Maya Burney 2026 Speakers

Maya is a Senior Investment Officer at Calvert Impact, a US-based investment firm that supports fund managers and financial intermediaries globally that are championing credit strategies in their local markets. Maya has 10 years of principal investing experience beginning her career in small-cap private equity and segueing into private credit. Before joining Calvert, Maya worked at Caleo Capital, an investment and financial services group based in Johannesburg as an Associate Partner and previously Dealmaker within the private equity team. She has structured, raised, and deployed capital using equity, debt and hybrid instruments in emerging and developed markets, and has partnered with HNWIs and family offices to align their portfolios with their personal ethos. In 2021, Maya founded a network and alternative investment vehicle called Womvest serving women-led micro-and-medium-sized businesses in South Africa. Maya holds an M.S. in Environment and Sustainability Management from Georgetown McDonough School of Business and a BCom Honors in Finance from the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business. She also completed the Oxford Saïd Business School Impact Finance Innovations Program and is an alumna of the AVPA Africa-Asia Impact Investing Fellowship.