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Tine Fisker Henriksen

Innovative Finance Lead

UCT GSB BERTHA CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

Private Sector & Development author

As the Innovative Finance Lead at the Bertha Centre, Tine manages multiple projects focused on strengthening the impact investing sector in South Africa and Africa at large. Tine also holds a role as investment manager with the Bestseller Foundation. She has worked on the set-up of multiple innovative finance mechanisms that drive more capital to small and growing business, an example of which is the Green Outcomes Fund in South Africa. Tine holds a M.Sc. in International Business & Politics from Copenhagen Business School.

UCT GSB BERTHA CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

The Innovative Finance Initiative within the UCT GSB Bertha Centre for Social Innovation partners with governments, enterprises, investors etc. to build the impact investing and innovative finance market on the African continent. The team develops the talent and knowledge that will shape the future of business and finance, and build the impact investing ecosystem by creating new funding mechanisms, networks, etc. Where the right tools don’t exist, the team creates them, and has for instance launched two of South Africa’s most innovative impact investing structures; The Green Outcomes Fund and the Early Childhood Development Social Impact Bond Innovation Fund.