2025 speakers Image Abdihakim Ainte Director, food security and climate change Office of the Prime Minister, government of Somalia Image Farheen Altaf Senior manager, climate thought leadership CDP Image Amal-Lee Amin Managing director and head of climate, diversity and advisory British International Investment Image Jess Ayers CEO Quadrature Climate Foundation Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Emilie Beauchamp Lead for monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptation to climate change and resilience International Institute for Sustainable Development Image Anna Beswick Policy research fellow; director, ATTENUATE project London School of Economics Image Ritu Bharadwaj Director, climate resilience, finance and loss and damage/ALL ACT International Institute for Environment and Development Image Amanda Brasil-Leigh Manager of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Climate Policy Initiative Image Gianluca Cantalupi Firmwide risk executive and head of climate, nature and social risk JP Morgan Image Sean Carmody Executive director, policy and advice division Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Image Maelis Carraro Managing partner Catalyst Fund Image Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago President-Designate COP30 Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Mike Delia Senior underwriter AXA XL Image Ashley Diggins Head of adaptation economics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK government Image Luke Disney Executive vice-president Rabobank Image Saliha Dobardzic Programming and innovation unit lead and senior climate change specialist Adaptation Fund Image Sophie Evans Associate director Centre for Disaster Protection Image Tyler Ferdinand Director, TECA BFA Global Image Abigail Freeman Co-founder Brink Image Linda Freiner Chief sustainability officer Zurich Insurance Group Image Jorge Gastelumendi Senior director, Climate Resilience Center Atlantic Council Image Namrata Ginoya Strategic policy lead Global Resilience Partnership Image Suranjana Gupta Senior specialist and advisor, community resilience Huairou Commission Image Bakhit Djamous Hassan Minister of Environment Republic of Chad Image Loretta Hieber Girardet Chief, risk knowledge, monitoring and capacity development UNDRR Image Anthony Hobley Deputy chair, climate, risk and resilience Howden Group Image Wopke Hoekstra Commissioner for climate, net zero and clean growth European Commission 1. 2026 opening session 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Farmina Hossain Director of operations BURO Bangladesh Image Emma Howard-Boyd Former chair UK Environment Agency; Green Finance Institute; London Climate Resilience Review Image Michael Hugman Lead economist and global director for climate Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Image Nick Hurd Former Minister of State for Industry and Climate Change Image Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov Senior advisor to COP29 Azerbaijan government Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Michael Jacobs Senior adviser Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate Image Lindsey Paul Jones Senior climate change specialist The World Bank Image Rojy Joshi Researcher (climate finance) International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session Image Hajo Junge GIZ co-director C40 Cities Finance Facility Image Tracy Kajumba Director LIFE-AR secretariat Image Laura Kelly Director of Shaping Sustainable Markets International Institute for Environment and Development Image Alexander Kennedy Head of sustainable finance solutions Standard Chartered Bank Image Lori Kerr Chief executive officer FinDev Canada Image Helen King Economic development and partnerships director UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Kerry King Executive director for capital markets Accounting for Sustainability Image Kamal Kishore Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Image Adriana Kocornik-Mina Senior urban and regional economist WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Image Arend Kulenkampff Lead innovative finance NatureFinance Image Tracy-Lee Kus Head of Global Broking Centre Aon Image Rachel Kyte Special Representative for Climate UK Image Gaia Larsen Director, climate finance access, finance center WRI Image Kate Levick Associate director, finance and resilience E3G Image Simon Lucas Head of profession for climate environment infrastructure and energy UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Nick Mabey Co-founder/co-CEO E3G Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Leah Moss Senior policy strategist Mama Cash Image Aditi Mukherji Director, climate change adaptation and mitigation impact action platform CGIAR Image Juliet Munro Director - Early-Stage Finance FSD Africa Image Joe Muturi Community leader Slum Dwellers International Image Pauline Nantongo Executive director ECOTRUST Image Priscilla Negreiros Associate director Climate Policy Initiative Image Maria Netto Executive director Institute for Climate and Society Image Barbara Oldani Lead Sustainable Sovereign Debt Hub Image Ivan Oliveira Deputy secretary for sustainable development finance Ministry of Finance, Brazil Image Evans Osano