ESG Week: Energy and Mining Forum (2023)

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ESG Week: Energy and
Mining Forum (In-Person)
3 October 2022

ESG Week: Energy and
Mining Forum (On-line Webinars)
4-7 October 2022

Chair of the Chapter ZeroBoard, Julie Baddeley has served on the boards of major organisations in the public and private sectors for more than 20 years.She is Remuneration Committee Chair atEbiquityplc, Senior Independent Director of Marshall of Cambridge, Non-Executive Director at TI Fluid Systems PLC and was Chair of global recruitment company Harvey Nash plc.She is alsoCo-Director of the Hughes Hall Centre for Climate Change Engagement, at Cambridge University, where she spearheads the work to bring the insights from the University to the non-executive community.

Before embarking on a portfoliocareershe was executive director at Woolwich plc, and has been on the boards of Greggs plc, The BOC Group, Yorkshire Building Society, lottery operator Camelot, Chrysalis VCT plc and the Department of Health.

Julie is leading a series of initiatives with investors, regulators,scientistsand advisors to help chairs and non-executive directors recognise the challenge of climate change to their businesses, and their business’ impacts on the environment. Her background was in change management consulting with Accenture, and she sees delivering azero carboneconomy as the biggest change challenge for business in her lifetime.

Jonathan Blanchard Smith works in complex, multi-national and multi-cultural environments. With a background ranging from New York to the more remote parts of the Middle East, he has occupied C level roles in public and private corporations, as well as in the Third Sector in the UK. He brings effective and naturally empathic leadership to organisations whether as their Chairman or as a corporate troubleshooter.

Jonathan is past Chairman of the Reform Club, one of London's senior Clubs. He is a graduate of Manchester University and St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge‎.

Harry Boyd-Carpenter is the Managing Director, Green Economy and Climate Action (GECA) at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He took up this role in April 2021.

Mr Boyd-Carpenter is responsible for coordinating EBRD’s work across the green economy and climate agendas, with the overall goal of meeting the Bank’s commitment to achieve a green finance ratio of over 50 per cent of annual investments by 2025. He leads a team that drives climate and green financing, policy and analysis across all economic sectors and financing instruments, as well as representing EBRD in climate forums.

Mr Boyd-Carpenter is a British national and joined EBRD in 2005 in the Office of the General Counsel. In 2008 he transferred to the then Power and Energy Utilities team in Banking, before becoming Director, Head of Energy EMEA in 2017 where he led the Bank’s investment activities in the energy sector in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa.

Before joining EBRD Mr Boyd-Carpenter was an Associate in the project finance team at Allen and Overy LLP and also worked for the European Agency for Reconstruction in Pristina. He is a graduate of the University of Oxford.

Isabella is an international lawyer and policy advisor, with transatlantic experience as corporate counsel, trade and investment director, and endowed professor of business ethics. Based at the University of Oxford, she is Research Fellow in Governance and Global Ethics at Regent’s Park College and Trustee of the Oxford Peace Research Trust. She is also a member of the British Academy’s Corporate Advisory Group for the Future of the Corporation. Isabella is the Distinguished Fellow in Corporate Social Responsibility at the Washington Institute for Business, Government & Society, and a Fellow of the Caux Round Table for Moral Capitalism. Her academic background includes a BS in Foreign Service, MA in International Relations, JD cum laude, MPhil in Theology, and PhD in human rights law.

Throughout her career, Isabella has held leadership roles within the global legal profession. These have included: Council Member, ABA International Law Section; Chair, ABA Center for Human Rights Advisory Council; International Co-Chair, Fellows of the American Bar Foundation; Founding Executive Council, Society of International Economic Law; Steering Group on Business and the Rule of Law, UN Global Compact; Board of Directors, Internet Bar Organization. In 2018, Isabella was appointed to the ABA United Nations Representatives and Observers Committee. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative, which works around the world to support justice, good governance, and accountability.

Josephine is a Non-Executive Director with over 14 years’ experience specialising in the renewable energy sector. Josephine currently has a strategic advisory role with Guernsey Finance, focusing on sustainable finance. Prior to this, she was a senior partner at Ernst & Young LLP specialising in the renewable energy sector and amongst other things was responsible for developing the Ernst & Young LLP global renewables business plan. She was a member of the Ernst & Young LLP Power and Utilities Board and UK&I Governance Board.

Josephine is a qualified solicitor and chartered tax adviser, and founded a not-for-profit, Sustainability & You, to raise awareness of climate change challenges and opportunities.

Josephine is also a Non-Executive Director, and Chair of the Audit, Risk and ESG committee, of Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd (ASX listed), a Non-Executive Director of Net Zero Now Ltd and Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company PLC. She is also a member of the investment committee of Gresham House's British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund.

Alex directs IHA’s research and policy work, covering a broad spectrum of policy issues of relevance to sustainable hydropower. These include asset management & modernisation, greenhouse gas emissions, climate change resilience, clean energy systems including hybrid technologies such as floating solar PV and hydropower, and fresh water management. He oversees the collection of data and analysis for the annual Hydropower Status Report.

Alex joined the IHA as Head of Research & Policy in August 2020. Previously he was Head of Contracts for Difference (CfD) Policy, the UK Government's flagship renewable electricity deployment scheme. His previous experience included leading the UK's engagement with multi-national civil nuclear bodies at the UN, OECD and G7, designing a major component of the regulatory framework for smart meters in Britain and developing policy to support the rollout of onshore wind whilst at RenewableUK.

He holds an MSc in Climate Change and an MA in International Political Economy.

