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Social Impact Investing: Chris Walker, Social Innovations Director, Mercy Corps

Social Impact Investing: Chris Walker, Social Innovations Director, Mercy Corps

Update: 2020-09-03
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Chris Walker is at the cutting edge of financial investments in organizations that create public health impact. As the Social Innovations Director at Mercy Corps, he works to scale up innovative, entrepreneurial solutions to development challenges. He also advises Mercy Corps’ Social Venture Fund, which invests in and accelerates impact-oriented, for-profit businesses.


Host, Jared Hendry discusses with Chris about the ups and downs of being a public health entrepreneur, what drives him to push forward the field of impact innovation and how non-profits, governments, and businesses are scaling innovation to save lives.



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Social Impact Investing: Chris Walker, Social Innovations Director, Mercy Corps

Social Impact Investing: Chris Walker, Social Innovations Director, Mercy Corps

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