Team

Rob Karpati

Rob Karpati is a long-term Finance leader. Focusing on strategic transformation and on global process optimization over 35+ years, Rob has developed a capability for integrating complex end-to-end ecosystems in ways that optimize cross-stakeholder value. Using Finance as a business improvement activator, Rob has worked cross-culturally and cross-regionally in bringing together diverse stakeholders toward common perspectives.

Rob has a strong belief in a balanced approach across multiple stakeholders, valuing the concept that sustainable development requires win/win outcomes that engage various corporate, regulatory and community stakeholders in specific aligned collaboration. Solutions that bring long-term mutually equitable value are critical for sustainable development in his mind.

Rob is currently focused on transforming the global artisanal mining sector in order to reimagine financial, social, environmental and economic value given the inherent potential of the 45 million person sector.

Loren Stoddard

Loren Stoddard is a senior diplomat and economic development leader with over 20 years of experience driving multi-million dollar public-private partnerships across emerging markets.

As a former USAID senior advisor, he has spearheaded energy, trade, and agribusiness initiatives across Africa, Latin America, and conflict-affected regions, managing portfolios exceeding $1.8 billion.

A specialist in stakeholder engagement, foreign direct investment, and competitive market expansion, Loren has led high-impact projects, including Power Africa’s clean energy rollout and Afghanistan’s rural trade development.

He holds an MBA and a Master of International Management (MIM) from Arizona State University and the Thunderbird School of Global Management.