Who we are

Our Fund is stewarded and backed by women leaders across human rights, business and finance.

FUND HOLDERS

Marianela Santos

PHILANTHROPIST & BUSINESS LEADER

KALPA VENTURES

BUSINESS - PHILANTHROPY - ESG

Marianela has more than thirty years of experience as a serial and social entrepreneur, business leader, and board member. Marianela serves as the CEO of Kalpa Ventures, a Mexican family fund that supports inclusion and sustainability enterprises and initiatives. Marianela’s work spans ESG, finance, technology, social enterprise, workplace inclusion, and long-term social mobility. Marianela brings financing expertise to the Fund and will engage leaders in business and finance to capitalise the Fund.

  • Marianela is a serial businesswoman from Mexico. In addition to serving as the CEO of Kalpa Ventures, she is pioneering the first AI-Green Data Centers initiative, which is building the first AI-Nvidia Factory in the LATAM region to meet key sustainability parameters under the SDG 2030 agenda.

    In addition to Marianela’s businesses, Marianela leads a number of social initiatives:

    • Chairs the Hecho con Capacidad A.C. Foundation, dedicated to promoting workplace inclusion for people with intellectual and motor disabilities

    • Former President of the Social Responsibility & Sustainability Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce Monterrey Chapter

    • Director of social enterprises such as Uno a Uno Taller Protegido, where 50% of employees live with an intellectual disability, as well as Health Angel Monitor Systems, dedicated to supporting specialized telemedicine programs for low-income Mexican migrants in California, United States

    • Founder and CEO of the “Coahuila Valley” Foundation ecosystem, based in Coahuila, Mexico, which promotes social mobility by educating young Mexicans in STEM, Manufacturing 5.0, and Information Technology

    Awards

    • Recipient of the Yiacantecutli National Award from the American Chamber of Commerce Mexico for promoting inclusion, sustainability, and anti-corruption in the Mexico-US business community

Arfat Selvam

RETIRED CORPORATE LAWYER & PHILANTHROPIST

FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR,DUANE MORRIS & SELVAM LLP / SELVAM LLC

CORPORATE LAW - PHILANTHROPY

Arfat has over fifty years of experience as a corporate lawyer in corporate finance, with a career at the forefront of Singapore’s financial services and capital markets development. Arfat’s work has spanned mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructures, takeovers, capital markets fundraising, privatisations, cross-border investments, financial services, and international joint ventures. Arfat’s career reflects a long-standing commitment to strengthening institutions, advancing pro bono service, and supporting public-interest leadership. Arfat will steer the Fund’s corporate governance, in addition to raising awareness and resources for the Fund.

  • Arfat has been closely involved in the legal changes driving the legal and financial services sectors in Singapore. Arfat was a member of the Company Law Reform Committee, which made major recommendations affecting companies and securities laws in Singapore. Arfat has been cited in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2018 edition as a recommended lawyer in Corporate and M&A – Local Firms in Singapore. Arfat was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore in 1969.

    Notable positions:

    • Managing Director of Duane Morris and Selvam LLP and Selvam LLC until March 2026

    • President of The Law Society of Singapore in 2003

    • Former Director of the Stock Exchange of Singapore Limited

    • Member of the Senate of the Academy of Law

    • Member of the Board of Legal Education

    • Formerly on the Board of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority

    • Director of Pro Bono SG until March 2025

    • Board Member of Club Heal

    Awards:

    • Awarded Public Service Medal by the Republic of Singapore in 2024.

    • Awarded the International Bar Association Pro Bono Award in November 2025.

    Learn More:

    Profile: https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys/arfatselvam.html

    IBA Press Release: https://www.ibanet.org/Singapore-Arfat-Selvam-has-won-the-2025-IBA-Pro-Bono-Award

Yalda Aoukar

CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER, BRACKET CAPITAL

YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

INVESTMENT - PHILANTHROPY

Yalda has nearly ten years of experience leading Bracket Capital, a global private markets investment platform with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Doha. Yalda is one of the few female General Partners and founders in venture capital worldwide. As Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Bracket Capital, Yalda has helped deploy more than $1.5 billion into disruptive, high-growth technology companies. Yalda brings financing expertise to the Fund and will engage leaders in business and finance to capitalise the Fund.

  • After a successful career in investment banking and private equity across London and the Middle East, Yalda co-founded Bracket Capital in 2016.

    As one of the very few female General Partners and founders in venture capital worldwide, Yalda has led the firm to top-tier performance, deploying more than $1.5 billion into disruptive, high-growth technology companies across AI, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Healthtech, Spacetech, and other frontier sectors.

    Yalda’s work focuses on identifying and backing category-defining companies at the growth and late stages, supporting founders who are reshaping global industries.

    Yalda also serves as President of the Bracket Foundation, the firm’s philanthropic arm, where Yalda champions the use of technology for social good, particularly in online child safety. In 2019, Yalda launched a pioneering initiative exploring how artificial intelligence can combat online child abuse, which led to a strategic partnership with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) and a multi-year collaboration with the UAE government to equip law enforcement with advanced technological tools to protect children in digital environments. Yalda proudly sits on the board of Umanitek, a Swiss-based AI company whose Guardian agent uses a decentralized knowledge graph to enable privacy-preserving collaboration between platforms, NGOs, and law enforcement to help detect and prevent harmful content online.

