Actis has appointed Neda Vakilian as managing director of global relationships within its investor development group.
Based in London, Vakilian will be responsible for the coordination and management of strategic investor initiatives, fundraising project management and product development. She will report to Neil Brown, global head of the investor development group.
Vakilian brings 17 years of experience in private capital markets, business development and fundraising. Prior to Actis, Vakilian was co-head of capital solutions and investor relations at Amber Infrastructure. In this role, she was responsible for sales, client servicing, and product development, and was an investment committee member and board director across strategies.
Vakilian previously worked in Macquarie's Green Investment Group, where she helped raise what was, at the time, the largest renewables fund in Europe.
“Having recently closed our largest fund to date and against a backdrop
