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A development professional with over 25 years of experience, Sybil Chidiac is global collaborator, strategist, and advocate of programs and initiatives that advance women’s economic empowermentand financial inclusion through transformative philanthropic investing. She currently serves as a Senior Program Officer with the Gender Equality division at the Gates Foundation, where she leads a $36 million portfolio focused on advancing women’s enterprise growth and workforce participation across Africa.
Sybil has worked in over twenty countries, collaborating with government, the private sector, and multilateral organizations to co-design innovative financial inclusion and large-scale livelihood programs. Her leadership helped drive key policy changes, including Nigeria’s first National Women’s Economic Empowerment policy along with its domestication at the subnational level, the operationalization and registration of savings groups under Uganda’s Tier 4 Microfinance Moneylender’s Act, and the finalization of the first national SHG policy. Prior to the Gates Foundation, Sybil held senior positions at Grameen Foundation, Freedom from Hunger, and CARE USA, where she developed financial services for underserved populations and led digital solutions for savings groups and the banking sector.
2025 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
Stan Getui is a finance and impact investment expert and a CFA Charterholder, with over 15 years of success in project delivery, investment management, and private equity investing across Australia, Africa, and the United States. As Head, Capacity Development and Ecosystem Building at the Mastercard Foundation, he leads strategy refresh initiatives for implementing partners and small, medium & microenterprises, focusing on financial inclusion in Africa.
Stan’s foundational expertise includes his tenure at Dalberg Advisors, where he developed financial models for structured impact investments and guided development finance actors in embedding social impact objectives into their core business. His comprehensive investment management experience in Australia includes minimizing investment risk for portfolios at Mercer Investments. At MFS Investment Management, he was accountable for client relationships contributing to the growth of a regional asset management business.
Stan holds a Warwick MBA and is active in strategic leadership, currently serving as a Board Member for organizations such as World Bicycle Relief and the Katiba Institute.
2025 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
John Grove, PhD, is an international expert in global health policy, strategy, and evaluation. As the Global Fund’s Chief Evaluation and Learning Officer, he oversees independent evaluation for large-scale health programs and ensures evidence-driven strategies to combat infectious diseases worldwide.
Previously, John served in senior leadership roles at the World Health Organization (WHO), including Director of Quality Assurance for Norms and Standards, where he helped shape global health technical guidance and policies. At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, he was Deputy Director for Evidence and Policy in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health, leading investments in health systems research and analytics. With eight years at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Africa, John brings deep expertise in disease surveillance, program monitoring, and healthcare policy.
2025 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
Esther Ndeti is Investment Principal at Uncap, with years of experience in the venture funding space. Her keen eye for investment strategy and tactical expertise in early-stage financing have allowed her to excel in strategic analysis, due diligence assessment, capital-raising advisory and portfolio management.
Esther previously served as Executive Director at the East Africa Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EAVCA), where she worked at the intersection of the private sector finance and development. In this role, she supported institutional investors and regulators with strategy design, policy formulation, market insights and fundraising. As a passionate advocate for women in business, she also recently founded ‘Preneur Today’, an initiative that highlights the work of female entrepreneurs in Africa.
Esther’s experience extends to advisory roles on the boards of Viktoria Business Angels (VBAN), GrowthAfrica, and ASSEK; demonstrating her expertise in global finance and her commitment to building strong networks within the business community.
With her Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, Esther brings a unique blend of technical knowledge and business acumen to her leadership roles.
Esther is an avid cyclist in and around Kenya – and continues to be a passionate advocate for safe cycling and sustainable transport in the country.
2023 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
Anna-Marie, Senior Philanthropy Advisor at LGT Bank in Zurich, supports individuals and families in Europe, Latin America and Asia on their personal philanthropic journeys, and brings learnings on effective philanthropy and systems change for gender equality.
Prior to LGT Bank, Anna-Marie led the Philanthropic Collaboration team at Co-Impact for nearly seven years, supporting over 120 visionary initiatives across Africa, Asia, and Latin America that drove sustainable change for millions of women and children through improved systems. Combining practical experience and academic rigor with almost 20 years of experience across the civil society and private sectors, she helped Co-Impact’s funding partners contribute to meaningful improvements in the lives of millions of people.
