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Giselle Aris is Practice Area Manager for Inclusive Finance and Enterprise Development at Land O'Lakes International Development. She provides technical leadership in the design and execution of projects across Africa and Asia, with a particular focus on leveraging philanthropic capital to crowd in private investment for social impact; accelerating the investment-readiness of small- and medium-sized businesses in emerging markets; and financial modeling for the social sector. Giselle is currently completing her MBA at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is an Investment Associate at Wharton Impact Investing Partners.

Prior to joining Land O’Lakes Giselle worked in India’s dairy sector for two years, where she led the design and profitable scaling of a farmer-owned dairy business. She has also worked with the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Women’s Campaign International and the U.S. Department of State Africa Bureau. Giselle holds a master’s degree in International Development from the University of Oxford, where she was a Thouron Scholar, and a summa cum laude bachelor’s degree in African Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.