Reclaiming Finance:
Power, State Capacity
and Systemic Change

Live Conference

Wednesday 17th June
at 18:30 - 20:00 BST.

About the Event

UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, in collaboration with the Women Leaders in Finance Platform and the IIPP Strategic Economic Alliance, will convene a hybrid panel on how financial systems can better serve the common good. The discussion will explore the role of public policy and regulation in shaping finance that supports inclusive and sustainable outcomes.

Sustainable finance has gained momentum, but its impact remains uneven. This panel will examine how financial governance, incentives, and risk-sharing can help shift finance away from short-termism and inequality, and toward more transformative change.

Fernanda Santiago

Former Adviser to the
Minister of Finance, Brazil,
and WIF Founder,
Brazilian Government

Anita Fiori

Principal Impact Investor,
Soros Economic
Development Fund (SEDF)

Mariana Mazzucato

Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, UCL, and Founding
Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose

Cristina Reis

Special Secretary for the Carbon Market at the
Ministry of Finance,
Brazilian Government

Débora Freire

Secretary for Economic
Policy at the Ministry
of Finance,
Brazilian Government

Carina Vitral

General Coordinator for
Green Innovation and
Just Transition,
Brazilian Government