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World Climate Summit Day 1

Day 1

  • Aiman Ezzat (keynote), CEO, Capgemini Group​

  • Aimee Christensen (moderator), CEO and Founder, Christensen Global/ Senior Adviser, World Climate Foundation

  • Jeffrey Kabel, Chief Transformation Officer, LIBERTY Steel Group​

  • Lars Holmquist, Executive Vice President Sustainability & Communications, Tetra Pak Group​

  • Marco Morelli, Executive Chairman, AXA IM

  • Marisa Drew (keynote), Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse​

  • Barbara Buchner (moderator), Managing Director, CPI​ 

  • Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson, Principal and Head of ESG research PGIM Fixed Income, PGIM

  • Cathrine De Connick-Lopez, Global Head of ESG, Invesco​

  • Claire Hedley, ESG and impact investing strategist, Goldman Sachs Asset Management​

  • Rodolfo Lacy, Director of the Environment Directorate, OECD

  • Montse Montaner (keynote), Chief Sustainability Officer, Novartis​

  • Dr Richard Smith (moderator), Chair, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change,

  • Dr Nino Kharaishvili, Global Health Solutions Director, Jacobs​

  • Jim Goudreau, Head of Sustainability, Novartis​

  • Alice Chapman-Hatchett, President, European Public Health Alliance​

  • Dr Maria Neira, Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health (ECH), World Health Organisation

  • Peter Rothstein (moderator), President, NECEC​

  • Ralf Pfitzner (keynote and speaker), Global Head of Sustainability, Volkswagen Group​

  • Matt Greener, Head of Fleet Asset Management, Arriva Group​ 

  • Dyan Crowther, CEO, HighSpeed1​

  • Joe Curtatone Mayor, Somerville, Massachusetts

  • David Howden (keynote), CEO, Howden Group​

  • Michaela Koller (moderator), General Director, Insurance Europe​

  • Andy Bord, CEO, Flood re​

  • Michael Szoenyi,  Flood Resilience Programme Lead, Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.

  • Jon Wood, Senior Client Manager and Reinsurance Broker, Aon​

  • Astrid Zwick, Head of Secretariat, InsuResilience Global Partnership

  • Dave Regnery (keynote), CEO, Trane Technologies​

  • Elizabeth Press (moderator) Director, Planning and Programme Support, IRENA​

  • Tim Collins, Head of Policy & Regulation, SIMEC​

  • Craig Dyke, Head of International Decarbonisation, National Grid​

  • James Forrest, EVP, Global Industry Leader for Energy & Utilities, Capgemini​

  • Joanna Whittington, Director General, Energy and Security (BEIS), UK Government​

  • Eija Hietavuo (keynote), Global Vice President for Public Affairs, Tetra Pak

  • Jarkko Havas (moderator), Lead of Insights and Analysis, EllenMacArthur Foundation​, ​

  • Joseph Tabet, Vice President, Circular Economy, Flex​

  • Steven Ko, CEO, O'right​

  • Dana Barsky, Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse International​

  • Ladeja Godina Košir, Founder & Executive Director, Circular Change / Co-Chair, ECESP

  • Cynthia Williams (announcement), Global Director, Sustainability, Homologation and Compliance, Ford Motor Company

  • Jennifer Lenhart (moderator), Global Lead for Cities, WWF​,

  • Rick Robinson, Director for Smart Places, Jacobs​

  • John Kornerup Bang, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Transformation, Stora Enso​,

  • Katarina Luhr, Vice Mayor for Climate and Environment, City of Stockholm​,

  • Martin Dirr, Head, C40 Cities Finance Facility​

  • Steve Turner, Director, Devolved & Local Government, Connected Places Catapult

  • Paul Holthus (moderator), Founding President & CEO, World Ocean Council, 

  • Hiroyuki Yamada, Director of the Marine Environment Division, IMO

  • Morten Bo Christiansen, Vice President, Head of Decarbonisation, Maersk

  • Christopher J. Wiernicki, Chairman, President & CEO, ABS​,

  • Paolo Montrone, Senior Vice President of Global Sea Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel

  • Albert Cheung (moderator), Head of Global Analysis, BloombergNEF​,

  • Matt Christensen (keynote and speaker), Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, Allianz Global Investors​,

  • John Mulligan, Director and Climate Change Lead, World Gold Council​,

  • Jim Andrew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President, Beyond the Bottle businesses, PepsiCo​,

  • Fiona Reynolds, CEO, UNPRI​

  • Melanie Nakagawa, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Climate and Energy, The White House

World Climate Summit Day 2

Day 2

  • Chris Ashton (keynote), CEO and Managing Director, Worley

  • Nicolette Bartlett (moderator), Chief Impact Officer, CDP​

  • Michael Hannibal, Partner, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners​

