Natural Capital for Business Decision-making

Accredited Trainer Directory

Equip your organisation with the expertise to integrate nature into every decision.

This is a directory of Accredited Trainers who are qualified to deliver the Natural Capital for Business Decision-making course and to carry out assessments using a framework that can include themes such as biodiversity, air quality, greenhouse gases, water, and land.

Connect with a professional below to receive training in measuring impacts and dependencies, strengthening strategies, and accelerating your organisation’s journey toward a nature positive, net zero future.

Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Africa

Dr. Eugene Itua | Nigeria

CEO & Executive Director

  • Areas of work: Natural capital accounting, climate finance, circular economy, environmental policy & governance, sustainable finance, carbon markets, low-carbon development strategies, and capacity building.

    Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-itua-18804118/

    eugeneitua@ecopital.com

    Experience: Dr. Eugene Itua, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized sustainability strategist with over 28 years of leadership in natural capital accounting, climate finance, circular economy policy, and environmental governance. He has delivered projects across more than 15 countries, partnering with organizations such as the AfDB, World Bank, UNDP, WWF, and the EU. As CEO of Natural Eco Capital and Executive Director of the Africa Green Economy and Sustainability Institute, he has guided national and regional policy reforms, developed climate resilience strategies, and led environmental and social safeguards for major infrastructure projects. He is an Accredited Trainer for UNDP SDG Impact Standards and an Accredited Trainer for Natural Capital for Business Decision-Making. A frequent speaker at global forums that has included, for instance, Chatham House and UNFCCC COP events. He also served as a peer reviewer for AfDB regional economic reports. His work consistently bridges science, policy, and finance to drive sustainable economic transformation.

Elizabeth Ellis | Zambia

Director

  • Areas of work: Human health & social, Arts entertainment & recreation, Education.

    Contact: elizabeth@timeandtidefoundation.org

    Experience: As Executive Director of the Time + Tide Foundation (TTF), Elizabeth has worked in the conservation, social development and tourism sectors across six countries in Africa for over 15 years. She brings diverse experience and knowledge in organisational management, strategy development, capacity building and stakeholder relationships.

    As well as being an Accredited Trainer for the SDG Impact Standards, Elizabeth is an Advanced Practitioner of Social Value and Social Return on Investment (SROI).

Michael Chomba | Kenya

Director, Grant Thornton Advisory East Africa Limited

  • Areas of work:

    1) project preparation and transaction advisory for infrastructure projects,

    2) sustainable finance consulting notably climate finance advisory, nature finance advisory and gender finance advisory.

    Contact: michael.chomba@ke.gt.com

    Experience: Michael leads the Infrastructure & Sustainability Consulting Practice at Grant Thornton East Africa JV covering Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Somalia, Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo.

    He is in charge of Strategy Development, Business Plan formulation, Business Development, Client Relationship Management and Execution Leadership of a diverse set of Advisory engagements in East Africa. Coverage sectors: Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency, Carbon Finance, Biodiversity Finance, Climate Resilient Infrastructure, Healthcare, Food & Agribusiness, Financial Inclusion amongst others.

    His training as a Development Economist, Financial Analyst and Accountant helps me to effortlessly zoom in and out when analyzing client problems. With respect to Green Finance qualifications, Michael is a Certified Climate & Renewable Energy Finance Expert, Certified Climate Infrastructure Officer and Certified Biodiversity Finance Expert. In addition, he has Train-the Trainer (ToT) qualifications in Natural Capital and Circular Economy business models.

    Michael recently completed a three (3) year secondment to Grant Thornton International Limited (GTIL) as a Director NCT-Africa Coverage. This Pan-African role gave me a comprehensive landscape overview of Grant Thornton operations in the 22 countries in Africa.

Christian Narh Fiergbor| Ghana

Assurance and Project Coordinator, Social Value International

  • Areas of work:

    Project management and coordination, impact management, social value measurement, climate finance, sustainability reporting, capacity building, professional pathway development, and assurance process coordination.

