Holly Harwood
Holly graduated with a first-class degree in Politics and International Relations from the London School of Economics and initially worked as a researcher and evaluation practitioner in the third sector. During this time, she contributed to a variety of projects, ranging from legislative analysis at the Tax Justice Network to research and community engagement on equitable access to healthy food with the Alexandra Rose Charity.
Holly then spent four years in the public sector at a Mayoral Strategic Authority, where she completed a two-year graduate scheme through the Local Government Association and gained an ILM Level 7 Certificate in Leadership and Management. During her time at the Authority, she worked in Employment and Skills Policy and Corporate Development, with a focus on social value and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). In this role, she led the delivery of a collaborative public sector workshop series on embedding the Socio-Economic Duty. She later joined the Inclusive Growth Investment team, where she remained for a further two years, leading the appraisal of business cases for a range of high-profile economic development projects. She supported project sponsors in embedding environmental sustainability, community benefits and social value into project design, while also undertaking due diligence to assess whether projects represented good value for public funds. Holly became an accredited APMG Better Business Case Practitioner and regularly led stakeholder engagement, risk and contingency analysis, strategic case assessments, and reviews of management and governance structures.
Holly has a strong interest in environmental sustainability and its intersection with social value and place-based economic development, and recently completed an ISEP Environmental Management Certification. In her role at The Good Economy, she supports clients across the public, private and community sectors in delivering long-term economic, social and environmental value for communities.
Rangoli Gupta
Rangoli Gupta is a Senior Impact Analyst at The Good Economy, where she applies a practical, evidence-led approach to social and environmental impact. She has led climate and development initiatives across emerging markets, shaping programmes that deliver measurable benefits to communities. Her work focuses on sustainability, community-centred development and applying systems thinking to sustainable development.
Before joining The Good Economy, Rangoli evaluated climate adaptation initiatives for the United Nations Development Programme, supporting projects across 11 countries. She also led research at the Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, designing science-backed recommendations for the Government of India’s $8.4 billion household water-use programme. Outside of this, she has managed strategy and research projects across ageing, education and gender equity.
Rangoli holds an MBA from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics with honours from Ashoka University and Yale University.
Jane Adams
Jane has a joint honours background in social sciences, statistics and geography from the University of Southampton, completing a placement at the Home Office as a social researcher. She formed an interest in the understanding society and their intertwined relationship with policy and pursued a MSc at the University of Bristol in Policy Research before joining the TGE as an impact analyst.
Ella Kennedy
Ella Kennedy joined The Good Economy as Impact Analyst after graduating from the University of Exeter with a First Class degree in History.
Her studies researched trends across the Early Modern and Modern World, using social and cultural approaches. Alongside her degree, she completed two years of advanced French and served as External Relations Officer on the committee of Exeter Student Investment Fund.
Ella has experience in ESG private credit investing and is particularly drawn to the creative and bespoke nature of TGE’s Impact projects.
Lerato Marema
Lerato Marema has joined The Good Economy as a Senior Consultant in our Place-Based Impact Investing (PBII) team. She has extensive experience in planning and development. She has a strong track record of delivering high-value and complex development projects.
She has worked with both public and private sector clients across housing, commercial, energy, and leisure schemes in London and the wider city regions.
Prior to joining The Good Economy, Lerato worked at Populo, Newham Council’s development company, and previously at Deloitte Real Estate, where she contributed to significant urban regeneration masterplans and city centre renewal programmes.
Her recent work has focused on aligning regeneration with social impact, providing a unique perspective as she joins our PBII team.
Samantha Semanek Renninger
Samantha Semanek Renninger is a Senior Impact Analyst at The Good Economy, where she supports clients in understanding and managing their impact through research and analysis. She is particularly passionate about innovative financial solutions that mobilise capital to underserved populations and drive inclusive development.
Before joining The Good Economy, Samantha worked across the impact investing and international development sectors, including roles at the U.S. Development Finance Corporation, IOM Niger, and Vital Voices Global Partnership, as well as consulting independently on impact measurement and management. Her earlier career spans book publishing and political campaigns, equipping her with a collaborative mindset and the ability to build strong relationships across diverse stakeholder groups.
Samantha holds the CFA UK Certificate in ESG Investing. She earned a BA in French and International Studies from Franklin & Marshall College and an MSc in International Development from Georgetown University. Her academic work has explored themes of religion and secularism in modern France, gender, impact evaluation, and the intersection of development and finance.
Lindsey Garvey
Lindsey recently joined The Good Economy as our Finance Manager, bringing with her nearly 20 years of experience as a qualified chartered accountant. She is fully committed to providing excellent service and ensuring the highest level of financial management for the organization.
Lindsey has a wealth of experience working with both UK-based and overseas entities. Her expertise lies in streamlining financial processes, maintaining meticulous attention to detail, and delivering accurate and insightful financial information to stakeholders at all levels.
Ken Hart
Ken joined The Good Economy in April 2024 as its first Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer. His focus at TGE is to build professional financial information ranging from cashflow and P&L forecasting to systems and processes. His mandate also includes instilling rigorous financial and operational expertise across all areas of the business, and to assist and advise the CEO and Board.
He brings significant experience in professional services, and in particular with SMEs through his other role as Financial Director for Atlantis Health UK, a medical communications agency which he joined in early 2023.
From 2000 to 2022, he worked in a number of finance roles at the marketing services group DDB, initially based in Paris before moving to London and later becoming Deputy CFO EMEA. Prior to DDB, he worked at Total Energies for six years, firstly in London then in Paris within the Corporate Finance team.
Ken started his career with Deloitte in Glasgow. He is a Chartered Accountant with a BA in Accounting and Economics.
Jenni Zietsch
Jenni has over five years’ experience working across the impact investing spectrum with specialist expertise in impact measurement and management.
Jenni previously worked for Brightlight Impact, an Australian investment management firm delivering investment and impact returns for institutional investors. She led work on impact investing strategies, client engagement, due diligence and impact measurement and management systems across multiple themes including affordable housing, women’s empowerment and healthcare. She has experience of multiple product types including listed and unlisted funds, blended finance vehicles and social impact bonds.
Prior to that, Jenni worked as a Research Analyst for the Australian pension fund Christian Super, a leading impact investor. She wrote the first impact report for Christian Super analysing the impact and financial performance of 200 underlying investments.
Jenni is passionate about helping clients integrate impact considerations into their investment strategy and scaling-up the impact investment market to help transform lives and achieve inclusive and sustainable development globally.
She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (majoring in finance) and a Bachelor of Engineering with first class honours. Her honours thesis examined renewable energy options in Papua New Guinea.
