Big Bet: Accelerate financial inclusion to unlock the full value of employee ownership for workers.
Project: Ownership Works (O.W.) helps investors and companies implement broad-based employee ownership programs that give 100% of workers equity opportunities. O.W. currently works with 145 companies to implement shared ownership programs by helping these companies assess and address financial inclusion and resilience issues among their workforces. This big bet project aims to identify barriers and catalyze action among corporate actors to adopt more financial inclusion and resilience programs positively impacting 100,000 workers by 2030.
Melissa Bukuru is enhancing workers’ wellbeing and financial security by working with employers to increase employees’ access to financial coaching, employee savings accounts, and other wealth-building tools. She previously served as Director at Lion’s Head Global Partners and held roles at Soros Fund Management, Open Society Foundations, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Her experience centers on economic resilience, equity, and inclusive growth across finance, philanthropy, and policy.