    A committed advocate for women’s empowerment and inclusive innovation, Yalda advises governments and policymakers on digital transformation across key sectors including biotechnology, food security, AI integration, and education technology. Yalda sits on the board of the UN’s AI for Safer Children Initiative, which Yalda helped launch in 2020, and serves on the advisory board of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) Accelerator.

    Named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2024, Yalda holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School. Yalda divides her time between London, Los Angeles, and the Middle East, driven by a commitment to advancing breakthrough technologies and building a safer, more innovative, and more equitable future.

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Natasha Latiff

INTERNATIONAL LAW - HUMAN RIGHTS - GENDER JUSTICE

Natasha is an international human rights lawyer, and, co-founded two award-winning non-profit human rights organisations to respond to gender-based violence. She has more than fifteen years of experience advancing access to justice and reparations for survivors of gender-based violence in some of the most complex countries. She has built legal teams, and, supported civil society leaders and survivors across Afghanistan, South Sudan, Vanuatu, Pakistan, Argentina, Kenya amongst others. Natasha brings practitioner experience to funding and supporting survivor-centered justice work in conflict and fragile settings.

INTERNATIONAL LAWYER FOCUSED ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND ACCESS TO JUSTICE

CO-FOUNDER OF TWO AWARD-WINNING NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS

YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

FELLOW, INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S FORUM

  • Natasha is the Co-Founder of two non-profit human rights organisations: SAHR, which supports women civil society leaders and lawyers across the Global South, and Women for Justice, a women-led organization providing essential services for women and survivors in Afghanistan.

    Natasha has designed and overseen programmes that deliver legal aid and psychosocial support to women survivors of violence and women in conflict with the law, while building community-based justice mechanisms under extreme political and legal conditions.

    Natasha has secured and managed projects funded by donor governments, UN agencies, and major foundations, including USAID, the United States Institute of Peace, UN Women, UNICEF, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. Natasha has also overseen compliance, monitoring and evaluation, and quality assurance for these portfolios.

    As a practitioner, Natasha has represented survivors in complex cases of sexual and gender-based violence in South Sudan, Afghanistan, Vanuatu, and other contexts, often negotiating directly with governments, public institutions, and corporations to secure remedies and institutional reforms. Natasha has led remediation efforts in high-profile cases involving serious violations. Natasha’s findings have informed policy changes, law reform, creation of mechanisms, and reporting to UN Treaty Bodies and Special Procedures.

    At SAHR, Natasha led a Gender Justice Accelerator that accompanied civil society leaders to use and shape law and policy to increase women’s access to justice in cases of gender-based violence.

    Natasha brings organisational leadership experience to the Fund through more than fifteen years of work in fundraising, donor reporting, and rigorous survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and intersectional quality standards in service delivery.

    Admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore, Natasha holds an LL.B from the University of Warwick and an LL.M with Distinction from SOAS, University of London.

    Natasha also holds a certificate in Global Leadership and Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education.

    Natasha is a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, an International Women’s Forum Fellow, and an Ashoka “Special Relationship” changemaker. Natasha has received multiple awards and scholarships for Natasha’s human rights work.

Rachel Kang

PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS ASSOCIATE

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY

GLOBAL SHAPERS COMMUNITY, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

YOUTH LEADERSHIP - LAW, POLICY & SOCIAL IMPACT

Rachel is an emerging legal, policy, and social impact professional supporting the establishment and strategic development of the Foundation. Rachel is a senior at Vanderbilt University studying Human & Organizational Development and Legal Studies, with academic and professional interests spanning law, governance, international human rights, humanitarian policy, and gender justice. Rachel supports grantee research and assessment, partnership engagement, communications, governance coordination, and institutional development for the Fund. Rachel brings experience in public service, congressional operations, policy research, civic leadership, and youth-led social impact.

  • Rachel has contributed to research, policy analysis, and institutional development initiatives related to legal reform, survivor-centered approaches, human rights protection, civil society engagement, and access to justice. Rachel’s work is grounded in a broader commitment to strengthening institutions, supporting community-led solutions, and advancing justice for women, children, and vulnerable communities.

    At Vanderbilt University, Rachel’s academic work focuses on public policy, organizational leadership, international protection of human rights, law, and governance. Rachel’s coursework has included international human rights law, public policy analysis, statistics and quantitative methods, organizational leadership, criminal law and procedure, law and media, and emerging adulthood and social systems. Rachel’s academic writing and research have examined issues including human rights protection, legal institutions, incarceration, media ethics, public policy, and the social conditions that shape access to justice and civic participation.

    Rachel previously interned in the United States House of Representatives, where Rachel supported legislative and policy-related work, constituent engagement, congressional operations, casework, research, and public-facing services. During this time, Rachel also supported interpretation and engagement for visiting South Korean National Assembly delegations during diplomatic and public service events in Washington, D.C., including Korean-English interpretation in congressional and public service settings. This experience strengthened Rachel’s interest in foreign affairs, international law, East Asia and the Pacific affairs, healthcare access, and institutional accountability.

