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Michael MeehanMichael has been involved in sustainability and impact for almost 20 years, starting out in Silicon Valley in the carbon finance space and then leading several companies in sustainable technologies. He went on to become the CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative, the global standard for sustainabilty information for corporates. Over the years Michael has worked with the White House, the UN, and the World Economic Forum on impact and sustainability. Michael lives in London and sits on the boards of several institutions focused on impact finance, and chairs the UK sustainable investment and finance association, a large group of impact investors and financial institutions with over $7 trillion in assets under management
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Ian Short
Ian has set up and led organisations at the forefront of climate and sustainable innovation. His focus is on systems thinking and systemic solutions, approaches which deliver more from existing budgets through open innovation, particularly in cities and urban areas. Ian is the former CEO of Climate KIC and the Institute for Sustainability and spent 15 years in finance in Wellington, London and New York focused on establishing or re-organizing entities, developing strategy and running complex programs.
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Ory ZikOry is a physicist, executive and an entrepreneur with a passion for innovation and a low-carbon economy. Ory serves as the Executive Director of Greenometry. He was the founding CEO QuantomiX (Israel), HelioFocus Inc. (China), and Energy Points Inc. (US). Ory works closely with academic institutions including Harvard, MIT, Northeastern and Boston University. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, where he received the National Amos De Shalit prize. He serves on the advisory board of the Center for Health and Global Environment at The Harvard School of Public Health, and on the advisory board of a number of climate analytics and clean energy startups. As an environmental activist, Ory is best known for founding the Israeli branch of Greenpeace.
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John Melby
John has been a CEO, President, founder, and senior executive, leading energy, financial services and technology companies from the start-up stage through successful exits. He has helped create energy and environmental markets across the globe, repositioned companies to realize shareholder value, consulted with governments, non-profits, start-ups and publicly traded companies, worked for a Member of the US House of Representatives, lead national electoral campaigns, and served on corporate and non-profit boards.
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Stephen MooneyStephen is a CEO, entrepreneur and executive with a track record of successfully growing early stage technology and sustainability startups to help secure investment, expansion and exit. He also serves as a Dealmaker in the UK Department of International Trade's Global Entrepreneur Programme to help bring high quality foreign direct investment to the UK and advise growth companies. Stephen is co-founder of iVeridis and Carbonetworks, serves as board director of Synoptica, and has served as an EIR to SetSquared, the EU's leading business incubator as well as advising a number of UK-based firms.
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Paul NeedhamPaul is an economist, FinTech and CleanTech serial entrepreneur with over 19 years of experience as CEO and board member, leading companies from inception to successful exits. He is cofounder, former CEO and now Chairman of Simpa Networks, the leading rooftop solar leasing company using IoT technology to extend solar leases to farmers and small businesses across rural India. Paul served on the board of CAMFED USA, a not-for-profit organization that tackles poverty and HIV/AIDS by investing in the education of girls in Africa. Paul cofounded the advertising technology company, BidClix, later acquired by aQuantive and Microsoft. He is now working on applications of blockchain technology to address the pressing needs sustainable economic development.
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