Dean Hand

Dean, in partnership with the Global Impact Investing Network’s (GIIN) executive team, leads the operational and strategic execution of the GIIN’s work as the leading global industry body for impact investing. Her work spans organizational leadership, industry-building strategy, investor networks, convenings, and the development of applied knowledge that advances investor practice.

She oversees the integration of the GIIN’s research, training, and applied practice functions, helping position the organization as a leading source of actionable insight, tools, and capabilities for impact investors. Her remit includes the GIIN’s Impact Lab, where the organization develops market infrastructure and innovation at the frontier of impact performance and practice, including benchmarks, comparability methodologies, and approaches to data convergence.

Dean’s work focuses on how capital markets can evolve to better serve people and planet — and on building the institutional capabilities, market infrastructure, and leadership needed to help accelerate that transition.

She serves on the Advisory Board of the SDG Impact Finance Initiative and on the academic advisory board (observer) for the CFA UK Certificate in Impact Investing. She is also a frequent guest lecturer in graduate programs focused on impact investing, sustainable finance, and inclusive innovation.

Dean holds an MPhil in Inclusive Innovation from the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, awarded with distinction, and is a Bertha Scholar.