Speakers 2015

Ece Ozdemiroglu

Founding Director
eftec

Stefanie O'Gorman

Director of Sustainable Economics
Jacobs

Nicola Sturgeon

First Minister of Scotland 

Andrea Catherwood

Television and Radio Broadcaster

Omobolanle Victor-Laniyan

Head, Sustainability
Access Bank PLC, Nigeria

Caterina Camerani

Sustainability Manager - Pulp and Performance Chemicals
AkzoNobel.

Sir Richard Branson

Founder
Virgin Group & Virgin Unite
Co-Founder & Co-Chair
The B Team

Jochen Zeitz

Director
Kering
Co-founder and Co-chair 
The B Team

Michael Alexander

Global Head of water, environment & agriculture sustainability
Diageo plc.

Frank Hawkins

Director
International Union for Conservation of Nature

John Liu

Filmmaker and environmentalist 
 

Michael Beutler

Director of Sustainability Operations
Kering

Maia Kutner

Director - Technical reporting
Carbon Disclosure Project

John Lelliott

Finance Director
Crown Estate

Natalia Lutti Hummel

Coordinator - Ecosystem Services Trends
Centre for Sustainability Studies Brazil

Yiannis Bartzilas

Environmental, Social and Governance Analyst
Bloomberg

Steven Bullock

Global Head of Research
Trucost.

Karen Ellis

Chief Advisor on Economics and Development
WWF UK

Andrew Vaughan

Central Scotland District Manager
Tilhill Forestry

Bianca Nijhof

Global Account Leader
Arcadis

Jane Stevensen

Managing Director
Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)

David Steuerman

Programme Officer, Business and Biodiversity
Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity

Rachel Depree

Senior Manager, Engagement
Sky

Rashila Kerai

Analyst: Sustainability Investment
RobecoSAM

Erin Court

Environment and Social Advisor
FMO Development Bank, NL

Neil Stevenson

Managing Director: Global Implementation
International Integrated Reporting Council

Dr Mike Hannis

Research Fellow in Environmental Ethics
Bath Spa University

Steven Lang

Partner
Ernst & Young
Global Leader
Natural Capital Accounting Services

Gavin Templeton

Head of Sustainable Finance
UK Green Investment Bank

Will Evison

Associate Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Anders Nordheim

Programme Coordinator for Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Water
UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Ivo Mulder

REDD+ Green Economy Advisor
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Klas Hallberg

Manager New Developments in Sustainability
AkzoNobel

David Wood

Executive Director, Technical Policy and Practice Support
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)

Dr Chris Brown

Senior Director - Sustainable Business
ASDA Stores

Stephanie Hime

Part time Technical Director
Natural Capital Coalition
Manager – Lead Specialist True Value
KMPG

Stefan Leiner

Head of the Biodiversity Unit, Acting Director for Natural Capital, DG Environment
European Commission

Nicola Melville

Senior Scientist
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Martin Lok

Program Manager, Natural Capital
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Netherlands

Gerard Bos

Director: Global Business and Biodiversity Programme
International Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 

Rudi Daelmans

Sustainability Director
Desso

Samuel Vionnet

Sustainability Expert and Founder
Valuing Nature

Professor Dieter Helm

Chair
Natural Capital Committee
 

Michael Meehan

Chief Executive
Global Reporting Initiative
Vice Chair - Board
Natural Capital Coalition

Monique van den Dungen

Advisor - Government and Environment Affairs
Groningen Seaports.

Roland Jonkhoff

Managing Director
Desso, Netherlands
Vice President
Carpets Tarkett EMEA

Eva Zabey

Director: Redefining Value
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Emily McKenzie

Lead - Natural Capital
World Wildlife Fund

Carl Obst

Director
Institute for the Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting (IDEEA)

Hannah Pitts

Associate, Redefining Value – Natural Capital
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Keith Tuffley

Managing Partner & CEO
The B Team

Dr Holly Dublin

Senior Advisor, New Metrics
The B Team

Namita Vikas

Group President and Country Head - Responsible Banking & Chief Sustainability Officer
Yes Bank Ltd.

