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Rick Kellett

Investor

Senior Advisor on Value Chain Investment at IMPAQTO Capital

United States

About

Rick Kellett is an advisor for value chain investing at IMPAQTO Capital with twenty years of experience in frontier markets and impact investing across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. His background includes work in strategic planning, capital mobilization, business scaling, and investment structuring. He has experience building teams and managing stakeholder collaboration across global networks of partners, donors, and investors.

Experience

  1. IMPAQTO CapitalAdvisor for Value Chain Investingcurrent2025 — present
  2. Self-employedImpact Investing and Frontier Markets Consultantcurrent2023 — present
  3. Mountain Harvest CoffeeManaging Director2017 — 2023Mbale Uganda
  4. Corus InternationalManaging Director, Impact Investing2017 — 2023Baltimore, Maryland
  5. Ground Up InvestingManaging Director2017 — 2023Washington DC-Baltimore Area
  6. Self-employedImpact Investing and Frontier Markets Consultant2015 — 2017Washington D.C. Metro Area
  7. Aga Khan Foundation USADirector of Programs & Investments2013 — 2015
  8. Aga Khan Foundation USADirector of Communications & Resource Development2012 — 2013
  9. AECOMCountry Manager, Kazakhstan2009 — 2010
  10. RaytheonCountry Director, Kazakhstan2009
  11. Eurasia Capital ManagementManaging Director2008 — 2009
  12. The Henry L. Stimson CenterSenior Business Advisor2006 — 2007
  13. Byelocorp Scientific Inc.Executive Vice President1998 — 2006
  14. IESCCountry Director1994 — 1998
  15. US Peace CorpsVolunteer1992 — 1994

Education

  1. University of ChicagoBA1987 — 1991
  2. The New SchoolMS, Finance2007 — 2008
  3. Middlebury CollegeIntensive Russian
  4. University of WashingtonIntensive Uzbek

Skills & more

Investment StrategiesAsset ManagementProject ManagementStrategyBusiness OperationsExecutive ManagementBoard of Directors

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Colleagues at IMPAQTO Capital

Gabriela Aguayo
Content Media Manager at IMPAQTO Capital
Grace Naranjo
Head of Administration and Finance at IMPAQTO Capital
Josué Montenegro
Analyst at IMPAQTO Capital
Justin Schwartz
Managing Partner at IMPAQTO Capital
Michelle Arévalo-Carpenter
General Partner at IMPAQTO Capital
Nicole Izquierdo
Head of Marketing and Communications at IMPAQTO Capital
Victoria Norelid
Senior Advisor, Impact & Portfolio Strategy at IMPAQTO Capital

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Shared employers

Also worked at Aga Khan Foundation USA1

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