    Contact: christian@socialvalueint.org

    Experience: Christian Narh is a sustainability and social value practitioner with experience in impact management, capacity building, and project management and coordination. At Social Value International, he supports global training, accreditation, and assurance programmes, including coordination of the Natural Capital for Business Decision-Making: On the Path to Net Zero Train-the-Trainer course and the SDG Impact Standards Accreditation Programme. His work spans natural capital, climate finance, and impact measurement, with a focus on strengthening practitioner capability.

Joanne Henstock| South Africa

Principal - Independent Consultant

  • Areas of work: Advisory Services: Governance, Climate and Sustainable Business

    Contact: joanne@joannehenstock.com

    Experience: Experienced sustainability practitioner and independent advisor to leading corporates: sustainability strategy integration; sustainability performance and impact reporting across human,social and natural capital subject matters. Particular focus on maturing governance competencies focused to promoting responsible business practices and sustainable value creation.

Americas

Tanis Marquette | USA

Director, Sustainability Advisory Services

  • Areas of work: Global sustainability strategy and implementation advisory across numerous industries and levels of government.

    Contact: tmarquette@trccompanies.com

    Experience: An award-winning professional, author, and international speaker, Tanis Marquette brings sustainability into focus. She has led sustainability and environmental health and safety (EHS+S) thought leadership for over three decades. Her portfolio includes substantial contributions to EHS+S standards, including leading the first-ever certification to the UL 880 Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations Standard. Her regulatory background and business acumen facilitates client success across health, safety, sustainability and energy management with a values-driven and risk management approach. With TRC, Tanis works with clients across the private equity and corporate sectors and is proud to be a member of the first cohort of accredited trainers for the “Natural Capital for Business Decision-Making” course.

    Thrice recognized by the Environmental Leader, Tanis was Safety Professional of the Year, twice, and a Maxwell Leadership Innovative Leader. She has been recognized by both the Marquis Who’s Who and Continental Who’s Who for distinguished career and community leadership contributions.

    Her co-authored book "Connecting the Dots: Environment, Health, Safety, and Sustainability" is available from Wiley and bookstores near you.

Senior Program Director

Todd Waldron | USA

  • Areas of work: Natural Capital, Forest Conservation, Land Protection, Non-Profit

    Contact: thwaldron@winnakee.org

    Experience: Todd is a forest conservation innovator with leadership experience in landscape-scale forest restoration, consulting, forestland acquisitions, impact investing, land protection, real estate and forest bioeconomy. He helps partners and clients redefine value to make better decisions for people, nature and business. He works primarily in North America and is interested in connecting businesses and impact investors with tangible, practical solutions and powerful outcomes & impacts.

Ashlyn Anderson | USA

Senior Sustainability Consultant

  • Areas of work: Climate and nature risk assessment, strategy, and reporting

    Contact: ashlyn.anderson@stantec.com

    Experience: Ashlyn supports clients as they align with global sustainability regulations, engage stakeholders, and focus on long-term business resilience. She specializes in helping companies assess and manage their impacts on climate and nature in alignment with the recommendations of the Task Force on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and requirements under the European Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

Brandon Murphy | Trinidad and Tobago

  • Areas of work: Agriculture, Natural Capital and Biodiversity

    Contact: bmurphy@thecropperfoundation.org

    Experience: Brandon is an Environmental and Agricultural Economist specializing in climate resilience, sustainable agri-food systems, and natural capital. He is the Program Officer at The Cropper Foundation, leading projects in biodiversity, data science, and ESG.

