Ms. Amanda Starbuck (United Kingdom)
Ms. Starbuck is the Program Director of “The Sunrise Project”, a prominent civil society organization. Prior to that, Ms. Starbuck served as the programme director for Greenpeace in South America, responsible for setting the strategic direction and priority campaigns across the region. Previously, she led the global finance team at the Rainforest Action Network.
Supported by Minnie Shin.
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh (India)
Dr. Ghosh is the CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a climate and energy think tank in India and the world. Dr. Ghosh also serves on the Government of India's G20 Advisory Group. He previously acted as the Co-Chair of the energy, environment and climate change track for India’s Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP2020).
Supported by Mr Prayank Jain.
Mr. Bill Hare (Australia)
Mr. Hare is the co-founder and CEO of Climate Analytics, an international non-profit climate science and policy institute based in Germany. Mr. Hare was also a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report and has supported international and regional scientific assessment processes in different capacities.
Supported by Claire Fyson.
Ms. Camila Escobar (Colombia)
Ms. Escobar is the CEO at Juan Valdez Café. Ms. Escobar was a former manager at Belcorp - a multinational cosmetics company present in 14 LAC countries - and McKinsey.
Mr. Carlos Lopes (Guinea Bissau)
Mr. Lopes is the Commissioner at the Global Commission for Economy and Climate. Mr. Lopes is currently serving as a professor at the University of Cape Town, a visiting professor at Sciences Po, and an associate fellow in the Africa Programme and Chatham House. Mr. Lopes is the former Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa.
Supported by Saliem Fakir.
Ms. Catherine McKenna (Canada)
Ms. McKenna is Canada’s former Minister of Environment and Climate Change from 2015 to 2019 and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities from 2019 to 2021. Ms. McKenna is a founder and principal of Climate and Nature Solutions and of Women Leading on Climate launched at COP26 in Glasgow.
Supported by Olivier Jarda.
Mr. Günther Thallinger (Austria)
Mr. Thallinger is a member of the Board of Allianz Group and Chairperson of the Group’s Sustainability Board. Mr. Thallinger also serves as the Chair of the UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.
Ms. Helena Viñes Fiestas (Spain)
Ms. Viñes-Fiestas is the Commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority and Rapporteur of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. Ms. Fiestas previously served as a senior policy adviser on sustainable finance at BNP Paribas.
Ms. Jessica Omukuti (Kenya)
Ms. Omukuti is a research fellow on inclusive net zero at the Oxford Net-Zero Institute for Science Innovation and Society (InSIS), Oxford University. Her research is focused on understanding how responses to climate change affect societies in the global South.
Supported by Kaya Axelsson.
Mr. Joaquim Levy (Brazil)
Mr. Levy is the Director for Economic Strategy and Market Relations at Banco Safra S.A. Mr. Levy served as Minister for Finance of Brazil (2014-2015), Managing Director and CFO of the World Bank Group (2016-2018), and President of the Brazilian Development Bank (2018-2019).
Ms. Malango Mughogho (Malawi/South Africa)
Ms. Mughogho is Managing Director of ZeniZeni Sustainable Finance. Ms. Mughogho led the team that developed the early stages of South Africa’s National Climate Finance Strategy and she currently serves as a climate finance expert on the Regional Technical Committee of the Global Water Partnership’s Southern Africa Coordination Unit.
Ms. Mary Nichols (United States)
Ms. Nichols is the Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy. Ms. Nichols is former Chair of the California Air Resources Board, and she served as California’s Secretary for Natural Resources between 1999 and 2003. Prior to that, Ms. Nichols served as Assistant Administrator for the U.S. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, in the administration of President William Jefferson Clinton, and headed the Institute of Environment and Sustainability at UCLA.
Supported by Lauren Faber O'Connor.
Ms. Kahori Miyake (Japan)
Ms. Miyake is the Co-Chair of Japan Climate Leaders' Partnership (JCLP), a coalition of more than 200 businesses advancing decarbonization in the country. She also serves as the General Manager of ESG Strategy and Solutions Department of the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. Ms. Miyake previously served as the Chief Sustainability Officer of AEON.
Supported by Ayumi Goto.
Mr. Oumar Tatam Ly (Mali)
Mr. Ly is former Prime Minister of Mali (2013-2014). Mr. Tatam Ly previously served as the Special Adviser to the Governor of the Central Bank of West African States, and Chairman of the board of directors of the West Africa Monetary Union Pension Fund (CRRAE-UMOA).
Mr. Rod Carr (New Zealand)
Mr. Carr is Chairperson of the New Zealand Climate Change Commission. Mr. Carr priorly served as Chair and non-executive director of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Deputy Governor and Acting Governor of the Bank.
Dr. Zhou Xiaochuan (China)
Mr. Xiaochuan served as the Governor of the People's Bank of China from 2002 to 2018.
Supported by Li Cao.