Dalia Aga-Shaw
Investment Manager, CDC Group
Dalia is an investment manager at CDC and has been focusing on emerging markets for over 8 years. She has built a successful track record investing in banks, consumer finance companies, leasing companies and fintech platforms. In addition, Dalia has experience in establishing new investment vehicles and serves on the advisory board of two fintech focused private equity funds. Prior to joining CDC, Dalia worked at FMO, a leading development finance institution with circa USD 10 billion in assets under management. She started her career in investment banking with Morgan Stanley in London. Dalia holds a M.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Finance & Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands.
Maggie Loo
Partner, Bridges Fund Management
Maggie has more than 10 years of experience in the impact investing arena. She focuses on fundraising and investor relations across Bridges’ platform of funds, as well as strategy and business development of Bridges as a firm. Maggie joined Bridges in 2007 and spent the first five years as a member of the investment team of the Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds, having worked on a number of investments in the sustainable living theme, including the successful exit of Whelan Refining. Prior to joining Bridges, Maggie worked at London-based Climate Change Capital, a specialist merchant bank in the environmental markets. She started her career as a strategy management consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York City. Maggie studied environmental science and public policy at Harvard University and has an MBA from Columbia Business School.
Shami Nissan
Head of Responsible Investment, Actis
Shami Nissan leads Actis’ approach to responsible investment, working closely with investment colleagues and company management to assess and manage ESG issues, helping to build world-class businesses and to deliver societal benefits. Before joining Actis in 2014 she was as a senior consultant at PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team for ten years. Prior to this, Shami led the London business of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, providing sustainability research and analytics to institutional investors and asset managers. Shami has also worked with the United Nations Development Programme in Central America. Shami is a member of the UN PRI Supply Chain Risks Working Group, and a Steering Committee member of the Emerging Markets Private Equity Association’s Sustainability Working Group. Shami represents Actis at the Business Integrity Forum run by Transparency International UK and is an Advisory Board member of Africa Matters Ltd, an Africa-focused consultancy. Shami holds an MSc Environmental Technology, with Distinction, from Imperial College London and a BSc Biological Sciences from University of Durham.
Roelfien Kuijpers
Global Head of Strategic Relationships & Head of Responsible Investments, DWS
Roelfien is Global Head of Strategic Relationships – serving DWS’s most important clients – and a member of the DWS Executive Committee. She has previously held numerous senior roles in Deutsche AM and the Bank’s former Global Equity division, and served on the Executive Committees of both. Roelfien is a member of the Board of Directors of the Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation and chairs its Investment Committee, and is a strong supporter of women and diversity in the company. She is also a member of the Women's Leadership Board at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, a Trustee at SculptureCenter NY, and serves on the President’s Advisory Council at Oberlin College and the Parent’s Committee at Middlebury College. A Dutch native, Roelfien received a Master’s Degree in History and International Politics from Leiden University in the Netherlands.
