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Speakers of World Climate Summit 2024 - Baku Edition

Aaron Vermeulen

Global Finance Practice Leader - WWF International

Ana Cabral

Co-Chairperson and Co-CEO - Sigma Lithium

Antonina Scheer

Policy Fellow - LSE Transition Pathway Initiative Centre

Carla Frisch

Principal Deputy Director, Office of Policy - U.S. Department of Energy

Chun-Han Ko

Professor - National Taiwan University Experimental Forest (NTUEF)

Cyril Garcia

Head of Global Sustainability Services and Corporate Responsibility, Capgemini

Dr Maha Hosain Aziz

MA IR Professor, NYU Graduate School of Arts and Science

Dr. Betty Chinyamunyamu

CEO - National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi (NASFAM)

Dr. Eduardo Banzon

Director, Health Practice Team, SG-HSD - Asian Development Bank

Elena Tracy

Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development - WWF Global Arctic Programme

Fabio Passaro

Senior Transitions Policy Analyst - Climate Bonds Initiative

Helen Walter-Terrinoni

Director of Global Policy and Advocacy - Trane Technologies

John Mulligan

Director, Market Relations & Climate Change Lead - World Gold Council

Karen Basiye

Director Sustainable Impact Social Impact & The Foundations - Safaricom PLC

Lasse Bruun

Director, Climate and Food, UN Foundation

Lucas Di Pietro

Climate Specialist - ACDI/Redes Chaco

Marcelo Furtado

Head of Sustainability / Principal - Itaúsa / NatureFinance

Mikael Melin

Head of Cross-Cutting Programmes - Sustainable Energy for All

Nicolette Bartlett

Chief Impact Officer - CDP

Peter Boyd

Founder and CEO, Time4Good

Professor Stephen Sitch

Professor in Physical Geography - University of Exeter

Ricardo Assumpção

LATAM Chief Sustainability Officer - EY

Ruslan Alikhanov

CEO - Azerbaijan Investment Holdings (AIH)

Sharon London

Partnership Director, Climate, Biodiversity and Restoration - FSC Investments & Partnerships

Tuuli Hietaniemi

Senior Lead - Sitra, The Finnish Innovation Fund

Úrsula Vidal

Secretary of Culture, Pará

Aida Badalova

Advisor to the Minister of Digital Development and Transport - Ministry of Digital Development and Transport

Anjali Viswamohanan

Director of Policy - Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, AIGCC

Astrid Manroth

Head, G20 Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) - World Bank

Carmen Bamford

Director - World Climate Foundation

Combiz Abdolrahimi

Vice President & Global Head of Government Relations and Public Policy - ServiceNow

Dewi Dylander

Senior Director, Head of IMCA Secretariat - World Climate Foundation

Dr Ming-Jer TSAI

Professor and Director - NTU Experimental Forest

Dr. Celia A. Harvey

Director of Climate Change - Rainforest Alliance

Dr. Naoki Matsuoka

General Manager, Research & Development Center, Lead Expert for Lithium-ion Batteries - Asahi Kasei Europe

Emeline Fellus

Senior Director, Agriculture & Food Pathway - WBCSD

Gianpiero Nacci

Director, Sustainable Business & Infrastructure, Climate Strategy and Delivery - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Jamie Fergusson

Global Director, Climate Business - International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Joseph N.C. Huang

Chairman - E.SUN Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

Kristian Jensen

CEO, Green Power Denmark

Lord Adair Turner

Chair, Energy Transitions Commission

Mani Khurana

Senior Energy Specialist - The World Bank

Mathilde Mesnard

Deputy Director OECD Climate and Green Finance Coordinator - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Nabil Moura Kadri

Deputy Managing Director of Environment - The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Noëlle Kümpel

Senior Policy
Advisor - BirdLife International

Professor Hamidreza Gohari Darabkhani

Professor of Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Systems / Director of Staffordshire Centre For Renewable and Sustainable Engineering

Puninda Thind

Finance Nature Lead -The Climate Champions Team

Richard Folland

Head of Policy and Engagement - Carbon Tracker Initiative

Sally Uren

Chief Executive - Forum for the Future

Stientje van Veldhoven

Vice President and Regional Director - WRI

Yao Chenchen

Head of ESG - Jinko Solar

Alicia Lenze

Global Head of Sustainability - SAP SE

Anne-Marie Laura

Senior Director, Climate Policy - Ocean Conservancy

Audrey Nugent

Global Advocacy & Campaigns Director - World Green Building Council

Chang-Ken Lee

President, Cathay Financial Holdings

Cristina Romanelli

Programme Officer, Biodiversity, Climate and Health

Dr Alan Monaghan

Global Mission Coordinator, Mission Innovation, Net-Zero Industries

Dr. Ajay Mathur

Director General - International Solar Alliance (ISA)

Dr. Chung Yao Yin

Chairman - Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

Dr. Taleh Ziyadov

Director-General - Baku International Sea Trade Port

Erich Cripton

Director, Business Relations, - CDPQ Global

Gonzalo Muñoz

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion, COP25 Presidency - Ambition Loop

Jens Nielsen

CEO - World Climate Foundation

Josh Karliner

Director, Global Partnership - Health Care Without Harm

Kristina Elinder Liljas

Senior Director of Sustainable Finance and Engagement - Apparel Impact Institute

Luca Lo Re

Energy and Climate Lead, Directorate of Sustainability, Technology and Outlooks - International Energy Agency

Manuel Pulgar Vidal

Global Climate and Energy Lead - WWF

Matsi Modise

Africa Lead - World Climate Foundation

Nick Faull

Head of Climate & Sustainability Risk and Innovation - Marsh

Orkhan Mustafayev

Senior Advisor, Business Engagement - COP29 Azerbaijan

Professor Livio Scalvini

Executive Director, Leonardo Centre on Business for Society - Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London

Regina Schmidt

Head of SDG2 Acceleration - WFP Innovation Accelerator

Rodrigo Lauria

Director of Climate Change & Carbon / Executive Director - Vale / Fundo Vale

Sean Kidney

CEO - Climate Bonds Initiative

Teresa Rossi

Deputy Director of Partnerships and International Cooperation - The Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI)

Zoë Quiroz Cullen

Director, Climate & Nature Linkages - Fauna & Flora

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