Nicola Mustetea 2026 speakers

“Nicola Mustetea joined British International Investment in 2019. As Director and Head of Climate she has been focussed on developing and implementing BII ’s climate change strategy across the investment groups. In this role she works closely with investment teams to deploy more climate finance in emerging markets and ensure investments are Paris aligned to support the transition to net zero and resilient economies.
Previously, Nicola led teams on impact investing and green finance at the UK ’s Department for International Development (DFID) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to set up and manage new investment vehicles to mobilise private investment into climate sectors in emerging markets. In addition to this, Nicola was key part of driving forward the Government ’s green finance policies.
Additionally, Nicola was a founding Director on the Board of the Renewable Energy Performance Platform (REPP), a company providing early stage assistance to small and medium sized renewable energy projects in Africa.
Prior to moving to the UK, Nicola was based in Uganda where she supported two public-private partnerships models for rural electrification for the Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and solar company Kirchner Solar Group.
Nicola holds an MSc degree the field of development economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.”