Nina Kraus

Director of Sustainability at Hamilton Lane

Interviewer

Nina is the Director of Sustainability, leading the firm’s cross-platform sustainability strategy and sustainability team globally. In this capacity, she oversees sustainable investment & corporate strategy, ESG and climate initiatives. She is a member of the Responsible Investment Committee. Nina is also responsible for supporting and managing client relationships with sustainability objectives in all aspects of client relations, including portfolio construction and strategic planning.

Nina was previously a senior deal lead within Hamilton Lane’s Fund Investment & Managed Solutions Team, focusing on investment selection, execution and management across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. In this role, she also developed and led the Fund Investment ESG Taskforce. Nina has worked for Hamilton Lane in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. She served on Hamilton Lane’s DEI&B council from 2019 through 2023 and as a committee member of Level20 between 2020 and 2024, Chairing the Future Leaders Committee between 2022 and 2024.

Nina received a B.A. in Economics with Honours and a minor in Biology from Hamilton College.