Impact Investor: independent journalism on impact investing
Impact Investor is your pan-European news platform dedicated to independent, high-quality journalism on impact investing and sustainable finance. We follow the flow of European capital – where it goes, what it achieves, and who is driving the change.
Our mission
We serve the impact investing community by informing, connecting, and fostering debate through independent reporting and in-depth analysis of markets and trends:
– Investigating the key issues shaping the market
– Challenging assumptions and the status quo
– Reporting on the work of those building the impact ecosystem
A member-supported model for sustainable quality journalism
As the impact investing industry evolves, so do we. We are deepening our analysis of this dynamic sector, always with a critical but constructive lens. To keep delivering unique, data-driven insights and compelling stories that power Europe’s transition to a sustainable future, Impact Investor will move to a member-supported model from 5 January 2026.
This will enable us to:
– Deliver more in-depth reporting and data-driven analysis
– Broaden our coverage of key trends, themes and asset classes
– Offer greater access to leading market practitioners
– Create more space for debate on the opportunities and risks ahead
– Engage more closely with our community and connect diverse voices
across the ecosystem
Europe’s impact story, powered by you
By joining as a member, you’re not just subscribing to the first independent publication dedicated exclusively to professional European impact investors — you’re helping power Europe’s impact story.
Impact Investor; part of FD Mediagroep
Impact Investor is part of FD Mediagroep and a sister publication of IPE.
FD Mediagroep has been certified as a B Corp. The international certification, awarded by B Lab, demonstrates that the company meets high social and environmental standards.
With this certification, FD Mediagroep becomes part of a globally growing group of companies committed to sustainable and social progress. The latter is reflected in our core values: high-quality, transparent, and independent journalism, as well as reliable intelligence based on business data.
This is crucial in an era of increasing misinformation, distrust, and polarisation. In addition, FD Mediagroep seeks to make a broader contribution to society through various initiatives, such as fake news workshops in secondary schools and collaborations with organisations dedicated to press freedom and the protection of journalists.
International team
With reporters across Europe, we cover the impact investing market from a distinctly European perspective. Our experienced journalists provide an independent voice, combining sharp reporting with storytelling.
Meet our board of advisors
- Lisa Hehenberger – Associate Professor Esade, Director Esade Center for Social Impact, Social Impact Expert & Advisor
- Antje Biber – Head of SDG Office and President of the Board FERI Gruppe & Member of the Management Board FERI Trust GmbH
- Laure Wessemius-Chibrac – CEO Dutch NAB, the Netherlands Advisory Board on Impact Investing at The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG)
Please see their full bios.
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Advertising & partnerships
Impact Investor offers key facts, compelling stories and news on the latest developments in impact and sustainable investing, reaching investors ranging from institutional investors and foundations to family offices via its news site and newsletters, two events a year (one in London, UK and one in The Hague, The Netherlands) and a print yearbook featuring investor profiles and editorial content.
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Dan Brill
Commercial Director IPE International Publishers Ltd.
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Meet our editorial team
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Paula Garrido
I joined Impact Investor as editor in January 2022.
I started my career in journalism in 1999 with Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE), and later joined the Financial Times group. In 2004, I was recruited by F&C Investments to lead communications for the firm’s institutional business, with a special focus on promoting their ESG offering. Later, I joined impact investor Bridges Fund Management as head of communications. After that, I worked as a freelance writer and consultant.I studied History at the University of Santiago de Compostela, my home town in Spain, and Journalism in London, where I still live.
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Maha Khan Phillips
I started my career in financial journalism in 1999, and joined Impact Investor as co-editor in October 2023. I have held a number of different editorial roles in between, working for Risk Magazine, Financial News and Global Investor, before launching and editing Islamic Investor and freelancing for publications like Investments & Pensions Europe (IPE). For a number of years, I also edited Professional Investor for the CFA Society of the UK. I wear another hat as a novelist, and have written four novels to date. They are all set in Pakistan, where I grew up. I have a keen interest in social justice and in global health issues, and while I am London-based, I still spend a lot of my time in Pakistan.
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Ian Lewis
I’m a London-based journalist with three decades of experience covering social and economic development and business, mainly in Africa and Asia, as well as reporting on the energy transition.
I started out at Reuters, before turning freelance and basing myself in the Middle East and Spain for several years. I have written for a variety of publications, including the Economic Intelligence Unit, African Business and Euromoney titles. I have also written reports on development themes for IFIs, commercial banks, consultancies, and NGOs.
My work has included on-the-ground research into the impact of NGO funding of small businesses and agricultural programmes, highlighting the importance to impact investors of getting the biggest bang possible for their buck. -
Karolina Adamkiewicz
I am a journalist and communications professional passionate about raising awareness of solutions to the nature and climate crisis.
I started my career at the FT Group 20 years ago, writing for retail investment trade Financial Advisor before moving into PR and internal communications where I worked across the finance, B2B electric product distribution and tech and leisure sectors.
For the past couple of years, I have returned back to where I started, but this time writing about the innovations that are helping to accelerate the energy transition and more recently, as a member of the Impact Investment team, about the investments that are driving sustainable social and environmental change.I have obtained the Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute and am currently studying for an MSc in Sustainable Development from Sussex University. I live in Hounslow, West London, where together with another volunteer, we have relaunched the local Friends of the Earth group.
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Krystle Higgins
Krystle is IPE’s London-based senior reporter and splits her time reporting between IPE and its sister publication Impact Investor.
Before joining IPE Krystle worked as a financial journalist covering investment trends, and ESG. She was highly commended at the Headline Money Awards for Rising Star of the Year (B2B financial journalism).She previously worked as a regional breaking news reporter for a daily newspaper.