Chief financial markets officer FSD Africa Image Lin O’Grady Head of EBRD green cities, sustainable infrastructure group European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Peter Pears Capital markets Mayer Brown International LLP Image Avinash Persaud Special advisor on climate change to the president Inter-American Development Bank Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Stephanie Pfeifer CEO The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio Senior advisor, adaptation and resilience United Nations Foundation Image Satu Santala Managing director Nordic Development Fund Image Guido Schmidt Traub Partner Systemiq Image George Scott Pipeline manager for the Subnational Climate Fund Catalytic Finance Foundation Image Penny Seach Chief underwriting officer Zurich Insurance Group/Blue Marble Image Ajaita Shah Founder/CEO Frontier Markets Image Anju Sharma Global lead Global Center on Adaptation Image Violet Shivutse Global chair (Huairou) and founder (Shibuye) Huairou Commission/Shibuye Community Health Workers 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Marina Silva Minister of Environment and Climate Change Brazil Image Vikash Sinha Associate partner – climate change and sustainability MicroSave Consulting Image Dario Soto Abril Executive director Trafigura Foundation Image Henrietta Southby Head of implementation Humanity Insured Image Thomas Tayler Head of climate finance Aviva Investors Image May Thazin Aung Senior researcher, climate change International Institute for Environment and Development Image Juliana Tinoco Executive coordinator Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur | Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South Image Marcia Toledo Director adaptation and resilience Climate Champions Team Image Ana Toni CEO COP30 presidency Image Aneil Tripathy Director, financial services, company network Ceres, Inc Image Laurynas Vaičiulis Senior global advisor, climate & energy FINCA International Image Anjali Viswamohanan Director of policy Asia Investor Group on Climate Change Image Faith Ward Chief responsible investment officer Brunel Pension Partnership tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Paul Watkiss Director Paul Watkiss Associates Image Jan Weiss Director, financial products and services division Inter American Development Bank Image Fred Werneck Co-founder Clarmondial Image Louise Wilson Managing director Abundance Investments Image Graham Wright Founder and managing director MicroSave Consulting Image Abdihakim Ainte Director, food security and climate change Office of the Prime Minister, government of Somalia Image Farheen Altaf Senior manager, climate thought leadership CDP Image Amal-Lee Amin Managing director and head of climate, diversity and advisory British International Investment Image Jess Ayers CEO Quadrature Climate Foundation Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Emilie Beauchamp Lead for monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptation to climate change and resilience International Institute for Sustainable Development Image Anna Beswick Policy research fellow; director, ATTENUATE project London School of Economics Image Ritu Bharadwaj Director, climate resilience, finance and loss and damage/ALL ACT International Institute for Environment and Development Image Amanda Brasil-Leigh Manager of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Climate Policy Initiative Image Gianluca Cantalupi Firmwide risk executive and head of climate, nature and social risk JP Morgan Image Sean Carmody Executive director, policy and advice division Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Image Maelis Carraro Managing partner Catalyst Fund Image Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago President-Designate COP30 Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Mike Delia Senior underwriter AXA XL Image Ashley Diggins Head of adaptation economics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK government Image Luke Disney Executive vice-president Rabobank Image Saliha Dobardzic Programming and innovation unit lead and senior climate change specialist Adaptation Fund Image Sophie Evans Associate director Centre for Disaster Protection Image Tyler Ferdinand Director, TECA BFA Global Image Abigail Freeman Co-founder Brink Image Linda Freiner Chief sustainability officer Zurich Insurance Group Image Jorge Gastelumendi Senior director, Climate Resilience Center Atlantic Council Image Namrata Ginoya Strategic policy lead Global Resilience Partnership Image Suranjana Gupta Senior specialist and advisor, community resilience Huairou Commission Image Bakhit Djamous Hassan Minister of Environment Republic of Chad Image Loretta Hieber Girardet Chief, risk knowledge, monitoring and capacity development UNDRR Image Anthony Hobley Deputy chair, climate, risk and resilience Howden Group Image Wopke Hoekstra Commissioner for climate, net zero and clean growth European Commission 1. 