Lab Network

Lab Members are high-level public and private organizations who drive Lab activities and contribute expertise, political support, and financial capital to selected ideas.

Lab Members

Support Partners

Lab Secretariat

Principals and Advisors

steering group

Africa Finance Corporation

  • principal
    Sameh Shenouda
    Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer
  • advisor
    Kome Ajegbo
    Vice President, Investments

African Development Bank

  • advisor
    Gareth Phillips
    Manager, Climate and Environmental Finance
  • advisor
    Monojeet Pal
    Energy, Environment, and Climate Change Department

Allianz Global Investors

  • principal
    Leticia Ferreras Astorqui
    Director Development Finance & Impact Credit
  • advisor
    Wee Kii Teh
    Director - Development Finance and Impact Credit

Aon

  • advisor
    Katie Sabo
    Managing Director

Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • advisor
    Angus Kathage
    Assistant Director, Blended Finance and Investor Engagement Unit
  • advisor
    Richard Bontjer
    Director of the Environment, Oceans and Biodiversity

Bank of America

  • principal
    Alexandra Liftman
    Global Environment Executive
  • advisor
    Abyd Karmali
    Managing Director, Climate Finance

BlackRock

  • advisor
    Jessica Thye
    Director

Bloomberg Philanthropies

  • advisor
    Ailun Yang
    Environment Program Manager
  • advisor
    Priya Shankar
    India Director, Environment and Climate Program

BlueOrchard Finance

  • advisor
    Martin Diaz Plata
    Head of Private Equity Investments

Brazilian Development Bank

  • principal
    Nabil Kadri
    Deputy Managing Director
  • advisor
    Marcio Macedo
  • advisor
    Raphael Stein
    Coordinator, Environmental Department

British International Investment

  • principal
    Amal-Lee Amin
    Managing Director Climate, Gender & Diversity and Advisory Teams
  • advisor
    Stefanie Fairholme
    Chief Investment Officer - Capital Solutions

Climate Fund Managers

  • principal
    Andrew Johnstone
    Chief Executive Officer
  • advisor
    Aarish Shariff
    Executive, Capital Raising and Business Development
  • advisor
    Jim Brands
    Head of Development Finance & Public Institutions

Climate Investment Funds

  • advisor
    Matthieu Pegon
    Deputy CEO

Climate Strategy & Partners

  • advisor
    Peter Sweatman
    Founder and Chief Executive

Deutsche Bank

  • principal
    Kamran Khan
    Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Finance for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa
  • advisor
    Dr. Kalpana Seethepalli
    Director of Sustainable Finance, Asia Pacific

Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank

  • principal
    Jorim Schraven
    Director, Impact and ESG department

Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs

  • advisor
    Gersom van der Elst
    Senior Policy Officer Climate Finance

Finance in Motion

  • principal
    Elvira Lefting
    Co-Founder
  • principal
    Melanie Aimer
    Chief Commercial Officer

Findev Canada

  • principal
    Lori Kerr
    Chief Executive Officer
  • advisor
    Sumaiya Sajjad
    Director, Technical Assistance

German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

  • principal
    Vera Rodenhoff
    Deputy Director General for International Climate Action
  • principal
    Victoria Bittner
    Senior Policy Officer

Green Climate Fund

  • principal
    Kavita Sinha
    Special Advisor to the Executive Director
  • principal
    Mafalda Duarte
    Executive Director
  • advisor
    Catherine Koffman
    Director Department of Africa Region
  • advisor
    Darren Karjama
    Partnerships and Outreach

IDB Invest

  • principal
    Stacy Swann
    Managing Director/Division Chief - Blended Finance

Independent

  • principal
    Paul Currie
    Consultant

Inter-American Development Bank

  • advisor
    Tatiana Alves
    Sector Lead for Green Finance

International Finance Corporation

  • principal
    Jamie Fergusson
    Global Director, Climate Business
  • advisor
    Basak Odemis
    Principal Operations Officer
  • advisor
    James Seward
    Lead Climate Finance Specialist, Climate Department

