Anne Smith Petersen is the CEO of the Capital 4 Impact Foundation (C4IF), where she spearheads initiatives that design and mobilizes capital for social impact investment. She brings extensive international experience from PlanBørneFonden (PBF), where she serves as COO and oversees strategy and fundraising, operations, and partnerships, driving programmes that empower children and young people globally. She has grown the program portfolio in PlanBørnfonden from less than 10 million DKK to 1.3 billion DKK.
Anne has also worked for the European Commission as a Programme Director and Advisor in Lithuania and the Balkans managing a portfolio of 150 million Euros, and has many years of experience in management consulting.
At C4IF she is as CEO overall responsible for all operations.
Beyond her executive role, Anne contributes her expertise as a sounding board member at the new Innovation Centre Denmark for Africa and on the Sustainability Advisory Board of Impact Fund Denmark. Recognised as a transformative leader driving sustainable change, she has built a career that bridges policy, strategy, social impact and funds management.
