Lisa Pinsley

Lisa joined Actis in 2016 to focus on originating and managing energy investments, primarily in Africa. Lisa has 10 years of experience in power sector investing and 20 years of experience in emerging markets, most recently as Director of Africa Investments at American Capital Energy & Infrastructure. At American Capital she sourced and led the Taiba wind project in Senegal which was bought by Lekela, Actis Energy 3’s pan-African renewable platform and she also sourced and led the Azura gas platform in Nigeria.Prior to her role at American Capital, Lisa was a Business Development Consultant at Globeleq (2012) and a Vice President at the AES Africa Power Company (AES Corporation’s Africa vehicle, 2009-2011), where she worked on the Dibamba and Kribi projects in Cameroon bought by Globeleq Africa, an Actis Infrastructure 2 platform.Previously, Lisa lived and worked in Afghanistan for five years, both for the United Nations Development Programme (2003-2005) and then as an Advisor in a chief-of-staff role to the Afghan Finance Minister (2005-2007).Lisa holds an MBA with honours from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MA in Literature with distinction from the University of Sussex, and a BA cum laude in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Harvard University.

Work

• Director, Africa Investments, American Capital Energy & Infrastructure @ American Capital
• Consultant, Business Development @ Globeleq
• Vice President, AES Africa Power Company @ AES

Education

• 2007 2009 MBA in Finance, Economics, Accounting @ The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• 1997 1998 MA in Literature @ University of Sussex
• 1993 1997 AB in Applied Math @ Harvard University
• 1989 1993 High School @ Deerfield Academy