Nikau Parata

Head of Impact Policy

Commonwealth Foundation

Based in Fiji, Nikau Parata works at the intersection of indigenous rights due diligence and blended finance at Commonwealth Foundation. They are known for building cross-sector coalitions that drive measurable change.

Geography

Fiji

Actor Type

Policy Advocate

Years in Impact Space

Preferred Contact

Phone

Development Stage

Growth

Year Founded

2016

Expertise Areas

Indigenous Rights Due DiligenceBlended Finance

Intervention Points

Political Reform

Governance & Policy — Advocating for political and legislative reforms that enable and incentivize impact-aligned capital flows.

supporting

Fiduciary Reform & Value Reframing

Governance & Policy — Reforming fiduciary duties and reframing value definitions to include social and environmental outcomes.

supporting

Network

Theory of Change

Our theory centers on catalytic capital as the missing ingredient — small, risk-tolerant investments can unlock orders of magnitude more conventional capital by proving new models work.