# Fash Sawyerr

> Fash Sawyerr is a startup investor at Actis. See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Actis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/actis)
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fash-sawyerr-9760b064

Fash Sawyerr is a startup investor at Actis. For Fash, there’s no contradiction between responsible investment and exceptional financial returns. It’s a principle he shares with everyone who works at Actis and a creed that shapes all our investment decisions.Fash joined Actis in 2010 from Bain & Company, to work exclusively in emerging economies, inspired by their potential and hiswish to contribute to their healthy development.He studied Chemical Engineering at Princeton University and started his career with Ashanti Goldfields in Ghana as a Research Metallurgist, before becoming a Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering, at the University of Cape Town. In 1999, he joined Bain & Company where he spent more than a decade, working first in South Africa and then in the UK, managing the firm’s London private equity practice.But having worked in both Europe and the emerging markets, Fash knew which he found more rewarding and at Actis, he now works day in day out, with people who share his passion and commitment to making a positive impact.

## About Actis

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets across Africa, Asia and Latin America. They deliver consistent, competitive returns, responsibly, through insights gained from trusted relationships, local knowledge and deep sector expertise. Founded in 2004, they have an unparalleled heritage in growth markets, set within a culture of activeownership. They have raised US$14bn since inception and employ over 200 people, including a team of c.120 investment professionals, working across 16 offices globally. Their investors’ capital is at work in c.70 companies around the world, employing over 116,500 people. Actis is a global platform offering a multi-asset strategy through the asset classes of private equity, energy, infrastructure and real estate. Their depth of experience, global insight and local understanding make them the partner of choice for investors, management teams, entrepreneurs and governments. They invest with an exclusive focus on intra-growth market investing (their 'south-south' approach): sharing knowledge and experience across regions and businesses to help deliver consistent, competitive returns responsibly.

5 contacts available at Actis.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chu Kong | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chu-kong |
| David Cooke | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-cooke-2 |
| David Morley | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-morley |
| Fash Sawyerr | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fash-sawyerr |
| Funke Okubadejo | Director, Real Estate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/funke-okubadejo |

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