The Impact Hub

Joined M&G Investments in 2003 and is now Head of Impact Investing, leading the firm’s strategy on impact investing as well as covering sustainability issues such as climate change and circular economy. He is the Impact lead on the M&G Positive Impact and Climate Solutions Funds.

Joined M&G’s central equity analyst team as a Global Energy and Chemicals analyst in September 2019 from Redburn, where he was a Partner and Head of the Energy Team, with a focus on traditional and alternative energy companies. He was appointed fund manager of the Climate Solutions strategy in February 2023. He has been working as a senior analyst on the Sustain and Impact Equity Team with a focus on climate, circular economy and environmental stocks since 2022.

She is the Investment Director for Sustainable and Impact Equities at M&G. She joined M&G back in 2010 as investment specialist providing support for M&G’s Value and Income strategies. Before moving focusing on the sustainable & impact equities team, she was dedicated to the Multi Asset and Global Convertibles teams, most recently with a focus on the M&G Sustainable Multi Asset Strategies.

He joined M&G in 2005. At different stages he was Fund Manager or Deputy Manager of the Global Themes, Managed Growth, Global Recovery, and Climate Solutions Impact strategies. After spending 1 year at S&P 500 listed corporate Iron Mountain, as Global Head of Sustainability and Communications, he has decided to re-join M&G’s Sustain & Impact team as deputy fund manager for the Global and European Sustain Paris Aligned strategies in October 2023.

She joined the Sustain & Impact team in March 2022, as an experienced analyst with a focus on energy transition decarbonisation technologies and sustainable materials. Prior to joining M&G, she was an analyst on the European Chemicals Team at Sanford C. Bernstein for 3 years. Prior to this, she has spent 15 years in various roles in strategy consulting, private equity, energy, and soft commodity trading.

Aditi joined M&G Investments as part of the graduate scheme in 2011, becoming a permanent member of the Leveraged Finance analyst team in 2013, where she was a Director from 2020. She has led on ESG matters for the team since 2017, and has completed a part-time masters degree in Sustainability Leadership at the University of Cambridge. Over the course of 2022, she worked partly in the Fund Management team of the Impact Financing Fund, transitioning to full-time in 2023.

Anish is a Managing Director within M&G’s Alternatives team, and heads up the Real Assets investment team, overseeing an investment programme across infrastructure, agriculture and natural capital. He is a member of the Alternatives Investment Committee covering Private Equity, Real Assets and Diversifying Strategies, and has 10 years’ experience in Alternatives investing across a range of asset classes.

Niranjan Sirdeshpande is Global Head of Investments at M&G Catalyst, a private assets strategy that allocates up to £5 billion into companies driving the transition to a sustainable economy for people, communities and the planet. Catalyst makes direct investments across venture, growth equity and debt. Prior to this, Niranjan was Head of Origination, Europe for M&G Catalyst, and a Director of Private Credit. He also holds non-executive director positions at a number of investee companies.

Rana Modarres is an Impact Director at M&G Catalyst. She joined the company in 2022, from Oxfam GB, where she was Director of Investing and Social Impact. Rana leads the ongoing development of the team’s Impact Strategy, working with the investment teams and portfolio companies to ensure that impact is delivered in line with the fund objectives, and measured and reported in line with the highest market standards.

Zachary leads the EMEA investment team for M&G Catalyst, and is a member of the Catalyst Investment Committee. He leads private equity, private debt and structured asset finance investments across a diverse range of sectors including cleantech, fintech, consumer tech, health tech and real estate, and represents M&G on the Board and Investment committees of a number of portfolio companies. Zachary joined the M&G Private Assets group in 2019. Prior to this, Zachary was a co-founder of Keypoint Financial, a European Capital Markets advisory business, arranging private credit, private equity and asset portfolio transactions.