Sianne Haldane has had a career that has spanned 15 years across the Philanthropy and Private Client space. Her background in law and psychology supports her work which brings together philanthropists, advisers and not for profits to fund transformative, strategic philanthropy. Sianne has always wanted to align her own personal output into the world with the greater good and it was this call that brought her to the charity sector, shortly after qualifying as a lawyer.  

A dual qualified lawyer in the UK and in her native South Africa, STEP qualified and with a background as a private client adviser, she was recently elected as a committee member of the STEP Global Philanthropy Advisors Special Interest Group.

She is a strong advocate and active member of sector-wide initiatives and thought leadership and is a natural "connector".  Sianne is also a Trustee of an international education charity which assists with social mobility of refugees and helping them get into tertiary education. 

It is Sianne's passion to bring the philanthropic community together, so that we can work towards achieving the UNSDG's and more equity for all that has brought Sianne to Maanch.

David has worked across the “social finance spectrum” utilising grants, loans, impact investing and ESG funds to create impact portfolios or programmes aligned to more responsible capitalism at an individual and organisational level.

Before Maanch, he was Executive Director of Philanthropy & Development at Charities Aid Foundation where David’s teams generated around £400m of new donations and social investment each year, and managed over £1bn of philanthropic capital. Under David’s leadership the Division grew significantly with an increasing focus on bespoke solutions and advisory for some of the highest value donors and impact investors in the UK. This included running advisory services, major grant-making programmes and the UK’s market-leading DAF service (donor advised funds).

In addition to an MBA from IESE, David holds a BSc (Hons) from Cass Business School. He is a Trustee on the Board of charitable organisations including the Royal Commonwealth Society and IESE Foundation and is an adviser to a European social innovation fund and a digital volunteering platform. He was also the founder of The Global Philanthropy Network, an informal community of specialist philanthropy advisers.

Chris has 20 years of experience as a CTO/CIO including roles as CTO American Express and Global Head of Technology Innovation at KPMG. He is also founder of a FinTech Blockchain company and Advisory board member of several successful startups across the philanthropy and Fintech communities.

Chris’s twin passions are developing disruptive and innovative technologies and using technology to make an impact in the philanthropic space. In addition to his corporate CTO roles Chris was an Ambassador for Opportunity International in Asia and VP of Technology for the International Justice Mission in the US.

Joining Maanch has given Chris the perfect way of combining his passions and helping deliver highly innovative technology solutions to enable transformational change for good.

Larysa has extensive work experience in Marketing and Product Development having managed cross-functional product development teams and the development of online loyalty platforms for clients from the financial sector in CIS countries and Europe. She also holds two Bachelor’s degrees in International Economics and Business Management, as well as a Master’s degree in Marketing.

She is inspired and excited by Maanch’s ambition to create an ecosystem which connects Funders and Receivers to tackle global problems. She believes that by leveraging technology and Maanch’s unique data-driven solution, we will be a catalyst to achieving real-world impact.

Cecilia has previously worked with professional wealth advisors and philanthropy sector organisations to increase knowledge and understanding of philanthropic giving and social investment in the UK and Europe. Before joining Maanch she worked as Director of Training and Development at Philanthropy Impact that works with wealth advisors, philanthropists, charities and governments to develop greater expertise, awareness, and impact in philanthropic action and social investment. Cecilia started her career in international development working at the Nordic liaison office for the World Food Programme in Copenhagen managing relationships with Swedish donors and strategic partners and before that in strategic partnerships at United Nations Association of Sweden in Stockholm.

She sees the Maanch platform as an excellent tool to bring impactful giving to a larger number of people and to raise awareness on how the SDGs can be an excellent guide to measure impact.

Vidhisha has previously worked in IT and coworking sectors in the brand & marketing function. She is a marketer by mind and creator by heart. She's a problem-solver who loves to dissect brands and businesses to produce innovative performance-oriented campaigns

Vidhisha believes Maanch is unifying global efforts in the philanthropy and social impact ecosystem to deliver maximum impact per investment. We're positively impacting lives, communities, and businesses with a vision to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Varun has several years of experience building digital products. He started his career managing the credit scoring product at ICICI Bank, Mumbai, followed by building online real estate and mobility solutions for his own venture in Delhi. He then worked on developing and growing several online products as part of the incubation team at Rocket Internet, Berlin, which led him to lay the foundation of the growth team at AirHelp. After growing and leading this team for close to 3 years, he is now working with Maanch to accelerate the impact of global initiatives towards the SDGs, by building products and solutions. 

He sees Maanch as a company which not only measures impact, but also enables partnerships between people and organizations, while enabling transparent giving.

Matthew has previously worked in management consulting organizations in a variety of roles, including project management, impact measurement and risk advisory. Before joining Maanch, he was a Senior Associate in the Risk Strategy & Compliance team at KPMG US in New York. He also holds a Master of Public Administration from The London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts from Hamilton College in New York

Matthew is passionate about driving the impact measurement space forward so that social enterprises, funds and all other key impact stakeholders can accurately quantify and further add to the positive value they bring to our society.

Priyanka has worked with early stage tech startups co-creating impact insights for deployment, scale and responding to seismic shifts in the external environment. Inspired by the work of Bruno Latour’s Actor Network Theory, she has pushed for “strategic roadmaps” that accelerate systems change and create lasting impact. Prior to Maanch, she was with Aequip (Zinc.VC Mission2), Vida Care (Hambro Perks VC) and Biodesign Innovation Labs (IKP Eden, Bengaluru) introducing a systems orientation to their product development and stakeholder management. She has worked with Canterbury Partners in one of their portfolio mergers and McCann World Group in their global intelligence unit, Truth Central. She also holds a Master of Anthropology from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Priyanka believes that Maanch can be a paradigm shift in making philanthropy more transparent and investing in impact more tractable and integrated as a core function of business. 

Susie qualified and worked as a corporate lawyer in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Before joining Maanch, she headed up Social Investment for international banking group Investec, as well as consulting to various corporates, social enterprises and charities, helping them to measure and communicate their social impact effectively.

Susie believes in the ability of the Maanch platform to leverage corporate operations and giving, to help to achieve the UN SDGs.

Anna is a recent graduate from Nottingham University, where she studied English and Spanish. She has previously worked for a variety of non-profits in Europe and Latin America addressing issues such as human rights and social development. This past experience has fed into her passion for enacting positive change concerning attitudes in and towards the non-profit sector.

Anna believes that Maanch’s approach towards addressing global impact is not only appropriate but excitingly unique. She sees the platform as providing a real means of transforming the way people give philanthropically.

Emma’s focus has been on international development, specifically the intersection between human rights law and good governance within firms, non-for-profits, and governments. She has previously worked in start-up structures, and has experience in business development, project management and sustainable consulting. French-Australian, Emma has a bachelor’s degree in International Relations at the London School of Economics and wrote her dissertation on Human Trafficking practices in Southeast Asia.

Emma strives for a better future, convinced that multi-stakeholder cooperation and real impact-driven action will be key drivers.