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Kash Burchett

Global Head of Carbon Removal Technologies

HSBC

Kash Burchett is an energy economist with over 15 years’ experience in the industry. In his current role at HSBC, Kash covers all links in the carbon management value chain including capture, removal, transportation, utilization and storage. In the past he has covered energy supply and demand fundamentals at BP and worked on corporate strategy at French utility EDF. He was the lead author for the Energy Transition Commission’s 2022 study examining the role of CCUS in the Energy Transition.

Tim Christophersen

Vice President, Climate Action

Salesforce

Tim Christophersen joined Salesforce as VP, Climate Action in May 2022. Within the global Impact Team, he is focused on the role of nature-based solutions to climate change. Tim is based in Denmark.

Before joining Salesforce, Tim was Head of the ‘Nature for Climate’ Branch at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and led a growing global movement backed by all UN Member States and over 120 partner organizations to ‘prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems worldwide’: the Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021-2030.

He holds a degree in Forestry and Forest Conservation Engineering from Dresden University of Technology. He previously worked for the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), where he led the portfolio on the conservation and sustainable use of forest biodiversity. From 2017-2019, he was elected Chair of the Global Partnership on Forest and Landscape Restoration.

From 2002-2007 he was Regional Programme Coordinator for Europe, the Caucasus and the Commonwealth of Independent States at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He also worked for the Danish Ministry of the Environment, and for the European Commission.

David Carlin

Head of Climate Risk and TCFD

United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

David Carlin leads risk programming for UNEP- Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). He has worked with over 100 financial institutions on topics of climate scenarios, climate risk assessments, and sustainability regulation. He and his team support financial actors across the world to develop best practices for managing environmental risks and identifying environmental opportunities.

He currently advises UNEP FI’s Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). He has also been a technical advisor to the Glasgow Financial Alliances for Net Zero (GFANZ).

He is the founder of Cambium Global Solutions, which helps governments, corporations, and financial institutions address the most pressing environmental challenges and thrive in a changing world.

He is also a contributor to Forbes, where he writes about climate change and leadership and a senior associate at Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) David has worked as a Principal in Finance, Risk, and Public Policy for Oliver Wyman and in Model Risk Management for PNC Bank. His background is in quantitative modeling and decision science.

He conducted research in financial decision-making at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College.

Katelyn Johnson

Principal Analyst

Verdantix

Katelyn is a Principal Analyst in the Net Zero & Climate Risk practice. Prior to joining Verdantix, Katelyn was a climate scientist at GNS Science in New Zealand. Katelyn has previously held roles in the energy industry, where she helped projects manage risk arising from weather and ocean phenomena. Katelyn holds a PhD in Geology from Victoria University of Wellington and an MS in Earth Sciences from Ohio State University, both focusing on climate science, as well as a BSc in Meteorology from Texas A&M University.

Paul Pellizzari

Vice President—Global Social Responsibility

Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming

Paul Pellizzari is Vice President—Global Social Responsibility, Hard Rock International and Seminole Gaming. For over two decades he has worked as an executive leading operational ESG programs, a strategist, a purpose-driven marketer, and a research consultant. He has collaborated with different orders of government, the United Nations, and with local, national and international not-for-profit organizations. He is the author of two books and many articles on corporate responsibility, and has taught as adjunct faculty at Queen’s University, in Kingston Ontario.  His programs have received numerous international and national awards.

Mona Naqvi

Global Head of Sustainable Capital Markets

S&P Global Sustainable1

Mona Naqvi is Global Head of Sustainable Capital Markets at S&P Global Sustainable1, responsible for investor engagement and elevating S&P’s sustainable product suite. Previously, she spearheaded the launch of the flagship S&P 500® ESG Index as Head of the North American ESG Index business for S&P Dow Jones Indices, and supported institutional investors on climate goals as Director for S&P Global Trucost. Prior to joining S&P Global, Mona held various ESG leadership roles as Research Director of the 2° Investing Initiative, as a Climate Policy Advisory to the Obama Administration, and as an Economist at the Bank of England.

Mona graduated Summa Cum Laude in Government & Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE), and has published extensively on sustainable finance topics. She regularly appears on the likes of CNBC, Bloomberg, and other mainstream financial media, as a recognized ESG expert, educator and market commentator. Her work has afforded her numerous accolades including the 2019 FiNext Excellence in Finance Leadership Award, the Women in Asset Management Awards’ 2021 Index Leader Award and 2021 Next Generation Leader Award. Mona currently also sits on the Governance Council of the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), which aims to elevate health and wellbeing to the forefront of ESG frameworks and standards.

Louis Redshaw

CEO and Founder

Redshaw Advisors Ltd and Net Zero Markets Ltd

Louis Redshaw is CEO and founder of Redshaw Advisors Ltd a company dedicated to making companies successful in environmental markets. Redshaw Advisors, established in 2014, brings together like-minded customer focussed professionals to inform, advise and train industry, governments and investors.

