Jasandra Nyker
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Jasandra Nyker | |
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| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | CEO |
| Known for | Renewable power development |
| Board member of | Emira Property Fund Investec |
Jasandra Nyker is a South African entrepreneur and former CEO of BioTherm Energy, a South African developer of renewable energy sources and power plant operator.[1] She was a managing director of the International Power Fund at Denham Capital,[2] and a board member in the Emira Property Fund.[3] In 2021, she was appointed CEO of Nala Renewables, a company set up by Trafigura and IFM Investors.[4]
Nyker has a bachelor's degree in business science from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the London Business School, where she was a Merrill Lynch scholar.[5]
Career
After working from Brait SE, and being senior vice president at PCG Asset Management LLC,[3][6] Jasandra Nyker became CEO of Biotherm Energy in 2011. She participated in renewable energy forums such as the World Economic Forum on Africa, held in Kigali, Rwanda in 2016,[7] and the 2017 Africa CEO Forum in Geneva.[8] In 2019 she became a managing director at Denham Capital, after the sale of Biotherm to Actis Capital.[9][10] In April 2021 she was appointed CEO of Nala Renewables,[4] a company set up by Trafigura and IFM Investors with the initial goal of reaching a two gigawatts renewables portfolio.[11] At the beginning of her tenure the company acquired a majority stake in Boston-based Swift Current Energy, together with Buckeye Partners.[12] In 2022 the company started construction of a 100 MWh battery project located at Nyrstar’s zinc smelting operation in Balen, Belgium.[13]
Nyker also serves as an nonexecutive director of the Emira Property Fund,[14] and the international banking and wealth management group Investec.[15]
She has supported business school students and young entrepreneurs by chairing the judges' panel for the 2012 Anzisha Prize,[16][17] and participating in the Odgers Berndtson CEOx1Day programme in 2017.[18]