Carole Dieschbourg

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development of Luxembourg

Following the legislative elections of 20 October 2013, Carole Dieschbourg joined the government as Minister for the Environment on 4 December 2013 in the coalition government formed by the Democratic Party (DP), the Luxembourg Socialist Workers’ Party (LSAP) and the Green Party (déi gréng). In December 2015, under the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Carole Dieschbourg coordinated the position of the European Union at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris. After the legislative elections of 14 October 2018, Carole Dieschbourg was appointed Minister for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development on 5 December 2018 in the coalition government formed by the DP, the LSAP and déi gréng. Within the programme "Leader+ Müllerthal", Carole Dieschbourg was the project coordinator for “Moulins – inventaire, excursion et sentier régional” (Mills – inventory, excursion and regional trail) and “Millebuch” (Book on mills) from 2005 to 2006. In 2007, she published the book Die Mühlen des Müllerthals (The mills of the Müllerthal). Carole Dieschbourg was a board member of Moulin J.P. Dieschbourg, the family mill business established in 1897, until her appointment to the government in December 2013.

Habil Olaka

CEO, Sustainable Finance Initiative, Kenya Bankers Association

Dr. Olaka was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Bankers Association (KBA) in October 2010. He is responsible for the strategic direction of the Association, covering industry advocacy, development, and sustainability. Previously he was the Director of Operations of the East African Development Bank (EADB) based in Kampala after serving as the Resident Manager in Kenya. He earlier served the bank as the Head of Risk Management and as the Chief Internal Auditor. Before joining the Bank, he had been with Banque Indosuez (now Bank of Africa) as the Internal Auditor. He started his career at the PricewaterhouseCoopers, Nairobi in the Audit and Business Advisory Services Division. He sits on a number of boards representing the KBA. These are Kenya Deposit Insurance Corporation (KDIC), Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), National Research Fund (NRF), Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE), and the Anti-Money Laundering Advisory Board (AMLAB) as alternate to KBA Chairman. He is the National President of the Federation of Kenya Employers and the Chairman of the board of the Centre for Corporate Governance (CCG). He also sits on the board of the National Housing Corporation (NHC). He holds a Doctor of Business Administration from USIU-Africa, a First-Class Honours BSc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Nairobi, and an MBA in Finance from the Manchester Business School in the UK. His DBA dissertation was on the influence of strategic leadership on the implementation of strategy in the commercial banks in Kenya. He is a member of the Institute of the Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK). He is an alumnus of the Strathmore School of Accountancy, a Certified Executive Coach and has a good command of the French language.

Francisco César Razzolini

Head of Sustainability, Klabin

Francisco is the CTO and Pulp Business executive director of Klabin. He built his professional career at Klabin, where he joined in 1985. During this period, he gained experience in the areas of pulp, paper and packaging production and projects management and on innovation. In 2006, he conducted an important project for the company, the MA 1100, which doubled the capacity of Klabin, ay the Monte Alegre Unit, in Telemaco Borba (PR), to produce cardboard. Two years later, he became Director of Projects, Industrial Technology and Supplies. Between 2013 and 2016, he was once again at the forefront of one of the company’s main projects: the construction of the Puma Unit, one of the most modern pulp mills in the world, designed to meet the industry’s best sustainability parameters. Currently, it is responsible for the Research and Development, Innovation, Sustainability, Projects, Automation Technology and Pulp business unit, including industrial and commercial activities. He has a Master in Paper Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Spain) and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Federal University of Paraná.

Jennifer Pryce

President and CEO, Calvert Impact Capital

Jennifer Pryce is President and CEO of Calvert Impact Capital. For nearly a quarter of a century, Calvert Impact Capital has strived to make markets work for more people, more often, by investing in communities overlooked by traditional finance. Calvert Impact Capital invests through organizations that on-lend to people and businesses in the US and over 120 countries. In 2017 the organizations in their portfolio provided more than $5 billion to finance everything from solar panels in Tanzania and small businesses in Texas. Jenn began her career in the Peace Corps where she taught math in Gabon. She then worked as an equity research analyst for Neuberger Berman and on the investment banking team at Morgan Stanley’s London office before joining The Public Theater in New York City and leading the Washington DC regional office for the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Jenn studied engineering at Union College and holds an MBA from Columbia University. She currently serves as a Forbes contributor, a lecturer at Oxford Saïd School of Business and the Advisory Board Chair of Quantified Ventures.

Margaret Kim

Margaret Kim is the CEO of the Gold Standard Foundation, whose standard ‘Gold Standard for the Global Goals’ allows climate and development interventions to quantify, certify and maximise impacts toward the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Kim was previously the Head of Green Climate Fund Liaison in the Office of Director-General for the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), where she also served as Head of Strategy & Integration. Kim has also held leadership roles in the private sector, including as General Manager, Sales, Strategy and Business Development for a leading biotechnology company. Her strengths in strategic development and resource mobilization coupled with a passion for sustainable development and combating climate change supports Gold Standard in delivering on their vision for “climate security and sustainable development for all.”

Vivienne Yeda

Baomiavotse Vahinala Raharinirina

Dr. Baomiavotse Vahinala Raharinirina, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar since January 2020, Doctor in economics of the environment and natural resources. His doctoral thesis was precisely on the economic valuation of biodiversity through bioprospecting contracts and the essential oils sector: the case of Madagascar. She has acted for the transitional phase towards the recovery of post-pandemic daily activities, including medical and traditional valuing the contribution and knowledge of indigenous peoples and local communities, through the use of medicinal plants and other resources offered by nature and the mobilization of local committees and regional task forces in the sustainable management of natural resources and the fight against illegal exploitation and illegal trade in wild fauna and flora.

Paul Polman

Businessman, Author,

Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and inequality. A leading proponent that business should be a force for good, Paul has been described by the Financial Times as “a standout CEO of the past decade”. As CEO of Unilever (2009-2019), he demonstrated that a long-term, multi-stakeholder model goes hand-in-hand with excellent financial performance. Paul was a member of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Panel which developed the Sustainable Development Goals and which he continues to champion, working with global organizations and across industry to advance the 2030 development agenda. Paul’s new book, “Net Positive”, is a call to arms to courageous business leaders, setting out how to build net positive companies which profit by fixing the world’s problems rather than creating them. He Chairs IMAGINE, a social venture dedicated to systems change, and Saïd Business School, and he is Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact as well as a B Team Leader. Paul is Honorary Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, which he led for two years.