Lily Yu is the Co-Founder and Director of the Bloom Wellbeing Fund, a philanthropic initiative dedicated to advancing evidence-based solutions for global mental health and wellbeing. Her passion for this mission is deeply personal, shaped by early experiences of loss and her own journey through depression and anxiety. These experiences continue to inspire her commitment to building more sustainable systems that expand access to effective mental health treatments, strengthen wellbeing research, and shape policies that reduce human suffering at scale.

For more than a decade, Lily has worked at the intersection of philanthropy, international development, research, and social innovation. She previously served as Senior Advisor to the Asia Women Impact Fund, a $100 million blended finance initiative that supported women’s entrepreneurship, inclusive economic growth, and social innovation across the Asia-Pacific.

Lily holds a PhD in Neuroscience from University College London and was a Fellow at the University of Tokyo.