    Rachel has also supported policy and research initiatives through the Prenatal-to-3 Policy Impact Center, contributing to research and analysis focused on policies that improve outcomes for children and families. Rachel’s work has included examining evidence-based approaches related to early childhood systems, family wellbeing, and public policy implementation.

    Rachel serves as the incoming Curator of the Nashville Hub of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, where Rachel supports youth-led civic engagement, community partnerships, and social impact initiatives. Through this work, Rachel has contributed to initiatives focused on medical debt relief, public interest advocacy, and youth leadership development, including local efforts connected to Shred the Debt.

    Rachel has been recognized with the President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold for her commitment to service and has been named to the Dean’s List at Vanderbilt University. Rachel’s broader interests include philanthropy, social impact strategy, international cooperation, and strengthening institutional approaches to justice and equity through long-term, locally grounded partnerships.

ADVISORS

Sanaa Souidi

MANAGING DIRECTOR
HEAD GLOBAL FACULTATIVE REINSURANCE AT SWISS RE

YOUNG GLOBAL LEADER, WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

REINSURANCE - BUSINESS - EDUCATION

Sanaa has over fifteen years of experience in the global reinsurance industry. Sanaa is Managing Director and Head of Global Facultative Reinsurance at Swiss Re, where Sanaa oversees property, casualty, financial lines, and special risks facultative business worldwide. Based in Zurich, Sanaa is also a member of the P&C Reinsurance Management Team. Sanaa brings her expertise in risk, analytics, investment, business leadership, and education-focused social impact.

  • Previously, Sanaa led the risk and analytics function at Swiss Re Group Risk Management, where Sanaa led internal model development, risk and solvency reporting to the Board, regulators, rating agencies, and analysts, as well as insurance and investment risk-taking frameworks.

    Before joining Swiss Re, Sanaa was a Catastrophe Underwriter at PartnerRe. Sanaa holds an MBA from ESSEC Business School and is a qualified actuary.

    Recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2023, Sanaa also serves as an Ambassador for the Jadara Foundation, demonstrating Sanaa’s commitment to education and community development.

Judit Pach

ADVISOR TO THE CEO OF MET ASIA ENERGY

FORMER AMBASSADOR OF HUNGARY TO SINGAPORE, BRUNEI, INDONESIA, TIMOR-LESTE AND ASEAN

MENTOR AND ADVOCATE FOR WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

DIPLOMACY - GOVERNMENT RELATIONS – STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

Judit has more than twenty years of experience connecting people, institutions, and ideas across cultures, sectors, and regions. Judit is a former Ambassador of Hungary to Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and ASEAN. As an Ambassador, her work spanned international relations, economic diplomacy, strategic partnerships, communications, and business development. Beyond Judit’s diplomatic and private-sector work, Judit is a long-standing mentor and advocate for women’s leadership and youth empowerment.

  • Judit is a senior executive, former ambassador, and advisor with more than two decades of experience at the intersection of international relations, economic diplomacy, strategic partnerships, communications, and business development.

    Judit currently serves as Advisor to the CEO of MET Asia Energy, the Asian platform of a Swiss integrated energy company, where Judit supports the company’s growth across Asia through strategic partnerships, market development, investment opportunities, and cross-border cooperation between Asia and Europe.

    Prior to joining the private sector, Judit represented Hungary in Southeast Asia for more than a decade. Judit served as Ambassador of Hungary to Singapore and Brunei Darussalam, and previously as Ambassador to Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and ASEAN. Throughout Judit’s diplomatic career, Judit worked to strengthen political, economic, scientific, educational, and innovation partnerships while promoting dialogue between governments, businesses, universities, and civil society organizations. Judit also served as Hungary’s Governor and Executive Committee Member of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), advancing cooperation between Asia and Europe on issues including education, leadership, sustainability, and people-to-people connectivity.

    Earlier in Judit’s career, Judit held senior leadership positions within the Hungarian government, including roles supporting the President of Hungary and the Prime Minister’s Office, with responsibilities spanning international communications, public affairs, economic diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement.

    Alongside Judit’s professional career, Judit has been a long-standing advocate for women’s leadership and youth empowerment. Judit serves as a judge for the prestigious Women of the Future Awards Southeast Asia and Global Women of Influence Awards, mentors emerging leaders through the pro bono platform VLookUp.ai, and regularly contributes to initiatives supporting women in leadership, entrepreneurship, diplomacy, and public service. Throughout Judit’s career, Judit has mentored students, young professionals, and aspiring leaders across Europe and Asia, with a particular focus on empowering women to navigate leadership roles in traditionally male-dominated sectors.

    Judit’s contributions have been recognized through national awards from Hungary and state decorations from Lithuania, Belgium, and Poland.

    Judit holds degrees in international business and languages and has completed executive education in leadership, management, and public affairs. Judit’s work continues to focus on building bridges between sectors, cultures, and regions while supporting the next generation of leaders.