Edward Yee - Cofounder of Nsave & Givfunds

​Leading with Purpose: Gap Years, Entrepreneurship & Social Impact

​Speaker Highlight: Edward Yee

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Edward Yee is the Co-founder of Nsave, a Swiss financial inclusion fintech that aims to provide those in distressed economies with access to savings accounts. Nsave is backed by Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, and other top tier VCs. He is also the founder of Givfunds, an impact fund that provides concessionary financing to neglected social enterprises at scale. He is a Rhodes Scholar, WEF Global Shaper, and has been awarded the Commonwealth Youth Aware (Asia), Diana Award, and Forbes 30U30.

​​Having led teams during his time at the social venture Givfunds and also co-founding a high-growth startup with 2 other Rhodes scholars, Edward has a diversity of leadership experiences to tap into. He is also a strong proponent of doing gap years and "taking calculated risks". In his free time, Edward enjoys sticking his nose in a book and collecting stories from around the world. He has stood on Bangladeshi train tops, rappelled waterfalls in Vietnam, and raced Indian “autos”.

​​Join Edward as he shares his journey up to where he is today, and listen to his unique perspectives on leadership and what it means to him.

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