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Margarita Skarkou

Investor at 2150

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Principal

    2021 - Current

    - Principal in the investment team at 2150. Member of the leadership group and sustainability committee. - Board roles / investments: NatureMetrics, Nodes & Links, Blue Frontier, Mission Zero Tech.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2023

    Member of the Building a Green Future Advisory Board.

  • Non Executive Credit Committee Member

    2021

    Non executive member of the credit committee for Innovate UK’s innovation loans programme.

  • Angel Investor

    2019

    Focusing primarily on climate / sustainability, healthtech and AI. Investments include BeZero Carbon, Greenworkx, What3words, Carwow, JustPark (exited), Tala Thrive.

  • Vice President - Principal Investments, Sustainable Impact Capital

    2021 - 2021

    - VP in Sustainable Impact Capital team, which is part of Barclays' Principal Investments team, committed to investing £500m into climatetech businesses globally. - Focused on Series A and B minority equity investments.

  • Green Banking Council Member

    2016 - 2021

    - Member of this cross-departmental group led by Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas developing and launching a green finance strategy and range of green finance products at Barclays. - Worked on development on the bank's first green taxonomy, as well as green deposits and loans products for consumers and corporates.

  • Vice President / Founder Member - Barclays Ventures

    2018 - 2021

    - Co-founded new Business Unit and helped grow team from 4 to 100+ in 18months. - Involved in strategy development, spanning investments, new product development and start-up acceleration / incubation. - Developed investment thesis focused on financial wellbeing and inclusion. - Worked on 5+ minority equity investments (Seed - Series B), leading 3 of those deals.

  • Associate, Leveraged Finance Credit - Barclays Investment Bank

    2017 - 2018

    - Analyst to Associate in European Leveraged Finance Credit team - Worked on LBO transactions across industries; notable deals included Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals carve-out (acquired by Carlyle), Flora Foods Group carve-out (acquired by KKR), A&O Hostels & Hotels (TPG Real Estate), Clarion Events (Blackstone), Holland & Barrett (Letter One) - Member of ‘Junior Women in Banking’ committee

  • Analyst - Barclays Investment Bank

    2015 - 2016

    - Analyst in Strategic Risk Management team; focused primarily on credit and market risk.

  • Future Leaders Development Programme (FLDP)

    2014 - 2015

  • Advisory Board Member - Women in Finance

    2020 - 2021

  • Head of Strategy

    2016 - 2018

    The Greek Economic Forum (GEF) is a think-tank and global business network dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship, sustainable economic growth and investments in Greece. Member of the Executive Committee. Responsible for developing and implementing strategy, engaging stakeholders (sponsors, government, media, academics, etc.) and presenting / speaking at events. Awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Prokopios Pavlopoulos, in December 2017 for our work. Currently operate under the auspices of the Hellenic Republic. http://greekeconomicforum.org

  • Assistant Project Manager

    2013 - 2013

  • Teaching & Development Summer Placement

    2012 - 2012

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