Speakers

Sanjay Kumar

Country Director, Rwanda
The Wood Foundation

Nicola Sturgeon

First Minister of Scotland

Gretchen Daily

Bing Professor of Environmental Science
Stanford University
Co-Founder and Faculty Director
Natural Capital Project

Peter White

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Frédéric van Doosselaere

Managing Partner
Mercier Vanderlinden 

Jane Baptist

Deputy Head of Sustainability
The Crown Estate

Chris Brown

Vice President – Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability
Olam International

Sophie Beckham

Senior Manager of Natural Capital Stewardship
International Paper

Dr. Marguerite Madden

Lead Science Advisor
NASA DEVELOP National Program Georgia Node

Aurélien Guingand

Project Manager
Caisse des Dépôts Group

Navin Peiris

Senior Director Model Development
Risk Management Solutions

Gregor Alexander

Finance Director
SSE

Jane Feehan

Natural Capital Investment Specialist
European Investment Bank

Terry A’Hearn

Chief Executive Officer
SEPA

Philippe Puydarrieux

Lead Natural Resource Economist
IUCN

Dr Jonathan Ekstrom

Founder Director
The Biodiversity Consultancy 

Omer van Renterghem

Theme expert Land, water and ecosystems
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of The Netherlands

Chris Stark

Director of Energy and Climate Change
Scottish Government

Christian del Valle

Founder and Managing Partner
Althelia Ecosphere
Althelia Climate Fund GP

Emily Benson

Programme Manager
Green Economy Coalition 

Senior Researcher
International Institute for Environment and Development

Dr Jim Rouquette

Director and Co-Founder
Natural Capital Solutions

Bianca Nijhof

Global Leader for Natural Capital
Arcadis

James Spurgeon

Director
Sustain Value

Lars Müller

Coordinator
EU Business and Biodiversity Platform

Anna Lemström

Environmental Specialist
FIBS

Martin Lok

Program Manager Natural Capital
Netherlands Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

Tom Dillon

Vice President
The Pew Charitable Trusts

Jennifer Morris

President
Conservation International

Inger Andersen

Director General
IUCN

Richard Howitt

CEO
International Integrated Reporting Council

Alastair Brown

Director of Localities & Infrastructure
Stirling Council

Dr Mary Kitutu

Minister of State for Environment
Government of Uganda

Katherine Garrett-Cox

CEO
Gulf International Bank (UK)

Philippe Joubert

Founder & CEO
Earth on Board
Chair
The Prince of Wales' Corporate Leaders Group

Pushpam Kumar

Chief Economist
United Nations Environment Programme

Mathis Wackernagel

CEO 
Global Footprint Network

Elizabeth M. White

Principal Strategist—Sustainability and Manager Natural Capital
International Finance Corporation

Dr Hannah James

Lead Sustainability Advisor
Yorkshire Water

Dara Latinwo

Ambassador
One Young World

Gregor Pecnik

Environmental Economist 
Arcadis 

Annelisa Grigg

Head of Programme, Business and Biodiversity
UN Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre

Hannah Pitts

Relationships Director
Natural Capital Coalition

Maja Johannessen

Gov. & Cities Programme Associate
Ellen MacArthur Foundation

Ollie Ruyssevelt

Environmental Economist
PwC

Eva Mayerhofer

Lead Environment Specialist
European Investment Bank

Nick Grayson

Climate Change and Sustainability Manager
Birmingham City Council

Gillian Dick

Principal of Place Strategy & Environmental Infrastructure
Glasgow City Council

Dr Frank Hawkins

Director
IUCN Washington DC

Dr Kim Reuter

Technical Director
Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa

Onno van den Heuvel

Global Manager, UNDP-GEF Biodiversity Finance Initiative
UNDP

Cindy Rose

Head of Responsible Investing
Aberdeen Asset Management

Keiji Nakamura

Associate Communications Manager
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Christian Heller

Senior Consultant Sustainability Strategy
‎BASF 

Eric Dierckx

CEO
Naturalogic

Consultant
Mercier Vanderlinden

George Cobb

Group Sustainability Accountant
SSE Plc

Farooq Ullah

Co-Founder and Co-Chair
UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development

