Anne Valto
Overview
Dr Anne Valto is a Senior Development Impact Advisor with Finnfund’s Development Impact team. She has worked in development cooperation and financing for over 20 years. At Finnfund, Anne specialises in the forestry and agricultural sectors, climate change adaptation, biodiversity, and gender issues. She enjoys building bridges and feeding synergies between the public and private sectors, civil society and communities, and understanding the wider impacts of development financing.
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Finnfund
Finnfund is a Finnish development financier and impact investor. It aims to build a sustainable future and generate lasting impacts by investing in businesses that solve global development challenges in developing countries. Each year Finnfund invests 200–250 million euros in 20-30 projects, with the emphasis on renewable energy, sustainable forestry, sustainable agriculture, financial institutions and digital infrastructure and solutions. Today its investments, commitments, and investment decisions total about 1.22 billion euros, half of which are in Africa. The organisation has 100 employees, based in Helsinki and Nairobi.