Yasmina Zaidman (@yasminajz) is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at Acumen, where she leads engagement with strategic corporate partners and institutions that share Acumen’s commitment to supporting entrepreneurial approaches to tackling poverty. She was the lead architect for a $10 million partnership launched in February 2015 with Unilever and the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership to enhance livelihoods for smallholder farmers. She initiated and managed the Water Portfolio at Acumen Fund, and led its Communications work for six years. She has worked in the arenas of international development, corporate sustainability and social entrepreneurship for the past 20 years.