SIO Managing Partner Kostis Tselenis held a speech at the Family Office Investors Summit during Davos #WEF2026, contributing to two panels focused on how family offices are shaping long-term capital allocation and impact-driven investment strategies

Panel #1 | Family Offices Insights: The DNA of Success
Capital Allocation, Governance & Risk Culture 2030
(Together with Camila Clarke, Clarke Capital, Abdul Rafay Gadit Family Office Investor & ZIGChain)

Panel #7 | Impact Investment & Global Capital Deployment
(Together with: Karen Korponai, BlueLight Humanitarian Airlines | Blue Terra Capital | GBBC, Alexander von Koenig, Pioneeress von Koenig Rescue Association, Tami Kesselman, LOHAS Impact Investing | ReThink Packaging | Next Gen Success)

The discussions explored how global private capital, and especially family offices, can move from intention to execution in Impact Investing, across generations, geographies and asset classes.

Watch the full Impact Investing Trends presentation at the Family Office Investors Gathering of the #WEF2026:

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SIO was delighted to co-host our – full-house – Impact Gathering & Christmas Apero together with INOKS Capital S.A. last week in Zurich. The discussion focused on how alternativeinvestments, realassets and impact strategies are converging around sustainable food and agriculture, driven by foodsecurity, climate pressures and changing investor expectations.

Nicolas Laporte, mentioned that private debt is becoming a mainstream asset class, increasingly used as a proxy for fixed income in diversified portfolios. The universe of ESG and impact managers remains limited, requiring pragmatic allocation choices and selective arbitrage. Interest in ESG and impact strategies is steadily increasing, especially among younger private banking clients, where sustainability is becoming a baseline expectation.

Rosa Sangiorgio, mentioned that Switzerland faces a defining choice: to be remembered as the place that protected yesterday’s wealth, or as the place that helped design the financial system for tomorrow. Impact investing is not a niche; it is good risk management in a world where climate, health and social tensions are now priced.

Mirjam Garzon, stated that the impact investing community continues to grow fast each year, while methodological challenges around definitions and measurement remain. Sustainable food and agriculture stand out as one of the most important and widely supported themes across the global impact community.

Nabil Marc ABDUL-MASSIH, presented short-term, asset-backed food chain financing in developing economies, mentioning it usually carries lower risk than perceived when properly structured and monitored, while delivering tangible local impact including job creation and women empowerment. In Europe, a significant “missing middle” financing gap exists for agri-food SMEs, creating an attractive private debt opportunity. aligned with the EU’s food security agenda.

Yullie (Panagiota) Matsouka mentioned that impact investments increasingly deliver on investor expectations, often more consistently than traditional strategies. They are fundamentally real-economy investments and do not carry higher risk by default.

Kostis A. Tselenis highlighted clear macro trends: impact strategies are becoming a structural allocation in institutional portfolios, not a niche. Evergreen structures, particularly in private debt, are gaining momentum as investors seek income, resilience and real-asset exposure. The traditional narrative of impact versus returns is increasingly obsolete.

Thank you to all speakers and participants for a thoughtful, investor-driven discussion!

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The SIO’s mission is to accelerate the transition towards a regenerative and inclusive economy by allocating institutional and private capital into profitable and impactful companies and funds. We focus in parallel on fostering learning, education, and collaboration across the ecosystem.

We are honoured to support the Hellenic Impact Investing Network in shaping this truly international and transformational ImpactEvent.

Join us in Athens for the ImpactWeekend & two days of inspiration, partnerships, and new opportunities to scale impact!

Register here: www.impactconference.gr and join the celebration, join the movement and be part of the change!

Main sponsors of the #HIIC25: swiss impact office, INOKS Capital S.A., Good Move Initiatives, Sporos Platform, Helidoni Group, AE4RIA

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We will have the honour of joining Alexandra Mitsotaki at the World Human Forum’s 3rd Symposium for a New Eleusis, to explore how Impact Investing can align profit with purpose, mobilising capital for reforestation, regenerative agriculture, water security, and biodiversity protection.