Programme Officer

Diana Swidler | USA

Lead consultant at Antela LLC

  • Areas of work: Nature risk assessment, supplier engagement, science-based targets, sustainability strategy, global supply chains, corporate responsibility

    Contact: dswidler@antelaservices.com

    Experience: Diana has over 13 years of combined experience in nature and biodiversity corporate responsibility, green technologies, project finance, sustainable management, and international policy. She worked in project design and implementation of NbS and later moved to advisory services, where she worked for major sustainability firms like South Pole and Anthesis, helping companies across sectors design their climate and nature strategies and implement nature frameworks like SBTN and TNFD.

Asia

Dr. Jane Chang YC | Malaysia

Director, Social Value Malaysia

  • Areas of work: Social Value Return of Investment and Impact Measurement and Management

    Contact: jane.chang@socialvaluemalaysia.org

    Experience: Dr. Jane Chang is an accredited Natural Capital Trainer of Capital Coalition for decision-making, and an Accredited advanced impact management and SROI practitioner. She is revolutionizing how resources are perceived and invested for a better world by connecting natural capital to impactful decision-making.

Yung Chuan KO | Taiwan

Social Impact Thinking

  • Areas of work: Social enterprise, community development, youth entrepreneurship, and higher education

    Contact: ycko@koimpact.tw

    Experience: Yun Chuan brings over two decades of leadership experience from the government sector, where he specialized in rural development and marine conservation. A key achievement of his public service career was successfully integrating Social Impact Assessment (SIA) into the government's operational framework.

Sandra Anani | United Arab Emirates

Director, Sustainability to Action

  • Areas of work: Sustainability, ESG, Natural Capital and the Four Capitals Approach.

    Contact: sandra@sustainabilitytoaction.com

    Experience: Sandra Anani is a highly respected sustainability and

    governance expert with over 25 years of experience driving

    corporate responsibility, environmental stewardship, and

    ethical business practices. As the Founder and Director of

    Sustainability to Action (STA), Sandra has been at the

    forefront of advancing sustainability strategies for

    businesses, governments, and non-profit organisations.

    With a strong academic foundation—including an MBA in

    International Business Management and a Master of

    Laws in Corporate Governance—Sandra brings a

    multidisciplinary approach to embedding sustainability

    within corporate and economic systems. Her expertise

    spans ESG reporting, natural capital accounting,

    sustainable finance, and corporate governance.

Takuro Kimura | Japan

Founder & Representative

  • Areas of work: (i) Impact investor and advisor to nature-conscious early-stage ventures, targeting emerging markets, and (ii) fostering global–Japan networks on nature finance, biodiversity credits, and nature-positive business through the Japan Impact Investing Network (J-IIN)

    Contact: kimura@j-iin.org

    Experience: Takuro (Tak) is a seasoned impact investor and sustainability strategist with over 35 years of experience in structured finance, private equity, and development finance. He is the founder of G-Cubed Partners, Inc., managing investment and advisory services for early-stage ventures. Tak’s investment approach emphasizes the integration of natural capital, biodiversity, and climate resilience into core business and decision-making and impacts.

    Previously, he held senior leadership roles at the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Orix Corporation, leading cross-border investments in emerging markets. He currently represents the Japan Impact Investing Network (J-IIN), where he convenes dialogues between global experts and Japanese stakeholders to scale nature-positive finance, biodiversity credit markets, and nature-based innovation.

    Through his multi-sector experience and global network, Tak works to advance the flow of capital toward solutions that are both financially sound, ecologically regenerative and socially inclusive, particularly in the Asia-Pacific, Africa and Global-South.

Executive Director, Idstats Impact & Lecturer

Anila Shrivastava | India

  • Areas of work: AOE: Impact Design, Behavior Change and M& E ; Capability Building

    Contact: anila@idstats.org

    Experience: For over 25 years, Anila has partnered with Fortune 500s, social sector groups, and SMEs across the Asia-Pacific region to create sustainable impact. Her background is diverse, having worked with top global consultancies and led key functions at major corporates like Kantar and Nielsen. She founded Idstats Impact and, with the Singapore government's support, built a ResTech platform. She is currently consulting with a few organisations including UNDP Singapore.

