Mandy Nyarko MBE is an investor in the intersection of climate change solutions and inequality. She is Managing Partner of Sahara Impact ventures an early stage VC fund investing in climate tech solutions in sub Saharan Africa, and Co-founder of UK based ESG innovation consultancy Startup Discovery School who design incubators, accelerators and open innovation programmes for public and private organisations in the U.K. and Africa, focused on building startups addressing environmental and social sustainability issues. She also leads Sustainable women network, a community focused on Women innovators and investors tackling the climate change emergency. 

She served on the SME action board to the UK Government's Department of Business energy and industrial strategy between 2020-2023.

Alumni of Cambridge University Institute of Sustainability Leadership with a background in Sustainable finance and Business sustainability Management.