Our Team
Our co-founders have a combined 18 years of experience in sustainable finance, diversity & inclusion research, and management consulting.
RII is based in Brooklyn, NY, with advisors around the world.
Our Team
Our co-founders have years of experience in sustainable finance, DEI research, and management consulting.
RII is based in New York, NY, with advisors around the world.

Sindhu D Janakiram
Co-Founder & CEO
Sindhu is Co-Founder & CEO, responsible for overseeing product development, business development, sales & marketing, and operations. Prior to founding RII, he worked in the financial services and advisory spaces for 8 years. As an Impact Strategy Fellow at 17 Asset Management, he built an Impact Measurement & Management strategy for the $100m Jordan Investment Fund. At PwC Advisory, he served as a project manager for large-scale technology implementations at financial services clients. Sindhu holds an MPA from NYU and a BS in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University.

Ignacio Paullier
Co-Founder & Board Director
Ignacio is Co-Founder & Board Director, where he advises on product development and corporate strategy. He’s currently a Vice President at BlackRock in the ETF and Index Investment team. Prior to founding RII, he worked in the sustainable & impact investing space for 8 years covering various asset classes, industries, sustainability themes and regions across the world. During this time, he held fundraising, strategic and innovative finance roles in organizations such as Sarona AM, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, UNDP, Inter-American Development Bank and Citigroup. Ignacio holds an MPA from NYU and a BS in Banking & Finance from UCSC in Milan.
RII Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board provides direction on product development, firm strategy, and sales & marketing.

Scott Taitel
Scott Taitel is Clinical Professor of Public Service and Director of Social Impact, Innovation & Investment at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. As former Chief Operating Officer for the Clinton Foundation’s Enterprise Partnership, Professor Taitel was responsible for establishing impact investment funds and the oversight of a portfolio of social enterprises as well as economic development, health and nutrition projects throughout the developing world. Prior to joining the Clinton Foundation, Professor Taitel was a managing partner of an international venture capital firm and held numerous senior executive roles in both private and public multinational technology companies. His earlier career was as an economic development planner with both urban government and community action agencies.
Scott Taitel
Board Chairman
Clinical Professor of Public Service and Director of Social Impact
NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

Hernando Cortina
Hernando Cortina, CFA is Head of Index Strategy at ISS ESG. Previously, he was Director of Indexes & Analytics at JUST Capital where he led the launch of the JUST ETF, and portfolio strategist and equity index trader with Morgan Stanley. He started his career in Latin America equity research at Goldman Sachs. Hernando earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Electrical Engineering and Economics from MIT and an M.A. in Mathematical Finance from Columbia University. He was also awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Hernando Cortina
Head of Index Strategy
ISS ESG

Jina Krause-Vilmar
Jina Krause-Vilmar is President and CEO at Upwardly Global, a non-profit that eliminates employment barriers for immigrants and refuge in the U.S. She works at the intersection of gender, migration and poverty. She spent 15 years working in conflict zones and fragile states to create pathways and policies that advance the economic inclusion of refugees. She has built sustainable and gender-inclusive economic programs for the U.S. Department of State, UN agencies, World Bank and national government agencies. Her research and advocacy has reshaped the way humanitarian assistance centers and serves inclusive economic recovery. Jina co-chaired, alongside UN Women, an international network of agencies to advance women and girls. Jina earned her MSc in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics.
Jina Krause-Vilmar
President & CEO
Upwardly Global

Tim Docking
Tim Docking is CEO at Refugee Investment Network (RIN), the first impact investing collaborative dedicated to creating durable solutions to global forced migration. Prior to establishing RIN, Tim was a business executive and has twenty years of emerging market and public sector experience. At the IBM Corporation he worked at the intersection of business, technology and international development; as a leader in the public sector, he helped launch the Millennium Challenge Corporation (a U.S. government development agency). Tim started his career as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mali and holds a Ph.D. in comparative politics.
Tim Docking
CEO
Refugee Investment Network

Asha Sharma Anthony
Asha Sharma Anthony is a social impact consultant. She previously worked as a management consultant at Ernst & Young. Prior to that, she was the Managing Director for the Society for International Development in DC, where she was responsible for its financial, operational, and strategic planning functions. Asha’s experience spans the government, non-profit, and private sectors, where she focused on economic development and global health issues. She earned her MBA from Georgetown University with an honors certificate from its School of Foreign Service, and her BA from Smith College.
Asha Sharma Anthony
Board Director
Social Impact Consultant
RII

Michael Andeberhan
Michael Andeberhan is an ESG Investment Strategist at State Street Global Advisors where he works with clients to support their ESG goals, provide thought leadership, and develop investment solutions that align with their sustainability ambitions. Prior to joining SSGA, Michael was an Executive Director at MSCI where he led investment consultant coverage and served as an ESG Strategist. In addition, he was a member of the Investment Committee for MSCI’s US 401K Retirement Plan and cofounder of the Black Leadership Network. A proud first generation Eritrean-American, Michael earned a BA from Washington State University, MS from University of Utah and holds the CFA and CAIA designations.
Michael Andeberhan
ESG Investment Strategist
State Street Global Advisors

Tim Maloney
Tim Maloney is the CIO at Roundhill, where he’s responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of the firm’s investment strategies. Prior to founding Roundhill in 2018, he worked on both the buy-side and sell-side, most recently trading investment grade credit at a $35 billion fixed-income fund after covering hedge funds in foreign exchange and emerging markets at Morgan Stanley. Tim graduated from Vanderbilt in 2011 with a Bachelor’s of Science and in 2012 with a Master’s of Science in Finance.
Tim Maloney
CIO
Roundhill

Saule Kassengaliyeva
Saule Kassengaliyeva is a product management professional specializing in data management, privacy, and governance. Most recently, Saule managed product compliance and third-party data integrations at Clearco. Before a tech career, Saule led business development, compliance, and operations at multiple leading international development institutions. She also brings over a decade of hands-on multi-million dollar international development project implementation in Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, and Indonesia. Saule holds an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Saule Kassengaliyeva
product management professional