Sianne Haldane works closely with Maanch's clients to help them understand, project, track and report their impact, ensuring our solutions are meeting their needs to become impact evangelists! Sianne believes that relationships are the linch pin in driving positive change and it is with this philosophy that she leads our client services to drive positive impact. 

She is a strong advocate and active member of sector-wide initiatives and thought leadership and is a natural "connector", creating communities that are mutually beneficial to enable impact. 

A dual qualified lawyer in the UK and in her native South Africa, she has had a career that has spanned 15 years across the Philanthropy, Impact,CSR and Private Client space.  

Sianne is also a Trustee of an international education charity which assists with social mobility of refugees and helping them get into tertiary education and is a committee member of the STEP Global Philanthropy Advisors Special Interest Group.

David leads strategic marketing and development working with clients, partners and networks to help create high value impact products, advisory, profile and thought leadership. With experience as a CEO and Commercial Director of major City, legal and consulting organisations, his passion is working across the social finance spectrum to help organisations increase their impact aligned to more responsible capitalism.

Before Maanch, he was Executive Director of Philanthropy & Development at Charities Aid Foundation, working with major donors and companies to generate around £400m of new donations and social investment each year and managing over £1bn of philanthropic capital. 

In addition to an MBA from IESE and a BSc (Hons) from Cass, David has qualifications from Harvard (Sustainable Business Leadership) and Oxford (Social Finance). He is a Board Trustee for the Royal Commonwealth Society and IESE Foundation and Board Adviser to the European Social Catalyst Fund and a digital volunteering platform.

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.

Vidhisha has a masters in marketing with over 4 years of experience in growth and B2B marketing. At Maanch, she works between London and Mumbai leading brand & marketing for the company, brand and products. She is responsible for developing the Maanch marketing strategy, channels, and communications, leading growth marketing efforts for enabling business development and sales and building brand awareness and positioning for our portfolio of products.

Prior to Maanch, she has worked as a Marketing Lead at WeWork and as a Marketing Specialist at a leading tech company in India. Her strengths lie in acquisition marketing strategy, brand narrative and setting strong processes. She is passionate about creating impact through scalable solutions and aspires to grow as a marketing professional working at the intersection of technology and change enablement.

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.

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.

Heer Baxi works with Maanch’s product development team to scope and deliver tech solutions to track and report impact. Heer believes that the integration of technology in impact is necessary in catalysing positive change.

Previous to Maanch, Heer has worked with private equity and investment firms, with impact focuses. She has experience in sustainable finance and strong interests in green energy and FinTech. She is a graduate of Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in Economics and East Asian Studies, and wrote her thesis on water quality and reporting practices along the Ganges river in India.