2026 opening session 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Farmina Hossain Director of operations BURO Bangladesh Image Emma Howard-Boyd Former chair UK Environment Agency; Green Finance Institute; London Climate Resilience Review Image Michael Hugman Lead economist and global director for climate Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Image Nick Hurd Former Minister of State for Industry and Climate Change Image Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov Senior advisor to COP29 Azerbaijan government Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Michael Jacobs Senior adviser Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate Image Lindsey Paul Jones Senior climate change specialist The World Bank Image Rojy Joshi Researcher (climate finance) International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session Image Hajo Junge GIZ co-director C40 Cities Finance Facility Image Tracy Kajumba Director LIFE-AR secretariat Image Laura Kelly Director of Shaping Sustainable Markets International Institute for Environment and Development Image Alexander Kennedy Head of sustainable finance solutions Standard Chartered Bank Image Lori Kerr Chief executive officer FinDev Canada Image Helen King Economic development and partnerships director UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Kerry King Executive director for capital markets Accounting for Sustainability Image Kamal Kishore Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Image Adriana Kocornik-Mina Senior urban and regional economist WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Image Arend Kulenkampff Lead innovative finance NatureFinance Image Tracy-Lee Kus Head of Global Broking Centre Aon Image Rachel Kyte Special Representative for Climate UK Image Gaia Larsen Director, climate finance access, finance center WRI Image Kate Levick Associate director, finance and resilience E3G Image Simon Lucas Head of profession for climate environment infrastructure and energy UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Nick Mabey Co-founder/co-CEO E3G Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Leah Moss Senior policy strategist Mama Cash Image Aditi Mukherji Director, climate change adaptation and mitigation impact action platform CGIAR Image Juliet Munro Director - Early-Stage Finance FSD Africa Image Joe Muturi Community leader Slum Dwellers International Image Pauline Nantongo Executive director ECOTRUST Image Priscilla Negreiros Associate director Climate Policy Initiative Image Maria Netto Executive director Institute for Climate and Society Image Barbara Oldani Lead Sustainable Sovereign Debt Hub Image Ivan Oliveira Deputy secretary for sustainable development finance Ministry of Finance, Brazil Image Evans Osano Chief financial markets officer FSD Africa Image Lin O’Grady Head of EBRD green cities, sustainable infrastructure group European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Peter Pears Capital markets Mayer Brown International LLP Image Avinash Persaud Special advisor on climate change to the president Inter-American Development Bank Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Stephanie Pfeifer CEO The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio Senior advisor, adaptation and resilience United Nations Foundation Image Satu Santala Managing director Nordic Development Fund Image Guido Schmidt Traub Partner Systemiq Image George Scott Pipeline manager for the Subnational Climate Fund Catalytic Finance Foundation Image Penny Seach Chief underwriting officer Zurich Insurance Group/Blue Marble Image Ajaita Shah Founder/CEO Frontier Markets Image Anju Sharma Global lead Global Center on Adaptation Image Violet Shivutse Global chair (Huairou) and founder (Shibuye) Huairou Commission/Shibuye Community Health Workers 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Marina Silva Minister of Environment and Climate Change Brazil Image Vikash Sinha Associate partner – climate change and sustainability MicroSave Consulting Image Dario Soto Abril Executive director Trafigura Foundation Image Henrietta Southby Head of implementation Humanity Insured Image Thomas Tayler Head of climate finance Aviva Investors Image May Thazin Aung Senior researcher, climate change International Institute for Environment and Development Image Juliana Tinoco Executive coordinator Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur | Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South Image Marcia Toledo Director adaptation and resilience Climate Champions Team Image Ana Toni CEO COP30 presidency Image Aneil Tripathy Director, financial services, company network Ceres, Inc Image Laurynas Vaičiulis Senior global advisor, climate & energy FINCA International Image Anjali Viswamohanan Director of policy Asia Investor Group on Climate Change Image Faith Ward Chief responsible investment officer Brunel Pension Partnership tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Paul Watkiss Director Paul Watkiss Associates Image Jan Weiss Director, financial products and services division Inter American Development Bank Image Fred Werneck Co-founder Clarmondial Image Louise Wilson Managing director Abundance Investments Image Graham Wright Founder and managing director MicroSave Consulting Image Abdihakim Ainte Director, food security and climate change Office of the Prime Minister, government of Somalia Image Farheen Altaf Senior manager, climate thought leadership CDP Image Amal-Lee Amin Managing director and head of climate, diversity