Bonnie Chiu

Managing Director

The Social Investment Consultancy

Bonnie is the Managing Director of The Social Investment Consultancy (TSIC). Since joining in 2014, she has scaled TSIC internationally, to over 40 staff globally, and developed TSIC’s strong expertise in impact investment and impact measurement, working with over 500 clients, including The Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, British Council and UNICEF. She is a serial social entrepreneur: having founded women’s empowerment social enterprise Lensational, Diversity Forum for Inclusive Social Investment and Pathway Fund.⁠ Bonnie has been invited to speak in over 20 countries including two TEDx talks. She also has a track record serving on Boards and Investment Committees, and has received multiple accolades for her work, including the Entrepreneur Award of Women of the Future, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur and the Hong Kong Youth Service Award.

Speaker Session

15:05–16:20

Workshop Salon: Thematic Trends & Challenges

Salon 7: Blended Finance in Practice: How Philanthropy Unlocks Social Investment

Increasingly, the most urgent question in strategic philanthropy is not just what to fund, but how philanthropic capital can unlock far greater flows of capital for impact.

This session explores how next-generation philanthropists can leverage their resources beyond grantmaking, but as catalytic capital that can absorb risk, strengthen organizations, and unlock investment through tools such as first-loss capital, guarantees, impact funds, and ecosystem building.

Bringing together leaders from across the field — including practitioners working at the intersection of philanthropy and social investment — the conversation will examine how funders can move beyond traditional giving to design capital stacks that drive systems change. Speakers will explore the tensions and opportunities involved, moving beyond feel-good philanthropy to interrogate what rigorous, effective, and equitable capital deployment looks like in practice.