Yulia Chekunaeva is Director of the Clean Growth Leadership Network.

In March 2021 Yulia graduated from Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program with her course personal case being “Climate change impact on business model in metals and mining”. She also holds an MSc from Warwick Business School (University of Warwick) in Economics and Finance. She completed her undergraduate studies at International College of Economics and Finance, which allowed her to graduate with two degrees: a BSc in Economics with honours from State University – Higher School of Economics, and a BSc in Banking and Finance from The London School of Economics and Political Sciences.

A former scientist, Belinda is Founding Director of Agri-TechE, Europe’s largest commercial membership network connecting farmers and growers with researchers, technologists, entrepreneurs and investors. Agri-TechE brings together those who see innovation as way to enhance the economic growth, agricultural productivity and environmental sustainability of the agri-food value chain and was named national Networking Group of the Year at the UK SME Business Awards 2019.

Belinda is also a Non-Executive Director of Agrimetrics, one of the UK’s Agri-Tech Centres, and was a member of the Council of UKRI-BBSRC and a Trustee of the Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association (2015-2021). In 2021 she was awarded the Sir Timothy Colman Prize for “outstanding leadership in the agri-tech sector.”

She has a first degree from the University of Cambridge in Natural Sciences (Part II Plant Sciences) and a PhD in plant biochemistry following her research on starch production in peas and potatoes at the John Innes Centre. She is a Nuffield Scholar, a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Council, a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Biology, and the Clean Growth Leadership Network, a Chartered Biologist, and a qualified business coach.

Jack is a globally experienced sustainability leader of more than 20 years. Specialising in designing and implementing sustainability strategies, he is an expert at building the momentum and delivering the actions required to underpin transparent and credible ESG programmes. Jack has worked in Europe, Africa and South East Asia, at both start-up and FTSE-100 consumer-facing businesses and has had senior roles covering media & broadcast, FMCG grocery retail and Big 4 advisory. He is currently Director and Senior Advisor of his own consulting practice, Harlyn Advisory and partners with the minerals and extractives industry consultancies, Trubshaw Cumberlege and Levin Sources. Prior to this for nearly 8 years, Jack was the Sustainability, Policy & Risk Director at Gemfields, the Africa-based coloured gemstone miner.

Aidan Davy joined ICMM in June 2007. As COO, he is responsible for strategy development and implementation and lead the work to develop ICMM’s Mining Principles, which define good practice environmental, social and governance requirements for the mining and metals industry. He also leads ICMM's work on environmental issues, including the management of issues relating to biodiversity, climate change, mine closure, tailings and water. Prior to assuming the role of COO in 2015, Aidan led ICMM's work on social and economic development, investor engagement and sustainability reporting.

Aidan has 34 years of cross-sectoral experience on sustainable development issues, working with a range of private, multi-lateral and not-for-profit organisations, including the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation in Washington DC. For the first decade of his career, Aidan primarily worked on environmental issues, within an international consulting company, a multinational manufacturing company and at the World Bank. He then shifted his focus to social responsibility and accountability issues, with a strong emphasis on the extractive industries for almost two decades. More recently, his focus has shifted back to environmental matters – recognising that these are closely connected to social responsibility and accountability issues.

Camilla is a partner in our International crime group and part of the Contentious Regulatory, Crime and Competition practice based in London. She brings a unique perspective as a former SFO prosecutor, including experience of settling corporate resolutions from both positions, previously on behalf of the SFO, and now for corporate clients. As an investigations specialist with high quality prosecutorial experience and strong commercial insight, Camilla provides practical legal advice partnering with international corporate clients in the FI, AMIF, Telecoms, Media, Technology, Oil and Gas, Industrial and Lifesciences, sectors to understand their business objectives and wider interests.

Camilla advises on all aspects of financial crime, cybercrime and ESG risks that Boards and businesses face in the UK and internationally. This includes managing regulatory and criminal law risk from the start of a process, for example a whistle blower account to the endpoint of an enforcement process and potential satellite shareholder actions. Camilla is instructed to conduct internal investigations, compliance and remediation reviews, and to assess potential investment opportunities for financial crime risks. Her work includes advising corporates and individuals in relation to alleged financial misstatements, modern slavery and supply chain issues, money laundering, facilitation of tax evasion, bribery and corruption, and sanctions breaches and, how to judge and control the dynamic and engagement with domestic and international enforcement agencies.

Camilla joined the firm in May 2020 from the U.K. Serious Fraud Office where she was Co-Head of Fraud and Corruption and a key member of the SFO’s Senior Management Team holding operational responsibility for the most-high profile, complex multi-jurisdictional fraud, bribery and corruption investigations. At the SFO she led investigations into some of the largest international and British companies and senior individuals. Camilla was involved in the UK’s first landmark global DPA with Rolls Royce plc and recently led the negotiations for the SFO in relation to the global Airbus landmark DPA alongside the DoJ (USA) and PNF (France) which was the largest international anti-bribery enforcement settlement to date. Prior to joining the SFO, Camilla spent her career as a trial advocate at the U.K. independent criminal bar, where she specialised in defending and prosecuting serious economic crime.

Claire is responsible for leading the portfolio of sustainable finance related projects across London Stock Exchange Group’s Capital Markets business which includes equities, fixed income and ETFs. Claire has played an important role in the development of model ESG disclosure and reporting guidance for London Stock Exchange listed companies and initiatives such as an ESG Disclosure Tool, the publication of a guide to green finance and Green Economy Mark for AIM and Main Market companies.Claire’s background is in the fund management industry and in equity capital markets, working with private and listed companies. Claire is a member of an industry Taskforce on the Scaling of Voluntary Carbon Markets.

