Insurance specialists Natalia Dorfman, CEO and co-founder of Kita Earth Limited, Glenn Ellis, Airmic Board Director, and Stuart Logue, Chief Financial Officer of Flood Re, will discuss what new forms of insurance are emerging from considerations of climate change in the first panel of the event, taking place Wednesday 20 September.  

Wednesday’s second panel will discuss new standards and disclosures in sustainable finance and will feature Harriet Assem, Head of Sustainability at the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA), Amy Lazenby, Managing Director at Close Brothers Asset Management, John Pepin, Chief Executive at Philanthropy Impact, and Tonia Plakhotniuk, Vice President of Climate & ESG Capital Markets at NatWest Markets.  

Thursday will focus on biodiversity and innovation in the funds and private wealth industries, including a panel on the spectrum of capital investing in nature-based solutions with Dr Gemma Cranston, Executive Director of Pollination Group, Ian Dunn, Chief Executive at Plantlife, James King, Senior Manager of Sustainability and Climate Change Consulting at PwC UK, and Andrew Mitchell, Founder of Equilibrium Futures.  

The final panel of the event will examine new sustainable asset classes beyond renewables such as technology, carbon and nature. Richard Burrett, Chief Sustainability Officer at Earth Capital, Angus Donaldson, Founding Partner and COO of Newstead Capital, Ana Haurie, Co-founder and CEO of Respira International, and Kate Rogers, Global Head of Sustainability Wealth Management at Cazenove, will come together for an insightful discussion to wrap up the conference.