Meet The BwB Team
Angus Forbes
Chairman / Board
Angus worked in the City for 20 years, at James Capel, Smith New Court / Merrill Lynch and GLG
Alexander Wiese
Managing Director, Global Head Blue Economy & Food Finance
Alexander is sector lead for Blue Economy & Food Finance. Alexander is a member of the Operations & Strategy
Rufus Grantham
Managing Director, Global Head Retrofit & Built Environment Finance
Rufus is sector lead of Retrofit & Built Environment Finance.Rufus spent two decades working in investment
Iain Torrance
Managing Director
Iain has over thirty-five years’ experience of working in the City with various institutions
Lesley Warren
Executive Director Operations
Lesley is a member of the Operations & Strategy Group of the firm.
Johannes Haubrich
Executive Director
Johannes Haubrich is Head of Product Management for Fixed Income & Equity Solutions at Nordea Asset Management (NAM).
Julien Roques
Executive Director
Julien worked at Santander as vice president in their investment banking division based in Paris.
Christian Zenner
Executive Director
Christian spent over 15 years in cross-asset derivatives sales roles for international investment banks.
Christine Zhou
Vice President
Christine has spent six years in front office roles at a couple of major investment banks. Most recently, she
Yang Zhou
Vice President
Yang has over 12 years of professional experience in various advisory and asset management roles..
Yoana Charliyska
Vice President - Marketing
Yoana brings nearly 15 years of experience working in various areas of marketing, corporate communications
Matteo Scalabrino
Senior Analyst
Matteo spent one year working in financial risk and sustainable finance for MLAdvisory, an international consulting company.
Tommaso Buso
Senior Analyst
Tommaso previously worked in the ESG retail practice of Amundi AM and the sustainable finance division of Deloitte
Wilfred Simon
Analyst
Wilfred previously worked as a product management trainee in fixed income and equity, focusing on responsible
Luke Ireland
Project Manager Analyst
Luke has previously spent several years in service of the Public Sector in Aotearoa New Zealand, working for several institutions
Vuk Srdanovic
Senior Advisor
Vuk spent eight years building the international business of Dutch asset management house Kempen Capital
Rupesh Madlani
CEO, Global Head Data & Disclosure Finance / Board
Rupesh is sector lead for Data & Disclosure Finance, he is a member of the Operations & Strategy Group of the firm.
Asen Charliyski
Managing Director, Global Head Sustainable Cities Finance
Asen is sector lead for Cities. He brings diverse experience in structured finance, corporate finance
William Watts
Managing Director
William had a long career in traditional money and bond markets in the UK, US and European Rabobank.
Fiona Blythe
Executive Director, Global Head Biodiversity & Nature-Based Solutions Finance
Fiona is sector lead for Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions. Fiona has over 20 years’ experience
Harald Kinzler
Executive Director
Harald has gained considerable experience, in a variety of roles, during a 25 year career across three
Steven Bowen
Executive Director
Steven worked at Berenberg, setting up and running the sustainability team within the Investment Bank.
Rajni Kumar
Executive Director
Rajni has over 15 years of experience in cross-asset derivatives trading. Currently, she is a Senior Director
Jeremy Davies
Executive Director
Jeremy spent 16 years in the investment industry in both public and private markets, latterly running global special situations.
Shriya Samarth
Vice President
Shriya is a cross-asset trader, working in finance for over 8 years. She began her career at Barclays
Alex Shapiro
Vice President
Alex works in Impact Venture Capital at the Conduit Connect, leading due diligence seed and series A impact deals globally.
Gunjesh Jain
Finance Associate
Gunjesh is a practicing Chartered Accountant in India. Gunjesh has over six years’ experience working
Harry Wain
Senior Analyst
Harry graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc in Management. Harry has previously held roles in a Morgan
Isaac Caiger-Smith
Analyst
Isaac graduated in 2021 from the University of Sussex, with a first-class degree in philosophy, politics, economics.
Christopher Czura
Analyst
Chris studied Geography at the University of Colorado and received his MBA in Responsible Investment and Finance from SUMAS.
Sansuma Bargayary
Finance Analyst
Sansuma has 6 years experience in dynamic accounting practice. Sansuma worked with many financial
Tenke Zoltani
Senior Advisor
Tenke Zoltani, Founder of Better Finance, is an expert in the field of impact investing
Chris Smith
Managing Director, Global Head Sovereign Sustainable Finance
Chris is sector lead for Sovereign Sustainable Finance and is a member of the Operations & Strategy Group of the firm.
Steve Smith
Managing Director, Global Head Carbon & Forestry Finance
Steve is the sector lead for Carbon & Forestry Finance. Steve worked at Morgan Stanley
Jennifer Faust
Managing Director
Jennifer has nearly twenty years of institutional investment, development finance and international
Heather Matson
Executive Director, Gender, Diversity & Inclusive Finance
Heather is sector lead for Gender, Diversity & Inclusive Finance and also supports BwB’s efforts around policy
Mark Buisseret
Executive Director
Mark's career in financial markets spans equities, derivatives and fixed income trading, capital markets
Andrew Hughes
Executive Director
Andrew worked in the City of London as a sell side analyst for 35 years, covering the Retail sector. He was latterly a MD and team head at UBS.
Sumbo Eludire
Executive Director
Sumbo has more than five years of trading experience in the emerging markets foreign exchange space
Sonal Biyani
Executive Director
Sonal has over 12 years of experience in capital markets, fund raising (IPO, PE) and Mergers & Acquisitions
Jade Bouhmouch
Vice President
Jade was previously a senior analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in San Francisco,
Barbara Truyers
Vice President
Barbara started her career in finance as an investment advisor in 2007. In 2019, she joined the myclimate foundation
Emre Eren
Senior Analyst
Emre previously worked with PwC in the corporate finance department, as an Insurance broker at ESL insurance
Prerna Sukhija
Senior Analyst
Prerna previously worked as an analyst with the Technology and Disruptive Commerce banking team
Mansi Dixit
Analyst
Mansi has previously held a role as a Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance GF&BM team in JPMorgan
Shrikant Kadavergu
Finance Analyst
Shrikant has over a decade of experience in Investment Banking & Finance. Shrikant previously worked as a Senior
Djellil Bouzidi
Senior Advisor
A passionate supporter of sustainable finance with more than 20 years of experience