Shami Nissan
(She/Her)Partner, Sustainability
Office: London
Team: Sustainability
Shami is a Partner at Actis with over 24 years’ experience in sustainability. Shami leads Actis’ approach to sustainability and impact, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage ESG issues, helping to build world-class businesses and to deliver measurable societal benefits. Shami reports to Torbjorn Caesar, Senior Partner and Chairman.
She chairs many of the Sustainability Committees across the Actis Portfolio as well as chairing the Actis Net Zero Steering Committee and leading Actis’ efforts on the DEI agenda across the portfolio of investments. She is an Advisory Board member of the Impact Principles, and previously served as an Advisory Panel Member of the G7 Impact Taskforce.
Before joining Actis in 2014, she was a senior consultant at PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team for ten years. Shami has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Central America.
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