United Kingdom
Specialties: Investing in frontier and emerging markets, management consulting, strategy formulation, impact investment banking, corporate and project finance, Sustainable Development Goals through private sector development Highly skilled investment professional with over 11 years experience in impact investing and sustainability. Adept at strategy formulation and proficient in investment analysis, deal origination, financial modeling and valuations, portfolio management, and conducting due diligence. Extensive experience in setting up ESG frameworks and models, advising on commercial viability of investment opportunities with ESG considerations, impact investing monitoring and evaluation, and analyses of sustainable investment opportunities. Strong understanding of ESG policies, nature-based solutions and climate agenda in asset management, management consulting and financial advisory settings. Significant experience in investing for social and environmental impact as well as creating models and developing strategic targets for sustainability ambitions, development impact and systemic changes in both developed and developing economies. Proficient in nature-based strategy solutions in investment settings including blue carbon, afforestation, biodiversity preservation and improved rangeland management.
Natural Capital Lead (Principal Consultant)
Natural Capital Development Thematic Area (ACCT Fund Specialist) -Fund/Portfolio Manager (ACCT Fund - Carbon and Biodiversity Specialist) Origination, assessment and development of carbon and biodiversity-related investment opportunities for investee companies, with the aim to increase the overall economic and environmental resilience of the ACCT Fund’s investee companies and/or the surrounding natural capital landscapes and communities who depend on these ecosystems. - Developing a framework for assessing and a database for tracking the climate and biodiversity importance of the natural landscapes in the countries the Fund operates; - Identification and formulation of different carbon and biodiversity monetisation strategies within different landscapes; - Impact Advisory and Development Consulting - Thought Leadership and Research - Business Development; - Co-managing the implementation of multiple projects to trial a range of different strategies to monetise carbon and biodiversity assets; - Evaluating and scoring the results of implemented strategies; - Developing processes & tools that will allow the organisation to scale the most successful strategies
Portfolio Advisor: Sophia Enterprise Fund II, EBRD Balkan Fund, FSD Africa, FMO Fund Manager: Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) - Programme Fund Set-up Focus Transactions: Healthtech, Renewable Energy, Financial Inclusion, Climate and Nature Instruments: Debt and Equity Notable Transactions Led: Oddbox, Aduna, Octopus, Bulb, Triodos Bank Origination, Due Diligence, Financial Modelling, Transaction Advisory, End-to-end transactions, Board Advisory
Country Experience: Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe Transaction services on companies in the Agribusiness, Renewable Energy and Adaptation to Climate Technologies, Banking and Mobile Money, FMCG and Manufacturing Financial Transaction Services with experience in investing for impact. Responsibilities include: Fund Management Portfolio Management Board Representation Investment Committee Representation Senior Management Team Fund Representation Fund Origination and Set-up Financial and Operational Due Diligence Financial modelling Business Proposal writing and Business Model evaluation Corporate Finance Project Finance Private Sector Development Business Analysis Monitoring and Evaluation Business Model Evaluation Investing for development impact Measurement and evaluation of development impact and wider systems change Business Development and Investor Scouting Board Member: DFID Pro-poor growth programme Funds: Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund (AECF), Mastercard Fund for Rural Prosperity, FoodTrade East and Southern Africa, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), FMO (Co-Fund), Soros Foundation (Advisory)