Philip Walker

Senior Advisor at Seedstars

Speaker

Philip is a Senior Advisor at Seedstars focused on investing in outlier performing early stage Venture Capital funds across global emerging markets. Previously he was Co-Head of Private Equity and Venture Capital at Obviam, where over a decade he co-built the private market funds portfolio of the Swiss Development Finance Institution. By 2023 the portfolio included 595 companies across 80 emerging and frontier markets through 66 private market fund investments. Prior to that, as a member of the UN Secretariat that developed and launched the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment, Philip helped spark a global responsible investment movement seeking a closer alignment between investors and sustainable development.