Positioned at the heart of global financial markets, LSEG works across the investment and finance chain from issuers to asset owners, and across the financial, banking, trading and advisory ecosystem. As such LSEG is uniquely positioned to support clients in achieving the transition to a sustainable and net-zero economy and was the first exchange group to commit to net zero emissions.

Iain is the head of our Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Group in the UK. He acts for Investment Funds and Corporates and is a leading practitioner in relation to mining & metals and power transactions.

He advises on M&A, projects, joint ventures and finance matters (including prepays, streams and royalties). Clients note “he is very focused, experienced and practical and has a very collaborative approach” (Chambers 2020), “I have great faith in his advice and judgement” (Chambers 2019), he is “diligent and experienced and a lawyer who listens well and understands” (Chambers 2017) and “really driven, works night and day on deals and is great on the documents” (Chambers 2016).

Gianluca Ferrariis the Founder and CEO of Clearway Capital, an investment firm focused on impact investing in public markets. Clearway adopts an opportunistic, value-oriented strategy and uses shareholder engagement to drive returns and positive societal impact.

Prior to founding Clearway, Gianluca led the activist investments for a prominent European focused fund and currently sits on the boards of Retelit SpA, a Clearway portfolio company, and Be Shaping the Future SpA, an IT Consulting firm listed on the Milan stock exchange.

Rosanna Fusco currently serves as Head of Climate Change Strategy and Positioning in the CFO Executive Office at Eni. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field of environmental and climate sustainability, strategy and operations. She has been involved in many international initiatives and business associations focused on environmental and climate issues. She currently sits on the Executive Committee of OGCI and IPIECA and is co-chair of the Steering Team of the Climate and Clean Air Oil & Gas Methane partnership promoted by the UNEP.

Rosanna Fusco has a degree in Chemistry from the University of Naples. She was a visiting researcher at EMBL in Heidelberg and at the University of Groningen in Holland.She joined the R&D Eni Center in the 1990s, where in the last 5 years she was Project Manager for many environmental projects in the field of atmospheric emissions as well as water and soil remediation. From 2003 to 2019 she joined Eni’s HSE Executive Office where she led the Environment and Climate Department.

Katya Gorbatiouk has over 20 years of experience in international capital markets. She works at the London Stock Exchange in Primary Capital Markets, having recently taken on a new role as Head of Investment Funds. From February 2022 Katya serves on the Best Practice Committee of the Investor Relations Society. She served on the judging panel for the IR Society 2021 Best Practice Awards in ESG Communications. Her article on the evolution of corporate communications was published in the 2021/22 issue of the IR Society Journal Informed.

Katya previously chaired the Board Effectiveness & Stakeholder Governance working group at the Institute of Directors’ Centre for Corporate Governance. She has co-authored an IoD publication on best practices of enacting a stakeholder-centric approach by corporate boards. Katya has been a long-standing board member of organisations with high social impact, such as the Global Leaders Program (Washington DC), London Music Fund, London Symphony Orchestra and others.

Danielleis a lead consultant at the award-winning Executive Search Firm Granger Reis. As a strategic advisor toBoards, CEO’s and Executive Leaders in the Natural Resources sector, she has lead search mandates acrossNorth and South America, EMEA and Australasia, withsome of the largest and, most exciting growing organizations in the Mining and Metals industry.

She is passionate in supporting our clients in identifying senior talent that will drive the industry’s future. She holds an impressive track record of helping businesses identify and attract talent globally, working with professionals who are driven to create sustainable change.Danielleis passionate about career and talent development within organisations and, alsosupports our clients by developing a proactive approach to their diversity and inclusion initiatives.

She works in partnership with our clients, redefining their talent approach and embedding an inclusive approach to executive search to ensure the objectives, strategy and progress of increasing Diversity & Inclusion endeavours in leadership positions, is met across the Mining & Metals sector. Sheis passionate to exchange ideas as well as connect with professionals focusing in this space,collaborating with many non-profit organisations throughout the industry to support Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.

Simon spent 35 years in an executive career with Royal Dutch Shell plc.He became Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Royal Dutch Shell plc on May 1, 2009. In addition to responsibility for all financial activities of the company, he was responsible for Strategy, Planning and Information Technology, and acted as Regional Executive Director for Asia Pacific with specific oversight of new business development in China.Since retiring as CFO and Executive Director in March 2017, he has developed a portfolio of non-executive and advisory roles, in both the public and private sector. He has a particular interest in strategy, financial performance, risk management and corporate governance.

Simon is a Non Executive Director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Rio Tinto. He is an Independent Director and member of the Investment and Development Committee of PetroChina. He joined the Board at Lloyds Banking Group in 2014 and chaired the Audit Committee for 3 years before resigning from the Board at the end of September 2020. In April 2021, Simon became Senior Independent Director of Harbour Energy plc, on completion of the reverse takeover and re-listing of Premier Oil plc.He was a member of the UK Defence Board from 2018 to 2022.

In addition, Simon was a member of the Main Committee of the 100 Group of UK FTSE CFOs and Chair of the European Round Table CFO Taskforce, and remains a member of the Advisory Board of the Centre for European Reform, a UK based think tank. He is a Fellow and member of the Advisory Panel of CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants), and a Trustee of the Cambridge China Development Trust.

Jonny Oates has been a member of House of Lords since October 2015 where he speaks frequently on the climate emergency and energy. He takes a particular interest in sustainable finance and is a vice chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Renewable and Sustainable Energy and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Net Zero. He is a Commissioner for the UK Hydrogen Policy Commission.

