Tapestry is excited to welcome Yetunde Osanyin to the team! Yetunde joins as a Compliance Officer. She will work on implementing compliance systems and establishing policies and procedures to strengthen Tapestry’s compliance function.
Yetunde comes to Tapestry with over a decade experience in both social finance and traditional finance, most recently as a manager of social impact funds that invested in social enterprises at different maturity levels and across sectors.
Before this, Yetunde spent several years in corporate finance at a multinational non-bank financial institution. During this time, she was introduced to the world of social finance, as her organization played a pivotal role in financing several impactful projects.
“That was where I had my first experience on how you can use capital to drive social development. It was interesting to see how we raised capital, and invested in social infrastructures that elevated the quality of life while generating returns for investors. It was a win-win for everyone”
Yetunde is excited to now focus on building the compliance systems to strengthen the use of community bond models across Canada. With ample experience across the social capital world, Yetunde sees the community bond as “an efficient way to raise capital.” She also emphasizes its community-informed nature: “It’s different from other products, because when you’re dealing with bigger investors, bigger ticket transactions, you’re dealing with millions of investment at once from one investor. But at the community level, you’re responsible for the retail investors, people who are really committed to this project, because they feel something beyond the financial return, they feel a connection.”
When she’s not working on the future of Canadian finance, Yetunde spends most of her time with her family. She loves to cook, read, and to talk to others about what she’s reading — she’s part of several book clubs!
We hope you’ll have a chance to meet Yetunde soon. If you’d like to reach out (or ask for a book recommendation!), you can reach her at yetunde@tapestrycapital.ca.
Welcome to the team, Yetunde!