Who we are — Finance for Peace

The Board

Fiona Reynolds

Chair of the Board; Chair, Governance, People, Culture and Remuneration Committee

Former Chief Executive of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, which she led for close to a decade. She chairs the UN Global Compact Network Australia and was named by Barron’s as one of the 20 most influential people in sustainability globally.

Former Chief Executive of the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, where she served for close to a decade. Chair of the UN Global Compact Network Australia and a director and adviser across sustainable finance. Named one of the 20 most influential people in sustainability globally by Barron’s.

Peter Higgs

Vice Chair of the Board; Chair, Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee

Has worked since 2018 on creating a market for Peace Bonds and on the formation of Finance for Peace. He is co-founder and Chair of Peaceinvest and of Wellers Impact, and an economist with a PhD from Harvard.

Has worked since 2018 on creating a market for Peace Bonds and on the formation of Finance for Peace. Co-founder and Chair of Peaceinvest in Geneva; Co-founder and Chair of Wellers Impact in London; Director of CleeAI; previously Founder of TGM, a pioneer in global overlay asset management. Economist with a PhD from Harvard.

Donata Garrasi

Vice-Chair, Standards Committee

Vice-Chair of the Finance for Peace Standards Committee, she has held executive positions at Peaceinvest, the UN Department of Peace and Political Affairs and the World Bank, and previously led the OECD’s engagement in crisis-affected economies and stabilisation operations for the UK Government.

Donata Garrasi is a political scientist with 25 years’ experience in peace and security, crisis response, and peacebuilding initiatives. As Vice-Chair of the Finance for Peace Standards Committee, she collaborates with the United Nations (UN), International Financial Institutions, tech investors and entrepreneurs on innovative solutions and financing instruments to address critical global risks and improve peace and security responses. She held executive level positions with Peaceinvest, the UN Department of Peace and Political Affairs, and the World Bank, helping to transform the global peace and finance architecture and to deliver impactful operations in crisis contexts. Her prior senior experience includes leading the OECD’s engagement in crisis affected economies, stabilisation operations for the UK Government, and managing major humanitarian operations. Donata holds a master’s degree in political science and international relations from the University of Florence and has pursued executive education at the Yale School of Management in Leadership for Global Business and Politics.

Hafez Ghanem

Member

Vice President of the World Bank from 2015 to 2022, responsible in turn for the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and East and Southern Africa, and previously Assistant Director-General at FAO. He is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at Brookings.

Vice President of the World Bank from 2015 to 2022, responsible in turn for the Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and East and Southern Africa. Earlier Assistant Director-General at FAO. Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. PhD in Economics, University of California, Davis.

Shahd Hammou

Member

Head of Programmes at the Center for Civilians in Conflict in Sudan, with experience leading peacebuilding, governance, Women, Peace and Security and civilian protection programmes across Africa, and research on how communities confer legitimacy on peace-positive investment.

Head of Programmes at the Center for Civilians in Conflict in Sudan, overseeing civilian protection work across Darfur and Kordofan. Has led peacebuilding, governance, Women, Peace and Security, and civilian protection programmes across Africa, including with Mercy Corps in eastern DRC. Research on how communities confer legitimacy on peace-positive investment. MSt in Social Innovation, University of Cambridge; BA, SOAS and King’s College London.

Arne Hassel

Chair, Standards Committee

Over 35 years in senior investment and management roles at Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Coutts and the Kuwait Investment Office, spanning asset allocation, fixed income, equities and alternatives. Background in ESG and impact investing. Partner at a systematic hedge fund and an investment adviser. MSc in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, BA in Political Science, Uppsala University and BA (equivalent) in Biotechnology, Uppsala University.

Eric Hoh

Chair, Market Network Committee

Three decades in capital markets, including at the derivatives exchange OM and at SEB, where he oversaw a portfolio focused on liquid alternatives. He advised Interpeace on Finance for Peace from its early stages and heads commercial engagement at Peaceinvest.

Three decades in capital markets, beginning at the derivatives exchange OM in 1991 and later at SEB, where he oversaw an investment portfolio focused on liquid alternatives. Special Adviser to Interpeace on the Finance for Peace initiative from its early stages. Vice President and Head of Commercial Engagement at Peaceinvest. MSc in Electrical Engineering, Linköping Institute of Technology.

The Secretariat

Daniel Hyslop

Executive Director

An economist who has led the development of Finance for Peace since its incubation at Interpeace, where he was Director of Policy. His research on the economic costs of violence is widely cited, and he has advised the World Bank, UNDP and the OECD.

Daniel Hyslop is Executive Director of Finance for Peace. An economist, he has focused on developing the concept of how investment can be designed to reduce conflict risk and contribute to peace, while delivering long-term value for investors and society. Previously, he was Director of Policy at Interpeace, an international peacebuilding organisation, where he worked on peacebuilding and mediation initiatives and advised UN agencies on peace and conflict issues, including conflict sensitivity. He led the development of Finance for Peace through its incubation there and, together with its founding directors, its establishment as an independent platform and standard-setter.

Earlier in his career, he held a range of research roles, including on the Global Peace Index, and developed widely cited research on the economic costs of violence. He has worked as a consultant to the World Bank, the European Investment Bank, the Council of Europe Development Bank, UNDP, the OECD and other UN organisations, and has written and spoken widely on development and peacebuilding research and policy.

Lisa Satolli

Director of Market Development

Specialises in mobilising private capital for frontier and conflict-affected markets. She leads market development at Finance for Peace and previously built and led the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative at the World Economic Forum.

Lisa Satolli specialises in mobilising private capital for frontier and conflict-affected markets, and in bridging stakeholders across finance, development and humanitarian action to build shared strategies. She leads market development at Finance for Peace, working with project owners, issuers, investors and development finance institutions to bring the first certified transactions to market and build investor demand for peace-aligned investment. At the World Economic Forum, she built and led the Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative from the ground up, growing it into a global platform that put investment in fragile markets on the agenda of investors and policymakers and shifted the debate from aid towards commercially viable opportunities. Earlier, she designed and managed private sector development and access-to-finance programmes for the European Commission in Tanzania. She holds graduate training in International Economics and Political Economy from Johns Hopkins SAIS.

Michelle Breslauer

Senior Advisor

A partnerships professional with 20 years’ experience building coalitions across sectors, most recently as Head of Leadership & Policy Programs at the United Nations Global Compact, and earlier building the US and Latin America operations of the Institute for Economics & Peace.

Michelle Breslauer is a global program and partnerships professional with 20 years of experience building coalitions and networks across sectors. Most recently, as Head of Leadership & Policy Programs at the United Nations Global Compact, she worked with businesses worldwide on sustainability governance, including creating and launching a global network of Chief Legal Officers. Prior, at the Institute for Economics & Peace, she built the U.S. and Latin America operations from the ground up, directing programs on peace economics and speaking extensively on peace, security, criminal justice, and development at the United Nations, the World Bank, and leading universities and think tanks. She holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from the American University of Paris.