As a Managing Director at Barclays Capital Louis founded, and ran for 10 years, Barclays’ Environmental Markets division that, under his stewardship, became the world’s largest carbon business by traded volume. Louis has been a true ‘first mover’ in the carbon markets driving forward innovative and ground-breaking wholesale market and investor products designed to boost market liquidity.

Louis has served as a Director on the boards of the Climate Markets & Investors Association (CMIA), a Director of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) and a Director of Tricorona. He holds an MSc from Imperial College in Environmental Technology and Energy Policy.

Tommy Ricketts

CEO and Co-Founder

BeZero Carbon

Tommy Ricketts is the CEO and co-founder of BeZero Carbon, a global ratings agency for the voluntary carbon market. BeZero was founded in 2020, its global team combines expertise within climate and earth science, financial research, data science, and public policy. Prior to founding BeZero Carbon, Tommy was a VP in Global Research at Bank of America and worked as a political strategist in London and Brussels.

Julie Baddeley

Chair and founder

Chapter Zero

Chair and founder of Chapter Zero, a network of more than 2,300 UK board members, Julie Baddeley has served on the boards of major organisations in the public and private sectors for more than 20 years. She is a director of FTSE 250 automotive supplier TI Fluid Systems plc, which is leading the transition to electric vehicles, Senior Independent Director of Marshall of Cambridge, and non-executive director of marketing analytics consultants Ebiquity plc. She was previously Senior Independent Director of Greggs plc and Yorkshire Building Society, and Chair of global recruitment company Harvey Nash.

Julie leads a series of initiatives to help chairs and non-executive directors recognise the challenge of climate change to their businesses, and their business’ impacts on global warming. She sees delivering a zero-carbon economy as the biggest challenge for business in her lifetime. She is on the board of the Climate Governance Initiative, which has Chapters focused on climate action in business in 56 countries, and is a By-Fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge.

Charlie Langdale

Head of Climate Risk and Resilience, Climate Risk and Resilience

Howden

Charlie brings over 25 years’ experience in the insurance market. Most of his career has been focused on financial institutions, designing risk transfer products across a wide range of disciplines. He is known for building new teams and capabilities with the aim of demonstrating how insurance can be used to help deal with the problems of tomorrow.

Rachel Delacour

CEO & Co-Founder

Sweep

Sweep cofounder and CEO Rachel Delacour is an award-wining repeat entrepreneur with a background in finance. In 2009, she cofounded BIME Analytics, a pioneering business intelligence SaaS which was acquired by US customer service company Zendesk six years later. Rachel worked there as General Manager until she decided to use her talent to help clean the climate mess with Sweep.

A leading female figure in European tech, Rachel was elected co-President of France Digitale in 2018 and her thought leadership has been featured in The Economist and The Wall Street Journal. An advocate for women in tech, she has backed several female-founded US and French startups.

Rob Genieser

Managing Partner

ETF Partners

Rob is a Managing Partner at ETF Partners since early 2010. ETF is the leading fund in Europe backing technology entrepreneurs focused on delivering sustainability through innovation. Prior to joining ETF Partners, Rob was a Managing Partner at Vertex, one of the oldest and most prestigious investment firms out of Asia, where he led its European and North American investment activities for 8 years. Before that, Rob was a Managing Director of JP Morgan (and Hambrecht & Quist), focusing on advising high-tech growth companies globally. Earlier in his career, Rob was a management consultant for Bain & Co. in San Francisco, where he focused on the telecommunications industry. He holds an AB and MBA from Harvard University.

David Metcalfe

CEO

Verdantix

David is the CEO of Verdantix and co-founded the firm in 2008. Based on his 20 years of experience in technology strategy and research roles, he provides guidance on digital strategies to C-Level executives at technology providers, partners at private equity firms and function heads at large corporations. His current focus is on helping clients understand their market opportunity tied to ESG investment trends and the impact of these on corporate sustainability strategies. During his 12 years running Verdantix – including four leading the New York office – he has helped dozens of clients grow their businesses through fundraising, acquisitions and international growth. David was previously SVP Research at Forrester and Head of Analysis & Forecasting at BT. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and worked as a Research Associate at Harvard Business School.