and advisory British International Investment Image Jess Ayers CEO Quadrature Climate Foundation Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Emilie Beauchamp Lead for monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptation to climate change and resilience International Institute for Sustainable Development Image Anna Beswick Policy research fellow; director, ATTENUATE project London School of Economics Image Ritu Bharadwaj Director, climate resilience, finance and loss and damage/ALL ACT International Institute for Environment and Development Image Amanda Brasil-Leigh Manager of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Climate Policy Initiative Image Gianluca Cantalupi Firmwide risk executive and head of climate, nature and social risk JP Morgan Image Sean Carmody Executive director, policy and advice division Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Image Maelis Carraro Managing partner Catalyst Fund Image Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago President-Designate COP30 Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Mike Delia Senior underwriter AXA XL Image Ashley Diggins Head of adaptation economics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK government Image Luke Disney Executive vice-president Rabobank Image Saliha Dobardzic Programming and innovation unit lead and senior climate change specialist Adaptation Fund Image Sophie Evans Associate director Centre for Disaster Protection Image Tyler Ferdinand Director, TECA BFA Global Image Abigail Freeman Co-founder Brink Image Linda Freiner Chief sustainability officer Zurich Insurance Group Image Jorge Gastelumendi Senior director, Climate Resilience Center Atlantic Council Image Namrata Ginoya Strategic policy lead Global Resilience Partnership Image Suranjana Gupta Senior specialist and advisor, community resilience Huairou Commission Image Bakhit Djamous Hassan Minister of Environment Republic of Chad Image Loretta Hieber Girardet Chief, risk knowledge, monitoring and capacity development UNDRR Image Anthony Hobley Deputy chair, climate, risk and resilience Howden Group Image Wopke Hoekstra Commissioner for climate, net zero and clean growth European Commission 1. 2026 opening session 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Farmina Hossain Director of operations BURO Bangladesh Image Emma Howard-Boyd Former chair UK Environment Agency; Green Finance Institute; London Climate Resilience Review Image Michael Hugman Lead economist and global director for climate Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Image Nick Hurd Former Minister of State for Industry and Climate Change Image Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov Senior advisor to COP29 Azerbaijan government Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Michael Jacobs Senior adviser Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate Image Lindsey Paul Jones Senior climate change specialist The World Bank Image Rojy Joshi Researcher (climate finance) International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session Image Hajo Junge GIZ co-director C40 Cities Finance Facility Image Tracy Kajumba Director LIFE-AR secretariat Image Laura Kelly Director of Shaping Sustainable Markets International Institute for Environment and Development Image Alexander Kennedy Head of sustainable finance solutions Standard Chartered Bank Image Lori Kerr Chief executive officer FinDev Canada Image Helen King Economic development and partnerships director UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Kerry King Executive director for capital markets Accounting for Sustainability Image Kamal Kishore Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Image Adriana Kocornik-Mina Senior urban and regional economist WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Image Arend Kulenkampff Lead innovative finance NatureFinance Image Tracy-Lee Kus Head of Global Broking Centre Aon Image Rachel Kyte Special Representative for Climate UK Image Gaia Larsen Director, climate finance access, finance center WRI Image Kate Levick Associate director, finance and resilience E3G Image Simon Lucas Head of profession for climate environment infrastructure and energy UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Nick Mabey Co-founder/co-CEO E3G Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Leah Moss Senior policy strategist Mama Cash Image Aditi Mukherji Director, climate change adaptation and mitigation impact action platform CGIAR Image Juliet Munro Director - Early-Stage Finance FSD Africa Image Joe Muturi Community leader Slum Dwellers International Image Pauline Nantongo Executive director ECOTRUST Image Priscilla Negreiros Associate director Climate Policy Initiative Image Maria Netto Executive director Institute for Climate and Society Image Barbara Oldani Lead Sustainable Sovereign Debt Hub Image Ivan Oliveira Deputy secretary for sustainable development finance Ministry of Finance, Brazil Image Evans Osano Chief financial markets officer FSD Africa Image Lin O’Grady Head of EBRD green cities, sustainable infrastructure group European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Peter Pears Capital markets Mayer Brown International LLP Image Avinash Persaud