Anna-Maria Spyriouni close Head of EuropeAnna-Maria joined Climate Bonds Initiative as EU Outreach Manager in November 2021. Prior to that she has been advising three London Mayors on EU environment, climate and transport legislation and was representing the Greater London Authority Group to the EU Institutions for fifteen years.At CBI, her primary focus is to enable the organization’s political and regulatory engagement strategy with EU officials, Members of the European Parliament, and other key stakeholders, while ensuring the CBI’s policy proposals supporting the growth of the green bond market are endorsed at EU and Member State level.Anna-Maria is based in Brussels, and has an MSc in Cities from the London School of Economics, and an MA in Management from the Solvay Business School.
Candace Partridge close Senior Sustainability Data ManagerCandace Partridge is the Sustainable Debt Data Manager, and she helps to aggregate relevant bonds and keeps an eye on developments in the market. She also specialises in the US green municipal market, which she focused on in her doctoral research completed at University College London in 2019.
Zofia Wetmańska close Taxonomy Manager Zofia Wetmanska has provided qualitative and quantitative socio-economic assessments of European and national public policies at macro- and sectoral-levels, needed to build the foundations for the long-term systemic thinking about climate policy. Prior to joining CBI, Zofia was responsible for the development and implementation of research activities with national and European think tanks and research institutes, focused on the following themes: • sustainable finance and financing the transition to a low-carbon economy; • sustainable post-COVID19 recovery; • long-term climate strategies and decarbonization pathways – the EU Green Deal and “Fit for 55” package; • socio-economic implications of the low-carbon transition & just transition of the coal regions. She has provided analytical and technical support for the members of the European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and worked with representatives of the financial sector to mainstream sustainable finance in Poland and the wider CEE region. Zofia is a graduate from Imperial College London specialising in Environmental Economics and Policy (MSc Environmental Technology), as well as an MSci graduate from the University of Southampton (MSci Ocean, Earth and Climate Science).
Gabriel (Gabe) Carhart close Communications OfficerGabriel (Gabe) is a communications professional holding an MSc in Politics and Communications and a BSc in Political Science. Prior to joining CBI, Gabe worked in Silicon Valley in government where he focused on sustainability, housing, and transportation.
Rachel Hemingway close Head of Transition Programmes Rachel is a professional researcher, policy advisor and manager with strong MEL background working on sustainable development issues across Africa, Asia and Europe since 2005.
