Catch up
Host Michael Liebreich welcomes the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Nicholas Lyons
Opening remarks: The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor of the City of London Alderman Nicholas Lyons
Keynote speech: Address of Minister Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP27 President, delivered by His Excellency The Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Keynote speech: Dr Mohamed Maait, Minister of Finance of Egypt
Moderator: Michael Liebreich, Chairman and CEO, Liebreich Associates
Speakers:
- Diana Guzman, Group ESG Director, Prudential
- His Excellency Nguyen Hoang Long, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom
- Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin, COP27 High Level Champion (Virtual Participation)
- Philippe Valahu, CEO, PIDG Group
- Samaila Zubairu, CEO, Africa Finance Corporation
Moderator: The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore, MP, Chair, All Party Group on the Environment
Speakers:
- Janice Johnston, Financing Advisor, South Africa Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit
- Chris Taylor, UK JETP Envoy, FCDO
Keynote speech: Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England
Moderator: Louis Redshaw, CEO and Founder, Redshaw Advisors and Net Zero Markets
Speakers:
- Javier Echave, Chief Financial Officer, Heathrow Holdings
- Julia Hoggett, Chief Executive Officer, London Stock Exchange
- Bogolo J Kenewendo, Special Advisor, Africa Director, Climate Champions Team
- Annette Nazareth, Chair of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (Virtual Participation)
Fireside chat: UK-China green finance
Speakers:
- Dr Ma Jun, Co-Chair, UK-China Green Finance Centre
- Alderman Sir William Russell, Co-Chair, UK-China Green Finance Centre
In conversation: the opportunity of nature and biodiversity
Moderator: Jon Williams, Partner, Global Banking & Capital Markets, Sustainability Leader, PwC
Speakers:
- Dr Helen Crowley, Managing Director, Pollination
- Beatriz Merino, Director Financial Institutions, Europe, The Nature Conservancy
- Elizabeth Mrema, Co-Chair, TNFD and Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations (Virtual Participation)
Keynote speech: Baroness Penn, Treasury Lords Minister
Keynote speech: Chris Hayward, Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation
Moderator: Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment & Signatories Relations Officer, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Speakers:
- Esther An, Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited (Virtual Participation)
- Dr. Iheanyi Anyahara, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria
- Lynne Baber, Sustainability Leader, PwC
- Mark Lewis, Head of Climate Research, Andurand Capital
- Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board
Panel discussion: planning the transition
Moderator: Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Speakers:
- Elizabeth Lien, Senior Advisor, International Climate Finance, Climate Hub, US Department of the Treasury (Virtual Participation)
- Curtis Ravenel, Senior Advisor, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (Virtual Participation)
- David Semaya, Executive Chairman, Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management
- Dr James Wilde, Chief Sustainability Officer, Phoenix Group
Finance for Impact update
Speakers:
- Alderman Vincent Keaveny, Past Lord Mayor of the City of London (2021-2022)
- Kay Swinburne, Vice-Chair of Financial Services, KPMG UK
Just Transition Finance Challenge update
Moderator: Elizabeth Corley, Chair, Impact Investing Institute
Speakers:
- Clara Barby, Senior Partner, Just Climate
- Baafour Otu-Boateng, Investment Director at KawiSafi Ventures
Panel discussion: shifting consumer priorities
Moderator: Keith Bottomley, Deputy Chairman, Policy and Resources Committee
Speakers:
- Jim Colvine, Senior Vice President, Product Management, Mastercard
- Helen Dickinson OBE, CEO, British Retail Consortium
- Richard Mattison, Chair of FoSDA’s Data Council, CEO of S&P Global Trucost, Chief Product Officer, S&P Global Sustainable1
- Stephanie Pagni, Global Counsel, Monzo
Keynote Address: His Excellency Ambassador Majid Al Suwaidi, Director General and Special Representative of the UAE, COP28 Presidency
Panel discussion: the road to COP28
Moderator: Rhian-Mari Thomas, CEO, Green Finance Institute
Speakers:
- Abyd Karmali OBE, Managing Director, Environmental Business Advisory, Bank of America
- Mohamed Nasr, Director of the Climate, Environment and Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt and Egypt’s Chief Climate Negotiator (Virtual Participation)
- Mattia Romani, Senior Counsellor to the Special Envoy on Climate Change and President Designate of COP28
- Lesley White, Chief Operating Officer, Sustainable Markets Initiative
Keynote speech: The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados (Virtual Participation)
Speech: The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP, Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Closing remarks: Alderman Nicholas Lyons, The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor