David Krivanek

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Climate and Responsible Investment Specialist at Principles for Responsible Investment

United Kingdom

Overview

David Krivanek is a Climate Finance Specialist at the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, with deep expertise in impact investing. He previously led major investor engagement at the Impact Investing Institute and supports Schroders impact funds. He holds an MSc from the London School of Economics and a certificate in Sustainable Finance from Oxford.

David is a recipient of the UN Secretary-General Award and served on the High-Level Steering Committee of the UN Youth Strategy.

Personality Overview

Price-Sensitive

Value Seeker

Cautious & Analytical

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  While they don't hesitate to ask questions, they are generally risk-averse and tend to be late adopters. It is quite likely of them to ask for pricing or other concessions.

Topics They Care About

Just Transition Finance
He led the Just Transition Finance Challenge at the Impact Investing Institute, a coalition of investors controlling over £5 trillion committed to financing a fair transition to Net Zero.
Impact Investing
His career is centered on impact investing. He helped launch eight new impact funds at Schroders and oversaw investments in their range of impact-driven funds.
Climate Finance
His current role at UN PRI is focused on climate finance. He also developed investment criteria for a £48mn UK government facility for climate-positive infrastructure projects.

Media Appearances

David has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2025
Climate and Responsible Investment Specialist at Principles for Responsible Investment
4-2023
Independent member - Schroders Impact Assessment Group at Schroders
9-2022 - 4-2023
Secondment at Schroders
4-2020 - 1-2025
Senior Manager at Impact Investing Institute
7-2024 - 12-2024
Consultant at Green Cities and Infrastructure Programme

Education

Certificate course in Sustainable Finance from University of Oxford
Master of Science (MSc) from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

More Information

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Insights For Selling To David

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Keep some extra margin in hand as they will likely negotiate the pricing
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them
  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Don’t overhype the product/pitch, keep it measured

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with David is

  • Ensuring that the product delivers ROI, cost-effective pricing and process compliance are very important for them.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from David

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will David move?

  • If they have the information that they need, they can move fast at making their decisions.
  • Can David take some risk or not?

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


You And David

Personality Compatibility


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