Prishani Satyapal
Prishani founded Sustainability Truthing in 2013. She leads a multidisciplinary team who are passionate about developing and implementing impact investment funded viable models for change, through reflective dialogue, collaborative interventions, while crafting the stories of impact – through the voice of stakeholders.
Sustainability Truthing has created a niche in the design and packaging of impact investment projects that adhere to the globally accepted standards, in this rapidly evolving field.
Prishani is a seasoned corporate leader who has worked extensively across the Extractives, Global Development, Public Sector, Investor Relations, FMCG, and Financial Services Sectors. She is a communications, reputation change management, impact creation strategist in the areas of Governance and Sustainable Development. Prishani uses her vast experience to support leaders and Organisations respond to future leadership challenges today. Over the last year, Prishani has led the development of an impact investment portfolio for a coal mining company in transition. Sha has also lead the development health strategy to support the formalisation of artisanal miners in Ghana.
She worked for eight years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she supported the development of the firm’s Sustainable Business Solutions practice in South Africa. Since PwC she has implemented her Master’s thesis at AngloGold Ashanti; where she oversaw a global climate change study of twenty three operations and developed mitigation and adaptation strategies for each of those operations and the communities around those respective mines. She has worked in over 20 countries and engaged with senior leaders like the late Kofi Annan, leaders in the Vatican, the UNDP, the World Bank and many CEO’s, Boards and Executives from various companies. She has authored papers that industry has utilised to improve business resilience and developed and implemented several sustainable development models. Prishani’s key strengths are her ability to develop an understanding of complex issues at a broad systemic level, identifying the change levers at an operational level and developing strategies to drive enduring impacts. Prishani is motivated by inspiring the kind of leadership required for a thriving planet.
Participation on Humanity Rising
Day 72 - Mindsets for Change: How Conscious Leaders Design Meaningful Action Toward a Vital World