  • Mark Brantley, Group President for EMEA & APAC, Worley

  • Rahul Ghosh, Managing Director – ESG Outreach & Research, Moody's ESG Solutions

  • Brittany Burns (moderator), Director Strategy & Corporate Development, Fashion 4 Good​,

  • Lotta Lyrå (keynote and speaker), President and CEO, Sodra​

  • Jonathan Frankel, Senior Vice President, ALDO Group​

  • Rajiv Sharma, Group Chief Executive, Coats Group​

  • Sophie Wilson, Sector Lead for Fashion, Retail, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Health, COP26 Champions

  • Nico Marais, CFA, DCom (keynote), Senior Advisor, Allspring Global Investments​

  • Henry Gonzalez (moderator), Director of Private Sector Facility, Green Climate Fund​

  • Neil Brown, Head of Equities, GIB Asset Management​

  • Henrietta Pacquement, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of Investment Grade – Europe, Global Fixed Income, Allspring Global Investments​

  • Jozef Henriquez, Head of Resource Mobilisation, IDB Invest​

  • Emmanuel Nyirinkindi, Vice President, Cross-Cutting Solutions, International Finance Corporation

  • Dr. Albert Zimmermann (keynote), Senior Director Government Affairs, ThyssenKrupp Uhde

  • Tom Howes (moderator), Head of Energy and Environment Division, IEA​

  • Lotte Holmberg Rasmussen, Head of R&D, Energy Marketing and Trading, Centrica​

  • Outi Ervasti, Vice President Renewable Hydrogen and PtX, Neste​

  • Hordur Arnarson, CEO and President, Landsvirkjun​

  • Stephanie Pfeifer (moderator), CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)​,

  • Hans Stoter (keynote), Global Head of AXA IM Core, AXA IM,

  • Andreas Fruschki CFA, Director Portfolio Manager, Head of Global Thematic Equity, Allianz Global Investors​

  • Amanda O'Toole, Global Portfolio Manager at Framlington Equities, AXA IM​

  • Akira Sugano, President & CEO, Asset Management One​

  • Heidi Finskas, Vice President Corporate Responsibility, KLP

  • Steve Fisher (keynote) President & CEO, Novelis​

  • Martijn Lopes Cardozo (moderator), CEO, Circle Economy​

  • Serge Gaudin, Director Strategy & Sustainability, Novelis Europe​

  • Dirk Inghels, Director Quality & HSE, ALVANCE​

  • Ana Cabral-Gardner, Co-Chair and Co-CEO, Sigma Lithium​

  • Councillor Susan Aitken, Leader of Glasgow City Council, City of Glasgow

  • Lord John Browne (keynote), Chairman, BeyondNetZero, Senior Advisor, General Atlantic​

  • Chris Fox (moderator), Senior Director, Investor Network, Ceres​,

  • Roberta Marracino, Head of Group ESG Strategy and Impact Banking, UniCredit​,Sophia Cheng, CIO, Cathay Financial Holdings​

  • Rachel Pallett, Business Development Director, Steam Specialties, Spirax-Sarco Engineering Plc

  • Peter Boeskov, Chief Commercial Officer, Global Wind & Structured Finance, Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF)

  • Victoria Burrows (moderator), Director of Advancing Net Zero, World Green Building Council​

  • Christina Hill, Head of Americas Asset Management & Global Head of ESG, PGIM Real Estate​

  • Justin Travlos, Global Head of Responsible Investments, AXA Real Assets​

  • Oliver Iltisberger, President, Smart Buildings, ABB Electrification

  • Pierre Abadie (keynote), Group Climate Director, Tikehau Capital​

  • Margaret Kuhlow (moderator), Global Finance Practice Leader, WWF International

  •  David Semaya, Executive Chairman & Representative Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management​

  • Jon Johnsen, CEO, PKA​

  • Dr. Oliver Marchand, Global Head of ESG Research & Development, Climate Risk Centre, MSCI​,

  • Nili Gilbert, CFA, CAIA, Chair of the Advisory Panel of Technical Experts and Member of CEO Principals Leadership Group, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

  • Jim Andrew (keynote), Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President, Beyond the Bottle businesses, PepsiCo​,

  • Peter Boyd (moderator), Resident Fellow, Yale Center for Business and the Environment / Founder & CEO, Time4Good Group​, 

  • Julia Pyper, Vice President of Communications and Policy, GoodLeap,

  • Courtney Holm, Vice President of Sustainability Solutions, Capgemini Invent UK

  • Daniel Morris, AIA, Chief Investment Officer, Solutions and Systematic Investments, Allspring Global Investments

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