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James Spurgeon

Founder/Director, Ecosystem Valuation Specialist, Sustain Value

James Spurgeon is the founder and director of Sustain Value, a consultancy firm he established in 2011 to advise financial institutions, investors, multi-national companies and governments on natural capital, multi-capitals and the blue economy. He is an environmental economist with 30 years…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 14: Life Below Water

Jason Mortimer

Head, Sustainable Investment – Fixed Income and Senior Portfolio Manager , Nomura Asset Management

Jason is the head of Sustainable Investment - Fixed Income & Senior Portfolio Manager at Nomura Asset Management.  He has over 10 years of local expertise on fixed-income investment in EM and DM Asian Bonds, FX, Credit, Interest rate derivatives, and Volatility markets, and a…

   Topic(s): Finance, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Jessica Espinoza

CEO, 2X Collaborative

 Jessica Espinoza is the CEO of 2X Collaborative, a global industry body that convenes the entire spectrum of investors to promote gender lens investing. She is also Chair of the 2X Challenge that has raised more than US$ 11 billion of gender lens investments since its launch at the G7 Summit…

   Topic(s): Finance, Gender Equality, Private Sector
   SDG: Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Jim Leape

Co-Director, Center for Ocean Solutions

Jim Leape is the William and Eva Price Senior Fellow in the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, and co-director of the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions. Through research, writing and direct engagement with private and public sector leaders, Jim looks at how to drive large-scale…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

John Beirne

Vice-Chair of Research and a Senior Research Fellow, ADBI

John Beirne is Vice-Chair of Research and a Senior Research Fellow at the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). In this role, he co-heads ADBI’s Research Department, leading research workstreams on macroeconomics, finance, and infrastructure. He was previously a research fellow at the ADBI and…

   Topic(s): Energy, Finance, ICT
   SDG: Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy, Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Jonas Svegaarden

CEO, Katapult Ocean

Jonas is the CEO of Katapult Ocean – the most active ocean impact venture funds globally. The fund invests in ocean impact companies such as offshore wind and solar, seaweed and seafood, alternative proteins, ocean health and maritime transportation. Katapult Ocean is based in Norway but invests in…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Karen Sack

Executive Director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance

Karen is Executive Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), a multi-sector coalition of governments, finance, insurance companies, and civil society organizations. ORRAA pioneers innovative finance products that drive investment into marine and coastal natural capital,…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 14: Life Below Water, Goal 15: Life on Land

Karthik RamaduraiIyer

Senior Climate Finance Expert, Dalberg Global Development Advisors

Karthik is a Senior Climate Finance Expert with Dalberg Global Development Advisors based in Mumbai. He advises private, public sector, and civil organization partners as well as development finance institutions on climate finance and sustainable finance strategy, strategy planning &…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 13: Climate Action, Goal 15: Life on Land

Kate Schweigart

Senior Director, Innovative Finance, Rare

As Senior Director of Innovative Finance within Rare’s coastal fisheries program, Fish Forever, Kate leads the Innovative Finance initiatives. In this role, Kate is developing pathways to finance community-led conservation at scale by blending philanthropy, public funding, bilateral/multilateral…

   Topic(s): Environment, Finance
   SDG: Goal 15: Life on Land

Katherine Hughes

Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB

Kate has 20 years of experience working on climate change and sustainable development policy, financing, and technology projects across the Asia Pacific region. Kate is a Principal Climate Change Specialist at ADB where she leads the mitigation team and focuses on climate policy and financing,…

   Topic(s): Climate Change, Finance, Social Development and Protection
   SDG: Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, Goal 13: Climate Action