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Silvia Scozzafava
Freelance Consultant
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Sectors: Ecology, Sustainability
Experience: My 25 years of work experience span from conservation ecology and rural development to innovative startups and entrepreneurship. Currently, I define myself as a "business ecologist", as my mission is to bring more ecology into business and more business into ecology!
Laurie Bowman
Lead Trainer, Synchrony Services
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Areas of work: Risk Management, Project Management, Investment Decision-Making
Experience: Accredited trainer with extensive international experience in risk management, project management, and investment decision-making, delivering training for industry, government, and professional bodies. 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
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Areas of work: Global sustainability strategy and implementation advisory across numerous industries and levels of government.
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
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Areas of work: Social Value Return of Investment and Impact Measurement and Management
Experience: Accredited Natural Capital Trainer of Capital Coalition for decision-making, and an Accredited advanced impact management and SROI practitioner. Pioneering in Malaysia, revolutionizing how resources are perceived and invested for a better world by connecting natural capital to impactful decision-making.
Darya Boukata
PhD Candidate & Research
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Areas of work: Regulation
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.
Natsuki Kawaguchi
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Areas of work: HSE
Experience: N/A
Dan Whitaker
Senior Economist, IDEEA Group
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Areas of work: Environmental Economics
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
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Areas of work: Social enterprise, community development, youth entrepreneurship, and higher education
Experience: I bring over two decades of leadership experience from the government sector, where I specialized in rural development and marine conservation. A key achievement of my public service career was successfully integrating Social Impact Assessment (SIA) into the government's operational framework.
Takuro Kimura
Founder & Representative
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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)
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.
Todd Waldron
Senior Program Director
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Areas of work: Natural Capital, Forest Conservation, Land Protection, Non-Profit
Experience: I am a forest conservation innovator with leadership experience in landscape-scale forest restoration, consulting, forestland acquisitions, impact investing, land protection, real estate and forest bioeconomy. I help partners and clients redefine value to make better decisions for people, nature and business. I work primarily in North America and am interested in connecting businesses and impact investors with tangible, practical solutions and powerful outcomes & impacts.
Anila Shrivastava
Executive Director, Idstats Impact & Lecturer
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Languages: English
Areas of work: AOE: Impact Design, Behavior Change and M& E ; Capability Building
Experience: For over 25 years, I've partnered with Fortune 500s, social sector groups, and SMEs across the Asia-Pacific region to create sustainable impact. My background is diverse, having worked with top global consultancies and led key functions at major corporates like Kantar and Nielsen. I founded idstats Impact and, with the Singapore government's support, built a ResTech platform. I am currently consulting with a few organisations including UNDP Singapore.
My expertise is twofold. I specialize in Strategic Impact & Stakeholder Engagement, using data and behavioral science to help organizations define their purpose and develop impactful strategies—the "what" and "why." I also focus on Technical Sustainability & Reporting, guiding clients through the "how" of implementation, from materiality analysis to compliance with global standards like GRI and SASB. My coaching role with the UNDP's SDG Venture Scaler further supports my work in scaling impact.
Beyond consulting, I'm passionate about sharing knowledge. As a content designer and facilitator, I've taught non-profit management, sustainability, and innovation at leading Singaporean institutions and India ( Masters Union – MBA Program).
Brandon Murphy
Programme Officer
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Areas of work: Agriculture, Natural Capital and Biodiversity
Experience: Environmental and Agricultural Economist specializing in climate resilience, sustainable agri-food systems, and natural capital. Program Officer at The Cropper Foundation, leading projects in biodiversity, data science, and ESG.
David Wray
Founder DW Group SARL
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Areas of work: Connecting Sustainability and Finance in strategy, operations and metrics
Experience: Qualification Highlights:
More than 25 years of senior finance leadership experience in multinational and medium-sized enterprises in North America, Europe and China.
More than 10 years of experience in sustainability and finance connectivity and integration from strategic planning through operations to financial analysis and ultimately decision-making.
More than 20 years in instructional design, learning delivery, motivation and team building, strategic financial management, sustainability and executive leadership.
Highly skilled in training needs assessment, simplifying complex concepts, building rapport, communicating, motivating individuals and teams, and follow through to ensure success.
Provide mentorship to leaders in nonprofit organisations to support their sustainable journey
Consultation, Training & Presentations
Led the team that designed, developed and delivered innovative on demand learning for approximately 5,000 participants a Fortune 100 Company.
Created online learning outline and support materials.
Sourced eLearning developers to support production of the solution.
Provided on-going coaching and guidance to the design, development and delivery team from inception through delivery completion resulting in a 150% increase in employee development attendance and retention.
Designed and led Fortune 500 and SME organizational finance, ESG and digitalization training to improve finance-ESG connectivity awareness, optimize financial outcomes and ensure compliance with US Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP), IFRS and/or European standards
Assessed business needs, developed training strategy, method of delivery and support materials.
Led the global training delivery team delivery to over 10,000 finance executives, sales managers, operations managers, marketing managers and functional staff.
Through initial rollout feedback incorporated improvements in subsequent training products, coaching, and train the trainer sessions.
Lisa Tennant
Chair of Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Areas of work: Board Governance. Board Dynamics. Natural Capital.
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.
Maria João Gaspar
Independent consultant
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Areas of work: Sustainability strategy and reporting. GHG emissions management and climate transition plans. Natural capital. Supply chain sustainability integration. ESG ratings.
Experience: Over 20 years of experience in sustainability practice.
Currently working has 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.
Led projects in a wide range of sectors including agriculture and forestry, banking, energy, entertainment, infrastructure, retail, telecommunications and tourism.
Diana Swidler
Lead consultant at Antela LLC
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Areas of work: Nature risk assessment, supplier engagement, science-based targets, sustainability strategy, global supply chains, corporate responsibility
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.
Ashlyn Anderson
Senior Sustainability Consultant
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Areas of work: Climate and nature risk assessment, strategy, and reporting
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.
Dr. Eugene Itua
CEO, Natural Eco Capital & Executive Director, Africa Green Economy and Sustianability Insitute
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Areas of work: Natural capital accounting, climate finance, circular economy, environmental policy & governance, sustainable finance, carbon markets, low-carbon development strategies, and capacity building.
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.
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