    Her expertise is twofold. She specializes in Strategic Impact & Stakeholder Engagement, using data and behavioral science to help organizations define their purpose and develop impactful strategies—the "what" and "why." She also focuses on Technical Sustainability & Reporting, guiding clients through the "how" of implementation, from materiality analysis to compliance with global standards like GRI and SASB. Her coaching role with the UNDP's SDG Venture Scaler further supports my work in scaling impact.

    Beyond consulting, she is passionate about sharing knowledge. As a content designer and facilitator, she has taught non-profit management, sustainability, and innovation at leading Singaporean institutions and India (Masters Union – MBA Program).

Kotamarthi Venkat Avadhani | India

CEO, Sustina Eco Advisors

  • Areas of work: Sustainability, Strategy, policy advisory. GHG Accounting, Climate and Nature assessments, including supporting organisations in their run-up to SBTN compliance

    Contact: kvavadhani@sustina.in

    Experience: Avadhani Venkat is the Founder and Managing Partner of Sustina Eco Advisors, a specialised consultancy firm dedicated to sustainability and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) advisory. With extensive experience in the sustainability domain, he focuses on helping organisations integrate ESG principles into their core business strategies to drive long-term value and climate resilience. He is also an Author; his publications include "The Impact Accounting Nexus-Valuing What Matters for a Sustainable Future", a primer for those who are pursuing Impact Accounting

    Professional Expertise:

    His core expertise lies in climate change advisory, carbon management, and sustainability disclosure, as well as Natural Capital Assessment. He has significant experience working with various reporting frameworks, including the Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). His work often involves:

    • Developing comprehensive ESG strategies and roadmaps.

    • Assisting organisations with carbon footprinting and decarbonization pathways.

    • Conducting climate, Nature risk assessments and sustainability audits.

    • Guiding corporate leadership on ESG compliance and stakeholder engagement.

    Career Background:

    Before establishing Sustina Eco Advisors, Avadhani Venkat held leadership and senior roles at Union Bank of India, including positions in the Alternate channels, Audit, and MIS divisions. His career is characterised by a commitment to bridging the gap between corporate operations and environmental stewardship.

    Mission:

    Through his leadership at Sustina Eco Advisors, he aims to empower businesses in India and globally to navigate the evolving regulatory landscape of sustainability while fostering transparent and impactful corporate responsibility practices.

Europe

Silvia Scozzafava | Italy

Freelance Consultant

  • Sectors: Ecology, Sustainability

    Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/silvia-scozzafava-b11943165/

    Experience: ​Silvia’s 25 years of work experience span from conservation ecology and rural development to innovative startups and entrepreneurship. Currently, she defines herself as a "business ecologist", as her mission is to bring more ecology into business and more business into ecology!

David Wray | France

Founder DW Group SARL

  • Areas of work: Connecting Sustainability and Finance in strategy, operations and metrics

    Contact: david@dwgroup.consulting

    Experience: David brings more than 25 years of senior finance leadership experience across multinational corporations and medium-sized enterprises in North America, Europe, and China. Over the course of his career, he has cultivated a strong expertise in linking sustainability with finance, with more than a decade of experience integrating sustainability considerations into strategic planning, operations, financial analysis, and decision-making. In addition, he has spent over 20 years working in instructional design, learning delivery, team motivation, strategic financial management, and executive leadership, consistently bridging the gap between technical complexity and practical application.

    Highly skilled in assessing training needs, simplifying complex concepts, building rapport, and motivating both individuals and teams, David is known for his ability to follow through and ensure successful outcomes. He also provides mentorship to leaders in nonprofit organizations, supporting their sustainability journeys with strategic guidance and practical tools.

