Speaker: Dhun Davar

Dhun leads AVPN Programs across Climate, Gender, Health and Nutrition providing strategic and operational leadership. As DCEO and member of the leadership team, Dhun supports AVPN’s overall strategic direction working closely with the CEO and other leaders to develop and implement organizational strategies to maximize impact.

Dhun is a recognized expert and thought leader in impact and philanthropy and has held several leadership positions in the past including as CEO, COO, and board member.

Prior to joining AVPN, she was at UBS, a global financial services firm where she multi-hatted as the Head of Social Impact & Philanthropy first for India, then India and Middle East and eventually for Asia-Pacific, and as Head of Social Finance, and management team member of the bank’s foundation network – the UBS Optimus Foundation.

Across these roles, Dhun has designed and delivered multiple global first‑of‑a‑kind impact products, led philanthropy sales and advisory first in India, then India and Middle East and eventually across Asia-Pacific (having advised 200+ individuals, family offices, and institutional clients on strategic philanthropy, and received the Asia Private Banker – Best Private Bank – Philanthropy Award) and led corporate philanthropy initiatives that mobilized human, intellectual, and financial capital for measurable impact. She combines rigorous financial and programmatic discipline with a collaborative approach to partnership and governance, consistently translating ambition into scalable outcomes.

Dhun holds degrees in Economics and Development and is a strong proponent of impact economy. She believes it is imperative that we reimagine the role of public, philanthropic, and private finance for impact, and that collaboration is key to all that we do for people and the planet. Dhun loves nature, wildlife, music and dance and has lived and worked in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. She currently lives in Dubai with her husband and son.