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Daniel Wanjira

Investor

Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Blue Haven Initiative

United States

About

Daniel Wanjira is Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Blue Haven Initiative, where he oversees the philanthropic and catalytic capital portfolio and works on impact investing field building and deploying patient capital to market solutions. He previously worked as a strategy consultant at the International Finance Corporation in Washington, D.C., as a senior advisor at Energy 4 Impact leading energy access programs in Africa, and as a management consultant at Ernst & Young in Nairobi. He holds an MSc in Foreign Service from Georgetown University and a BSc in Actuarial Science from Strathmore University.

Invests in

EnergyImpact & Social Good

Experience

  1. Blue Haven InitiativeManaging Director, Strategic Initiativescurrent2021 — presentWashington, District of Columbia, United States
  2. Catalytic Capital ConsortiumAdvisory Boardcurrent2025 — presentChicago, Illinois, United States
  3. IFC - International Finance CorporationStrategy Consultant2020 — 2021Washington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. Energy 4 ImpactSenior Advisor2016 — 2019Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, Accra, Kampala
  5. EYAnalyst2015 — 2016Nairobi, Hargeisa, Kampala

Education

  1. Georgetown UniversityMasters of Science in Foreign Service
  2. Strathmore UniversityBachelors of Science in Actuarial Science

Colleagues at Blue Haven Initiative

Chris Jurgens
Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative
Dave Horwich
Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative
Dereka Young
Executive Assistant at Blue Haven Initiative
Hari Joy
Managing Director of Private Investments at Blue Haven Initiative
Ian Simmons
Co-Founder & Principal at Blue Haven Initiative
Jennifer Lee
Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative
Jonathan Kirschner
Senior Advisor at Blue Haven Initiative
Karinelis Ayala-Gonzalez
Operations Coordinator at Blue Haven Initiative

Frequently asked questions

Where does Daniel Wanjira work?
Daniel Wanjira is Managing Director, Strategic Initiatives at Blue Haven Initiative.
What does Daniel Wanjira invest in?
Daniel Wanjira invests in Energy, Impact & Social Good.

Same school

Also attended Georgetown University376

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Also attended Strathmore University29

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Shared employers

Also worked at Catalytic Capital Consortium1

Lindsay ZizumboExecutive Director (Impact Foundation); Co-Founder & Managing Partner (Impact Advisory) at Sorenson Impact

Also worked at IFC - International Finance Corporation96

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Also worked at Energy 4 Impact1

Michael EmmersonDirector, Labs at Factor[e] Ventures

Also worked at EY1,145

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