Haike Manning is deeply aligned with Sweef Capital’s ambitious mission for business and social impact, recognising the vital role that sustainable economic growth and inclusive development play in shaping Southeast Asia’s future. His focus is on helping businesses and communities thrive through strategic counsel on government relations and public affairs across the region.  

With 25 years of international experience, Haike has worked at the intersection of diplomacy, business, and government, with a particular focus on Southeast Asia. His career spans key roles, including New Zealand’s Ambassador.  

Haike’s Entreprenurial spirit led him to found a consulting business in Vietnam, advising businesses and organisations on market entry, trade and investment strategies. His most recent role was a Regional Executive Director for a prominent international education consulting firm, where he led the company’s expansion across Southeast Asia. A seasoned leader, Haike is committed to driving meaningful change in the region, using his expertise to support sustainable growth, foster long-term partnerships, and create lasting impact. 

Haike holds a Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) and a Bachelor of Arts from Victoria University of Wellington 

Yasmin shares a unified mission with Sweef Capital: fostering diverse, inclusive, and equitable economic sectors that drive sustainable growth and opportunity.

As an advisor to the Ancora Group and head of the Ancora Foundation, Yasmin champions initiatives that provide scholarships, enhance teacher capacity, and support community learning. With over two decades of leadership experience on corporate and nonprofit boards, she has honed her expertise in finance, risk management, technology, entrepreneurship, and education.

Her notable roles include serving as an Independent Commissioner and Chair of the Board Risk and Compliance Committee at XL Axiata, a leading telecommunications company in Indonesia. Yasmin’s unwavering dedication to women’s empowerment is evident through her involvement with various international organisations, corporations, nonprofits, and national agencies committed to advancing gender equity.

Yasmin is currently a visiting scholar at Stanford University. She holds a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation and a Master of Science in Management and Systems from New York University. She also earned a Master of Science in Finance from Brandeis University and a Bachelor of Arts in International Business Administration from The American University of Paris.

Julianto’s purpose aligns well with Sweef’s mission to enable scalable and sustainable small-medium sized enterprises in Asia-Pacific and in Indonesia in particular, with diversity and inclusion at its core. Post-retirement, he served as a management advisor/board member at several corporations, technology start-ups, venture capital, and non-profits in Indonesia.

Julianto currently serves as Advisory Board Member at YCAB Foundation, founded in 1999, which is the flagship organisation in the YCAB Social Enterprise Group that includes several for-profit entities that offer products and services to emerging consumers including mission-driven microfinance to low-income women entrepreneurs, conditional upon their children’s enrolment in school. YCAB’s change model has one clear mission, which is to improve welfare through education and innovative financing. Julianto also serves as Independent Commissioner at PT XL Axiata Tbk, the third largest mobile telecommunications company in Indonesia, where their Sisternet program aims to improve the soft skills of Indonesian women micro, small and medium enterprises through free education classes with a target of digitising some one million Indonesian female MSMEs by 2025.

Julianto is a retired Managing Director of Accenture, with more than 26 years of management consulting, technology and operations experience, helping clients define and execute large-scale business change. He has served as Country Managing and Director of Indonesia, and in various regional leadership roles. He has lived and worked in Indonesia, the US, Germany, Singapore, and Malaysia. His client experience includes private and state-owned Indonesian enterprises, global multinationals, and other Asian companies.

Jennifer’s leadership has contributed to shaping the future of gender lens investing in small island states such as the Caribbean, with a key Sweef ROI focus on women in senior leadership. This role with Sweef Capital will drive new avenues and enhance expertise to increase capital commitments in sustainable finance which are critical for small island states.

Nicole has over 20 years of expertise, focused in the areas of women’s economic empowerment, inclusive finance for women’s entrepreneurship, SME growth and social enterprise development. As a Senior Consultant on women’s economic empowerment, she has supported programs across the Caribbean, MENA countries and across West Africa. She has also served as a speaker with the IFC on Gender + Climate, with the Caribbean Development Bank on trade and gender, and as Senior Technical Adviser in Ghana for women SMEs. Given her focus on innovative inclusive finance, she introduced the 2X Global, the global industry leader on gender lens financing to the Caribbean, resulting in the successful launch of the first 2X qualified gender lens investment fund in the Caribbean, engaging key partners such as UN Women, the Development Bank of Jamaica and the Caribbean Development Bank.

Her current portfolio includes enterprise training with the World Intellectual Property Organization and CARICOM. She serves on the Boards of the Caribbean Women in Trade and the Organization of Women in International Trade (UK) and is a member of Women in Sustainable Finance.

Sweef Capital’s ambitious business and social impact mission aligns strongly with Josie Gibson’s systems change work in other industries.

A former journalist specialising in geopolitics, Josie is drawn to working with visionary individuals and groups who challenge the status quo and have the imagination to create new approaches to help businesses and society thrive. She knows this terrain well and is delighted to join Sweef on its transformative journey.

Josie has held senior roles in organisations ranging from family-owned companies to global multinationals, her experience spanning all sectors. She is an experienced leadership coach, creative mentor and strategic advisor on complex business and community projects ranging from economic renewal to affordable housing. Past clients and collaborators include global brands like SWIFT, EY, and Microsoft and leading Australian companies such as OZ Minerals (now part of BHP), Lendlease, DULUX Group, ANZ, Telstra and Culture Amp. She has also worked with all tiers of government, including the Australian Government’s pioneering social innovation unit in 2013-14.

Josie has co-founded several businesses, including thriving networks for senior executives and a changemaker community, The Catalyst Network, and worked on significant transport infrastructure projects. A Senior Industry Fellow at RMIT University’s FORWARD Centre for Future Skills and Workforce Transformation, she is acknowledged as a collaboration specialist.

Ms. Junko Yoda shares the Sweef team’s commitment to invest in the potential of women in Asia through her family office which has a gender portfolio in fund management, tech and education sectors and has shown that these firms can scale successfully.

Junko has 35 years leadership experience in investments at global investment banks and fund management with institutional networks in Asia and Japan including as the first female vice president in Asia for Goldman Sachs where she became the regional treasurer. She relocated to Singapore to become the Deutsche Bank’s Asia Pacific Treasurer and regional executive committee member responsible for treasury department’s investments, capital and debt finance for 14 countries in the region. She is currently an advisory board member of Synergy Fund Management, a multi-manager investment firm.

In non-profit area she is the co-founder of Clinked that trains civic leaders that organizes communities to build power for women and girls in Asia and serves as advisory board member for Women of World Endowment. She has a MBA from Columbia University and participated in Harvard University’s Advance Leadership Initiative where she was a fellow during 2010-2012.