Stephanie is a manager and the lead specialist on Natural Capital for KPMG's UK team on climate change and sustainability team.

KPMG's climate change and sustainability team has operated in the sustainability space for more than 20 years and advised a number of corporate clients, industry associations and NGO's on the risk posed to business through the loss of and dependency on natural capital.

Stephanie has represented KPMG on a number of academic and industry panels in relation to biodiversity and ecosystem services and published several thought leadership pieces including most recently: Is Natural Capital a Material Issue? A Joint publication with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and Fauna and Flora International (FFI). Stephanie is also a regular public speaker on both natural capital and sustainability issues.

Before joining KPMG Stephanie worked as a senior environmental economist for economics for the environment consultancy and as a senior research associate at the Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment based in the University of East Anglia (UEA). Stephanie holds a PhD in marine biology and environmental economics from UEA and MScs in Oceanography and Internet technology.