The FEST Community
FEST is a growing community of:
- Thought leaders who have published aligned reports on FEST (see home page);
- Practice leaders who are developing Financing Systemic Transformation (FST) systems;
- A number of individuals engaged in FEST development.
A brief History
- Winter 2019: "Systems change: An Emerging Field in Impact Investing" report published.
- Summer 2020:
- "Transformation Capital - Systemic Investing for Sustainability" report published, coining the term "transformation finance".
- Autumn 2020:
- Working Group 11 initiated within the Catalyst 2030 Community.
- Summer 2021:
- "An Investigation into Financing Transformation" report published.
- Regular, monthly convening commenced (up to present day). Showcasing key cases, concepts and topics. Thought leaders and practitioners convened.
- Spring 2022:
- Summer 2022:
- "Design Foundations for Systems Capital" report published.
- Autumn 2022:
- Financing Systemic Transformation "State of the Field" analysis carried out.
- "Funding Governance for Systemic Transformation" report published.
- "Investing in System Innovation" report published.
- Spring 2023: FEST Scoping and Concept Development.
FEST Initiating Stewards
Affiliations are for biographical explanation, do not necessarily reflect organizational commitment.
Steve Waddell
Bounce Beyond; Catalyst 2030
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Suzanne Bowles
Cattail Strategy
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Stephen Huddart
Former CEO, McConnell Foundation; University of Victoria
Alexandra Korijn
TWIST (formerly IMP+)
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Manoj Panjwani
Catalyst 2030
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Ben Roberts
Thriving Resilient Communities Collaboratory
Magdalena Schneider
TransCap Initiative
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Juan Carlos Lozano
Innpactia
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Joe Hsueh
SIMFO
FEST Founding Partners
Affiliations are for biographical explanation, do not necessarily reflect organizational commitment.
Dominic Hofstetter
Transcap Initiative
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Rob Ricigliano
Systems and Complexity Coach
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Seth Shames
1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People
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Johan Schot
Transformative Investment Initiative, Utrecht University
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Anna Muoio
New Capitalism Project
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Lesley Southwick-Trask
Bounce Beyond
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Delilah Rothenberg
The Predistribution Initiative
Tomas Curruthers
Project Blackthorn
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Erica Key
Future Earth
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Rieki Cordon
Seeds
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Alex Hannant
Griffith Centre for Systems Innovation / Pocketknife
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Matt Patten
Catalyst 2030
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Arthur Wood
Equity4Humanity, Total Impact Capital
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Cordell Jacks
Regenerative Capital Group
Neelam Chhiber
Industree
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Stuart Cowan
Buckminster Fuller Institute
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Charlie Leadbeater
System Shift
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Tim Draimin
Social Investment - Canada
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Rex Raimond
Transformational Investing in Food Systems
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Nagaraja (Naga) Prakasam
Growing Startups
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