From 2017-2019 he was Senior Adviser to the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, a charitable foundation working principally in Africa and South Asia.

During the Coalition Government, he was Deputy Director of Communications in 10 Downing Street and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Prime Minister. In the late 1990’s Jonny worked in South Africa’s first democratic parliament on a project to support political parties previously excluded from parliament under the apartheid regime. In 1988 he taught in - and helped establish - a new rural secondary school in Zimbabwe.

Jonny is Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Africa, South Africa and Zimbabwe and a Trustee of The World Reimagined, an educational and public arts project to raise awareness of the impacts of transatlantic slave trade.

His memoir, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, which reflects on his journey to Ethiopia aged 15, was first published in October 2020 and issued in paperback in August 2022.

Jane has 29 years of experience providing sustainability consulting services to the mining industry.

Extensive experience undertaking impact assessment, permitting and auditing of mines, coupled with a thorough understanding of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concepts, enables Jane to provide forward-thinking ESG advisory services. Her interest is in assisting mines to manage impacts and risk and to gain and maintain a sustainable development licence to operate.

Based in South Africa initially (1991 to 2005) and then in Wales (from 2006), Jane has worked on mining assets in Africa, Europe and Central Asia. She has worked on over 35 mine environmental and social impact assessments and has led half of these. Most of her work in the last decade has involved review of mining assets for lenders, investors and stock exchange listings. She has overseen environmental and social reviews of well over 100 mining assets.

Julian brings 30 years of experience in the analysis of metals and mining to his current role as Senior Vice President, Vice Chair Metals and Mining, where he is responsible for senior stakeholder engagement and relationships. He is a recognised authority on the aluminium industry across the value chain from bauxite mining through to end-use analysis. His in-depth understanding of the key factors influencing the industry and issues that stakeholders face is of critical importance in his work providing strategic advice to clients.Since joining Wood Mackenzie, he has carried out the role of Manager – Metal Market Services, Global Head of Metals Research, and Global Head of Metals and Mining Research.

Julian travels extensively and regularly presents to senior industry and financial community stakeholders on Wood Mackenzie's analysis across the value chain of the metals and mining space, covering aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, iron ore, steel and coal.He also supports consulting assignments and specialises in market environment assessment, expert witness, raw materials sourcing, contract pricing, portfolio optimisation and strategic advisory relating to brownfield and greenfield investments in the metals and mining space.

Prior to joining Wood Mackenzie, Julian worked at British Aerospace Commercial Aircraft Division, where he was a development engineer responsible for the development and evaluation of advanced materials and processes for aerospace applications.

Daniele La Porta is the Global Head for Sustainability and ESG for Gerald Group. In this role she is leading the Group’s efforts in advancing a more sustainable metals trade through the implementation of the company’s Sustainability strategy. Through her work, she seeks to identify long-term solutions and returns associated with environmental, social, and governance issues, integrating them throughout Gerald’s portfolio.

Prior to joining Gerald, Ms. La Porta was a Senior Mining Specialist with the Energy and Extractives Global Practice of the World Bank for over 10 years. There, she worked on mineral sector governance and sustainable development in mineral rich developing countries. She also founded and led the World Bank’s Climate-Smart Mining Initiative, which focuses on improving the sustainability of the supply chains of the critical minerals needed for the energy transition.

Daniele is Brazilian with degrees in Geology and Environmental Management.

Daniel Litvin is the Founder and Senior Partner of Critical Resource. Since founding the company in 2006, he has grown Critical Resource to be a leading provider of strategic advice to energy and mining firms and their investors on ‘ESG’, license-to-operate, and political risks. Critical Resource was acquired by ERM, the leading global sustainability consultancy, in early 2020. Daniel is also currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE’s Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Prior to Critical Resource, Daniel was a consultant and adviser to leadership at McKinsey & Company on “business in society” issues. He was also a policy adviser to Rio Tinto, where he worked with senior management on human rights and other sustainability topics. He has also been a senior research fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London, specializing in the geopolitics of energy.

Daniel started his career atThe Economist, where he worked as the magazine’s environment and resources correspondent, jointly winning the Wincott Award for young financial journalist of the year. He is author of ‘Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest & Corporate Responsibility,’ a history of the political challenges facing big corporations, from the East India Company onward. Daniel holds an MSc in Anthropology and Development from the LSE, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.

Will is a Deputy Director in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s Hydrogen and Industrial Carbon Capture Directorate. Will leads the teams responsible for designing the commercial frameworks and revenue mechanisms for hydrogen production, hydrogen storage and industrial carbon capture projects, to enable deployment in the 2020s. This also includes leading the negotiations for award of the first business model contracts to hydrogen production and industrial carbon capture projects.

Previously Will headed up the CCUS Policy Team for nearly 5 years, leading on the development of CCUS policy within the UK as well as internationally. Before that, he joined DECC to lead on the legislation and regulatory framework to introduce the UK’s Capacity Market through the Government’s Electricity Market Reform Programme. Will has previously worked in Defra and the Cabinet Office.

ProfessorHenriettaL. Moore is the Founder and Director of the Institute for Global Prosperity and the Chair in Culture Philosophy and Design at University College London (UCL). A leading global thinker on prosperity Professor Moore challenges traditional economic models of growth arguing that to flourish communities, businesses and governments need to engage with diversity and work within environmental limits. Her work crosses disciplines, from social science to the arts to business innovation and she applies these different perspectives to inform research and policy at all levels.

