Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
Heading up the Secretariat of the International Advisory Panel for Biodiversity Credits (IAPB), a global initiative for the design of high integrity nature credit markets. Prior acted as Sector Guidance Lead at the Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and Nature-related Finance Director at Global Canopy. Has been Executive Director of the Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA), a not-for-profit foundation, launched in 2017 in Davos and co-founded by UNEP and Ant Financial. Served on the Informal Technical Expert Group designing the first version of the TNFD scoping document "Nature in Scope". Have edited a number of input papers to the G-20 Sustainable Finance Working Group on green digital finance, served as G20 Tech-sprint judge with the Central Bank of Italy and the Central Bank of Brazil. Is a Senior Fellow at SOAS University of London.
Leading the Secretariat of the IAPB at a pivotal moment for nature and finance, with a mandate to scale high-integrity nature credit markets and redirect capital at scale toward nature-positive outcomes. Working closely with the Board and the Panel to set strategic direction, empower a high-impact team, and build a resilient organisation.
Enabling financial institutions to assess and prioritise nature related risks based on materiality assessments of the ENCORE platform. Working on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) on development and pilot testing of the beta framework and metrics. Team management to ensure delivery of results and building funding portfolio through engagement with philanthropic and institutional funders.
Part of TNFD Secretariat supporting framework architecture development. Specifically leading development of TNFD specific guidance on material sectors including food and agriculture, fishing and aquaculture and forestry, pulp and paper, marine transportation, cruise lines and more. Serving on the Technical Expert Group of the Nature Data Public Facility.
Heading up a foundation co-founded by UN Environment Program (UNEP) and the Ant Group to leverage digital technology to scale green digital finance. Developed and fundraised the foundation from establishment to scale-up with a portfolio of initiatives, a global network of digital financial platforms committing to green their offerings. Developed new models for asset geolocation data to enable more accurate accounting for biodiversity risk by financial service institutions as well as leading work on portfolio ocean risk hotspot assessments, ocean metrics design and corresponding biodiversity related data supply maps for financial service institutions. Developed input papers to the G-20 Sustainable Finance Working Group, to the UN SG’s Task Force for Digital Financing of the SDG’s and an INSPIRE handbook for central banks on sustainable finance.