Special advisor on climate change to the president Inter-American Development Bank Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Stephanie Pfeifer CEO The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio Senior advisor, adaptation and resilience United Nations Foundation Image Satu Santala Managing director Nordic Development Fund Image Guido Schmidt Traub Partner Systemiq Image George Scott Pipeline manager for the Subnational Climate Fund Catalytic Finance Foundation Image Penny Seach Chief underwriting officer Zurich Insurance Group/Blue Marble Image Ajaita Shah Founder/CEO Frontier Markets Image Anju Sharma Global lead Global Center on Adaptation Image Violet Shivutse Global chair (Huairou) and founder (Shibuye) Huairou Commission/Shibuye Community Health Workers 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Marina Silva Minister of Environment and Climate Change Brazil Image Vikash Sinha Associate partner – climate change and sustainability MicroSave Consulting Image Dario Soto Abril Executive director Trafigura Foundation Image Henrietta Southby Head of implementation Humanity Insured Image Thomas Tayler Head of climate finance Aviva Investors Image May Thazin Aung Senior researcher, climate change International Institute for Environment and Development Image Juliana Tinoco Executive coordinator Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur | Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South Image Marcia Toledo Director adaptation and resilience Climate Champions Team Image Ana Toni CEO COP30 presidency Image Aneil Tripathy Director, financial services, company network Ceres, Inc Image Laurynas Vaičiulis Senior global advisor, climate & energy FINCA International Image Anjali Viswamohanan Director of policy Asia Investor Group on Climate Change Image Faith Ward Chief responsible investment officer Brunel Pension Partnership tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Paul Watkiss Director Paul Watkiss Associates Image Jan Weiss Director, financial products and services division Inter American Development Bank Image Fred Werneck Co-founder Clarmondial Image Louise Wilson Managing director Abundance Investments Image Graham Wright Founder and managing director MicroSave Consulting Image Abdihakim Ainte Director, food security and climate change Office of the Prime Minister, government of Somalia Image Farheen Altaf Senior manager, climate thought leadership CDP Image Amal-Lee Amin Managing director and head of climate, diversity and advisory British International Investment Image Jess Ayers CEO Quadrature Climate Foundation Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Pepukaye Bardouille Director Bridgetown Initiative Image Emilie Beauchamp Lead for monitoring, evaluation and learning for adaptation to climate change and resilience International Institute for Sustainable Development Image Anna Beswick Policy research fellow; director, ATTENUATE project London School of Economics Image Ritu Bharadwaj Director, climate resilience, finance and loss and damage/ALL ACT International Institute for Environment and Development Image Amanda Brasil-Leigh Manager of the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance Climate Policy Initiative Image Gianluca Cantalupi Firmwide risk executive and head of climate, nature and social risk JP Morgan Image Sean Carmody Executive director, policy and advice division Australian Prudential Regulation Authority Image Maelis Carraro Managing partner Catalyst Fund Image Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago President-Designate COP30 Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Ruth Davis Special Representative for Nature UK government Image Mike Delia Senior underwriter AXA XL Image Ashley Diggins Head of adaptation economics, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs UK government Image Luke Disney Executive vice-president Rabobank Image Saliha Dobardzic Programming and innovation unit lead and senior climate change specialist Adaptation Fund Image Sophie Evans Associate director Centre for Disaster Protection Image Tyler Ferdinand Director, TECA BFA Global Image Abigail Freeman Co-founder Brink Image Linda Freiner Chief sustainability officer Zurich Insurance Group Image Jorge Gastelumendi Senior director, Climate Resilience Center Atlantic Council Image Namrata Ginoya Strategic policy lead Global Resilience Partnership Image Suranjana Gupta Senior specialist and advisor, community resilience Huairou Commission Image Bakhit Djamous Hassan Minister of Environment Republic of Chad Image Loretta Hieber Girardet Chief, risk knowledge, monitoring and capacity development UNDRR Image Anthony Hobley Deputy chair, climate, risk and resilience Howden Group Image Wopke Hoekstra Commissioner for climate, net zero and clean growth European Commission 1. 