Zara de Belder

Biography

Zara de Belder heads up the UK ESG Transactions & Sustainable Finance team at Anthesis Group. In this role, Zara leads a team of consultants who provide advisory services to Anthesis’ financial services client base, including private equity firms and their portfolio companies. Zara works with her clients to help them mitigate sustainability risks and capitalise value creation opportunities, within the context of a changing regulatory landscape. Before joining Anthesis Group, Zara established the sustainability practice at a boutique consultancy in London. Working with corporate clients and investment managers, Zara advised Boards and senior management on their sustainability strategy development, external reporting and investor relations. Zara regularly speaks at ESG conferences and has featured in numerous media publications including Forbes, Responsible Investor, ICAEW and London’s business paper, City A.M. She is also a guest lecturer on ESG and sustainable finance for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at The University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Zara holds a master’s degree in Social Investment from Bayes Business School, University of London and an MBA from Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester. During her MBA, Zara attended Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management as part of an international exchange programme.

Education

MBA ’23, Alliance MBS(international exchange program at Cornell)
Bayes Business School MSc ’20 Social Investment
Univ. of Nottingham BA in American & English Studies