Earlier in her career, Anna-Marie was Head of the UHNW Philanthropy Center at UBS in Zurich, and Senior Research Associate at the European Venture Philanthropy Association, where she worked with 180+ members on best practice topics to drive more impactful philanthropy. Before, she worked with Ashoka, helping social entrepreneurs scale their business models within and across countries.
Anna-Marie began her career in investment banking at Credit Suisse, working in both London and Zurich. She holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona and an MA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. She is an avid road cyclist and triathlete.
2023 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
Nathaniel has more than two decades of experience in the non-profit, international development, and philanthropy spaces. As the Vice President & Managing Director of Geneva Global (and its sister organization, Global Impact), Nathaniel oversees the combined organization’s support to institutional philanthropies and ultra-high net worth families as well as international non-governmental organizations. Prior to joining Geneva Global, Nathaniel served as an Executive Vice President at Results for Development (R4D), where he oversaw many of the organization’s technical teams aimed at strengthening health, education, and nutrition systems in low-income countries.
Earlier in his career, Nathaniel co-founded and led Global Integrity, an international non-governmental anti-corruption organization working in more than 100 countries to strengthen government transparency and accountability safeguards. From 2017 to 2019, he co-chaired the Open Government Partnership (a multi-stakeholder partnership spanning governments and civil society) and was the catalyst behind the establishment of the OpenGov Hub, the world’s first thematic co-working space focused on open government issues. He began his career working at a non-profit investigative journalism organization (the Center for Public Integrity) and at the US Department of State.
Nathaniel holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Delaware and completed his graduate work at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is an avid road and gravel cyclist.
2022 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
Leah Missbach Day is co-founder of World Bicycle Relief and a documentary photographer based in Chicago. Her images and storytelling often serve World Bicycle Relief’s campaigns and illustrate the power of bicycles to transform lives. Leah is profiled in Seeing Brave, a documentary that shares the stories of three women trailblazers inspiring the next generation of female leaders and as author of the foreword to National Geographic’s book Wheels of Change: How Women Rode to Freedom.
2019 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
Bob Perkowitz is president and founder of ecoAmerica, a non-profit that empowers national health, faith, and community organizations in effective climate action and advocacy. Bob has served on the boards of the Sierra Club Foundation, Environmental Defense Fund, and ClearPath Foundation. In his business career, he has been CEO of Cornerstone Brands, Home Fashions, Inc., Smith+Noble, and a director of SNAP A/V and SRAM, Inc. Bob received a B.S. from Lake Forest College and an M.B.A. from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management.
2008 – Present / Independent / Voting Member
In 1987, Frederick (F.K.) Day, his brother Stan, and some friends founded SRAM Corporation, the leading bicycle component supplier. In 2005, immediately following the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Day co-founded the international non-profit World Bicycle Relief. Day leverages his and SRAM’s bicycle experience and that of the global bicycle industry to deliver large-scale, comprehensive bicycle programs in developing countries. Day is a long-standing board member of his alma mater, The South Kent School in Western Connecticut. Day studied economics at Wayne State University and economics and Latin American studies at Tulane University.
2018 – Present / Not Independent / Voting Member
Stan is founder and chairman of the board of SRAM Corporation and its former CEO for 31 years. Founded in 1987, the company has become the largest bicycle component supplier in the US and second-largest in the world. Stan has spent significant time living in Asia and traveling the world while developing SRAM. Stan earned his BS in business at Tulane University and his MBA at Kellogg Graduate School of Management.
2006 – Present / Not Independent / Voting Member
Mike is the recently-retired Chief Financial Officer of SRAM Corporation, where he enjoyed a 29-year career. In this role, Mike was responsible for the worldwide finance, accounting, tax, and MIS functions of SRAM. A certified public accountant, Mike began his career in public accounting before working at GE Capital. He is an active alum of the University of Dayton, where he currently serves on the Board of Trustees. He is an avid cyclist.
2006 – Present / Not Independent / Voting Member
