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H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma

Initiator and Leader of the MAMA-LIGHT® Initiative, MAMA-LIGHT®

Ineza Grace

Co-Founder, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition

Silvia Pavoni

Founding Editor, Sustainable Views at Financial Times

Terry Heymann

Chief Financial Officer, World Gold Council

Ralf Pfitzner

Global Head of Sustainability, Volkswagen

John Kornerup Bang

Senior Vice President, Sustainability Transformation, Stora Enso

Dr. Ajay Mathur

Director General, International Solar Alliance

Yossi Abu

CEO, NewMed Energy

Lord Jonathan Adair Turner

Chair, Energy Transitions Commission

Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon

Executive Vice President, Head of Sales and Marketing, RepRisk

Nicolette Bartlett

Chief Impact Officer, Carbon Disclosure Project

Andrew Steel

Head, Sustainable Fitch

David Semaya

Executive Chairman and Representative Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

Dewi Dylander

Deputy Executive Director, Head of Sustainable Investmets, PKA

Grace Fu Hai Yien DCMG

Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Government of Singapore

Noor Yafai-Stroband

Europe Director Global Policy and Institutional Partnerships , The Nature Conservancy

Sonja Leighton-Kone

Acting Deputy Executive Director and Director, Corporate Services Division UN Environment Programme

Kat Bruce

Founder, NatureMetrics

Barbara Buchner

Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Dominic Jones

Senior Vice President Business Development & Partner Development, Everbridge

Peter Damgaard Jensen

Co-Chair Climate Investment Coalition

Daouda Ndiaye

OIC Head of Climate Change and Environment, Islamic Development Bank

Stephanie Pfeifer

CEO , IIGCC

Jozef Henriquez

Head of Resource Mobilization, IDB Invest

Simone Cipriani

Head and Founder of Ethical Fashion Initiative; Chairperson of the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion

Debbie Shakespeare

Senior Director, Sustainability, Compliance and Core Product Lines, Avery Dennison

Joseph N.C. Huang

Chairman, E.SUN Commercial Bank

Ian de Cruz

Global Director, P4G

Heidi Finskas

Vice President Corporate Responsibility, KLP

Mardi McBrien

Director of Strategic Alliances, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation

Aimee Christensen

CEO and Founder, Christensen Global

Joshua Wycliffe

COO, International Solar Alliance

Jiwoo Choi

Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Acumen

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy

Global Director, Policy & Investments, Resilient Cities Network

Harry Verhaar

Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Signify

Daniel Render

Senior Director, Global Sustainability & Climate Response ,Jacobs

Kate Strachan

Global Lead, Cities and Regions, Race to Resilience, UNFCCC Climate Champions

Matsi Modise

Chairperson, Technology Innovation Agency (South Africa)

John Mulligan

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

Pierre Friedlingstein

Professor & Chair in Mathematical Modeling of Climate Systems, University of Exeter/Global Carbon Project

Miles Prosser

Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute

Helen Clarkson

CEO,Climate Group

Sean Kidney

CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Maria Mendiluce

CEO, We Mean Business Coalition

Victoria Burrows

Director of Advancing Net Zero, World Green Building Council

Mike Eakins

CIO, Phoenix Group

Hastings Chikoko

Regional Director for Africa, C40

Hong-Tu Tsai

Chairman, Cathay Financial Holdings

Claire Dorrian

Head of Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange

Mark Campanele

Founder and Director, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Irina Gorbounova

Head of Xcarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal Ltd

Petra Schwager

Chief, Climate and Technology Partnerships (CTP) Division, UNIDO

Andrea Debbané

Global Head of Sustainability, Kuehne + Nagel

Dr Sanjay Kuttan

Chief Technology Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation

Bo Cerup Simonsens

CEO , Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Allard Castelein

President and CEO of the Port Authority, Port of Rotterdam

Andy Bord

CEO,Flood Re

Michael Szönyi

Flood Resilience Program Lead, Zurich Insurance

Loretta Hieber Girardet

Chief of Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity Development Branch, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

David Antonioli

CEO, Verra

Pierre Abadie

Group Climate Director, Tikehau Capital

Janet Muir, FCA

Director of Finance, Crop Trust

Prof. Dr. Stephan Krinke

Head of Strategy and Decarbonization, Volkswagen Group

Maruxa Cardama

Secretary General, SLOCAT Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport

Hon. George Heyman

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Province of British Columbia, Canada

Ana Cabral Gardner

Co-Chairperson and Co-Chief Executive Officer, Sigma Lithium

Courtney Holm

Vice President, Sustainability Solutions, Capgemini Invent

Walmir Soller

VP Olefins/Polyolefins and CEO of Europe & Asia Regions, Braskem

Steven Ko

Founder & CEO, O'right Inc.

