James Magor

James is a Director in Actis’ sustainability team, having joined the team in January 2016. He works with portfolio companies to create sustainability leaders and to enhance value.

James has over 19 years of experience in sustainability, primarily serving the private equity, banking and development finance sectors. Prior to joining Actis, James spent three years as a manager in the ESG team at British International Investment (BII), formerly CDC Group plc, where he supported the private equity team, which invested in the power generation and distribution, agribusiness, healthcare and FMCG sectors in Africa and South Asia. Prior to BII, James spent eight years as a Senior Consultant with Environ (now part of Ramboll) in the International Finance team, advising a wide variety of clients across a number of major industrial sectors including power generation, oil & gas, and petrochemical industries across Europe, Africa and Asia. James sits on Actis’ Risk Committee and PRI’s Infrastructure Steering Committee.

He holds an MSc Applied Meteorology & Climatology and a BSc Geography from the University of Birmingham.