Convening Internationally Renowned Climate Investment Leaders

The fifth edition of the Climate Investment Summit brought together globally leading asset owners, asset managers, financiers, businesses, solutions developers, policymakers, experts and thought leaders. The Summit drives impact through thought leadership presentations and announcements while sharing best practices in green investment strategies, mobilising green capital and accelerating the net-zero transition.

Speakers 2024

Werner Grub

Managing Director, EIFO

Ben Broché

Associate Director, Climate Finance, CPI

Jennifer Morgan

State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Audrey Goldstein

Director, Carbon Market Development, Standard Chartered Bank

Kevin Conrad

Executive Director, Coalition for Rainforest Nations

Valentina Ramirez

Head of Climate Strategy Implementation, IIGCC

Joshua Wycliffe

COO, International Solar Alliance

Mathilde Mesnard

Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD

Sagarika Chatterjee

Department Director, Climate Finance, Climate Champions

Lolita Jackson

Executive Director of Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Development Capital LLP

Dick Benschop

Interim CEO, Mission Possible Partnership

Brian O’Callaghan

Senior Advisor on Climate Finance, the UN Economic Commission for Africa / Vice President, Acadia Infrastructure Capital

Maria de Kleijn

Partner, Kearney

Lucy Holmes

Senior Director, Blue Finance, WWF US

Gjermund Grimsby

Chief Advisor, Climate Change, KLP

Heather Buchanan

CEO, Bankers for Net Zero

Emma Howard Boyd

Chair, The London Climate Resilience Review

Jane Goodland

Group Head of Sustainability, LSEG

Richard Manley

Chief Sustainability Officer, CPP Investments

Amy Merrill

Chief Operating Officer, Integrity Council of the Voluntary Carbon Market

Chang-Ken Lee

President, Cathay Financial Holdings

Laura Hillis

Director, Climate & Environment, Church of England Pensions Board

Heather McGeory

Head of Sustainability, Fifth Wall

Adrian Rimmer

Director, Sustainable Finance, and Capital Markets, LSEG

Elie Aloko

Vice President at AFC Capital Partners, Africa Finance Corporation

Jake Levine

Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Marciano Dasai

Minister of Spatial Planning and Environment, Suriname

Elie Aloko

Vice President at AFC Capital Partners, Africa Finance Corporation

Nigel Howorth

Partner, Clifford Chance LLP

Ben Broche

Associate Director, Climate Finance, CPI

Cecilia Tam

Head of Energy Investment Unit, IEA

Stephanie Pfeifer

CEO, IIGCC

James Grabert

Director, Mitigation Division, UNFCCC

Dr Tony Rooke

Executive Director and Head of Transition Advisory, Climate Risk and Resilience, Howden

Ahila Karan

Senior Lead on Green Initiatives, Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hu

Dr. Ajay Mathur

Director General, International Solar Alliance

Mohamed Hegazy

Transport Lead, High-Level Climate Champions

Eva Mayerhofer

Head of Environmental Policy Unit,

Environment, Climate and Social Office, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank

Marie Kemplay

Deputy Editor, Sustainable Views, Financial Times

Ollie Smith

UK Editor, Morningstar Inc

James Schofield

Deputy Director, Industrial Transition Accelerator, MPP

Emma Harvey Smith

Programme Director, Green Finance Institute

Chris Gentle

Senior Advisor, Global Partnerships & Ventures, World Energy Council

Elena Philipova

Director, Sustainable Finance, Data & Analytics, LSEG

Ita Kettleborough

Director, Energy Transitions Commission

John Mulligan

Director, Climate Change Lead and Market Relations, World Gold Council

Dharshan Wignarajah

Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Henry Pearson

Director of Capital Markets, Octopus Electric Vehicles

Claire Elsdon

Global Director, Capital Markets, CDP

Sarah Woodfield

Active Ownership Manager

Henry Pearson

Director of Capital Markets, Octopus Electric Vehicles

Jesper Hilsted Andersen

Lead Specialist on Blended Finance, Department for Green Diplomacy and Climate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Jake Levine

Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

Nigar Arpadarai

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP29

Gavin Edwards

Director, Global Nature Positive Initiative

Lucy Auden

Head of Sustainable Investments Programme, C40 Cities

Ahila Karan

Senior Lead, Green Initiatives, Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub

Lin O'Grady

Head of EBRD Green Cities, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Ben Scott

Head of Automotive, Carbon Tracker

Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker

Editor, Responsible Investor

Natacha Boric

Head of Policy and Positive Impact, Finance for Biodiversity Foundation

Stuart Ferguson

Investment Partner, Sustainable Ventures

Nicolette Bartlett

Chief Impact Officer, CDP

Andrew Mitchell

Founder and Senior Advisor, Global Canopy

Yvonne McCarthy

Head of Climate Change Unit, Central Bank of Ireland

Smith Mordak

Chief Executive, UK Green Building Council

James Davis

Partner, Corporate and Institutional Banking, Co-head of Climate and Sustainability, Europe, Oliver Wyman

Nick Mabey

Founder & Director, E3G & LCAW

Matsi Modise

Africa Lead, World Climate Foundation; Chairperson, Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) of South Africa

David Russell

Chair, Transition Pathways Initiative