Sybilla Masters

Co-founder and CEO of Outlines Venture Group and co-founder of Moz and brettapproved. A global thought leader in diversity venture capital and gender-lens investing, board director and advisor across four continents, tech advisor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and founder/co-host of the CEOcoach Podcast.

Over twenty years of experience in SME M&A and turnaround strategy, with prior roles as a manufacturing systems consultant for Marcam and Price Waterhouse across Asia and an international banker at ABN AMRO. MBA from INSEAD; BA from Georgetown University.

Financial services and global corporate development leader who served as General Manager of Microsoft's Worldwide Financial Services Sector, CEO of research firm TowerGroup, and held senior roles at MasterCard, Gartner, and IBM, opening markets in Russia and China.

Over 25 years leading financial services, payment cards, and emerging technologies. Pioneered shared ATM networks and PC banking at Citibank, led MasterCard's entry into chip cards and mobile commerce, and advises early-stage startups. BA from Rice University; MBA from MIT Sloan.

Financial strategy and execution specialist, Director of Finance (CFO) of Whistler BC and CEO of Pique Financial Works, with Wall Street fiduciary experience. Moved into private equity and angel investing in 2013, leading due diligence on seed-stage deals.

Managing Director at the Sorenson Impact Institute leading the Impact Finance team. Ran the Department of Education's Pay for Success initiative under the Obama Administration and has over 40 years of experience in impact finance and outcomes-based financing.

Lakshmi Reddy is a Venture Partner at Mastersfund with cross-industry experience spanning financial services, consumer products, healthcare, and digital marketing. She focuses on helping portfolio companies with marketing, customer validation, product-market fit, and scaling, and participates in due diligence for the firm's investments.

Operates at the intersection of finance, psychology, and technology as an engineer, researcher, founder, fund manager, and strategic advisor. Runs his family office and has served on boards of private tech and finance companies, contributing to research in education, nanomaterials, and AI.

Longtime advisor to family offices and asset allocators on sustainable and inclusive investing. Founding member of the Silicon Valley Blockchain Society and an SDG Impact Circle Fellow, with appointments at UC Berkeley and Cambridge and advisory work for major foundations and governments.

Investor and lecturer on innovation and venture capital at Rice University's Jones School of Business, with a fintech focus at the Houston Angel Network and a Venture Fellow role at Laconia. MBA from Tulane; BS from Hampton University.

Managing Director at HCP Asia advising private equity and growth capital firms, with global executive experience in healthcare, FMCG, and retail at Danone, SC Johnson, and Yum. Most recently led Mundipharma's Global Consumer Health business through its exit to TPG. MBA from INSEAD.