Nancy is a registered professional planner with the Physical Planners’ Registration Board of Kenya, holding a BA in Planning from the University of Nairobi and an MSc in Sustainable Development from the University of Sussex. With over 15 years of postgraduate experience, her expertise spans planning, social performance, and sustainability. Her key focus areas encompass precinct planning (at various scales, including county, urban, and local, with extensive experience in informal settlement planning), development control, policy development, regulatory due diligence, land acquisition, and resettlement.
Before joining OPM, Nancy served as the Management and Sustainability Lead for East Africa at Zutari, an engineering and advisory company. Prior to that role, she held positions at Environmental Resources Management (ERM) as a Senior Social Consultant and at Tullow Kenya BV as a Social Performance Advisor.
Climate change poses a critical risk to public health systems in low- and middle-income countries, including in terms of the impact of climate and weather events on the energy infrastructure of healthcare facilities. This study explores how different climate impacts disrupt the supply of energy to healthcare facilities and affect their demand for energy.