create when we align financial resources with our highest aspirations for a better world. If you’re a changemaker, a professional seeking purpose, or simply curious about the role of finance in building a better future, join us to: Get inspired by real stories of impact and innovation Learn how to contribute to systemic change Explore the intersection of finance, purpose, and leadershipSubscribe now and join us in reimagining finance! Visit our website womenchangingfinance.org The show is part of the Impact Alpha Podcast Network.

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  • Creator
    Krisztina Tora
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    34
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    © 2025 Krisztina Tora, All Rights Reserved
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