Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee

Nikki leads WBA’s institutional engagement team, which works on activating key stakeholders in the corporate accountability process. The aim is to build strong relationships with external organisations (such as Allies, investors and policy), who are using WBA’s analysis, expertise, insights and network to hold companies to account. ​​

Previously she worked as the Director of ESG Research at Invesco, a large global asset manager. In this role, she worked closely with investors across various asset classes to integrate ESG into investment processes and to engage 1-1 and collectively with companies on sustainability topics. Nikki started her career as an ESG investment analyst and before Invesco, she headed the Research team at Vigeo Eiris, an ESG rating agency.

Nikki holds an MA in Human Rights from the University of Sussex, a BA in Economics and Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester, and has attained the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI) certificate on the ‘Introduction to Securities and Investment’.