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Brief Summary
Ben Banerjee (born 02/02/1969), son of Sitansu Banerjee and Salma Banerjee and first of the two children, is an Indian-born Dutch impact investing and sustainable finance expert and thought leader. He is the President and Co-Founder at Swiss Impact Investment Association (SIIA) and Managing Partner of Impact Investing Solutions. He has been described as a visionaire and #1 Swiss Impact Investing Expert with over 25 years of experience in the sector.

Biography
Ben is passionate and knowledgeable about impact investing and has devoted his life to it. He was originally trained as an engineer and MBA from the Netherlands. By character, Ben is a result-oriented, independent, and pragmatic person, leading him to become the President and Co-Founder of Swiss Impact Investing Association (SIIA). Since changing focus to impact investing, Ben has become a big name in the field and has made connections and collaborated with successful professionals in all sectors.

In addition to that, Ben is well known as Speaker at various International and National events and is often on International TV shows on Impact and Sustainable investments and Macroeconomic trends. He was invited as Guest of Honour to President Obama[1]’s Second Inauguration. Ben's speaking engagements have included World Talent Economy Forum (WikiLINK), on the topic of ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities in the 21st century, Investments in Cybersecurity. Investments – Risk, Return & Impact ICC Moscow (WikiLINK), BLS Summit 2018 (Link), Impact Talk “Our World in 2030”, WIMPLO - Economy & Regulations (Link) | Future of Digital Coins, and many more. Ben is open to more speaking and education engagements and is happy to share his knowledge and experience with impact investing with the general population and other organizations.

He has worked in various national and multinational enterprises. Additionally, he is Founder of various small and large companies (incl. NGOs) all over Western Europe, and has organized many Global events participated by respected Academic, Business, and Political Leaders.

In term of other areas of expertise, he has banking, entrepreneurial, and organizational experience, supported by International and Multi-cultural experience and background. Through using his network and knowledge for business development, he helps to promote Swiss financial services and products.

Lastly, he supports financial institutions on their investment policies and has been very successful in raising funds for Impactful businesses and funds. He is a Member of Global Think Tanks and is well connected in the circles of Political Leaders, Ultra High Networth Individuals, Governments, and Financial Institutions.

Education
He studied last four College years in St. Joseph's College (WikiLINK), Allahabad. After graduating from high school in 1985, he moved to the Netherlands to study Electrical Engineering at the Technische Universiteit Delft (WikiLINK) and few years later, he did Master of Customer Based Marketing Management at the University of Groningen (WikiLINK). His extracurricular activities were Reading, Writing, Dancing and Flying.

Current Affiliations
Since 2013 he has been a Writer for the Diplomatic World, which is an “interface between culture and commerce, interlinking politics, diplomacy, finance and economics, health, economics, and cultural diplomacy” (https://www.linkedin.com/company/diplomatic-world-institute/about/).

Since 2014 he has been a Board of Counsellor for the EastWest Institute, where he is Participant and Observer of International Negotiations of International Crisises, writer and speaker of Global trends and events (https://www.eastwest.ngo/).

Since 2015 he has been a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Zurich, mainly on the topic of Negotiations at Global Crisises and anticipating them.

Since 2015 he became a Co-Founder and Board member of the Swiss Impact Investment Association, and became it’s president in 2019. The SIIA is a non-profit organisation in Zug, Switzerland, that promotes investments for a better world, aiming to bridge impact with finance, through conferences and networking events. SIIA envisions a society in which the quest for economic profit solves rather than creates social and environmental pressure (https://siia.ch/).

Since 2017 he has been a member of the Advisory Board at the Climate Leadership Coalition (https://clc.fi/), Europe’s largest business group and major contributor to policies of EU Commission, the Vatican, etc. He has also been political leadership on the topic of Impact Investment in the Netherlands, Finland, Switzerland, Norway, etc.

Since 2021 he has been a Television Presenter, where he is Producer and Co-Host of the show “Swiss Impact with Banerjis” alongside Sveta Banerjee. Swiss Impact with Banerjis is a weekly TV show on how Impactful Investments and businesses are helping to implement the 17 UN SDG's worldwide to preserve the world for the future generation. At the show Ben and Sveta have enlightening and in-depth conversations with newsmakers, celebrities, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, project owners, investors, politicians and business leaders and encourage them and the audience to act (https://impactinvesting.tv/).

Since 2021 he has been a Managing Partner of Impact Investing Solutions, an impact investing environment comprised by 4 pillars: 1) Education (Impact Investing School), 2) TV Show (Swiss Impact with Banerjis), 3) Certification (Certification Program) and 4) Platform (Camomile Impact Community), where they inform, teach and grab the numerous investment opportunities inherent to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to businesses and organisations (https://iisolutions.ch/).

Since 2021 he has been an Executive Board Member of the India Japan Foundation (IJF), which is an “organization dedicatedly working towards strengthening the India-Japan Global Partnership, towards establishment of the Alternative Development Model framework” (http://indiajapan.foundation/).

Personal Life
In 2018, Ben met Sveta (Sveta Banerjee) in Zug, Switzerland when she was giving a speech at a SIIA event. They got maried on 2/12/2020. They have two children and live in Switzerland.