Nikki leads the World Benchmarking Alliance's Stakeholder and Policy Engagement team, which focusses on activating key stakeholders in the corporate accountability process. She works with external organisations such as WBA's Allies, financial institutions and policy makers, who are using WBA’s analysis, expertise, insights and network to hold companies to account. Previously she worked as the Director of ESG Research and Engagement at Invesco, a large global asset manager. In this role, she worked closely with investors across various asset classes to integrate ESG into investment processes and to engage 1-1 and collectively with companies on sustainability topics. Nikki started her career as an ESG investment analyst and before Invesco, she headed the Research team at Vigeo Eiris, an ESG rating agency. Nikki holds an MA in Human Rights from the University of Sussex, a BA in Economics and Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester, and has attained the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investments (CISI) certificate on the ‘Introduction to Securities and Investment’.