    His consulting and training work demonstrates his commitment to impactful learning. He led a team that designed, developed, and delivered innovative on-demand learning for approximately 5,000 participants at a Fortune 100 company. In this role, he created online learning frameworks and support materials, sourced eLearning developers, and provided ongoing coaching and guidance from inception through delivery. The result was a 150% increase in employee development attendance and retention.

    David has also designed and led finance, ESG, and digitalization training programs for Fortune 500 companies and SMEs, improving awareness of finance-ESG connectivity, optimizing financial outcomes, and ensuring compliance with US GAAP, IFRS, and European accounting standards. He assessed organizational needs, developed comprehensive training strategies, and produced tailored delivery methods and support materials.

    As the leader of a global training delivery team, David oversaw programs reaching more than 10,000 finance executives, sales managers, operations managers, marketing professionals, and functional staff. By incorporating feedback from initial rollouts, he refined training products, expanded coaching initiatives, and developed “train the trainer” sessions, ensuring sustainable and scalable impact.

Maria João Gaspar | Portugal

Independent consultant

  • Areas of work: Sustainability strategy and reporting. GHG emissions management and climate transition plans. Natural capital. Supply chain sustainability integration. ESG ratings.

    Contact: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/maria-jo%C3%A3o-gaspar/31/bab/488/en

    Experience: Maria has over 20 years of experience in sustainability practice.

    She is currently working as an independent consultant, supporting some of the largest Portuguese companies in designing tailor-made strategies, managing environmental and social issues in the supply chain and reporting to different stakeholders.

    She has led projects in a wide range of sectors including agriculture and forestry, banking, energy, entertainment, infrastructure, retail, telecommunications and tourism.

Chair of Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Lisa Tennant | UK

  • Areas of work: Board Governance. Board Dynamics. Natural Capital.

    Contact: lisa@lisatennant.co.uk

    Experience: Lisa Tennant is a Chair and Non-Executive Director specialising in high-performing boards, governance, and organisational transformation. She has led complex reviews and chaired multiple boards across public, private, and regulated sectors. A Capitals Coalition–trained trainer, Lisa integrates natural capital thinking into board decision-making to align environmental value with strategic and financial outcomes.

Executive Director, Koç University Social Impact Forum, SV Turkiye

Gonca Ongan | Türkiye

  • Areas of work: Social Value and Social Return on Investment, Impact Measurement and Management, Social innovation, Sustainable Development, Social Entrepreneurship, Community Engagement, Social Economy.

    Contact: gongan@ku.edu.tr

    Experience: Dr. Gonca Ongan has been working at Koç University Social Impact Forum since 2010, where she serves as an Executive Director and co-teaches social entrepreneurship and social impact management courses. Having 20 years of experience in the private, public, and civil society sectors, she became the Executive Director of the Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF) in 2012. Ongan is a Social Value International Level 3 Accredited Practitioner and Trainer, as well as an Accredited Practitioner for SDG Impact Standards and Natural Capital for Business Decision Making. She currently serves as the Chair of Social Value Türkiye and provides training and consultancy on sustainability and social impact to various institutions and organizations.

Lead, Biodiversity, Business & Finance at Nature^Squared

Iris Visser | Netherlands

  • Areas of work: Natural Capital Analyst

    Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iris-visser-bb930b76/

    Experience: Iris has a background in human geography and works for Nature^Squared, focusing on projects related to finance, business, and biodiversity. By connecting ecology and economics, she strives to demonstrate the value of nature and to design nature-inclusive business cases and financial mechanisms, ensuring that nature becomes an integral part of everything we do.

Founder, Trinity Consultancy Group Ltd

Armin Peter | UK

  • Areas of work: Capital Markets Transformation and its required change in engagement with lenders and investors to successfully raise capital and funding.