International Fund For Agricultural Development

  • principal
    Jahan-Zeb Chowdhury
    Global Lead for Environment and Climate
  • advisor
    Hisham Zehni
    Senior Technical Specialist, Climate and Environment

MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group)

  • principal
    Christopher Marks
    Managing Director, Emerging Markets
  • advisor
    Ariane Pevide
    Director Climate Finance
  • advisor
    Michael Keane
    Associate, Growth Markets

Nordic Development Fund

  • advisor
    Anu Hassinen
    Program Manager
  • advisor
    Isabel Leroux
    Program Manager
  • advisor
    Siv Ahlberg
    Program Manager

Rockefeller Foundation

  • principal
    Ashvin Dayal
    Senior Vice President (Power and Climate)
  • advisor
    Alex Bashian
    Director, Innovative Finance
  • advisor
    Carli Roth
    Assistant Principal

Rwanda Green Fund

  • principal
    Teddy Mugabo
    Chief Executive Officer

SDG Impact Finance Initiative

  • advisor
    Catherine Bukhal
    Partnership Lead

Salesforce

  • advisor
    Rahul Barua
    Director of Climate Finance Innovation

Sanlam Investments

  • advisor
    Todd Micklethwaite
    Executive Head: Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships

Schroders Capital

  • advisor
    Holly Turner
    Sustainable Investment Lead and Climate Specialist

Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

  • advisor
    Nawar Al Ebadi
    Programme Officer, Department for Partnerships and Innovations

UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  • principal
    Zoe Norgate
    Deputy Director, International Net Zero, Green Finance and Capability
  • advisor
    Ellen Coverdale
    Senior Programme and Policy Advisor

UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

  • advisor
    Rachel Lambert
    Agriculture Research Team Leader

Observers

Africa GreenCo

  • Cathy Oxby
    Co-Founder and Chief Commercial Officer

Australian Sustainable Finance Institute

  • Kristy Graham
    Chief Executive Officer
  • Mahilini Kailaiyangiriselvam
    Sustainable Finance Solutions Project Manager
  • Purdie Bowden
    Program Lead - Policy and Sustainable Finance Solutions

BNP Paribas

  • Bérénice Lasfargues
    Sustainability Integration Lead
  • Pieter Oyens
    Global Chief Marketing Officer

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

  • Josué Tanaka
    Principal Finance Advisor

Climate Bonds Initiative

  • Ina Hoxha
    Chief Investment Officer and Deputy CEO of Climate Bonds

Convergence

  • David Schwartz
    Senior Advisor to the Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Partnerships
  • Joan Larrea
    Chief Executive Officer
  • Leah Pedersen
    Senior Director

CrossBoundary LLC

  • Jonathan Duarte
    Partner, Head of LATAM

Encourage Capital

  • Adam Wolfensohn
    Managing Partner

European Investment Bank

  • Nancy Saich
    Senior Technical Adviser
  • Stephen O’Driscoll
    Head of Environment, Climate and Social Policy

Global Capacity Building Coalition

  • Alex Michie
    CEO
  • Clementine Le Nagard
    Programme Director

Global Environment Facility

  • Chizuru Aoki
    Manager, Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Funds Division

Global Steering Group Impact (GSG Impact)

  • Charlotte Badenoch
    Head of Investment Vehicles
  • Krisztina Tora
    Managing Director

Independent

  • Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski
    Chief Executive Officer

Lion's Head Global Capital

  • Jasper Siegfried
    Managing Director

Rabobank

  • Joke Oudelaar
    Head of Program Management

Swiss Federal Office for the Environment

  • Gabriela Blatter
    Principle Policy Advisor, International Environment Finance
  • Lucretia Landmann
    Senior Policy Adviser Environmental Finance
  • Martin Stadelmann
    Principal Policy Advisor, Environmental Finance

World Business Council for Sustainable Development

  • Giulia Carbone
    Director, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance

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Nithio’s data-driven approach to scale energy access

The Lab spoke with Grace Fenton Olatunji, Chief of Staff at Nithio.

Grace Fenton
Chief of Staff