Mercia Geises is an Investment Director responsible for deal structuring, and negotiating investment opportunities, as well as the execution, performance monitoring and realization of investments within the Namibia investment team at Climate Fund Managers (CFM). Mercia has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector in Namibia ranging from Investment Management to Banking and is currently spearheading CFM’s efforts in the green hydrogen sector in Namibia, establishing NAM-H2 Fund Managers and the SDG Namibia One Fund. 

CFM is a leading climate-centric blended finance fund manager. CFM designs and deploys climate finance funds at scale and at pace, in partnership to develop climate-resilient solutions.

CFM currently manages two emerging market infrastructure funds focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation: Climate Investor One, a c. USD 1 billion fund focused on renewable energy, and Climate Investor Two, a c. USD 1 billion fund focused on water, sanitation and oceans infrastructure. CFM is currently implementing further blended finance initiatives in the green hydrogen, power transmission and cities sectors focused on development, equity, debt and guarantee financial instruments. Established in 2015, CFM is a joint venture between the Dutch development bank, FMO, and Sanlam InfraWorks, part of the Sanlam Group of South Africa with offices in The Hague, Cape Town, Singapore and Bogota.

Prior to CFM, Mercia was the Chief Executive Officer at Standard Bank Namibia. Prior to that, she was Chief Executive Officer at Old Mutual Investment Group (Namibia) covering conventional and alternative investment portfolios. Mercia holds a MBA from the University of Stellenbosch, LLM from the University of Free State, a LLB from the University of Free State and from the University of Namibia and is an Admitted Attorney of the High Court of Namibia.