Tahseen Alam joined Shell Foundation at the beginning of 2022 after previously working as a Business Development Adviser for a UK-based Family Office that specialised in natural resource investments in Africa and the CIS. Based in India, Tahseen’s focus in SF is on both Sustainable Mobility and Energy. He helps incubate enterprises with business development…
Neha Singh joined Shell Foundation’s Finance Team in October 2021 Shell Group with more than eight year’s experience in accounting. She previously joined Shell in October 2017, working in Holding and Treasury and then went on to work in Shell Group Reporting in various Holding roles. Prior to Shell, Neha worked with Merrill Corp’s financial…
Jonathan Berman joined SF in May 2022 as its Chief Executive Officer, guiding SF’s strategy and delivery. He currently serves on the Boards of Factor[e], which invests in and builds de-carbonised solutions for emerging market economies; Asoko Insight, which delivers superior data and analysis on emerging market corporations; and AIP Migo Money, which invests…
Shivani joined Shell Foundation in December 2021 as an Analyst. She will be supporting the monitoring and use of Shell Foundation grants by grantees, including assisting Partner Managers who are developing grant proposals to set budgets for new funding proposals and ensuring funds are used for the intended purpose (incl. reviewing biannual financial reports generated…
Shankha joined SF in February 2022 as its India-based Business Development Adviser. Prior to joining SF, Shankha spent more than six years working in India across various fields – from supporting early stage start-ups and studying sustainability of projects, to on–the-ground implementation of renewable energy initiatives. He has previously worked with organisations such as WWF-India,…
Junaid joined SF in June 2021 as Governance, Risk and Assurance Advisor. His responsibilities include review of the control framework, with deep dives into all the key processes, identifying gaps and potential improvements, ensuring compliance and risk identification and mitigation, and developing full documentation of all finance processes and controls. Before joining SF, Junaid worked…
Ama Bartimeus joined Shell Foundation in July 2021 as the Monitoring and Evaluation Manager providing expert guidance and advisory across the Programme and Market Development teams. Ama started her career monitoring the impact of micro finance on small businesses supported by the GRATIS Foundation in Ghana. She has since led the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning…
Wim Jonker Klunne joined Shell Foundation in June 2020. Wim’s primary responsibility within SF is the coordination of the Household Solar Funders Group. Prior to joining SF, Wim worked on a wide range of energy implementation, research and capacity building projects in Africa on behalf of the African Development Bank, the World Bank group, UNDP,…
Wanji Nganga is Shell Foundation’s Regional Manager in East Africa and leads SF’s activities and strategy in the region. She is responsible for driving and supporting the growth of SF’s partners and portfolio. Wanji works across a range of partners in the Energy for Business and Sustainable Mobility portfolio and is completely enthralled with finding…
Karthikha Arunasalam joined Shell Foundation’s finance team in April 2020. Karthikha is a semi-qualified chartered accountant and has a Master’s Degree in Finance. Karthikha joins SF from Shell Group where she worked as a Finance Analyst since 2017. Prior to this, she worked for Accenture as FP&A analyst for over three years. Karthikha is experienced…