Natalie Beinisch is the Executive Director of Circular Economy Innovation Partnership in Lagos, which focuses on research, advocacy and programming to promote Circular Economy business and investment in Nigeria. Before moving to Lagos, she set up the Engagement Programme for Aegon Asset Management’s Responsible Investment team in the Netherlands and headed the Academic Network at the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment in London.

Prior to her work in sustainable finance, Natalie began her career at Duke Corporate Education, the world’s leading bespoke provider of executive education, where she designed, sourced faculty and delivered customised leadership programmes to Ericsson, AstraZeneca, HSBC and Shell among others. She has also held research and lecture positions at Lee Kuan Yew School at the University of Singapore and the Politics, Philosophy, Law and Economics programme at the University of Amsterdam. Natalie holds a PhD and an MSc from the London School of Economics and a BA from McGill University in Canada.