Mark Cheng

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"Mark Cheng is founder and Executive Director of Chelwood Capital, a social investment consultancy that advises and raises capital for organizations creating high social impact. He is a Senior Advisor to Ashoka, the network of leading social entrepreneurs, and has worked with many development pioneers in diverse fields including micro-finance, healthcare, renewable energy and education. Mark is a former Vice President of Deutsche Bank and has 14 years experience in corporate and social finance. During that time he has helped raise more than $8bn of financing for energy, water, sanitation and infrastructure projects around the world. Among his projects, he is a founding member of ‘Solar for All’, a global initiative to accelerate the provision of affordable solar energy to some of the world’s poorest communities. Mark has been a long-term supporter of several outstanding youth organizations, including PYE Global’s UK partner LIFEbeat, where he volunteers as a workshop facilitator and youth mentor each year. Mark graduated with a BA Honors degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Exeter College, Oxford University. He is based in the UK, but has lived and worked in mainland China, Japan, and Hong Kong." [1]   

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  1. PYE Global Team, organizational web page, accessed May 21, 2013.
  2. Spear Patrons, organizational web page, accessed May 22, 2013.