    Contact: http://linkedin.com/in/armin-peter-12029125

    Experience: Armin Peter is a Global Capital Markets expert, bringing over 25 years of experience

    in sustainable banking and capital markets. As a former Managing Director at UBS

    Investment Bank, Global Head of Debt Syndicate and Sustainable Banking

    EMEA, he led global syndicate operations and spearheaded sustainable finance

    initiatives. Armin played a crucial role in developing the ICMA Bond Data Taxonomy

    and its global adoption including its integration to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s

    digital green bond transaction, the recognition by the MAS’s Guardian Fixed Income

    Framework, ECB’s AMISECO and the ICSDs Euroclear and Clearstream.

    His expertise spans business transformation, strategic initiatives, and the

    integration of sustainability in financial markets. Armin’s leadership extends to

    industry associations, having served on the GFMA & ICMA Board and as Chair of

    the ICMA FinTech Advisory Committee.

    He is Founder of Trinity Consultancy Group Ltd, a capital markets transformation

    advisory company.

    His expertise, global network, collaborative approach and strategic thinking

    positioned him as a key facilitator and co-pilot for businesses and executive leaders.

    He now holds board and advisory roles across the industry along the transitional thematics of

    digitalisation and decarbonisation of financial markets including for ICMA, GDF (Board),

    Capitals Coalition, EMIA, GIST Impact, Maanch and the Digital Climate Group

Agata Fortuna Uluç | Türkiye/ Poland

Training and Project Coordinator, Koç University Social Impact Forum

  • Areas of work: Sustainability management/Social Impact/Social Value

    Contact: agatafortunauluc@gmail.com

    Experience: Since 2009 Agata has been working in the field of civil society and social impact in Türkiye and at the international level and since 2015, she has worked as a Project and Training Senior Specialist at the Koç University Social Impact Forum. Within the field of social impact management, she develops guidance, training, and delivers consultancy to non-governmental organization, social enterprises and private sector organizations. She co-teaches social entrepreneurship and social impact management courses at Koç University. She is Social Value International's Level 3 Accredited Practitioner,Trainer & Assessor, as well as Accredited Trainer for SDG Impact Standards.

    She has been also the founding member of the Social Value Türkiye, joint member network of Social Value International since September 2023.

Oceania

Laurie Bowman | Australia

Lead Trainer, Synchrony Services

  • Areas of work: Risk Management, Project Management, Investment Decision-Making

    Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauriebowman/

    Experience: Laurie is an accredited trainer with extensive international experience in risk management, project management, and investment decision-making, delivering training for industry, government, and professional bodies. He has expertise in integrating sustainability, natural capital, and ethical considerations into decision-making frameworks to enhance value creation and resilience across complex projects and portfolios.

Darya Boukata | Australia

PhD Candidate & Research

  • Areas of work: Regulation

    Contact: darya.boukata@sydney.edu.au

    Experience: Darya is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney Business School with a decade of prior experience in management consulting and the non-profit sector. Her research examines how Boards respond to biodiversity loss, natural capital risks, and related corporate governance and reporting practices. She collaborates with industry bodies to generate practice‑relevant insights through surveys, interviews, and stakeholder engagement.

Dan Whitaker | Australia

Senior Economist, IDEEA Group

  • Areas of work: Environmental Economics

    Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjwhitaker/

    Experience: Dan is an environmental economist with experience in economics, science, risk management, and finance. His areas of expertise include natural capital accounting, nature-related and climate-related risk analysis, valuation, sustainable finance, development economics, environmental science, and carbon and energy economics and accounting. Dan brings deep expertise in the use of a natural capital approach to inform decision-making in the public and private sector.

Global Leader Natural Assets, BPY Ltd

Colm Molloy | Australia

  • Areas of work: Environmental Consultant

    Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colm-molloy-6a627028/

    Experience: Colm is the Leader of BPY’s Natural Asset team, with more than 30 years’ experience as a Natural Scientist and Chartered Engineer. Colm leads the natural capital capability to facilitate economic analysis, program advisory, community consultation and environmental approvals. Colm is an experienced company director, graduate of the Australian Insititute of Company Directors, bringing governance to nature, water and climate risk, green infrastructure, resilience and sustainable business models.