Orlan Boston

EY

Orlan is a senior partner and executive and catalyst, connector and convener deeply committed to bringing people and organizations together for fundamental change and global impact. Currently serving as EY’s Americas Sustainability & ESG Markets Leader, he is responsible for creating and leading the EY Sustainability & ESG practice, go-to-market practices, services, solutions, and offerings. He chairs the EY Americas Sustainability & ESG Leadership Team and serves on EY’s Global Sustainability Executive Committee, EY Americas Markets Leadership team, and EY’s Global Social Equity Task Force. He has spent the past three decades serving in senior leadership and board roles in business, media, politics, public service, nonprofits, and philanthropy as a senior partner and executive at EY and Deloitte, entrepreneur, venture capital investor, awardwinning film producer, author, presidential appointee, public servant, philanthropist, and member of several boards. His consulting career spans corporate and commercial strategy, governance, growth, innovation, digital, technology, human capital, talent, change management, operations, transformation, M&A transaction, and sustainability/ESG advisory services for CEOs, C-Suite executives, and corporate board directors of Fortune 100 companies and private equity and venture capital firms in the healthcare, life sciences, consumer, and technology sectors. In addition, he serves as EY’s Senior Advisory Partner for several major client accounts.

He served as Global Client Service Partner for the Johnson & Johnson account for 7 years as EY’s senior advisor to the J&J Chairman & CEO, Board, and Executive Committee responsible for the global EY and J&J relationship and building one of the most successful and innovative accounts at EY. He served as EY’s Global Accounts Excellence & Innovation Leader in a Chief Commercial and Customer Innovation Officer capacity leading EY’s global commercial and accounts excellence and innovation initiatives for its largest and most important client account portfolio representing over $13B in annual revenues. He served as Founding Chair of the Global Accounts Innovation Advisory Board and member of EY’s Global Markets Leadership Team and Global Accounts Committee. He held various senior Healthcare leadership roles as member of EY’s Global Health Sciences Executive Board, EY Americas Strategy & Transactions Life Sciences Leader and EY Global Healthcare and Life Sciences Innovation Leader. He served as East Region G360 Markets Leader representing and leading EY’s largest accounts in the region and member of EY’s East Region Leadership Team responsible. Prior to joining EY in 2012, he held various firm, management, and account leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting including as Senior Partner, Chief Diversity Officer, and US Life Sciences M&A Leader.

He is both an entrepreneur having started technology and real estate ventures and an intrapreneur having founded a number of successful practices, alliances, and service offerings with EY and previously Deloitte. He served on the Big Think Advisory Board and currently serves as an advisor to Max Ventures, a NYC based technology and e-commerce VC firm, and is an active angel investor. He has a long history in ESG and Sustainability efforts across the public and private sectors and in public private partnerships. Partnering with J&J over the years he oversaw an EY team that supported EY’s and J&J’s participation and efforts with the Embankment Project for Inclusive Capitalism in 2018, served as the Executive Sponsor for EY’s multimillion-dollar pro bono program supporting the global development and distribution efforts of J&J’s COVID-19 Vaccine, and orchestrated several creative and successful strategic ESG, sustainability, health equity, and innovation and tech ecosystem partnerships. In 2020, Goldman Sachs appointed him to the Launch With GS Advisory Board, their $1B+ groundbreaking social impact venture fund and accelerator exclusively investing in women, black, and latinx tech founders and VC fund managers. In 2014, he received a Presidential Appointment by President Barack Obama as the fourth Obama White House Political Appointee to the Global Board of Governors of the United Service Organizations, Inc. (USO). He is a member of the Partnership for New York City, the Partnership Innovation Council, and the Partnership Fund’s Healthcare Advisory Board. He is also a David Rockefeller Fellow and member of the Executive Leadership Council and the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

Orlan is a passionate social entrepreneur having launched various award-winning social change and impact ventures in publishing, documentary and feature filmmaking, civil rights, and philanthropy. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Trevor Project, the world’s leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ+ youth and was a member of the NYC LGBTQ Center’s Board of Directors. He was named to the OUTstanding and Financial Times list of the 2016 Top 100 LGBT Leaders. In 2013 he produced HBO’s critically acclaimed The Out List documentary film and book and is currently producing his latest epic feature film, Firebird. He was a co-author of I Am Ecowarrior, a book featuring editorial portraits and interviews with global luminaries in the environmental sustainability movement. In 2020, Orlan co-authored the feature article, The Strategic Side Gig, published in Harvard Business Review Magazine and in 2021 was published in HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Career Resilience book.

He holds a B.S. in Finance and International Business from New York University’s Stern School of Business and has completed a variety of executive education programs at Harvard Business School, University of Oxford, INSEAD, and London Business School.

Evan Greenfield

S&P Global

Evan was formerly Senior Managing Director, Global Head of ESG at S&P Global, where he oversaw ESG strategy, M&A and operations. Evan led ESG investments and acquisitions at S&P Global, culminating in the acquisition of SAM . He has two decades of experience in the financial services vertical, with significant time focused on ESG investing in alternative markets, and has spent over a decade as a private equity investor across the globe.

Evan is a passionate member of the ESG movement and believes that capital markets can play a critical role in advancing sustainability.