Our Board

Hans Joachim (“John”) Schellnhuber is currently the Director General of IIASA. He served as the founding director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) until 2018 and is the founder and founding director of Bauhaus Earth. He is a globally recognized authority on climate science and one of the founders and pioneers of interdisciplinary climate impact research. His expertise has earned him memberships in prestigious learned societies and numerous awards and honors and awards from various countries.

Rutger is currently the Global General Counsel and Global Director Legal, Governance and Risk at CGIAR, based in Montpellier, France. He started his career as lawyer in private practice. As one of the first lawyers globally, he started specializing in climate change in the early 00’s. He served as the first General Counsel at the Green Climate Fund and also served at the Global Fund and The Ocean Cleanup.

Anaar is a climate risk insurance expert currently leading work on inclusive insurance at CGAP, a global partnership of leading development organizations housed at the World Bank. Before joining CGAP, Anaar led AXA Emerging Customer’s Public Private Partnerships and inclusive insurance programs for smallholder farmers. She is also a CFA® Chartholder.

Fabio is the Head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The Cyprus Institute. Since the ‘90, he’s been promoting open innovation models for sustainable development, through the generation of knowledge-based start-ups, technology scouting and knowledge transfer actions. Appointed among the European leaders of innovation ecosystems by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, he’s regularly engaged at an international level as visiting expert, coach, and lecturer.

Marc  has been CEO of Credit Agricole Immobilier, the real estate subsidiary of Europe’s largest financial institution for the last 7 years. He spent the previous two decades as a banker in France, and as the head of the group’s international retail banking division during the financial crisis. He is experienced in customer insight, public policy, financial and risk management.

Sheela is the founder director of SPARC, an NGO based in Mumbai that aims to mobilize large numbers of the urban poor and to support and strengthen their organizations to enable them to become an important part of the city system. She is recognised, nationally and internationally, for seeking urgent attention to the issues of urban poverty, housing and infrastructure onto the radar of governments, bilateral and international agencies, foundations and other organizations.

Wiebke Schloemer has extensive global experience in finance and impact investing. She has spent the last 20 years in leadership positions with the IFC/World Bank Group, working with innovation and growth driven companies and advising governments on sustainable private sector development. Wiebke’s expertise spans business transformation, risk assessment, sustainability and governance, and leading under complexity.