The Blended Finance Podcast
Episodes
Episode 20: Parametric Insurance, Blended Finance, and Climate Resilience with Charlie Langdale
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Charlie Langdale, CEO of Humanity Insured, to discuss how insurance can serve as a tool for climate resilience rather t...
Episode 19: Learning, Building, Executing: Two Years of TBFC
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This special anniversary episode of The Blended Finance Podcast features TBFC partners Aparna Dua, Nirav Khambhati, and Tushar Thakkar reflecting on t...
Episode 18: Building Systems & Mobilizing Capital with Nachiket Mor
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Nirav Khambhati for a masterclass in development finance with Nachiket Mor, one of India's foremost thinkers on institutional design and capi...
Episode 17: Discussing Quality, Capital & Maternal Health with Pompy Sridhar
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nirav Khambhati speaks with Pompy Sridhar, India Director at MSD for Mothers, who shares how innovative finance, quality accreditatio...
Episode 16: Orange Innovation, Impact Investing, and the Future of Sustainable Finance with Priyank Tiwari
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Nirav Khambhati as he sits down with Priyank Tiwari, IIX's Senior Director for Research and Government Relations, to explore how Impact Inves...
Episode 15: Inside YMCA’s Global Impact Finance Strategy with Caroline Chernov
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join Nirav Khambhati as he sits down with Caroline Chernov, World YMCA’s Lead for Global Impact Investing, to explore how the organization is levera...
Episode 14: How Heifer International uses Innovative Finance to Empower Smallholder Farmers in India: A Conversation with Neena Jain
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Nirav Khambhati speaks with Neena Joshi, Senior Vice President - Asia Programs at Heifer International, about transforming rural live...
Episode 13: A Conversation with Luca Torre - Building a €300M Impact Portfolio at GAWA Capital
31 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Luca Torre shares how riding a scooter through Indian slums while working at a microfinance cooperative sparked the vision for GAWA C...
Episode 12: Better Terms for Better Impact - A Conversation with Bjoern Struewer
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk with Bjoern Struewer of Roots of Impact about the transformative power of Impact-Linked Finance. Learn how this pioneering ap...
Special Episode: The First Year of TBFC
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Blended Finance Podcast - Episode 11 Special Episode: The First Year of TBFC Join Shivam Jumani as he hosts Aparna Dua, Nirav Khambhati, and Tus...
Episode 10: Understanding Income Share Agreements with Batya Blankers, CEO, CHANCEN International
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to bring to you the tenth episode of The Blended Finance Podcast featuring Batya Blankers, CEO, CHANCEN International. Having personall...
Episode 9: Meet the Ironman of Blended Finance, Dr. Michael Tetelman, Education Finance Activity Lead - CATALYZE, The Palladium Group
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to bring to you the ninth episode of The Blended Finance Podcast featuring Dr. Mike Tetelman. He leads the education portfolio within ...
Episode 8: Outcomes-Based Financing: The Global Landscape
23 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to bring to you the eighth episode of The Blended Finance Podcast featuring Dr. Emily Gustafsson-Wright. She is a senior fellow at the ...
Episode 7: Blended finance success mantras from one of the world's most influential blended finance investment firms. Meet Harry Davies, Principal at Ceniarth.
29 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to bring to you the seventh episode of The Blended Finance Podcast featuring Harry Davies. Harry is a Principal at Ceniarth, where he h...
Episode 6: Understanding outcomes-based financing with Abha Thorat-Shah, British Asian Trust
29 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The British Asian Trust (BAT) is an international development organization delivering high-quality programs in South Asia, particularly using social f...
Episode 5: Learnings from blended finance in the agriculture sector with Bram Spann, Regional Lead for Asia at the Rabo Foundation
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we speak with Bram Spann, Regional Lead for Asia at the Rabo Foundation. The Rabo Foundation is an impact funder focused on the agric...
Episode 4: A global investor's journey into impact investment and blended finance with Vikram Gandhi, Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our fourth episode, we speak to Vikram Gandhi, who wears many hats. After a long and illustrious career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and...
Episode 3: An academic perspective on blended finance and impact investing, featuring Dr. John Hoffmire, Research Associate at the Centre for Mutual and Co-owned Business, University of Oxford
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we delve into a deep conversation about the evolution of blended finance over the years. We explore early structures such as the worl...
Episode 2: The current state of blended finance with Joan M. Larrea, CEO, Convergence
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our second episode, we hear from Joan Larrea, who has helmed Convergence since its inception and has been instrumental in establishing it as a lead...
Episode 1: Demystifying blended finance with Kusisami Hornberger, Partner, Dalberg Advisors
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In our first episode, we speak to Kusi Hornberger who has been an advocate of blended finance for several years. Kusi has been part of the development...