On September 18, 2024, the Finance Leaders Fellowship (FLF) introduced the 2024 Class of Finance Leaders Fellows, 23 world-class leaders in the finance industry, including our founding managing partner Yinglan Tan.

This fellowship is part of the nearly 4000-strong Aspen Global Leadership Network (AGLN) and counts more than 140 fellows across 22 countries. The FLF brings together top leaders from major institutional investors and central banks to leading private equity and social finance platforms to pursue actionable strategies and partnerships that drive change across an index of challenges, such as closing the wealth gap, advancing equitable corporate governance, expanding access to affordable housing, mitigating loan burdens, promoting ethical investing, and tackling the climate crisis. Read more in the official press release

His inclusion in the list as the only Southeast Asia venture capitalist comes at a time of increasing activity in the region from global capital markets (like Japan) and entrepreneurial talent pools (like China). This convergence of resources and opportunities to address long standing problems in the region’s emerging markets has made it increasingly important to include a voice from this part of the world into global leadership communities like FLF.

“Insignia Ventures Partners has always been motivated by the innovation opportunity coming out of Southeast Asia, a potential that seven years on still has more for us to uncover. As this opportunity becomes increasingly global in scope, it becomes more valuable to build bridges and networks across the world to unlock the impact of Southeast Asia innovation on the rest of the world. As a key driver for the scale of innovation globally, the world of finance needs such bridges as well. It is an honor to be a part of the 2024 Class of Finance Leaders Fellows, joining peers who share our belief in the ability of finance to drive positive change in the world,” notes Yinglan on the announcement.

This fellowship is the latest in a series of networks and communities Yinglan has been a part of throughout his career: Forbes China 100 Most Influential Chinese (2023), Eisenhower Fellow (2018), World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012 – 2017), a WEF Technology Pioneer Selection Committee Panel (2015-2017), Top “40 leaders under 40” by Prestige Magazine (2015), Milken Institute Young Leaders Circle (2016), one of 100 Leaders of Tomorrow by the St Gallen Symposium (2010), 100 Global Thinkers (2011) by think-tank Lo Spazio della Politica, a World Cities Summit Young Leader (2014), a WEF Global Agenda Council member on Fostering Entrepreneurship (2011-2013) and a Kauffman Fellow (2012).

More on his views on corporate governance, Southeast Asia’s innovation opportunity, and AI.