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Nijhad Jamal is a Portfolio Manager based in New York where he focuses primarily on the cleantech and water sectors. He also supports Acumen Fund’s Capital Markets/Investment Fund work. Nijhad has a background in corporate finance, investing and social enterprise and has lived and worked in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia. He began his career at UBS Investment Bank in their Consumer Products and Retail Group and later left to help launch the boutique advisory and private equity firm, Centerview Partners, where he worked on private equity investments and mergers and acquisitions across a range of sectors and geographies. Nijhad has also spent time working and volunteering in East Africa and Central Asia in the fields of microfinance and social enterprise.