Governance

Oversight and compliance

Climate Bonds Initiative is a registered charity in England and Wales (Charity No. 1154413) and a private company limited by guarantee (Registered No. 07455730).

Ownership and board role

• Ownership: Climate Bonds Initiative has no shareholders.
• Board role: Trustees serve as both Directors and the only company members during their tenure.

Trustee responsibilities

Trustees oversee the charity's strategic direction and operations, ensuring compliance with:

• The Articles of Association.
• The Companies Act.
• Charity Commission guidelines.
• Other legal and regulatory requirements.

Published Accounts

View our Published Accounts.

Advisory Panel

Boston

• Dr. David Wood, Director, Initiative for Responsible Investment, Harvard University

Copenhagen

• Wolfgang Mostert, Consultant in finance frameworks for energy and environment

Dublin

• Stephen Nolan, MD, UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability & Head of Secretariat Sustainable Insurance Forum

Houston

• Paresh Patel, Founder & CEO, e^2=equitable energy

Jakarta

• Sid Kusuma, Deputy Commissioner, Badan Pengelola Tabungan Perumahan Rakyat (BP Tapera)

Kuala Lumpur

• Eugene Wong, CEO, Sustainable Finance Institute Asia

London

• Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, Environmental Business Advisory, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Alexandre Chavarot, Founder & Principal, Climate Finance 2050
• Anthony Hobley, Deputy Chair, Climate, Risk & Resilience, Howden Group
• Bryn Jones, Head of Fixed Income, Rathbone Brothers
• James Cameron, Former Chair, Climate Change Capital
• Jonathan Maxwell, Co-Founder, Sustainable Development Capital
• Jeremy Leggett, CEO, Highlands Rewilding
• Matthew Kiernan, founder of Innovest, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Invest Green
• Prof. Michael Mainelli, Z/Yen Group and Gresham College
• Prof. Nick Robins, Senior Director, Finance and Private Sector, World Resources Institute
• Paul Camp, Partner at Altruist Investments
• Paul Dickinson, Founder & Strategic Advisor, CPD global environmental reporting system
• Sean Hanafin, CEO, Silver Birch Finance (TDR Private Equity)
• Stuart Clenaghan, Principal, Eco System Services

Luxembourg

• Christopher Knowles, Former head of Climate Change & Environment, European Investment Bank
• Nancy Saich, Chief Climate Expert, European Investment Bank

Madrid

• Peter Sweatman, CEO Climate Strategy & Partners

Mumbai

• Namita Vikas, Founder & Managing Partner, auctusESG

New York

• Antonia E Stolper, Retired Partner, Shearman Sterling LLP
• Frank van Gansbeke, Managing Partner, Goose Creek Ventures

Paris

• Michel Pinto, Former Treasurer, Unilever

Rio de Janeiro

• Dr Pedro Moura Costa, Bolsa Verde, Brazil

Seattle

• Brian McCartan, Former CFO at Puget Sound Regional Transit

Seoul

• Kwangyul Peck, President, Chief ESG Officer/Senior Advisor, Korindo Group

Stuttgart

• Frank Damerow, Director, LBBW

Sydney

• Dr Karl Mallon (Director), Chief Scientist, Climate Risk Australia
• Prof. John Mathews, Graduate School of Management, Macquarie University
• Mark Fulton, Founding Partner at Energy Transition Advisors

Tokyo

• Prof. Yoshihiro Fujii, Research Institute for Environmental Finance (Japan)

Toronto

• Prof. Cynthia Williams (Director), Professor of Law, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Washington DC

• Cameron D Prell, Managing Partner, The Digital Carbon (dCarbon) Group

*Note that Advisory Panel members serve in their personal capacities; organisational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.