2023 Speakers

2025 speakers to be announced soon...

Alastair Marsh
 Journalist
Bloomberg News
Alex Money
Programme Director
Oxford Smith School   
Alexander Barkawi
Founder & Director
Council on Economic Policies
Andre Abadie
Managing Director
JPMorganChase Centre for Carbon Transition
Andrés Alonso Robisco
Senior Economist
Banco de España
Anne Simpson
Global Head of Sustainability
Franklin Templeton
Antti Vihavainen
Co-Founder and Vice Chairman
Puro.earth
Arif Cem Gundogan
 Principal Manager
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Arnaud Cohen Stuart
Head of Business Ethics
ING Bank
Barbara Zvan
President & Chief Executive Officer
University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP)
Ben Caldecott
Director
Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
Ben Meng 
Executive Vice President and Chairman of Asia Pacific, Executive Sponsor of Sustainability   
Franklin Templeton
Bernice Lee OBE
Distinguished Fellow
Chatham House
Billy Suid
Head of Climate Risk
Barclays
Carine Smith Ihenacho
Chief Governance and Compliance Officer
Norges Bank Investment Management
Cate Lamb
Global Director
Water Security 
Catherine Howarth OBE
Chief Executive
ShareAction
Catriona Glascott
Lawyer, Accountable Finance
ClientEarth
Christophe Christaen
Head of Innovation and Impact
UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI)
Clare Shakya
Global Managing Director of Climate
The Nature Conservancy
Craig Mackenzie    
Head of Sustainability  
Multi-Asset, Abrdn plc  
Daisy Streatfeild
Sustainability Director
Ninety One
Danielle Carreira
Head of Finance Sector Engagement
Tropical Forest Alliance, World Economic Forum
Darian McBain
Senior Associate
Public and Third Sector Academy for Sustainable Finance (P3SA), University of Oxford
Desiree Fixler 
Chief Content Officer
Attain
Dr Dhruba Purkayastha
Director
Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Ellen Quigley
Principal Research Associate; Special Adviser to the CFO
University of Cambridge
Eric Lim
Chief Sustainability Officer
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB)
Felix Preston
Director – Research & Programs
Climate Arc
Genevieve Joan Soh
Head of Platforms & Ecosystems
Geraldine Leegwater
Chief Investment Management
PGGM
Gireesh Shrimali  
Head of Transition Finance Research
Oxford University
Injy Johnstone
Research Associate, Net Zero Aligned Offsetting
Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
Jacques Morris
Head of International Transition Plan Network
E3G
Jagjeet Sareen
Partner
Dalberg Advisors
Jakob Thomae
Co-founder & CEO
Theia Finance Labs
Jenn-Hui Tan
Global Head of Stewardship & Sustainable Investing
Fidelity International 
Jenni Ramos
Lawyer, Corporate/Finance and Biodiversity
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
Jennifer Willetts
Head of Sustainability Data and Research – Global
Franklin Templeton
Jessica Smith
Nature Lead
UNEP Finance Initiative
Jo Raven
Director of Thematic Research and Corporate Innovation
FAIRR
Joanna Yarrow
Chief Impact Officer
Human Nature
Johan Florén
Chief ESG & Communication Officer
AP7
Jonathan Dunn OBE
Head of Climate, Strategy and Sustainability
Anglo American
Julja Prodani 
Senior Policy Advisor
Financial Stability division of de Nederlandsche Bank (DNB)
Karen Ellis
Chief Economist
WWF 
Kate Levick
Associate Director of Finance & Resilience
E3G
Keith Tuffley
Global Co-Head
Citi’s Sustainability & Corporate Transitions Group
Koushik Chatterjee
Chief Financial Officer
Tata Steel
Laura Hillis
Director, Climate and Environment
Church of England Pensions Board
Leo Johnson
Visiting Business Fellow
Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
Lindsey Stewart
Director of Investment Stewardship
Morningstar 
Lise Pretorius
Chief Sustainability Analysis Officer,
Matter
Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Editor
Responsible Investor
Luke Sussams
Head of ESG and Sustainable Finance
EMEA, Jefferies
Madelena Mohamed
Sustainability Director
Bank Negara Malaysia
Mark Manning 
Strategic Policy Advisor, Sustainable Finance
FCA
Martijn Regelink
Senior Financial Economist
World Bank
Matthew Gingell
General Counsel
The Oxygen House Group
Megan Kemp
Global Head of Strategy
South Pole
Namita Vikas
Founder and Managing Director
auctusESG
Nathan Fabian
Chief Responsible Investment Officer 
United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment
Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee
Investor Engagement Strategic Lead
World Benchmarking Alliance
Peter Dunbar   
Head of Private Equity
UNPRI
Rachel Kyte
Dean Emerita
The Fletcher School at Tufts University
Ray Dhirani 
Head of Impact Management
Tribe Impact Capital 
Rémy Lecat
Deputy Director
Research and Risk Analysis, ACPR, Banque de France
Rhys Owen
Research Director
BlueTech Research
Richard Barker
Member
International Sustainability Standards Board
Richard Manley
Chief Sustainability Officer
CPP Investments

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