In 2016 Professor Moore was made Dame Commander for the British Empire for contribution to social sciences, services to business, policy and the arts. Professor Moore is the Chair and Co-founder of SHM Productions a research and strategy consultancy using academic insights to boost business innovation and the founding trustee of the SHM Foundation which works globally for positive social change in learning, health, citizenship and the arts.

Professor Moorewas formerly William Wyse Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, the LSE Deputy Director for research and external relations, and Director of the Gender Institute at the LSE from 1994-1999. She is the lead academic on the ESRC-funded RELIEF Centre aiming to improve levels of prosperity in Lebanon, the country with the world’s largest number of refugees per capita. She is alsoa trustee at the Barbican Centre Trust, a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, an Academician of the Learned Societies for the Social Sciences, and a Member of the Institute of Directors.

Olivier Mussat joined ATOME straight from his role as the Chief Investment Officer for Global Energy at theInternational Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, where he had been for nine years involved in both early stage and mature businesses.

Prior to joining IFC, Olivier was Head of Oil and Gas Project Finance at Standard Chartered Bank after roles at Schlumberger and General Electric. He graduated from Virginia Wesleyan University before completing a Master of Science degree in Technology and Management from École Centrale Supelec in Paris.

Julia is Director of Financing for Sizewell C, and is working with Government to identify an innovative way for Sizewell C to be funded at best value to electricity consumers, and with potential investors and lenders to raise the capital required (the design replication and funding model could also pave the way for other nuclear projects such as Moorside). Prior to her move to Sizewell C, Julia was Head of Power and Renewables for UK, US & Europe at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. At HSF, she led a cross-practice team advising on nuclear, wind, biomass and tidal projects.

Julia is a Fellow of the Energy Institute, member of the CBI Energy & Climate Change Board and an Independent Non-Executive Director of Newcleo.

Mark is the Executive Director of the EITI since 2018, leading the organisation's engagement on extractives transparency and managing the International Secretariat. Mark serves as Board Secretary and is responsible for managing the International Secretariat, fundraising and financial management, and oversight of implementation in EITI’smember countries.Mark has over 30 years' experience in governance, extractives, climate and international development, and a career spanning the worlds of policy, operations, research and philanthropy. Prior to joining EITI in2018, Mark served as Global Director for Governance at the World Resources Institute in Washington D.C. He previously held senior positions at the Department for International Development, the Institute of Development Studies, the Ford Foundation, and the Overseas Development Institute.

Mark has held several board and advisory roles and currently serves as an Envoy for the Open Government Partnership. Mark was a founding member of the OGP Board of Directors and the first Board Chair from 2016-2020. He holds a DPhil and MA in Comparative Politics from the University of Sussex, and a BA honours degree in Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge.

Dr. Roland Roesch is Deputy Director of the Innovation and Technology Center of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).Before Roland became a Professor in October 2010 he worked for 15 years in the Oil&Gas and Utilities Industry for Shell and E.ON, in his last position as General Manager Power at Shell and for E.ON as Head of Division, Project Leader, Project Executive and Technical Project Developer. Before he joined E.ON he worked as an Energy Market Consultant for Lahmeyer International and as a researcher for renewable energies and CO2 mitigation.Roland has solid business experience in energy market related strategies, M&A including senior deal lead and integration management, energy project development and project financing. He currently leads the IRENA Renewable Energy Project Development Navigator initiative known as IRENA Project Navigator, IRENA's Innovation activities and the grids & storage activities including the grid Integration of renewable energies on islands. Roland has a high proficiency in delivering applied energy solutions in difficult work environments.

I grew up in Hong Kong, and studied in the UK and the US. I’ve worked as a journalist in New York, Beijing, and London. While living in Beijing for seven years I co-authored abookwith Michael Forsythe (now at the New York Times) about China’s largest overseas lender, China Development Bank, which lent billions to countries such as Venezuela, playing a key role in the spread of China’s power and state capitalism overseas.

I’m particularly interested in the geopolitics of the global energy transistion and how individual Chinese companies define China’s embrace of the world.

I currently work as executive editor for Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, a leading provider of data and analysis for the lithium ion battery supply chain.

Laura Sandys specialises in the energy, food and resource sectors, focusing on energy markets, digitalisation, food security and resource management. Recently she Chaired the Energy System Data Taskforce on behalf of BEIS, Ofgem and Innovate UK while working at the Energy Systems Catapult. She is an advocate of the low carbon economy, promoter of increasing demand reduction policies and innovator in food systems policies.

She is an Independent Director at SGN Ltd, Chair of the Food Foundation, Non-Executive Director of the Energy Systems Catapult and Co-Chair of the IPPR Environment and Justice Commission. She runs The Reshaping Regulation Programme with Imperial College and the Energy Systems Catapult and was a member of Government's Cost of Energy Review chaired by Prof Dieter Helm. She founded the Food Foundation that advocates changes to the UK food system, and Co-Founder of POWERful Women that promotes women's roles in the energy sector. She has been appointed a member of the Government's CCUS Council and is a Member of Imperial College’s Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage Advisory Group.

As Head of ESG of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence,Charlotte Selvey Miller's ESG team assess the entire EV supply chain on environment, social and governanceissues and risks in order to inform and advise the industry on how to make clean energy cleaner. Benchmark's ESG division is currentlyfocussed on publishing Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel and Graphite ESG Reports on the EV industry that include Global Baseline Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs).

Charlottehas both practical andacademic environmental and social science experience on the impacts and risks in multiple supply chains. Charlotte's PhD looked at ecosystem services and biodiversity within agri-supply chains at University College London and her Masters, in Conservation Science, was focussed on the social impact of carbon offsetting projects in Guyana.

