Jacinta Kent, Group psychotherapist, trainer and facilitator, (pictured) said: “It’s a privilege to be working alongside such a diverse group of women who each bring a wealth of skills, knowledge, and experience to the Women in Safe Homes fund’s senior advisory board. I hope that by taking an intersectional, trauma-informed, and financially sustainable approach our combined efforts may support the fund to fulfil its remit, and in doing so, provide women with the physical and psychological stability needed to envision and effectuate their lives moving forward.”
Cherine Aboulzelof, Managing Director and Head of Europe, BGO Strategic Capital Partners, said: “I am delighted to join the Women in Safe Homes’ senior board of advisors and its diverse group of talented women; I chose to get involved because it is the first gender lens property fund tackling the housing needs of the most vulnerable women in our society, and I hope to contribute my real estate and investment experience towards making a difference.”
Elizabeth Corrado Co-Founder and Managing Director of Impulse Impact, said: “I am delighted to be part of the world’s first gender-lens property fund and to help catalyse the interest of both impact and mainstream investors to invest to support vulnerable women and to generate significant social impact.”
Louise Swinden, Resonance Property Fund Development Manager for the Women in Safe Homes fund, said: “The gender lens focus of the Women in Safe Homes fund is fundamental to the impact it aims to achieve, so having the support, perspective and passion of our unique senior board of advisors enables it to commit to addressing the gender equality challenges faced by women that can lead to homelessness. Each of the ten members of the board bring incredible experience and expertise, making a hugely valuable contribution to the fund’s aims, and a real difference to women affected by domestic abuse and violence against women and girls. We are incredibly grateful for their support.”
Juan Du, Investment Director at Patron Capital, said: “Not only does the senior board of advisors bring a highly impressive track record across women’s rights, the charity sector and responsible finance, but the collective experience of the ten women involved ensures that the Women in Safe Homes fund will benefit from a truly diverse and inclusive gender lens – a crucial element of the fund. With so much achieved in the first year of the fund – including new investors and the first properties being handed over to tenants – we are very much looking forward to building on this success in the months ahead with the help and expertise of our new board.”