Director
Stakeholder Forum

Julie Raynaud

Senior Sustainability Analyst
Kepler Cheuvreux

Craig Beatty

Programme Officer, Global Forest and Climate Change Programme
International Union for Conservation of Nature

Jane Pilcher

Group Treasurer
Anglian Water Group

David Uzsoki

Infrastructure Finance Specialist
International Institute for Sustainable Development

Holger Schmid

Director of the Sustainable Economy Programme
MAVA Foundation

Steve Bass

Senior Associate
International Institute for Environment and Development

Jessica Fries

Executive Chair
The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project

Andrew Cave

Head of Corporate Governance
Baillie Gifford

Naledzani Mudau

Remote Sensing Scientist
South African National Space Agency

Ian Dickie

Director
eftec

Bilal Rahill

Partner
Sustainability Frameworks LLP

Ece Ozdemiroglu

Founding Director
eftec

Richard Spencer

Head of Sustainability
Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales

Fabian Huwyler

Director of Sustainability Affairs
Credit Suisse

Stefanie O'Gorman

Director of Sustainable Economics
Jacobs

Fran van Dijk

Partner
One Stone Advisors 

Grant Douglas

Environmental Planning Specialist
SP EnergyNetworks

Sofia Ahlroth

Senior Environmental Economist
World Bank
Acting Manager 
WAVES Global Partnership

Andrew Mitchell

Founding Director
Global Canopy Programme
Co-Founder
Natural Capital Finance Alliance

Georgina Mace

Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems
University College London

Virgilio Viana

Director General
Federacion Amazonas Sustainabilidad

Petri Lehtonen

Deputy Managing Director
Indufor Group

Tom Beagent

Director of Total Impact Measurement & Management
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Michelle Lapinski

Vice President
The Earth Genome

Andreza Souza

Sustainability Coordinator
Natura

Will Evison

Assistant Director and Environmental Economist
PricewaterhouseCoopers

Torsten Thiele

Special Adviser
IUCN

Visiting Fellow
London School of Economics Institute of Global Affairs

Dr Kate Schreckenberg

Director
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation 

Gary Gillespie

Chief Economist
Scottish Government

Yoji Natori

Manager of Science to Action
Conservation International Japan

David Álvarez

Executive Director
Ecoacsa Reserva de Biodiversidad

David Wood

Senior Policy Director
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

Neil Stevenson

Managing Director: Global Implementation
The International Integrated Reporting Council

Bhaskar Vira

Professor of Political Economy
University of Cambridge

Carl Obst

Director
Institute for the Development of Environmental-Economic Accounting

Dr Richard Mattison

Chief Executive Officer
​Trucost

Ruud Jansen

Executive Secretary
Gaborone Declaration for Sustainability in Africa

Michael Beutler

Director of Sustainability Operations
Kering

Dr Mark Kristmanson

CEO
National Capital Commission

Martin Harper

Global Conservation Director
RSPB

Oliver Greenfield

Convenor
Green Economy Coalition

Lorenzo Rosenzweig

General Director
Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature

Dr Helen Crowley

Head of Sustainable Sourcing Innovation
​Kering 
 

Samuel Vionnet

Founder
Valuing Nature

Dr Steven Smith

Technical Director
AECOM

Dr Gemma Cranston

Director, Natural Resource Security
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 

Karen Ellis

Chief Advisor on Economics & Development
WWF UK

Marie Morice

Director
Natural Capital Finance Alliance 

Professor Carol Adams

Professor of Accounting
Durham University Business School

Professor Cameron Hepburn

Professor of Environmental Economics
University of Oxford 

Professor Alison Hester

Science Strategy Lead (Environment)
James Hutton Institute
Chair
Natural Capital Initiative.

Eva Zabey

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

Jonathan Hughes

CEO
Scottish Wildlife Trust
Global Councillor
IUCN

Mark Gough

Executive Director
Natural Capital Coalition