Christina Leijonhufvud has been a leader in impact investing since the term was coined, with a track record of senior management roles on Wall Street, where she pioneered a first-of-its-kind impact investment banking business and co-authored seminal research that helped place impact investing on the map for institutional investors.

In January 2020, Christina co-founded and became CEO of BlueMark, a first-mover and now leading provider of independent impact verification and market intelligence. In 2014, she co-founded Tideline, an impact consulting firm, and served as managing partner, leading many of the firm’s engagements.

Prior to BlueMark and Tideline, Christina was Managing Director at J.P. Morgan where she worked for over 15 years, leading a ratings advisory business and several risk management groups, including for the credit portfolio and emerging markets trading businesses. She also created an innovative methodology for measuring and managing country risk and advised numerous sovereign governments on their public credit ratings. In 2007, Christina created and launched J.P. Morgan’s Social Finance business, a novel investment banking unit that published seminal research on impact investing, made $100 million in proprietary investments in impact funds, and structured and distributed innovative impact products to clients, such as the Global Health Investment Fund, backed by the Gates Foundation.

Christina teaches as an adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, serves on Duke University’s CASE i3 Advisory Board and the ImpactAssets 50 Review Committee, and has served on several other non-profit boards. She consulted for Ashoka during 2006-07, which solidified her determination to leverage mainstream finance for positive social impact. She earned a MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics, a MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, and a BA in Sociology from University of California, Los Angeles.