Our Board Of Trustees
- ASH SHARMA
- CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
October 2014. Ash is Special Adviser to the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation and head of Sida’s Power Africa initiative Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa, which provides rural energy access in sub-Saharan Africa (Sida is the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency). He is also a non-executive adviser to Carbon Africa Ltd, in Kenya and Mozambique. He was previously Vice President at the bank with overall responsibility for the climate business and was seconded as a DANIDA Senior Adviser for Climate Change in Berlin 2016-2018. More broadly, he has been working for almost 30 years within sustainable energy, environment and international development in financial, industry, consulting and third sector positions, with projects and business development activities undertaken throughout Africa (where he has experience in 20 countries), Latin America and developing Asia. Ash is a scientist by training and holds postgraduate qualifications in marketing and finance. He lives in Bath.
- ASH SHARMA
- CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
October 2014. Ash is Special Adviser to the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation and head of Sida’s Power Africa initiative Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa, which provides rural energy access in sub-Saharan Africa (Sida is the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency). He is also a non-executive adviser to Carbon Africa Ltd, in Kenya and Mozambique. He was previously Vice President at the bank with overall responsibility for the climate business and was seconded as a DANIDA Senior Adviser for Climate Change in Berlin 2016-2018. More broadly, he has been working for almost 30 years within sustainable energy, environment and international development in financial, industry, consulting and third sector positions, with projects and business development activities undertaken throughout Africa (where he has experience in 20 countries), Latin America and developing Asia. Ash is a scientist by training and holds postgraduate qualifications in marketing and finance. He lives in Bath.
- ASH SHARMA
- CHAIR OF OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES
October 2014. Ash is Special Adviser to the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation and head of Sida’s Power Africa initiative Beyond the Grid Fund for Africa, which provides rural energy access in sub-Saharan Africa (Sida is the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency). He is also a non-executive adviser to Carbon Africa Ltd, in Kenya and Mozambique. He was previously Vice President at the bank with overall responsibility for the climate business and was seconded as a DANIDA Senior Adviser for Climate Change in Berlin 2016-2018. More broadly, he has been working for almost 30 years within sustainable energy, environment and international development in financial, industry, consulting and third sector positions, with projects and business development activities undertaken throughout Africa (where he has experience in 20 countries), Latin America and developing Asia. Ash is a scientist by training and holds postgraduate qualifications in marketing and finance. He lives in Bath.