Margarita Skarkou

Senior Principal - Infrastructure Private Equity

2025

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, AUAR and others.

Principal

2021 - 2025

- 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, Metycle.

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) was a think-tank and global business network dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship, sustainable economic growth and investments in Greece. Run entirely by volunteers, < 30 years old. 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