velina is the Client Director at Just Climate. Prior to this, Evelina spent three years as Investor Relations Senior Manager at Helios Investment Partners in London. Her role covered fundraising, client engagement as well as development of the firm’s impact and climate strategies. She had previously spent four years working as part of the firm’s value creation team working with management teams in Africa and the United Kingdom in sectors including Energy, Real Estate, Telecommunications and Financial Services to drive growth, develop robust ESG systems, and ready the businesses for exit.

Evelina has also worked at McKinsey as a strategy consultant, and started her career at Ernst & Young in the Energy & Resources group in London.

Evelina received a BSc in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Warwick, UK. Evelina speaks Russian, French and Swahili.