Avantika Saisekar

Avantika Saisekar is the Managing Director at Wafra, leading the firm’s Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) investment initiatives with an emphasis on product development and innovation.

Ms. Saisekar currently serves on the assurance working group of the Principles for Responsible Investment (the “PRI”), a global investor network supported by the United Nations, where she advises on confidence building measures the PRI should mandate on its signatories. Prior to joining Wafra, she was Head of Institutional ESG Product at Northern Trust Asset Management.

Ms. Saisekar earned a BA in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.