Tenke A. Zoltani is an impact investing expert with an unparalleled track record in impact investing strategy, structuring, and execution. She is the Founder of Better Finance, where she works with the world’s leading corporate, institutional, and family investors on the origination and execution of investments that deliver shareholder value and strong impact.

Previously, Tenke was Director, Impact Investing at UBS, where she built out the bank’s impact advisory practice for UHNW clients. Before joining UBS, Tenke was an Investment Manager at Islan Asset Management in Switzerland, advising the global agribusiness Bunge on direct investments. She built her expertise in London, consulting on the then-emerging carbon markets and working in climate finance alongside Lord Nicholas Stern.

She is currently a Senior Advisor to UNDP on thematic debt, and has served on the advisory boards of TLG Capital, Impact Finance, and the SDG Joint Fund. Her advisory work includes the world’s first species-focused impact bond, designed to conserve rhinoceros populations, and the first global fund for coral reef conservation. Tenke holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Columbia University, an M.Sc. in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics, and is a CAIA Charterholder for alternative finance.

When not working, Tenke competes internationally in distance and mountain running, finishing 58th in the World Championships in 2014.