Stakeholder Engagement & Convening Strategist

I bring unlikely actors
into the same room —
engage them, and
keep them there.

Moving people and resources toward change.

15 years at the intersection of financial systems, human rights,
technology for good, and sustainability. Across four continents.

$24T
AUM in investor coalitions directed
70K+
professionals trained globally
2 wks
from convening to government directive
Trusted by

Organizations that shape global ecosystems.

United Nations
Gates Foundation
BlackRock
Visa
Mastercard Foundation
UK Government
USAID
Who I work with
For corporates & multinationals
Your biggest risks are in the rooms you're not in.

Customers, communities, regulators, and suppliers control your market access and license to operate. Activist investors, community opposition, regulatory intervention — they start in conversations you're not part of. The gap between minimum and meaningful engagement is where value is lost.

Manage your ecosystem intentionally — or let it manage you.

AI infrastructure & data centers · extractives & supply chains · financial services · consumer brands

  • Stakeholder engagement strategy & mobilization
  • Convening design & facilitation
  • Internal alignment & capability building
  • HRDD / CSRD / CSDDD advisory
For investors & coalitions
You are managing risk with incomplete intelligence.

Disclosure and ratings move last. The communities, policy actors, and supply chain workers closest to your portfolio exposure hold the signals that move first. Commitments stay vague when affected communities and company decision-makers aren't meaningfully at the table.

Incomplete stakeholder intelligence doesn't stay invisible. It shows up in your portfolio.

Institutional investors · impact funds · investor coalitions · philanthropic foundations

  • Coalition & partnership development
  • Stakeholder intelligence & mapping
  • Collaborative engagements & multi-stakeholder convenings
  • Impact thesis & due diligence support

My approach

Three capacities. One integrated practice.

I Connect

Access to stakeholders and communities you don't have relationships with yet.

I Design

Conditions and processes for engagement that is meaningful.

I Bridge

Language, risk framing, and incentives across actors — managing the power dynamics that kill momentum.

What I can do for you
01
Stakeholder Engagement Strategy & Mobilization

Map and engage with who is missing. Build relationships that move stakeholders from consultation to commitment. Advisory on HRDD, CSRD/CSDDD, SEC, and UNGP frameworks, including double materiality assessments.

02
Convening Design & Facilitation

Design multi-stakeholder events where unlikely actors enter the same room, leave with shared commitments, and build relationships that outlast the conversation.

03
Coalition & Partnership Development

Identify and build relationships with external organizations that advance your sustainability and policy goals. Strategic, long-term, and built to last.

04
Internal Alignment & Capability Building

Break down internal silos and build the cross-functional capability to engage stakeholders effectively — so sustainability commitments move from policy to practice.

Experience
UN · CCLA Investment Management
Turning survivor expertise into investor risk intelligence
The paradox

CCLA's Modern Slavery Investor Coalition had $24T at risk from modern slavery exposure and relied on incomplete data. Survivor leaders hold credible expertise — but had never been included in investor conversations.

My role

I designed a process that gave survivors dignity and investors the intelligence they needed. I convened survivor leaders into structured dialogue with investors — for the first time.

The shift

CCLA hired a survivor leader. Survivor expertise recognized as material input in investor risk management. The UK Government awarded a follow-on engagement project.

$24T
AUM coalition
Accion · BlackRock · Visa
Invisible founders meet capital
The paradox

Under-represented fintechs were building real solutions but couldn't reach investors who could take them to scale. Investors were seeking innovation and deals but couldn't find them.

My role

I grew the Inclusive Fintech 50 investor network by 165% and designed exclusive convenings where fintech founders and investors could evaluate each other.

The shift

Increased deal flow to founders who had been invisible to capital. Investors gained curated access to vetted opportunities.

165%
investor network growth
UN · ACAMS
A new professional standard at global scale
The paradox

Compliance professionals' frameworks hadn't caught up with ESG obligations and human rights risks. The intelligence existed — in survivor expertise, research, and emerging regulation — but hadn't reached professional practice.

My role

I redesigned and launched a sustainability certificate for compliance, ESG, and finance professionals. Oversaw translation into three languages in four months and was featured in ACAMS Today.

The shift

70,000+ professionals trained globally. FAST and ACAMS gained credibility and inbound business development from major financial institutions. A new professional standard established at scale.

70K+
professionals trained
GSMA · UNHCR · Uganda Government
From convening to government directive in two weeks
The paradox

Telecom operators wanted to expand mobile financial services but were blocked by policy barriers. Refugees needed financial access that existing regulations prevented.

My role

I co-hosted a policy convening with the Ugandan Government, UNHCR, and leading telecoms — designing a process where regulatory, commercial, and humanitarian interests could be surfaced and acted on together.

The shift

A government directive issued within two weeks, expanding market access for telecoms and financial access for thousands of refugees. Something years of advocacy had not achieved.

2 wks
to policy change
Maha Khan

I've sat on every side of the table: with investors, regulators, community organizations, and companies. I know how institutional investors think, how regulators move, how private sector actors mitigate risk, and how affected communities experience systems.

Across 15 years and four continents, bringing together technical expertise and empathetic connection, I've learned that the most important rooms are often the ones no one has thought to create yet. My job is to see who is missing — and build the table.

I work in targeted, project-based engagements — bringing senior expertise without the overhead. Agile enough to move quickly. Experienced enough to get it right.

I listen. I earn trust.
I build relationships
that last.

  • Financial wellbeing & fintech
  • Human rights & social impact
  • Investor engagement & ESG
  • HRDD / CSRD / CSDDD / UNGP frameworks
  • Multi-stakeholder convening
  • Coalition & partnership development
  • Policy advocacy & facilitation
  • Technology for good (including AI)