Joana Castro

Head of Climate Impact at Unigestion

Speaker

Joana Castro, Partner Private Equity, is product head for the Climate Impact Fund and responsible for ESG integration in private equity. Joana is a member of the advisory board of several private equity funds and a member of the British Venture Capital Association’s Responsible Investment Advisory Group. She joined Unigestion in 2016 as Vice President focusing on primary fund investments in Europe, and in April 2019 became Head of Primary investments. Since 2020, she has been responsible for ESG integration, and was promoted to Partner Private Equity in 2022.

Joana began her career in 2007 in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. In 2010, she joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as Senior Analyst focusing on private equity funds investments and became Principal in 2013.

Joana holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Lisbon, Portugal.