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Leehe Skuler is an impact investing and climate finance specialist based in Portugal, with extensive international experience living in the US, Israel, Europe, and Africa. She completed her undergraduate studies in Philosophy, Economics, and Politics at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and briefly attended Georgetown University in 2005, followed by a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) between 2007 and 2009, concentrating in International Media and Communications and International Economic Policy. Prior to graduate studies, she served in the Israeli Army, coordinated cultural and educational affairs at a refugee camp, spent three months in China, lived in Berlin for nearly two years at the Aspen Institute, worked as a guide at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, contributed to creating a new Israeli political party, led youth groups, and gained experience in web design and content management. Since 2009, her professional career has focused on impact investing and climate finance, including roles as Reviewer for the Bezos Earth Fund (2024-present), Climate Scientific Advisor at PeakBridge Partners (2023-present), Co-founder and Board Director of GITA - the Global Impact Tech Alliance (CEO 2019-2022, 2022-present), Director of Ocean Finance at Earth Security (2022-2023), Senior Lecturer at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (2021-2023), Board Member at The Heschel Center for Sustainability (2018-2021), Advisory Leader for Impact Investment and Development Finance at Deloitte (2016-2020), Head of Impact at New Era Capital Partners (2018-2019), and Director and Founder of Impact Affect consulting firm (2015-2019). She serves on the advisory board of Champel Capital as an impact investing specialist and has maintained a four-year collaboration with Weitman. Skuler has authored reports on impact investing in Africa (UNDP, 2014), opportunities at the base of the pyramid for Israeli companies (2013), and contributed to the Global Microscope on Microfinance (2010).