Nature and Biodiversity
A new age of innovative blue finance to protect Southeast Asia’s ocean
Southeast Asia disproportionately relies on the ocean for subsistence and climate resilience, and more philanthropic financing is needed to protect it.
Kathlyn Tan
Kathlyn is a Principal of Singapore-based family office, Rumah Group, and Director of its philanthropic arm, Rumah Foundation. She established Rumah’s ocean philanthropy and impact investment activities in 2017, and leads the foundation’s strategic grantmaking and collaborative partnerships. Rumah Foundation’s ocean portfolio supports awareness and education, the protection and restoration of marine ecosystems, and alternative proteins; with a focus on Southeast Asia. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Friends of Ocean Action coalition and the Leading Women for the Ocean network, and currently holds several non-profit roles, including Co-chair of the 30x30 Southeast Asia Ocean Fund and Board Trustee of Rare.
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