The Program

Each year, the Fellowship selects a cohort of ~22 senior finance leaders from across the global ecosystem to engage in a two-year leadership journey of intensive discourse and reflection – shifting their focus from success to significance in service of the societal good.

The entrenched challenges in the finance industry demand systems-level solutions—solutions that call for courageous leadership, cross-sector collaboration, and a clear understanding of the linkages between industry inefficiencies and societal inequities.

Using the Aspen Institute’s method of text-based dialogue, the Finance Leaders Fellowship offers leaders the opportunity to pause and cultivate the courage, collaboration, and insight needed to meet these challenges. Together, FLF Fellows are working to harness their collective power in pursuit of actionable strategies and partnerships that drive change across an index of challenges, such as closing the racial wealth gap, advancing equitable corporate governance, expanding access to affordable housing, mitigating loan burdens, promoting ethical investing, and tackling the climate crisis.

Fellows commit to a two-year transformative Fellowship program, which:

Transforms leaders by engaging them in a journey of personal exploration that cultivates and sharpens their values

Catalyzes action by supporting the launch of impact ventures that stretch Fellows’ leadership and creates positive change across the finance ecosystem and global communities

Forges a global community of like-minded leaders committed to making a sustainable impact in the finance industry

The Experience

Seminars: Fellows participate in four transformative seminars over two years. The seminars empower them to cement the values and leadership skills required to develop and scale solutions to challenges in or connected to the finance industry.

Peer accountability: Fellows commit to supporting, holding accountable, and driving impact with their fellow Fellows during and after the two years.

Leadership venture: Fellows turn their reflection into action by launching a leadership impact venture to bring market-based solutions to critical societal challenges. Click here to learn more about select Fellow ventures.

Lifelong commitment and network: The Fellowship supports each Fellow’s lifelong leadership journey and commitment to solving complex societal issues and connects like-minded leaders across the Fellowship.