The Lab Principals are high-level experts in climate finance from governments, pension funds, investment banks, project developers and development finance institutions in developing and developed countries. Their expertise and experience informs the identification and development of innovative finance instruments.
The Lab Principals have nominated Lab Advisors, who will support them in their role and contribute institutional expertise to the Lab in order to design, stress test, and advise on the identification of instruments.
Oliver Andrews – Lab PrincipalExecutive Director and Chief Investment Officer, Africa Finance Corporation
Solomon Asamoah – Lab PrincipalVice-President, Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Kurt Lonsway – Lab AdvisorManager of Environment and Climate Change, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Change, African Development Bank (AfDB)
Mustapha Bakkoury – Lab PrincipalChairman of the Board, Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen)
Obaid Amrane – Lab AdvisorBoard Member, Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen)
Jim Barry – Lab PrincipalManaging Director, BlackRock Infrastructure Investment Group (BIIG) and CIO BlackRock NTR Renewable Power Fund
Alan Synnott – Lab AdvisorDirector, BlackRock Alternative Investors
Elizabeth Corley – Lab PrincipalCEO, AGI Europe GmbH, Allianz
Karsten Loeffler – Lab AdvisorManaging Director, Allianz Climate Solutions
Rowan Douglas – Lab PrincipalCEO of the Willis Capital, Science & Policy Practice, Willis Group
Olivia Darby – Lab AdvisorChief Operating Officer, Capital, Science & Policy Practice, Willis Group
Sandrine Duchene – Lab PrincipalDeputy Director General, French Treasury
Arnaud Buissé – Lab AdvisorDeputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Multilateral Affairs and Development, French Treasury
Delphine Eyraud – Lab AdvisorSenior Policy Adviser, International Climate Negotiations, French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
Pierre Forestier – Lab AdvisorHead of Climate Change Division, French Development Agency
Anette Eberhard – Lab PrincipalCEO, Denmark’s Export Credit Agency (EKF)
Mariane Soendergaard-Jensen – Lab AdvisorDirector of the International Relations Department, EKF
Dan Cleff – Lab AdvisorDeputy Director, International Relations Department EKF
Thomas Egebo – Lab PrincipalDanish Permanent Secretary of State
Hans Jakob Eriksen – Lab AdvisorSpecial Advisor, Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate
Nikolaj Lomholt SvenssonAdviser, Centre for Global Cooperation, Danish Energy Agency
João Carlos Ferraz – Lab PrincipalManaging Director, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Simone Saisse Lopes – Lab AdvisorManager, International Unit, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Raphael SteinCoordinator, Environmental Department, Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)
Jochen Flasbarth – Lab PrincipalSecretary of State, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Norbert Gorißen – Lab AdvisorHead of International Climate Finance, International Climate Initiative Division, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Colin Grassie – Lab PrincipalUK CEO and member of the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank
Astrid Manroth – Lab AdvisorManaging Director, Head of Environmental & Social Capital, Deutsche Bank
Nanno Kleiterp – Lab PrincipalCEO, FMO
Paul Van de Logt – Lab AdvisorSenior Policy Advisor, Environment, Climate, Energy and Water, Netherlands Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Rachel Kyte – Lab PrincipalVice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, World Bank Group
Vikram Widge – Lab AdvisorHead, Climate and Carbon Finance, International Finance Corporation
Michael Liebreich – Lab PrincipalChairman of the Advisory Board, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Peter Sweatman- Lab AdvisorChief Executive and Founder, Climate Strategy & Partners
John E. Morton – Lab PrincipalChief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Michael Cummings – Lab AdvisorSenior Advisor to the President and CEO, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)
Paddy Padmanathan – Lab PrincipalPresident and CEO, ACWA Power
Thierry Tardy – Lab AdvisorExecutive Director, Acquisition and Project Finance, ACWA Power
Kjell Roland – Lab PrincipalManaging Director of Norfund (Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries)
Henrik Malvik – Lab AdvisorSenior Advisor, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Rt Hon Amber Rudd, MP – Lab PrincipalSecretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, UK
Julia Ellis – Lab AdvisorHead of Climate Finance Team, Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK
Purna Saggurti – Lab PrincipalGlobal Chair of Investment Banking, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Abyd Karmali – Lab AdvisorManaging Director, Climate Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Hans Schulz – Lab PrincipalVice President for the Private Sector, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Asger Garnak – Lab AdvisorSecondee, Climate Change and Sustainability Division, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Junichi Yamada – Lab PrincipalSenior Special Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
Yorio Ito – Lab AdvisorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
Takashi Hongo – Lab AdvisorSenior Fellow, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute, Japan
Tomonori Sudo – Lab AdvisorSenior Research Fellow JICA
Eloy W. Lindeijer – Lab PrincipalChief Investment Management, PGGM
Marcel Jeucken – Lab AdvisorManaging Director Responsible Investment, PGGM
Bennett Freeman – Lab PrincipalSenior Vice President, Sustainability Research and Policy, Calvert Investments
Gabriel Thoumi – Lab AdvisorSenior Sustainability Analyst, Calvert Investments
Torben Möger Pedersen – Lab PrincipalCEO, PensionDanmark
Susanne Røge Lund – Lab AdvisorHead of SRI, PensionDanmark