Vojtech Vosecky

Chairman of The Steering Committee for Circular Economy, City of Prague, Czech Republic

Swami Venkataraman, CFA

Associate Managing Director, Moody's Investors Service

Rev. Kirsten Snow Spalding

Senior Program Director, Investor Networks, Ceres

Nobutaka Aoki

Co-Chief Investment Officer and Managing Executive Officer, Asset Management One

Eva Cairns

Head of Sustainability Insights and Climate Strategy, abrdn

Chang-Ken Lee

President, Cathay Financial Holdings

Dr. Sven Teske

Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney; Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures

Aiman Ezzat

CEO, Capgemini Group

Meryam Omi

CEO, Climate Arc

Cyril Garcia

Group Head of Sustainability Services & Corporate Responsibility, Capgemini Invent

Eric Usher

Head, UNEP Finance Initiative

Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri

Minister of Climate Change and Environment, UAE

Jens Nielsen

CEO, World Climate Foundation

Christine Weydig

Executive Director, Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo)

Cassie Flynn

Strategic Advisor on Climate Change, United Nations Development Programme

Jeff Milder

Director of Global Programs, Rainforest Alliance

Arizona Muse

Founder, DIRT - Foundation for the Regeneration of Earth

Ahunna Eziakonwa

Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, UNDP

Julie Shuttleworth

Global Growth for Fortescue, Fortescue Metals Group

Mostafa Amin Madkour

Founder and CEO, Madkour Group

Ignacio Hernandez

Co-Chair for the Climate Change and Energy Group, International Council of Chemical Associations

Carlijn Nouwen

Co-founder, Climate Action Platform for Africa

Amanda Williams

Head of Sustainability, Steam Specialties, Spirax-Sarco Engineering

Francisco Benedito

CEO, ClimateTrade

Ramona Liberoff

Executive Director, PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy)

Saliem Fakir

Executive Director , African Climate Foundation

Drew Murphy

Senior Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Sustainability,Edison International

Walid Oueslati

Head of Environment, Transition and Resilience Division, OECD

Lesley Ndlovu

CEO, African Risk Capacity Limited

Sönke Kreft

Executive Director, Head of Unit Munich Climate Insurance Initiative

Jennifer Sara

Global Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank Group

Jenny Bofinger-Schuster

Senior Vice President for Sustainability and Operational Excellence, Siemens

Ernie Ortiz

President, Lithium Royalty Corp

Dr. Sarah Kapnick

Chief Scientist US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Ashley Grosh

Vice President Breakthrough Energy Fellows

Dr Amal-Lee Amin

Managing Director and Head of Climate Change, British International Investment

M Abdellatif Mâzouz

President and 1st Vice President, Casablanca-Settat Regional Council & Moroccan Association of Regions (ARM)

André Vasconcelos

Global Engagement Lead for Trase, Global Canopy

Keyvan Macedo

Sustainability Director, Natura & Co

Liane Randolph

California Air Resources Board Chair and TDA Chair, Transport Decarbonisation Alliance

Peter Boyd

Founder & CEO, Time4Good

Werner Grub

Managing Director, Head of Origination, Global Wind, EKF (Denmark's Export Agency)

Luiza Demôro

Global Head of Energy Transitions, BloombergNEF

Geneviève Morin

CEO, Fondaction

Jan Dusik

Deputy Minister in charge of Climate Protection Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Czechia

Adriana Lobo

Managing Director of Global Presence and National Action, WRI Mexico

George Heyman

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Government of British Columbia

Anthony Nyong

GCA’s Senior Director, Africa Global Center on Adaptation

Swenja Surminski

Chair at Munich Climate Insurance Initiative; Board Member at UK's Committee on Climate Change

Mahmoud Mohieldin

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27, Marrakesh Partnership for Global Climate Action

Sherif El-Kilany

Country Managing Partner, EY

Emilio Tenuta

Senior Vice President of Corporate Sustainability and Chief Sustainability Officer, Ecolab

James Wilde

Chief Sustainability Officer, Phoenix Group

Puninda Thind

Nature Finance Lead, UNFCCC Climate Champions Team

Margaret Kuhlow

Finance Practice Leader, WWF

Joy Williams

Executive Director, Financial Institution Net-zero Transition Plans, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net-Zero

Daniel Mminele

Head of the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team, Government of South Africa

Vivek Pathak

Global Head and Director of Climate Business, IFC

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