Join leading voices from Australia and Canada for a dynamic, forward-looking conversation on how two of the world’s most vibrant impact investment ecosystems are working together to scale change—both at home and across emerging markets.

In this high-energy webinar, you'll dive into the unique strengths, challenges, and opportunities within the Canadian and Australian impact investing landscapes. Discover how collaboration between these two powerhouse markets can unlock new capital flows, amplify social and environmental outcomes, and drive innovation globally.

Expect candid insights, cross-continental perspectives, and bold ideas as we explore:

• What’s working—and what’s not—in domestic impact markets

• The surprising similarities (and key differences) in each country’s approach

• Strategies for mobilizing capital from the Global North to the Global South

• How joint efforts can accelerate progress toward global sustainability goals

Whether you’re an investor, entrepreneur, policymaker, or changemaker, this is your chance to connect with trailblazers and be part of a conversation that could shape the next chapter of global impact.

Featuring

• Kylie Charlton, CEO Australian Impact Investment

• Kelly Gaulthier, President Rally Assets / Realise Fund

• Layusa Isa-Odidi, Partner Dalberg

Moderator:

• Serge LeVert-Chiasson, Managing Partner Sarona Asset Management

Let’s build bridges. Let’s scale impact. Join us.

About the Speakers:

Moderator
Serge LeVert-Chiasson Managing Partner of Sarona Asset Management

Serge LeVert-Chiasson leads the Sarona team, overseeing all business aspects and the compliance program as Chief Compliance Officer. He believes in the role of private businesses in fostering healthy economies. Before joining Sarona in 2009, Serge was VP of MEDA Investments, worked at Export Development Canada and Crédit Lyonnais, and founded Agro Capital Management. He serves on advisory committees, corporate boards, and was the founding chair of the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development. Serge holds an MSc in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics, an International MBA from the Schulich School of Business, and is a CFA charter holder.

Panel

Kylie Charlton, CEO of Australian Impact Investment

Kylie joined Australian Impact Investments in 2014 and has worked in Australia and internationally at the intersection of mainstream capital markets, impact investment and philanthropy for over 15 years. Kylie is a co-founder of Unitus Capital, Venture Partner for Giant Leap Fund I, Advisor to Giant Leap Fund II, Chair of the Australian Government supported Emerging Markets Impact Investment Fund, member of BetaShares Responsible Investment Committee, advisory board member to the Impact Investment Summit Asia Pacific, and awardee of the AFR 100 Women of Influence 2018.  Prior to transitioning her career into impact investment, Kylie spent 11 years in commercial and investment banking. Kylie graduated in Commerce at University of Canberra and has an MBA from the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford in England.

Kelly Gaulthier, President of Rally Assets / Realise Fund

As President, Kelly is responsible for Rally’s day-to-day operations and client relationships. She leads the team and manages the business to enable Rally to grow. Kelly anchors Rally’s impact thought leadership both internally and externally. For two decades she has helped clients create impactful portfolios. She has worked with a range of asset owners to design and implement their approach to responsible and impact investing, strategically aligning their investment and portfolio strategies with positive outcomes for people and the planet. Before joining Rally in 2012, Kelly was with Mercer in the responsible investing team. Kelly is a board member of the Responsible Investment Association and an Investment Committee member for Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds and Coralus’ Venture.Fund. Kelly has a B.Sc.Eng from Queens University and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at University of Toronto.

Layusa Isa-Odidi, Partner, Dalberg

Layusa Isa-Odidi is a Partner at Dalberg Advisors, leading the firm’s presence in Australia, working across Asia-Pacific on strategies for private sector engagement in promoting inclusive growth. As a gender and social inclusion practitioner with experience in measurement and evaluation, she brings a multidisciplinary approach to her work. Layusa has long been passionate about the role of the private sector in driving sustainability and thriving economies, spending the earlier years of her career across graduate degrees in international development and business and consulting roles at the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company. She supports corporates on both core operations (e.g., developing sustainable sourcing strategies targeting female farmers for Mars, Incorporated) and social impact (e.g., translating strategy into metrics and tools for implementation for a leading Indonesian mining company). She has advised UN teams on private sector engagement and World Bank Group teams on the link between social and economic inequalities, such as the impact of gender-based violence on economic participation. Layusa has contributed to designing multiple bilateral programs, ranging from $50 million to $750 million, aimed at catalyzing finance into agriculture, infrastructure, and tourism. She co-led Dalberg’s work on the African Development Bank’s $2 billion agriculture strategy, which similarly sought to catalyze private investment through innovative mechanisms. Additionally, she supported the Global Partnership for Education in developing a financing framework that included innovative mechanisms to facilitate co-investment with DFIs, the private sector, and foundations.