Orphan Opportunity Fund

Ladislav Kossár is the founder and CEO of PROVIDA. He leads the foundation’s strategy and its impact investments in sustainable social ventures. Ladislav graduated from law school at Comenius University. He also studied international law and capital markets at universities in Szeged, Utrecht and Harvard University. After briefly working at the United Nations in New York, he spent 4 years in the investment banking and asset management divisions of Deutsche Bank in London and Frankfurt. The past 10 years he focused on real estate finance and early-stage venture investments. He currently manages the wealth of a small family office, mentors young entrepreneurs and advises global non profits such as Nexus Youth Summit and Dalajlama Fellows. In his free time, Ladislav likes to play basketball, admire art and take photographs on his travels. Less

Lucia Kossárová is co-founder of PROVIDA and works as an expert in the field of impact and quality measurement of our projects focused on children and young people. She studied social science at University College Utrecht and international development at John Hopkins SAIS in the USA and Italy. She worked for the Council of Europe and the World Bank, and later as a consultant on issues of health and social development in various countries around the world. She currently lives in London, where she received her PhD from the London School of Economics. She also works as a senior researcher for an independent think-tank, Nuffield Trust, in the field of health and social development. In her free time Lucia loves to travel and spend time with her family and friends. Less