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Pat Wilsonis an Investment Associate withAccion’s Frontier Investments Group, an early-stage impact investing venture fund that invests in innovative financial inclusion startups globally. Over the past 10 years, Pat has been both a social entrepreneur and private equity professional most recently founding Antelope Capital Partners, a double bottom-line real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition, renovation and management of low-income housing. As Managing Partner of Antelope, he was responsible for acquiring, rehabilitating and bringing to market over 1,000 affordable housing units throughout the southern United States. Prior to Antelope, Pat served as a Senior Associate in the Private Equity Group of HBK Capital Management, a global hedge fund managing $14 billion in equity capital. Prior to that, he worked as an investment banker and private equity investor at Citigroup, National City and Brazos Private Equity Partners. Pat attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he earned a bachelor of science in economics with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship.

StephaniePowis a Summer Associate withAccion’s Frontier Investments Group. She is currently earning her MBA at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School. She originally hails from Australia and holds a Bachelor of Commerce with First Class Honors and the University Medal from the University of New South Wales.