Randy Smallwood is President and Chief Executive Officer of Wheaton Precious Metals. He was involved in the founding of Wheaton and in 2007, he joined Wheaton full time as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development. In January 2010 he was appointed President, and in April 2011 he was appointed Wheaton’s Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Smallwood originally started as an exploration geologist with Wheaton River Minerals Ltd., and in 2001 was promoted to Director of Project Development, his role through its 2005 merger with Goldcorp.

Mr. Smallwood also currently serves as Chair of the World Gold Council having been appointed to the role in 2020. Additionally, Mr. Smallwood is the Chair of Special Olympics BC and MineralsEd BC, board member of Mining4Life, and previously served on the board of the BC Cancer Foundation. In 2021, he joined the British Columbia Institute of Technology Inspire Campaign Cabinet and was a founding member of the First Forward Capital Campaign Cabinet. Mr. Smallwood holds a geological engineering degree from the University of British Columbia and a mine engineering diploma from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. In 2015, he received the British Columbia Institute of Technology Distinguished Alumni Award.

Duncan Smith is Deputy Head of Investigations at EIB in Luxembourg. As a barrister, he prosecuted corporate fraud & corruption offences at the DTI & SFO. He moved to the World Bank’s Investigation Unit (as Team Leader, later Policy & Sanctions Adviser), then to EIB to conduct investigations and to address training, outreach, prevention/deterrence issues and negotiate settlements. He co-authored the IFI Anti-Corruption Uniform Framework Agreement (2006) & other MDB harmonized documents (eg. General Principles on Settlements).

He is author of the book:Promoting Integrity in the Work of International Organisations: Minimising Fraud and Corruption in Projects(details at:https://www.springer.com/gp/bo...)and has written articles for the Basel Institute on Governance and the FCPA Blog.

Reginald Smith serves as a Research Analyst for Eventide Asset Management, a values-based investment firm based in Boston. He is primarily responsible for finding and evaluating new investment opportunities in clean tech, clean energy, and traditional energy.

Mr. Smith spent five years at Johnson Controls where he developed large energy conservation and solar projects and, most recently, led the development engineering for an energy storage start-up business within the firm. Before Eventide, he spent the Summer of 2019 at Marathon Capital, an investment bank in clean energy.Mr. Smith holds an MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University.

Mr Benedikt Sobotka is the CEO of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), a leading diversified natural resources group with integrated mining, processing, energy, logistics and marketing. The Group has operations in 15 countries. With more than 70,000 people working for the Group, ERG is one of the largest employers in the industry. Benedikt was born in 1980 in Germany. He has extensive experience in the mining and energy sectors. As a former member of BCG, he has advised multiple leading companies worldwide, including in Germany, Russia, South Africa and the UK, and held various management positions. Benedikt has developed a close partnership with the World Economic Forum and takes an active role in many industry groups and wider initiatives. He sits on the Governors Steering Committee for the Metals and Mining Community and the Steering Committee for the Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI).

Mr Sobotka is co-chair of the Global Battery Alliance (GBA), where ERG is a Founding Member. The GBA was launched with the World Economic Forum as a public-private partnership bringing stakeholders together from across the supply chain, including major businesses and international organisations such as UNICEF, OECD and the African Development Bank. The GBA aims to ensure that there is an ethical and sustainable global supply chain for the batteries that help power the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Benedikt is also a Founding Member of the Re|Source initiative in collaboration with CMOC, Glencore, Tesla, Umicore and other supply chain majors, which applies blockchain technology to trace the origins of cobalt and other key battery materials from the mine to the electric vehicle.Benedikt Sobotka is Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. He is also Advisor to the Hainan International Energy Exchange and a Member of the Russia-Brazil Business Council.

Benedikt is an investor in high-tech startups, including MVS, which was sold to Platts/Dow Jones in 2015. He holds a degree in management and has studied in Europe, Russia and China. He is a co-author of "China Champions", a Financial Times top 10 Bestseller on success strategies for investment in China.Mr Sobotka graduated with an MA in Management from the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management and has also studied at the Rotterdam School of Management, CEIBS Shanghai, and Moscow Finance Academy. Benedikt speaks five languages proficiently, and also a little Chinese.

James Stevens is the Global Sales and Marketing Director for Preformed Windings Ltd. and the Vice President and Non-Executive Director of the Association of Electrical and Mechanical Trades (AEMT). He has a Batchelor of Engineering Degree and an MBA and has 13 years of experience across both the mechanical and electrical engineering industry. James has been with Preformed Windings since 2015 and is responsible for the strategic growth of the business and driving the company's position as thought leaders in the renewables sector. Additionally, James drives the ESG initiatives within Preformed Windings and the promotion of the circular economy and sustainability within the AEMT.

As a global leader in the High-Voltage rotating equipment sector, James is uniquely positioned to offer insight into global trends for electrical generation across a range of industries and regions. At the forefront of cutting-edge technologies in HV motor and Generator coil design, Preformed Windings work with leading material suppliers and global OEM’s on large R&D projects which contribute to sustainable energy initiatives.

Pavan Sukhdev is a scientist by education, an international banker by training, and an environmental economist by passion. Years of work in sustainability and the invisible economics of nature led to his appointment to head the United Nations’ “Green Economy Initiative” and to lead the G8+5 study TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity).