David Nussbaum

Chief Executive
WWF UK 

Christian del Valle

Founder and Managing Partner
Althelia Ecosphere
Althelia Climate Fund GP

Sue Alexander

Senior Manager, Environmental Programmes: Global Corporate Sustainability
HSBC Holdings plc

Michelle Lapinski

President
SustainBiz

Jane Gleeson-White

Economics author and speaker
 

Madeleine Ronquest

Head of Environmental and Social Risk Management
FirstRand Group

James Spurgeon

Director
Sustain Value

Duncan Pollard

AVP Stakeholders Engagement in Sustainability
Nestlé

Pier Gribaudi

Head of Climate Protection and Sustainability Initiatives
LafargeHolcim

Simone Dettling

Expert, Green Finance
German International Cooperation (GIZ)

Portia Segomelo

National Advisor
WAVES Botswana

Pavan Sukhdev

Founder-CEO 
GIST Advisory

Emma Lupton

European Water Account Manager
CDP

Jayne Plunkett

Head, Casualty Underwriting Reinsurance
Swiss Re

Katherine Garrett-Cox

Chief Executive
Alliance Trust

Peter Wheeler

Executive Vice President
The Nature Conservancy

Mary Draves

Global Director of Environmental Remediation and Restoration 
DOW Chemical Company

Dr George Cobb

Group Sustainability Accountant
SSE Plc.

Radhika Murti

Senior Programme Coordinator - Disaster Risk Reduction
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Chris White

Senior Environmental Economist
AECOM

Dr Caroline van Leenders

Ministry of Economics, Agriculture, and Innovation NL

David Gibson

Senior Environment & Social Risk Management Specialist
International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Leendert Bikker

Founder and Partner
BIKKER & Company
Founder and Executive Director
World Expo Rotterdam 2025

Alicia Montoya

Vice President, New & Social Media
Swiss Re

Dr Roland Kupers

Associate Fellow
University of Oxford

Neil Brown

Investment Manager, Pan-European Equities
Alliance Trust

Fabian Huwyler

Vice President - Sustainability
Credit Suisse

Michel Scholte

Co-founder and Director of External Affairs
True Price

Richard Spencer

Head of Sustainability
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)

Antje Ahrends

Head of Genetics and Conservation 
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Kristin Rechberger

CEO
Dynamic Planet 

Sylvie Bernard

Researcher, Food Microbiology
LVMH – MOET Hennesy Louis Vuitton

Ian Dickie

Director
eftec

Benet Northcote

Director, Corporate Responsibility
John Lewis Partnership

Carina Mueller

Sustainability Scientist, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC)
Unilever

Professor Alison Hester

Head, Safeguarding Natural Capital
James Hutton Institute

Nigel Douglas

CEO
Global Surface Intelligence Ltd (GSi) 

Emanuel Machado

Chief Administrative Officer
Town of Gibsons, British Columbia, Canada

Jennifer Molnar

Lead Scientist
The Nature Conservancy

Dr Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias

Executive Secretary
Convention on Biological Diveristy

Chris Plester

Environmental Sustainability Advisor
National Grid

Bill Rahill

Director
Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice, World Bank Group

Erin Meezan

Vice-President, Sustainability
Interface, Inc

Susan Davies

Chief Executive
Scottish Natural Heritage

Dr Richard Mattison

Chief Executive
Trucost

Professor David McInnes

CEO 
Earthwatch Institute (Australia)
 

Malik Amin Aslam

Chair
Green Growth Initiative
Global Vice President  (IUCN)

Dr Gemma Cranston

Senior Programme Manager -  CISL

Jonathan Hughes

CEO
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Global Councillor
IUCN

Peter Bakker

President & CEO
World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Mark Gough

Executive Director
Natural Capital Coalition