Co-Founder,
Edhina
Anita Marangoly George is Co-founder of Edhina Capital a Sustainability Fund. She has been an investor backing early trends with winning partners and established a distinguished track record in sustainable investments across the globe. She began her career as a Young Professional at the World Bank based in Washington DC and worked on infrastructure in Latin America, Eastern and Central Europe. She worked with Siemens AG to set up Siemens Financial Services in India and supported projects in Telecom and Power sectors. Anita played key leadership roles at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) with many firsts in infrastructure, natural resources, municipal finance and creation of IFC’s Venture group. She has extensive experience in Renewable Energy, transportation and water from early stage to established companies across several geographies. She was Sr. Director for Energy for the World Bank Group and mobilized billions into clean energy and electrification.
In 2016, Anita established CDPQ’s office in India and became Executive Vice President and Head of Emerging Markets at CDPQ. Her final post at CDPQ was Executive Vice President and Deputy Head of CDPQ Global covering all geographies outside of Canada and supporting investments in renewable energy, highways, telecom, and tech investments in Emerging Markets.
Anita George is passionately committed to human capital development and economic empowerment of women and girls. She is actively engaged in mentoring women and girls. Anita serves on non-profit boards and advisory boards/councils involved in Recovery and Resilience, Human Capital Development, Technology and Climate Finance, and Sustainable Infrastructure.
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