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

Qualified trainers listed here have completed the programme and are accredited to help businesses measure impacts and dependencies, strengthen strategies, and accelerate the journey to a nature positive, net zero future..

This globally recognised course prepares experienced professionals to deliver high-quality training on biodiversity, air quality, greenhouse gases, water, and land.

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Silvia Scozzafava

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!

Laurie Bowman

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.

Tanis Marquette

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.

Dr. Jane Chang YC

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.

Darya Boukata

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

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.

Yung Chuan KO

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.

Ashlyn Anderson

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.

Takuro Kimura

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.

Senior Program Director

Todd Waldron

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.

Executive Director, Idstats Impact & Lecturer

Anila Shrivastava

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).

Brandon Murphy

Programme Officer

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.

Independent consultant

Maria João Gaspar

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.

David Wray

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.

Chair of Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Lisa Tennant

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.

Diana Swidler

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.

Dr. Eugene Itua

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

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).

Global Leader Natural Assets, BPY Ltd

Colm Molloy

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.

Lead, Biodiversity, Business & Finance at Nature^Squared

Iris Visser

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.

Natural Capital for Business Descision-making

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