Leveraging Philanthropy and Capital Markets for Good: Alix Lebec Founder and CEO, LEBEC

Alix Lebec is a founding member of WaterEquity, where she helped build a global asset manager focused on water, women, and sanitation in emerging markets. She also previously worked at the World Bank, Clinton Global Initiative, and Water.org, where she mobilized $260 million in capital. In 2020, Alix launched LEBEC to support philanthropists, investors, and entrepreneurs and drive a paradigm shift in global finance. Alix is also a Limited Partner at Polymath Ventures, co-founder of the World Climate Tech Summit, and serves on the Board of iDE Global — as well as a dedicated dancer. Whew!

Key takeaways from this action-packed episode:

  • How an economic development trip to visit communities in Cambodia in an air-conditioned van at the age of 26 had an eye-opening effect on Alix and her career trajectory (4:21)

  • Why starting her advisory firm during the height of the pandemic proved auspicious (9:32)

  • Why Alix thinks entrepreneurship is the best teacher (12:06)

  • Alix declares the days of Zoom calls and panel discussions are not enough if we want to enact true meaningful change (17:12)

  • Why the rise of corporations investing from their balance sheets is a movement worth watching (18:54)

  • How catching a choreographer’s dance routine on Instagram marked a major life moment for Alix (22:10)

  • Alix shares how her daily commitment to dance grounds her and prepares her for whatever comes her way  (23:47)

  • The art of being a late bloomer (29:59)

Eva Yazhari