Pavan was awarded the McCluskey Fellowship (2011) by Yale University. At Yale, he taught a graduate course on TEEB and wrote his book “Corporation 2020 - Transforming Business for Tomorrow’s World”. In this book, he advocates four changes in micro-policy and regulation which can rapidly transform today’s corporation to deliver tomorrow’s green and equitable “economy of permanence”. This led to his ongoing campaign (launched at Rio+20, 2012) on transforming business for tomorrow’s world. Pavan promotes tomorrow’s corporation, “Corporation 2020”, one with positive rather than negative externalities as the engine of tomorrow’s inclusive green economy. As founder and CEO of GIST, which delivers impact valuation and analytics, Pavan works with asset managers, C-suite executives and senior government officials on transition techniques, with an emphasis on metrics for sustainability.

Pavan has served on the boards of Conservation International (CI), the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), and on the TEEB Advisory Board, and has won several awards for his work including the Blue Planet Prize (2016) and the Tyler Prize (2020).

Serra is a partner in Simmons & Simmons Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure Group in the UK specialising in renewable energy.

Serra acts for project developers, investors and lenders in relation to all aspects of M&A, joint ventures, project development, financing and commercial transactions in the energy and infrastructure space.

Co-founder of Bluebell Partners, a co-investor and advisory firm involved in large activist campaigns and the predecessor company to Bluebell Capital Partners.

Before Bluebell Partners Marco accumulated 23 years' experience with the investment banks Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, where he held several senior positions in New York, London and Milan. In his last position he was responsible for JP Morgan’s Italian Investment Banking Advisory and Coverage of corporate clients. Marco also held a senior position in Morgan Stanley’s PWM business.

Marco has been involved in major M&A and capital markets transactions across the US and Europe, and across most industry sectors. Selected examples include the privatisation of Telecom Italia, the IPOs of Mediaset, Gucci, Bulgari and Ferragamo, and large re-financings such as Snam.

In 2007 Marco successfully launched Network Capital Partners, a PE fund of funds and co-investment vehicle which raised $150m and delivered returns in line with top quartile peers. He also co-founded ePlanet, a TLC company which went public in 2000 with a post-money market capitalization of €600m.

Marco holds a university degree in Business Administration from Turin University, an MBA from Columbia Business School and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

David is a consultant on corporate governance, shareholder engagement, activist investment and capital markets with a variety of advisory and non-executive roles

He was formerly Vice Chairman of Knight Vinke, at the time one of Europe’s best known activist investment firms, where he was actively involved in leading the engagement with some of Europe’s largest companies.

He is a Member of Council at the Institute of Directors and sits on the IoD’s Corporate Governance Policy Committee, as well as its Audit and Risk Committee. As a consultant, David advises investment companies on corporate governance, stewardship and engagement as well as shareholder activism. He is also a private company Non-Executive Director.

Prior to joining Knight Vinke in 2009, Mr. Trenchard was a Senior Consultant at Tulchan Communications (one of London’s leading capital markets communications advisory firms).

He had previously spent 25 years in investment banking – mostly at Morgan Stanley – where he held various senior posts in equity sales and investment banking in Europe, North America and Asia. Latterly at Morgan Stanley he was a London-based Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Broking.

Mr. Trenchard graduated from Cambridge University, with a degree in Economics.

Glenn was called to the Johannesburg Bar in 1987, where he spent 14 years practising as an advocate specialising in general commercial and competition law and took silk in 2002. Glenn was appointed De Beers’ first general counsel in 2002 and was also a member of its Executive Committee. He was responsible for a number of key initiatives during his tenure, including overseeing De Beers’ re-entry into the USA.

Glenn joined Gem Diamonds in May 2006 and served on the Board from April 2008 to November 2017. Glenn was appointed as the Company Secretary in January 2015

Glenn is currently a non-Executive Director of Agribiomed Limited and Lineout Holdings Limited.

Mark van Baal is the founder of Follow This, a group of over 7,000 green shareholders in Big Oil. The mission of Follow This is to compel oil and gas companies to put their brains and billions behind renewable energy. Thanks to the votes of institutional investors for the Follow This Climate Resolutions, Shell, Equinor, BP, and Total each set climate targets for all emissions. In the US, in 2021, the Follow This Climate Resolutions won three consecutive majorities at the annual general shareholder meetings of ConocoPhillips, Phillips66, and Chevron.
Mark van Baal (The Hague, 1968) studied Mechanical Engineering, was a conscript navy officer, sales manager and energy journalist before he founded Follow This in 2015. He lives in Amsterdam with his wife Marijke and their son Barend.

Fiona has almost 25 years’ experience in sustainability and climate change issues at multinational oil and gas and resources companies, ranging from frontline operational management to corporate strategic development across a variety of countries and businesses. She is a leading international voice on how resource companies can manage climate-related risks and support a low carbon transition in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Born in Liverpool, UK, she holds a degree and PhD in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh. Her PhD focused on using coral skeletons as natural indicators of climate change. She began her career with oil and gas major BP, working for several years in various operational roles in upstream exploration, downstream refining businesses, and corporate policy development at BP's headquarters in London. In these roles, she gained extensive experience in carbon management, climate policy and low carbon business development.She joined BHP in 2010 and was appointed to the role of Vice President, Sustainability and Climate Change in 2013. In this role, she leads the design and implementation of BHP’s climate change strategy, including activities in the areas of portfolio evaluation, operational and value chain decarbonisation, physical risk and adaptation, reporting and disclosure, and stakeholder engagement. She advises the Board and senior management on emerging climate change trends and represents BHP in engagements with international NGOs, academics, peers, industry associations, governments and investors.

In December 2015, Fiona was appointed to the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, reporting to the G20, which provides the global benchmark for how financial and non-financial companies should disclose climate-related information to ensure financial risk can be better measured and managed. She also holds several Board positions, including Deputy Chair of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI) and has represented BHP at the International Council of Mining and Metals.

