Focal point for the Natural Capital Financing Facility. 26 years in environment, nature and finance.

As Chief Technical Officer of The Biodiversity Consultancy, Malcolm Starkey leads and drives our technical strategy, quality and innovation. He is a specialist in protected area management and management planning. He has over 15 years’ experience of designing and implementing field-based conservation in Africa. He has worked at site, landscape and national scales, including managing complex landscape-scale conservation programs integrating protected areas, extractive industries and community use.He has co-authored more than 10 academic papers and speaks fluent French.

A recognized and respected figure on the environment, Monique Barbut has followed a career devoted to public service and multilateralism. Mrs. Barbut had a long career at the Agence Française de Développement Group (AFD). She was a member of the French government delegation to the 1992 Rio Earth Summit, where she was a key player in financing negotiations, and later on, an active negotiator in the creation of the Global Environment Facility and the French Global Environment Facility, where she was appointed as its first CEO.

Steve Widdicombe is the Director of Science for Plymouth Marine Laboratory.