The Team

Executive Directors

Sean Kidney CEO UNITED KINGDOM	Justine Leigh-Bell Deputy CEO, Director of Market Development UNITED KINGDOM
Executive Office
Deborah Rossi Executive Assistant SPAIN
Policy

Prashant Vaze Head of Policy and Government UNITED KINGDOM	Lionel Mok Policy Manager UNITED KINGDOM	Abhinaya Chandrasekaran Research Analyst, Policy UNITED KINGDOM
Standards
Anna Creed Head of Standards UNITED KINGDOM	Isobel Edwards Research Analyst, Standards UNITED KINGDOM	Ujala Qadir Standards UNITED KINGDOM	Chris Moore Research Analyst, Standards UNITED KINGDOM
Market Intelligence
Krista Tukiainen Deputy Head of MI Research and Reports  UNITED KINGDOM	Alan Meng Deputy Head of MI Data Services  UNITED KINGDOM	Caroline Harrison Research Analyst, Markets UNITED KINGDOM	Miguel Almeida Research Analyst, Markets UNITED KINGDOM	Nabilla Gunawan Market Analyst USA	Amanda Giorgi Research Analyst, Markets UNITED KINGDOM
Mallika Jain Research Analyst, Mark ​UNITED KINGDOM	Lea Muething Research Analyst, Mark ​UNITED KINGDOM	Cindy Luo Markets Intern China
Certification
Matteo Bigoni Head of Certification UNITED KINGDOM	Carman Mak Certfication Manager UNITED KINGDOM
Green Infrastructure Investment Opportunities
Kristiane Davidson Head of GIIO EUROPE	Phi Thi Minh Nguyet GIIO Intern
Fundraising & Partnerships
Serena Vento Director of Fundraising and Partnerships UNITED KINGDOM	Louise Patzdorf Partnerships Manager UNITED KINGDOM	Geoff Pearce Grants Coordinator UNITED KINGDOM	Suelen Lira Programmes & Projects Manager PORTUGAL
Events & Training
Alicia Bastos Head of Training and Events UNITED KINGDOM	Isabella Rolla Events Assistant UNITED KINGDOM	Rob Fowler Training and Advisory AUSTRALIA
Communications
Andrew Whiley Head of Communications & Media UNITED KINGDOM	Leena Fatin Communications & Media Officer UNITED KINGDOM	Mariana Caminha LATAM Communications & Media Manager BRAZIL	Luiza Mello LatAm Communications and Media Officer BRAZIL
Investor Engagement
Manuel Adamini Head of Investor Engagement NETHERLANDS
Human Resources
Emma Platt Operations & HR Manager UNITED KINGDOM
Finance & Accounting
Tammy Ariaratnam Finance Director UNITED KINGDOM	Hannah Amusan Finance Manager UNITED KINGDOM	Matilde Cobo Finance Bookkeeper UNITED KINGDOM
REGIONAL TEAMS
Africa
Olumide Lala Africa Programme Manager NIGERIA
ASEAN
Bridget Boulle Head of Asia-Pacific AUSTRALIA	Cedric Rimaud ASEAN Programme Manager SIN	Haran Siva Australia and New Zealand Manager AUSTRALIA
China
Wenhong Xie China Programme Manager CHINA	Ivy Lau China Project Manager CHINA	Huan Shao China Programme Manager CHINA
India
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Sandeep Bhattacharya India Project Manager INDIA	Neha Kumar India Programme Manager INDIA	Karthik Iyer Senior Advisor INDIA
Latin America (LATAM)		​
Thatyanne Gasparotto Head of LatAm BRAZIL	Leisa Cardoso de Souza Brazil Agriculture Programme Manager BRAZIL	Julia Ambrosano Brazil Stakeholder Relations BRAZIL	Carolina Barreto LatAm Programme Manager MEXICO	Valeria Dagnino LatAm Programme Assistant MEXICO

 

Consultants

Che Wall Lead Specialist, Buildings	Dr Christine Negra TWG Lead Specialist	Alan Gordon Senior Advisor UNITED STATES	Michael Paparian Senior Advisor UNITED STATES

 

Associates

Stuart Clenaghan Senior Fellow	Mark Fulton Senior Fellow	Mark Burrows Senior Advisor	Motoko Aizawa Senior Fellow​	Nick Silver Director and Co-founder
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Louis Perroy Consultant	Bob Buhr ​Consultant	Kristian Brüning Consultant	Dr. Alex Rau Consultant	Frank Van Gansbeke Research Fellow

 

 

 Profiles 

Sean Kidney, CEO and Co-founder

Sean focuses on promoting investment priorities for climate and green bonds, how governments can take advantage of the green bonds market and the development of international collaborations.

He serves as a member of the European Commission's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance; is co-Chair of the India Green Bonds Council; is a member of green finance advisory groups in China, India, Mexico and Khazakhstan; UNDP's Reference Group to support the development of the SDG Impact Practice Standards for Bonds; and the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy's Advisory Network.

He has previously been a consultant on green bonds to the United Nations Secretary General, a member of the Peoples Bank of China Green Finance Task Force and a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Expert Committee on Climate Finance.

For the past three years he has been voted GlobalCapital magazine’s “Most Influential Champion” of the sustainable finance market.

A regular speaker on climate change and finance, Sean has over the past year spoken at conferences and seminars on six continents. His background is in stakeholder communications, social change strategy and issues marketing. He was previously a marketing advisor to a number of the largest Australian pension funds, a owner of social marketing, web site development and current affairs publishing firms.

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Justine Leigh-Bell, Deputy CEO, Director of Market Development

Justine has spent much of her career helping business leaders and governments find solutions to the global challenges of climate change and sustainable development. She has provided advisory services for a number of global institutions and governments across Europe, Africa, India, Indonesia and Latin America. Her areas of focus includes sustainable development in emerging economies, climate change mitigation/adaptation strategies, climate finance, economic valuation and market based instruments for managing natural resource assets.

As Director of Market Development at Climate Bonds Initiative, Justine's primary focus is in the emerging markets where she works closely with both public and private sector actors in developing national policy guidelines and roadmaps that will enable access to green bond financing. Currently, she leads Climate Bonds Initiative’s efforts in Nigeria and the Latin American region, where market development programs are underway in Brazil, Mexico and Colombia. 

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