Blending business principles with social innovation and thus moving both worlds closer together is what the business of Barbara Kleinjohann is about. It is about making a positive change in the community, both in emerging economies and developed countries, offering advisory services, technical assistance and skills to those who would like to make a change and achieve a positive impact.

With more than 20 years of professional experience, Barbara combines her expertise in banking & finance with development finance, entrepreneurship and social innovation to provide financial advisory & implementation services in emerging and developed economies in the areas of

As financial advisor she works with development finance institutions and commercial banks, donors, NGOs and foundations as well as private equity, corporates, SMEs and social entrepreneurs.

With two decades of expertise in banking and private equity, Barbara is a seasoned banker. She worked with Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan as well as terra firma in Frankfurt, London & New York.

Her key expertise is in cash flow based lending, assessing business models and strategies, managing due diligence and structuring & underwriting financing transactions, in particular acquisition / LBO finance, investment, project and housing finance in a variety of industries with transaction sizes ranging from €1 mio to more than €1 billion.