Mariana Graca

Investment Specialist - Sustainability and Impact at Ninety One

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Mariana has over 13+ years’ experience in impact investing across Africa and Asia, and is currently an Investment Specialist at Ninety One’s Emerging Market Alternative Credit team where she leads on sustainability and impact.

As part of her role, Mariana works within the investment team of the Emerging Africa and Asia Infrastructure Fund (EAAIF) leading sustainability and impact efforts for a $1.5 billion debt portfolio across 25 countries and 10 infrastructure sectors. She also supports key capital raising for the fund and establishment of new sustainable strategies within the Emerging Market Alternative Credit team.

Prior to joining Ninety One, Mariana spent 7 years as Investment Manager at AgDevCo where she helped to build the company into a leading pan-African agri-impact investor with USD 250m AUM.

Mariana graduated with a MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics, has gained advanced qualifi cations in investment appraisal and corporate fi nance from the London School of Business and Finance and holds the CFA Climate and Investing Certifi cate (CCI) and the CFA Certifi cate in ESG Investing.