Wendy Engel
Director
Qualifications
- PhD Candidate – University of Stellenbosch Business School
- Masters Cum Laude in Agriculture Economics – University of Pretoria
- Honours in Agriculture Economics – University of Pretoria
- Bachelors in Agriculture Economics – Stellenbosch University
Year Appointed
2024
Committee Memberships
Human Capital and Social & Ethics Committee
Other Directorships/Trusteeships
- Founder and Director Fruits of Nature (Pty) Ltd
Skills, Expertise and Experience
Wendy Engel is an agriculture economist and part-time farmer working as a researcher on the WWF SA Nedbank Sustainable Agriculture Partnership with 15 years’ experience in agriculture, finance and conservation.
Since she was appointed as senior Manager for Sustainable Finance at WWF SA there has been many development changes with new green finance solutions and ESG adoption across our land, freshwater, oceans, wildlife, climate and energy programmes.
She led the transformation component of the Nedbank WWF SA Sustainable Partnership component aimed at finding innovative solutions to adopting more sustainable technologies.
As a Senior Manager Sustainable Finance she has driven objectives to mobilise mainstream assets and funds as well as green financial solutions to redirect financial flows towards more sustainable areas and towards achieving the goals.