We will reflect on the third wave of Nature Finance that is emerging: a shift in values from seeing nature as a resource to recognising it as a living system built on contributions, stewardship, and trust.

Join us at the Old Oil Mill Factory in Elefsina, Athens, on the 26th of September. More information

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Impact Summit Europe 2022

Looking forward to our panel with top speakers Alexander Neil, Nicolas Mougeot, Bart Vanhaeren, Graig Reeves and Daniel Ung, CFA, CQF, CAIA, FRM, discussing current challenges and outlook of ESG strategies. Thank you Maxime Laurent!

ESG & Sustainable Investing: Evolution, opportunities and work to be done.

Panelists:
– Mr. Alexander Neil, Head of Equity Advisory, HSBC Private Bank
– Nicolas Mougeot, Head of Global Trends and ESG Advisory, CA Indosuez
– Bart Vanhaeren, Chief Executive Officer, InvestSuite
– Graig Reeves, Prestige Funds, Director Founder
– Daniel Ung, Ung Head of Quantitative Research Analysis ETF Portfolio Solutions EMEA APAC

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Delphi Economic Forum VII

For the 3rd consecutive year, Kostis Tselenis, Managing Director of the Swiss impact office and founder of the Hellenic Impact Investing Network had the great pleasure to moderate a panel on Repowering EU and the importance of decarbonizing our energy sources at the 7th Delphi Economic Forum.

Panelists:
– Antonis Schwarz, Founder Good Moves Foundation, Global Investor
– Dr. Rolf Nagel, Managing Partner, Munich Venture Partners
– Fabian Karger, Investment Director, Susi Partners
– Dimitrios Dimopoulos, Head of ESG, Piraeus Holdings


Watch our panel here:

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Impact Summit Europe 2022

A great panel with esteemed speakers Harry van den Heuvel, Gunter Fischer, Sandrine Montsma, Geoff Eisenberg and Vikram Raju, CFA on the 29th of March at the #impactsummiteurope2022 from Phenix Capital.

Panelists:
– Harry van den Heuvel, Senior Portfolio Manager, Achmea Investment Partners
– Gunter Fischer, Senior Investment Manager, European Investment Bank
– Sandrine Monstma, Managing Partner, Bridges Israel
– Geoffrey Eisenberg, Partner, Ecosystem Integrity Fund

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The Graduate Institute Geneva Masterclass

Delighted to present at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies SDG finance Master Class on impactinvesting strategies to mitigate climatechange and biodiversityloss.

Thank you Brindusa Burrows for the invitation!

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Virtual World Biodiversity Forum 2021

Delighted to be part of the panel at the #worldbiodiversityforum of the University of Zurich with other esteemed experts to discuss #biodiversity as the foundation of economic #sustainability, human well-being and prosperity. Thurs­day, 13th May 2021, 17:30 CET

How can we re­think the eco­no­mic pa­ra­digm that re­cognis­es bio­di­ver­si­ty as the foun­da­ti­on of (eco­no­mic) su­staina­bi­li­ty, hu­man well-being and pro­spe­ri­ty? How can the va­lue of bio­di­ver­si­ty be re­flec­ted in eco­no­mic terms and what are new fi­nan­ci­al tools avail­able to pro­tect bio­di­ver­si­ty?

 

Panelists: 

– Ms. Akanksha Khatri, World Economic Forum- 

– Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta, University of Cambridge

– Mr. Augustin Silvani, Conservation Internationa

- Dr. Oliver Schelske, SwissRe

– Mr. Kostis Tselenis, Swiss Impact Office

– Dr. Laurence Wainwright, Smith School, University of Oxford

– Ms. Melina Sakiyama, Global Youth Biodiversity Network

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Building a Better Future: Shaping Tomorrow's Economy by Investing into Change

While it is clear, that the world is out of balance today, we live in an age of unprecedented possibilities to make the world of tomorrow a better place. It is therefore essential to explore new investment opportunities, in both emerging and developed markets, to find the hidden treasures than can positively impact the economy of the future and reverse the footprints of today.

Generate positive and measurable social impact alongside a financial return

Addressing the world’s most pressing challenges and impacting the outcomes for the next generations

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