Harriet Assem is the BVCA’s Head of Sustainability. Her role includes leading on sustainability related policy matters for private capital industry including catalysing private capital for net zero, impact investing, sustainability regulation and reporting, and helping members navigate the ESG landscape by helping to facilitate conversation/knowledge share and sign posting ESG related best practice. Harriet also supports with the BVCA’s DEI strategy and sits on the Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs. Prior to joining the BVCA she spent several years in environmental consultancy leading and directing on environmental due diligence and ESG related service line projects.