Marilyn Waite is the Managing Director of the Climate Finance Fund and a Venture Partner at Aera Venture Capital. She is the author of Sustainability at Work: Careers that make a difference (2016), an Editor at GreenBiz, and a host of the China CleanTech Podcast with New Energy Nexus. Prior to Climate Finance Fund, Marilyn was the Climate and Clean Energy Finance Program Officer at William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a Strategy Executive at AREVA (Nuclear Power and Renewable Energy) in...

Alexandra Wright-Gladstein is the Founder and CEO of Sphere. Sphere is a public benefit corporation that is amplifying a social movement to get 401(k) retirement savings money out of fossil fuel companies. Sphere has two ‘first of its kind’ products: i) Sphere 500 Fossil Fuel Free Index (SPFFXI) which tracks the S&P500 excluding the fossil fuel companies, and ii) Sphere 500 Fossil Fuel Mutual Fund which tracks SPFFXI. Prior to Sphere, Alex co-founded Ayar Labs, a tech startup that...

Cary Krosinsky (LinkedIn | Website) is the Co-Founder of the Sustainable Finance Institute and the Carbon Tracker Initiative. He has co-published seven books on sustainable finance and investing. Cary has undertaken teaching and research roles at several universities including Columbia University, Brown University, Yale University, Concordia University, New York University, and University of Maryland. He has consulted the likes of the UN Principles of Responsible Investing, KPMG, Robeco, and...

Sean Kidney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI). CBI is an international investor focused NGO working to mobilise global capital for climate action. CBI is the only organisation working solely on mobilising the $100 trillion bond market for climate change solutions. Sean Kidney studied at University of Sydney and he is currently a Professor of Practice at SOAS University of London. Check out the Climate Finance Podcast website for more information. Topics...

Lindelwe Lesley Ndlovu is the CEO of the African Risk Capacity ‘‘ARC’’ Ltd. ARC Ltd is a specialist insurance company that provides parametric insurance coverage to African countries against extreme weather events and natural disasters. Prior to ARC, Lesley worked with AXA Group, AXIS Capital, and Deloitte in various senior management roles. Lesley is a graduate of Christ Church, University of Oxford in England and at the Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in France....

Delton Chen founded the Global Carbon Reward initiative in 2013. Delton is a qualified civil engineer and geo-hydrologist, and he holds a Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Queensland, Australia. Delton did his doctoral research on the hydrology of a coral cay in the Great Barrier Reef, and he has 20 years of combined experience in groundwater management, environmental impact assessment, geothermal energy and climate mitigation. Delton is a thought-leader in the development of public...

Tiza Mafira is an Associate Director at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and the founder of the Plastic Bag Diet Movement in Indonesia. Prior to working at the CPI, she studied at Harvard Law School and worked as a corporate lawyer. Climate Policy Initiative in Indonesia has 10 analysts and over 60 publications / articles, and works alongside several Indonesian government institutions to support the scaling up of innovative financing instruments. Note: We apologise for the minor sound...

Mark Tercek is the former CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC). Prior to his work at TNC, he was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs for 24 years. He is the author of the Washington Post bestselling book - Nature’s Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature. Mark advises corporations, investment funds and NGOs on ambitious environmental strategies that make business sense.  He also serves as a board member, investor  and advisor to startups focused on...

Matt Tilleard is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Crossboundary. Crossboundary is an investment firm that focuses on renewable energy investments in developing countries and fragile and conflict states.  Check out the ClimateFinance.XYZ for more information.

Mark van Baal is the Founder of Follow This. Follow This has over 7000 green shareholders and engages with oil & gas companies, i.e. Shell and Chevron, via shareholder resolutions. The objective is to unite responsible shareholders for Big Oil to align to the Paris Climate targets.  Check out the ClimateFinance.XYZ for more information.