Akif Chaudhry, Investment Director

Prior to joining Low Carbon Investors in November 2007, Akif spent two years working for the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization based in Rome. As the Deputy Head of the Rural Finance Learning Centre project (designed to help improve the provision of financial services in rural areas of developing countries through training and knowledge sharing) he was responsible for management, strategy and budgeting decisions on the project, as well as for the development and sourcing of technical material to support those working in the field. During this time, he also co-authored an analysis on private finance and investment trends in the global renewable energy sector published in the "REN 21 Renewables Global Status Report 2006 Update".

Akif graduated from Cambridge University with a BA in Economics and later, before joining the UN, completed an MSc in Environment and Development from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Between his undergraduate and masters degrees, Akif spent eight years working in the finance and investment banking sector. During this time he qualified as an ACA whilst working in the audit and transaction services departments at KPMG, where he focused on companies in the Chemicals industry. Also in this period, Akif spent five years working as an Equity Market Analyst, predominantly at Merrill Lynch in London (but also with short periods at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and Morgan Stanley), where his primary responsibility was to develop and communicate investment strategies, on quoted companies in the Pan-European Software and IT Services sector, to a global client base of fund managers.

Akif represents LCA on the Boards of Vykson and LUMEnergi.