In June 2021, Charlotte Wolff-Bye took up the role of Chief Sustainability Officer at Malaysia’s national company Petronas, where she is charged with turning the company’s Net Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050 aspiration into strategy and workable implementation plans delivering both decarbonization and social progress.

Previously, Charlotte workedfor the Norwegian energy company, Equinor in the role of Vice President Sustainability. At Equinor she delivered the company’s first sustainability stategy that laid the foundation for the company’s low carbon focus. She was also the company’s representative on the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) and the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Reduction Initiative (GGFR). From 2007-14, Charlotte held the position of General Manager Corporate Responsibility for the global steel and mining company ArcelorMittal.

Charlotte is a longstanding and active champion of corporate sustainability practices, a frequent top-level speaker, commentator and writer on sustainability, ESG and energy-related matters. She has proactively been shaping the agenda and been involved in the launch of several collaboratibe partnerships including the Climate and Clean Air Coalition Oil and Gas Methane Partnership, the Nordic CEOs for a Sustainable Future and the Global E-sustainability initiative. She is the recipient of a leadership award by Devex for her contribution to international development. Currently, she serves on the board of trustees of the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Craig is a passionate and well experienced ESG professional. He is responsible for developing Britishvolt’s strategy and reporting for all ESG activities, a crucial pillar to the overall business success. His prior roles include as an Environmental and planning regulator, consultant and business lead both in the UK and many locations around the globe.

Craig has worked latterly in the automotive sector developing strategies and systems to support global sustainability, compliance and reporting around Net Zero at Jaguar Land Rover. He led integration of sustainability within their new plants in Brazil and Slovakia and other global operations and worked with suppliers on sustainability integration. Prior to this he worked with international clients as a manufacturing business sector manager leading permitting, sustainability and environmental compliance including assessing investment opportunities for banks and due diligence transactional support. His experience covers many technical areas including COMAH, mining, chemical and energy sectors and overall EHS support, all crucial areas for ongoing BV development.

Craig is a Chartered Water and Environmental Manager, Chartered Scientist and Chartered Environmentalist and also volunteers as a mentor for students at Nottingham Trent University.

Michael Younis is Vice President of Asset Stewardship and is responsible for State Street Global Advisors’ (State Street) proxy voting activities, engagement with investee companies and analysis of corporate governance, strategic and sustainability related issues in the North American region. Michael joined State Street in 2015 where he supported the transition from the Corporate Governance team to the Asset Stewardship team and continues to serve as the Client Stewardship Lead for the team. Prior to State Street, Michael focused on climate and circular economy issues while working at environmental advocacy and impact investing organizations.

Michael earned his Master of Environmental Management from Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment, where he also holds a Certificate of Inclusion and Diversity, and his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree from the Boston University School of Management. Michael currently sits on the board of the Investor Stewardship Group.

Natalia is running a Natural Resources Forum in London, an independent forum for mining and oil & gas companies to come together for presentations, discussion and debate with leading investors, analysts and senior industry advisors. Natalia has over 18 years’ experience working alongside natural resources companies assisting with M&A transactions, asset sale, capital raisings, crisis communications and strategic profile raising.

Natalia was Director of Corporate Communications and Company Secretary for Taurex Resources. Natalia has worked for Alfa Capital Markets in London and Halliburton International in Moscow. Natalia holds an MA in International Banking and Finance from London Metropolitan University and an MA in International Relations from Moscow State University.

Daniel Litvin is the Founder and Senior Partner of Critical Resource. Since founding the company in 2006, he has grown Critical Resource to be a leading provider of strategic advice to energy and mining firms and their investors on ‘ESG’, license-to-operate, and political risks. Critical Resource was acquired by ERM, the leading global sustainability consultancy, in early 2020. Daniel is also currently a Visiting Senior Fellow at LSE’s Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

Prior to Critical Resource, Daniel was a consultant and adviser to leadership at McKinsey & Company on “business in society” issues. He was also a policy adviser to Rio Tinto, where he worked with senior management on human rights and other sustainability topics. He has also been a senior research fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London, specializing in the geopolitics of energy.

Daniel started his career atThe Economist, where he worked as the magazine’s environment and resources correspondent, jointly winning the Wincott Award for young financial journalist of the year. He is author of ‘Empires of Profit: Commerce, Conquest & Corporate Responsibility,’ a history of the political challenges facing big corporations, from the East India Company onward. Daniel holds an MSc in Anthropology and Development from the LSE, and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.

David is a consultant on corporate governance, shareholder engagement, activist investment and capital markets with a variety of advisory and non-executive roles

He was formerly Vice Chairman of Knight Vinke, at the time one of Europe’s best known activist investment firms, where he was actively involved in leading the engagement with some of Europe’s largest companies.

He is a Member of Council at the Institute of Directors and sits on the IoD’s Corporate Governance Policy Committee, as well as its Audit and Risk Committee. As a consultant, David advises investment companies on corporate governance, stewardship and engagement as well as shareholder activism. He is also a private company Non-Executive Director.

Prior to joining Knight Vinke in 2009, Mr. Trenchard was a Senior Consultant at Tulchan Communications (one of London’s leading capital markets communications advisory firms).

He had previously spent 25 years in investment banking – mostly at Morgan Stanley – where he held various senior posts in equity sales and investment banking in Europe, North America and Asia. Latterly at Morgan Stanley he was a London-based Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets and Head of Corporate Broking.

Mr. Trenchard graduated from Cambridge University, with a degree in Economics.

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