Christopher Wilson | Australia

Director

  • Areas of work: Regenerative Systems & Digital Enablement (Emerdigm): Founder of Emerdigm, utilising AI-driven adaptive learning platforms to instruct government, academia and corporations on Systems Thinking, Impact Accounting, and Regenerative Futures.

    Academic Instruction: Lecturing at the UNSW Business School, shaping the next generation of leaders in sustainable business practices and environmental economics.

    Nature Finance & Market Activation: Activating the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market for The Landbanking Group, facilitating the transition to nature-positive assets and high-integrity natural capital markets.

    Contact: chris@emerdigm.com

    Experience: With a career spanning diverse sectors—from mining and energy to investment and logistics—he brings a practical, rigorous approach to natural capital and net-zero transitions. His background ensures training is grounded in real-world application, not just theory.

    Global Standards Development: Member of the Australian technical committee for ISO's GHG and Climate related management standards as well as the international working group that devised the ISO Net Zero guidelines and developed the verification framework for the Climate Active program.

    Assurance & Modelling: Extensive experience leading NGER assurance engagements and Net Zero modelling for entities across all tiers of government and ASX-listed organisations.

    Strategic Leadership: Past President of the Australian Institute for Environmental Accounting, current Chair of the Environmental Accounting Special Interest Section for the EIANZ and Advisory Board member for the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide.

Lachlan | Australia

Senior Director, Brambles

  • Areas of work: Broad sustainability strategist

    Contact: Lachlan.Feggans@Brambles.com

    Experience: Broad sustainability professional with 25+ years of experience

    LCA, Circularity, nature and climate strategy, reporting and disclosure

    Nature-positive forestry projects

    Regenerative farmer

Mayuran Sivapalan | Australia

Managing Director, Adaptus

  • Areas of work: I specialise in the integration of natural and social capital into corporate decision-making and investment strategy. As the Founder and Managing Director of Adaptus, my work focuses on bridging the divide between technical environmental constraints and financial performance. I advise organisations on valuing non-financial assets, navigating climate and nature-related risks (TCFD/TNFD), and embedding multi-capital accounting into governance frameworks to drive resilient, long-term value creation.

    Contact: mayuran.sivapalan@adaptus.com.au

    Experience: With over 20 years of professional experience, I possess a rare dual background in Environmental Engineering and Investment Finance. My career began in technical flood and hydrologic modelling before evolving into strategic advisory. This trajectory allows me to translate complex scientific data into clear financial logic for boards and executive teams. I have extensive experience leading capacity-building workshops and helping clients operationalise the Natural and Social Capital Protocols across diverse sectors, ensuring concepts move from theory to practical application.

Laurie Bowman | Australia

Lead Trainer, Synchrony Projects

  • Areas of work: Risk and Opportunity Management, Investment Assurance, Natural Capital, and Value-Based Investment Decision-Making in Complex Projects

    Contact: laurie@synchrony.net.au

    Experience: Laurie Bowman is an experienced advisor, trainer, and assurance specialist working at the intersection of natural capital, social value, and investment decision-making in complex project and portfolio environments. His work focuses on helping organisations make better decisions under uncertainty by integrating financial, natural, social, and human capital considerations into governance, business cases, and delivery assurance.

    Laurie has extensive experience in major infrastructure, IT, and transformation programs, supporting public and private sector clients with value assurance, risk management, and benefits realisation. He regularly works with executive leaders, boards, and project teams to strengthen decision quality, align investments with organisational purpose and risk appetite, and improve confidence in long-term value outcomes.

    As a trainer, Laurie brings a practical, systems-based perspective to natural capital and social value, drawing on real-world case experience, international standards, and behavioural insights. His approach emphasises proportionality, transparency, and usability — helping practitioners move beyond compliance toward meaningful integration of natural and social value into everyday decision-making.

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