Jasandra Nyker


Managing Partner, Saja Climate Partners

Jasandra Nyker

Jasandra is a distinguished investment executive with over two decades of experience in private equity, venture capital, and energy transition and climate technology investing and business building. She has managed and deployed over $1bn in capital across clean energy projects and energy transition companies in the US, Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia.

She is currently the managing partner of Saja Climate Partners, a recently established responsible, renewable and regenerative investment and advisory firm focused on high growth markets in the EU and the Global South.

Jasandra was previously the inaugural CEO of Nala Renewables, where she led the business to expand its asset pipeline to over 3GW across 12 countries – comprising solar, energy storage, and wind projects. Within Nala, she led the creation of a C&I platform dedicated to the South-east Asian Market.

Previously, she was managing director at Denham Capital Management, focused on their Sustainable Infrastructure Fund, where she oversaw and led investments in Chile, Africa and South-east Asia. She also served as CEO of BioTherm Energy, a Denham portfolio company, where she led its turnaround by driving a well-executed greenfield development and acquisition strategy that led to two successful exits for its shareholders.

Jasandra’s extensive experience also includes investment roles at PCG Asset Management, Lehman Brothers, and Brait Private Equity and strategy consulting experience at Booz Allen Hamilton. She is a 2012 World Economic Forum (WEF) Young Global Leader.