Pritisha Uttamchandani
Development Impact Manager, Private Infrastructure Development Group
Pritisha is a Development Impact Manager at Private Infrastructure Development Group, an innovative infrastructure developer and impact investor with the purpose of accelerating sustainable infrastructure throughout South and South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Pritisha manages the impact screening process for new investments across the Group.
The screening framework draws on the Impact Management Project’s consensus, the Operating Principles for Impact Management and IFC's AIMM system for market development with the aim of maximising impact on people and planet. Pritisha also works to integrate climate considerations into all investment decision making through ensuring physical and transition risks are assessed for every transaction and managing the group carbon budget.
Pritisha was an impact professional at British International Investment for 5 years. Her role spanned across the investment cycle to evaluate the impact potential of new infrastructure investment opportunities and monitor impact performance across all product lines. Prior to this, she worked for UNICEF Nigeria, Citigroup and Standard Chartered and holds a MSc in International Development and Emerging Economies from Kings College London.