2026 opening session 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Farmina Hossain Director of operations BURO Bangladesh Image Emma Howard-Boyd Former chair UK Environment Agency; Green Finance Institute; London Climate Resilience Review Image Michael Hugman Lead economist and global director for climate Children’s Investment Fund Foundation Image Nick Hurd Former Minister of State for Industry and Climate Change Image Ambassador Elshad Iskandarov Senior advisor to COP29 Azerbaijan government Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Ekhosuehi Iyahen Secretary general Insurance Development Forum Image Michael Jacobs Senior adviser Expert Review on Debt, Nature and Climate Image Lindsey Paul Jones Senior climate change specialist The World Bank Image Rojy Joshi Researcher (climate finance) International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session Image Hajo Junge GIZ co-director C40 Cities Finance Facility Image Tracy Kajumba Director LIFE-AR secretariat Image Laura Kelly Director of Shaping Sustainable Markets International Institute for Environment and Development Image Alexander Kennedy Head of sustainable finance solutions Standard Chartered Bank Image Lori Kerr Chief executive officer FinDev Canada Image Helen King Economic development and partnerships director UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Kerry King Executive director for capital markets Accounting for Sustainability Image Kamal Kishore Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Image Adriana Kocornik-Mina Senior urban and regional economist WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Image Arend Kulenkampff Lead innovative finance NatureFinance Image Tracy-Lee Kus Head of Global Broking Centre Aon Image Rachel Kyte Special Representative for Climate UK Image Gaia Larsen Director, climate finance access, finance center WRI Image Kate Levick Associate director, finance and resilience E3G Image Simon Lucas Head of profession for climate environment infrastructure and energy UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Leslie Maasdorp Chief executive officer British International Investment Image Nick Mabey Co-founder/co-CEO E3G Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Tom Mitchell Executive director International Institute for Environment and Development 1. 2026 opening session tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Leah Moss Senior policy strategist Mama Cash Image Aditi Mukherji Director, climate change adaptation and mitigation impact action platform CGIAR Image Juliet Munro Director - Early-Stage Finance FSD Africa Image Joe Muturi Community leader Slum Dwellers International Image Pauline Nantongo Executive director ECOTRUST Image Priscilla Negreiros Associate director Climate Policy Initiative Image Maria Netto Executive director Institute for Climate and Society Image Barbara Oldani Lead Sustainable Sovereign Debt Hub Image Ivan Oliveira Deputy secretary for sustainable development finance Ministry of Finance, Brazil Image Evans Osano Chief financial markets officer FSD Africa Image Lin O’Grady Head of EBRD green cities, sustainable infrastructure group European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Sheela Patel Founder/director SPARC Image Peter Pears Capital markets Mayer Brown International LLP Image Avinash Persaud Special advisor on climate change to the president Inter-American Development Bank Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Ariane Pevide Blended and climate finance director MUFG Image Stephanie Pfeifer CEO The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Nicola Ranger Executive director Earth Capital Nexus, LSE Image Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio Senior advisor, adaptation and resilience United Nations Foundation Image Satu Santala Managing director Nordic Development Fund Image Guido Schmidt Traub Partner Systemiq Image George Scott Pipeline manager for the Subnational Climate Fund Catalytic Finance Foundation Image Penny Seach Chief underwriting officer Zurich Insurance Group/Blue Marble Image Ajaita Shah Founder/CEO Frontier Markets Image Anju Sharma Global lead Global Center on Adaptation Image Violet Shivutse Global chair (Huairou) and founder (Shibuye) Huairou Commission/Shibuye Community Health Workers 2A. Session 2A 2026 Image Marina Silva Minister of Environment and Climate Change Brazil Image Vikash Sinha Associate partner – climate change and sustainability MicroSave Consulting Image Dario Soto Abril Executive director Trafigura Foundation Image Henrietta Southby Head of implementation Humanity Insured Image Thomas Tayler Head of climate finance Aviva Investors Image May Thazin Aung Senior researcher, climate change International Institute for Environment and Development Image Juliana Tinoco Executive coordinator Alianza Socioambiental Fondos del Sur | Socio-Environmental Funds of the Global South Image Marcia Toledo Director adaptation and resilience Climate Champions Team Image Ana Toni CEO COP30 presidency Image Aneil Tripathy Director, financial services, company network Ceres, Inc Image Laurynas Vaičiulis Senior global advisor, climate & energy FINCA International Image Anjali Viswamohanan Director of policy Asia Investor Group on Climate Change Image Faith Ward Chief responsible investment officer Brunel Pension Partnership tbc. 2026 session tbc Image Paul Watkiss Director Paul Watkiss Associates Image Jan Weiss Director, financial products and services division Inter American Development Bank Image Fred Werneck Co-founder Clarmondial Image Louise Wilson Managing director Abundance Investments Image Graham Wright Founder and managing director MicroSave Consulting
