Alexa Blain is co-Founder and Managing Partner of Deetken Impact, where she leads finance, operations and new business initiatives. Deetken Impact is a Canadian impact asset manager with decades of experience delivering strong, stable returns through investments in climate finance, women’s empowerment and impact enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean. With a multicultural, gender-balanced team that lives and works in many of the countries in which we invest, Deetken Impact provides not only capital but also technical assistance to help companies enhance their business models, manage social and environmental risks, and deepen their impact.

Prior to joining Deetken, Alexa was an executive with African Alliance, a pan-African financial services group and an associate with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and the Macquarie Group in Toronto.

Recognized as one of Vancouver’s Top Forty Under 40 by Business in Vancouver magazine, Alexa is a CFA Charterholder, a Chartered Business Valuator and holds an MA in Financial Economics from the University of Toronto.

Follow Alexa on Twitter at @lexablain or connect on LinkedIn.