Nabeela brings experience in investment, development finance and public policy. She currently works as a Manager at CDC Group – UK government’s development finance institute – focussed on investments in businesses in Africa and South Asia focussed on cross-sector investments with a particular focus on Food and Agri. She helped build the Impact Accelerator at CDC, a cross-sector, direct investment fund focusing on businesses with more challenging risk-return profile than those typically considered by commercial investors.
Previously Nabeela worked at the GAVI Alliance, a development financing agency operating as a partnership of UN Agencies, World Bank, Pharmaceutical companies and Gates Foundation; UK Houses of Commons and UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. Commercially she worked with United Health Group to drive their business expansion in emerging markets.