Jasandra Nyker
South African entrepreneur
Jasandra Nyker is a South African entrepreneur and former CEO of BioTherm Energy, a South African developer of renewable energy sources and power plant operator. She was a managing director of the International Power Fund at Denham Capital, and a board member in the Emira Property Fund. In 2021, she was appointed CEO of Nala Renewables, a company set up by Trafigura and IFM Investors.
Education
Nyker has a bachelor's degree in business science from the University of Cape Town and an MBA from the London Business School, where she was a Merrill Lynch scholar.
Career
After working from Brait SE, and being senior vice president at PCG Asset Management LLC, Jasandra Nyker became CEO of Biotherm Energy in 2011. She participated in renewable energy forums such as the World Economic Forum on Africa, held in Kigali, Rwanda in 2016, and the 2017 Africa CEO Forum in Geneva. In 2019 she became a managing director at Denham Capital, after the sale of Biotherm to Actis Capital. In April 2021 she was appointed CEO of Nala Renewables, a company set up by Trafigura and IFM Investors with the initial goal of reaching a two gigawatts renewables portfolio. At the beginning of her tenure the company acquired a majority stake in Boston-based Swift Current Energy, together with Buckeye Partners. In 2022 the company started construction of a 100 MWh battery project located at Nyrstar’s zinc smelting operation in Balen, Belgium.
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