Founder and CEO

Julia Wilkinson is founder and CEO of imvest, committed to building a sustainable future through social entrepreneurship, ESG, and impact investing. She helps funds, family offices, foundations, endowments and entrepreneurs to integrate impact into their models and investments. To unlock value and sustainable growth, she advises on portfolio construction, manager diligence, growth strategy, and impact measurement.

She is an angel investor and accelerator to high-impact startups, where she helps incubate their growth and sustainable value. Her VC experience includes several years with SV Latam Fund, investing at the intersection of high impact hardware and software innovation in the US and Latam. Julia brings to the table a 15 years of experience in capital markets. She has worked in private wealth management at Goldman Sachs, and alternative investing across asset classes and regions.

She has an MPA from Columbia SIPA and a BA from University of Pennsylvania.

Trilingual in English, Portuguese, and Spanish

Published articles in: Miami Herald, London Stock Exchange Group (Refinitiv) ESG Playbook 2020 and 2021, CAIA, ImpactAlpha

Speaker at: London Stock Exchange Group (Refinitiv), ARC Advisory Group, Economic Innovation Group, HERImpact, Babson MBA Program, Converge Capital (Sao Paulo), Watson Institute at Lynn University (Preceptor + Lecturer), Briyah Institute.

Experienced Board Member and Governance Expert

  VP/Consultant

Kevin has served as an advisor and investor to social entrepreneurs that are leading change in education, sustainable cities/communities, and responsible consumption/production. His valuation consulting and capital markets experience supports entrepreneurs across each stage of business growth while working towards the Sustainable Development Goals.

During his time in valuation consulting, he has valued hundreds of start-ups and advised on business strategy, both in the U.S. and in emerging markets, with a focus on enterprise and consumer technology.

During his time in real estate investment banking, he played a key role in the execution of over $10 billion in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions in the affordable housing, student housing, and commercial real estate industries, to name a few.

Kevin has a B.S. in Business Management, Finance, from Babson College.

Social Media Manager

Joselyn is a self-directed marketer who creates, implements, and tracks marketing plans. She has advanced knowledge in video and photography editing as well as digital marketing expertise. Since October 2020, she has been part of the team that gives life to the company Nutriendo Juntas el Cambio and is the community manager of its digital platforms.

She started her career as an opera-singing student at Izidor Handler Conservatory in Viña del Mar, Chile, and then studied Music Pedagogy at Playa Ancha University in Valparaiso, Chile. She worked for 3 years as the vocal coach and part of the official performing staff at the Rosa Agustina Resort.

Consultant

Andrew has spent nearly two decades in the financial services industry, primarily in market data, covering the Americas and Asia. He has extensive experience in product management, sales, and relationship management, spending the majority of his career working with investment managers. With a lifelong passion for conservation and the environment, Andrew is changing course to focus on sustainable investing and is eager to support Julia and her vision for imvest.

Andrew holds a BA from the University at Albany and is currently completing his Masters degree in Natural Resources at Virginia Tech.

Intern

Saumya, is the youngest member of our team bringing in a fresh new perspective from Mumbai, India. Saumya is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, and while already holding a Master's in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from the University of Texas at Austin. With a lifelong passion for impact and the environment, Saumya is changing course to focus on sustainable investing and has a tunnel-eyed vision to make it the next big thing in the world!