Peak Ventures Trust

Samir Shah is the Managing Partner and founder of Peak Sustainability Ventures. He has 28+ years of financial markets experience in global public and private markets, and has spent over a decade actively investing in sustainability. He made his first climate investment in 2007 in VA Tech Wabag, and has since been an early investor in companies including Waaree Energies, ION Energy, Drinkwell, and GIST. Before Peak, he launched Sattva Capital (2014), a private investment office through which he invested in 30+ companies. Prior to Sattva, he ran a multi-strategy hedge fund in Hong Kong for ten years, and held senior positions at Goldman Sachs (Hong Kong), Salomon Brothers (New York), and Deutsche Bank (New York). He holds an MBA from Wharton (with distinction), a Law degree and B.Com from Bombay University, and is a certified Chartered Accountant. He is also an Adjunct Professor at Ahmedabad University.

Sanjay Nayar is one of India's most experienced private markets investors with over 38 years in financial services. He served as CEO of KKR India for 11 years (until December 2020), leading investments of over $14 billion and establishing KKR as a dominant private equity investor in Asia. Prior to KKR, he spent 25 years at Citibank/Citigroup in India, UK, and USA, serving as CEO of Citigroup India & South Asia and member of the Global Management Committee. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at NYKAA, Founding Partner of Sorin Investments, Chairman of Grameen Impact Investments India, and Board Member of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF).

Aakash Shah is a Partner at Peak Sustainability Ventures leading the investment team. He has 9+ years of VC experience globally, and was Co-Founder of neonVest. Previously, he headed the VC arm of Sattva Capital and co-led the Asia portfolio at Accion Venture Lab (a global fintech fund based in Washington D.C.). He began his VC career at Contrarian Partners in Mumbai. He started his career on the investment research team at Aksia, a $160Bn hedge fund advisory firm in New York. He holds a B.Sc. from NYU Stern majoring in Finance and International Business.