MAIN GLI Series: Impact and Investing in Women 101

Amra is the General Partner and Co-Founder of Accelerating Asia, an early stage VC accelerator with a portfolio footprint across 10+ markets. For close to a decade, Amra has spearheaded high-impact partnerships and programs including the award-winning UN Women global social entrepreneurship program, Project Inspire and was a key contributor to muru-D’s wide recognition as one of the top startup accelerator programs in Asia. It is this
outlook and depth of experience that has fostered a unique perspective and ability to deliver high impact programs and invest in early-stage startups at Accelerating Asia.

She is the Southeast Asia Lead for Impact Capital and Outgoing Curator for the Global Shapers Singapore Hub, an initiative of the World Economic Forum and is the host and creator of the Doing Good Podcast.

Marjo Reyes is an IT Project Management Professional with over 19 years experience in Business Development and Project Management for leading multinationals, including the delivery of large call center and shared services implementation for Caltex, HSBC and Skyes Asia. Her work experience includes multi-regional projects for Hewlett-Packard Packard Enterprises in Asia-Pacific, Japan, India, Korea and INTERPOL in ASEAN, South Asia and Africa. She is currently Managing the Biometrics Platform in BDO.

Andrew Escaler is the EVP for Pasudeco, an investment company with interests in the electric, water, real estate, waste management, and traffic regulation industry.

Pasudeco aims to improve environmental and human health and simplify life through its investments by being the most helpful shareholder a company could ask for. An entrepreneur himself, Andrew has experienced many of the headaches familiar to founders and so seeks to be the kind of shareholder he wishes to have.

A curious and progressive individual, Andrew is a strong believer in the circular economy and positive externalities. He also believes that both managers and investors should experience their businesses as both customers and bystanders.

Andrew looks forward to the day where everyone can enjoy fresh air, the shade of a tree, and clean bodies of water, and will help anyone trying to reach that same goal in whatever capacity he can.

Tina has led, financed, grown and sold web-focused startups in Asia and beyond. She co-founded two travel tech companies; led the founding team of two airlines; and managed commercial and marketing at Lufthansa and IHG. She has diverse experience growing B2B and B2C early- and mid-stage companies, driving market expansion in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Macau.

Currently, she leads Avaya Management, a consulting company in travel technology, aviation and market access in Southeast Asia; and a Lead Mentor at German Accelerator. She also is a board member and committee chair for gender-lens investing at Manila Angel Investor's Network.

Miguel joined ICCP SBI Venture Partners as a Managing Director in 2020. He has over 15 years of experience in fund management, venture capital, financial advisory, and corporate banking. As an investor and venture builder, he has completed over 70 deals and co-founded 8 companies. In 2017, he moved to Germany to establish an early stage venture capital fund, which provided family offices and corporates from Southeast Asia with access to technologies in Europe. Prior to that, he was leading financing and investments for Novel Capital, a pioneering multi-family office in the Philippines, where he initiated the foray into private equity and venture capital. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the AsiaBerlin Forum. He is also a mentor for the Berlin Founder’s Fund, the Enpact Empowering Entrepreneurship initiative and the Markprof Foundation.