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Meet The BwB Team

Angus Forbes

Angus Forbes

Chairman / Board

Angus worked in the City for 20 years, at James Capel, Smith New Court / Merrill Lynch and GLG

Chris Smith

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.

Heather Matson

Heather Matson

Managing Director, Global Head of Nature and Biodiversity & Gender Finance

Heather is sector lead for Nature and Biodiversity & Gender Finance and also supports BwB’s efforts around

Lesley Warren

Lesley Warren

Chief Administration officer

Lesley is a member of the Operations & Strategy Group of the firm.

Christine Zhou

Christine Zhou

Executive Director, Global Head Built Environment & Circular Economy Finance

Christine is sector lead of Built Environment & Circular Economy Finance. She has spent six years in front office roles at a couple of major ..

Harald Kinzler

Harald Kinzler

Executive Director

Harald has gained considerable experience, in a variety of roles, during a 25 year career across three

Julien Roques

Julien Roques

Executive Director

Julien worked at Santander as vice president in their investment banking division based in Paris.

Sonal Biyani

Sonal Biyani

Executive Director

Sonal has over 12 years of experience in capital markets, fund raising (IPO, PE) and Mergers & Acquisitions

Sharon Chisholm

Sharon Chisholm

Vice President – Supervisory Analyst

Sharon is a qualified English teacher and holds a diploma in proofreading and editing.

Ryan McManus

Ryan McManus

Vice President

Ryan spent nearly seven years working in the hedge fund space, predominantly focussed on thematic.

Barbara Truyers

Barbara Truyers

Vice President

Barbara started her career in finance as an investment advisor in 2007. In 2019, she joined the myclimate foundation

Salil Aggarwal

Salil Aggarwal

Associate - Finance

Salil has over 16 years’ experience in Indian and international finance. Having worked with many chartered accountants and certified professional accountants,

Harry Wain

Harry Wain

Associate

Harry graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc in Management. Harry has previously held roles in a Morgan

Tommaso Buso

Tommaso Buso

Associate

Tommaso previously worked in the ESG retail practice of Amundi AM and the sustainable finance division of Deloitte

Isaac Caiger-Smith

Isaac Caiger-Smith

Senior Analyst

Isaac graduated in 2021 from the University of Sussex, with a first-class degree in philosophy, politics, economics.

Shrikant Kadavergu

Shrikant Kadavergu

Finance Analyst

Shrikant has over a decade of experience in Investment Banking & Finance. Shrikant previously worked as a Senior

James Cameron

James Cameron

Special Advisor

An award-winning recognised authority in the global climate change movement, an advocate and catalyst for galvanising big impact change on environmental challenges globally.

Shriya Samarth

Shriya Samarth

Senior Advisor

Shriya is a cross-asset trader, working in finance for over 8 years. She began her career at Barclays

Tenke Zoltani

Tenke Zoltani

Senior Advisor

Tenke Zoltani, Founder of Better Finance, is an expert in the field of impact investing

Rupesh Madlani

Rupesh Madlani

CEO / Board

Rupesh is sector lead for Sustainable Digital Finance, he is a member of the Operations & Strategy Group of the firm.

Asen Charliyski

Asen Charliyski

Managing Director, Global Head Sustainable Urban Finance

Asen is sector lead for Sustainable Urban Finance and a member of the Operations & Strategy Group of the firm.

William Watts

William Watts

Managing Director

William had a long career in traditional money and bond markets in the UK, US and European Rabobank.

Sam Ruiz

Sam Ruiz

Executive Director

Sam has nearly 40 years of experience in Financial Services, most recently as the CEO of Olivetree Financial.

Johannes Haubrich

Johannes Haubrich

Executive Director

Johannes Haubrich is Head of Product Management for Fixed Income & Equity Solutions at Nordea Asset Management (NAM).

Steven Bowen

Steven Bowen

Executive Director

Steven worked at Berenberg, setting up and running the sustainability team within the Investment Bank.

Christian Zenner

Christian Zenner

Executive Director

Christian spent over 15 years in cross-asset derivatives sales roles for international investment banks.

Jeremy Davies

Jeremy Davies

Executive Director

Jeremy spent 16 years in the investment industry in both public and private markets, latterly running global special situations.

Yang Zhou

Yang Zhou

Vice President Quality Assurance


Yang is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), an ESG investing consultant, a lawyer by training, and a professional accountant.

Jade Bouhmouch

Jade Bouhmouch

Vice President

Jade was previously a senior analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in San Francisco,

Yoana Charliyska

Yoana Charliyska

Vice President - Marketing

Yoana brings nearly 15 years of experience working in various areas of marketing, corporate communications

Renata Haseth

Renata Haseth

Associate

Renata graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a MSc in Economics. Renata has previously held several corporate and investment banking roles at ING Bank

Prerna Sukhija

Prerna Sukhija

Associate

Prerna previously worked as an analyst with the Technology and Disruptive Commerce banking team

Rohith Mahendarker

Rohith Mahendarker

Senior Analyst

Rohith has close to 5 years of experience working with various valuation, risk and balance sheet strategy teams across Northern Trust, Bank of America, and State Street.

Mansi Dixit

Mansi Dixit

Analyst

Mansi has previously held a role as a Senior Analyst in the Corporate Finance GF&BM team in JPMorgan

Luke Ireland

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

Stephen Pack

Stephen Pack

Senior Advisor Compliance

Steve was a senior relationship partner with PwC working in audit, consulting, outsourcing and risk.

Djellil Bouzidi

Djellil Bouzidi

Senior Advisor

A passionate supporter of sustainable finance with more than 20 years of experience

Nicholas Winsor

Nicholas Winsor

Non-executive Director, Singapore

Nicholas Winsor has more than 35 years as an executive with HSBC Group, mainly in the Asia Pacific region. Notable roles include CEO and Vice President of HSBC in Taiwan.

Steve Smith

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

Jennifer Faust

Managing Director

Jennifer has nearly twenty years of institutional investment, development finance and international

Allison Lobb

Allison Lobb

Executive Director

Allison has been working in Equity sales for the past 17 years, beginning her career at Lehman Brothers before spending time at both Nomura and Royal Bank of Canada.

Mark Buisseret

Mark Buisseret

Executive Director

Mark's career in financial markets spans equities, derivatives and fixed income trading, capital markets

Andrew Hughes

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

Sumbo Eludire

Executive Director

Sumbo has more than five years of trading experience in the emerging markets foreign exchange space

Rajni Kumar

Rajni Kumar

Executive Director

Rajni has over 15 years of experience in cross-asset derivatives trading. Currently, she is a Senior Director

Ede Borbely

Ede Borbely

Vice President

Ede did energy transformation projects at the Boston Consulting Group and built up the renewables

Alex Shapiro

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

Gunjesh Jain

Vice President - Finance

Gunjesh is a practicing Chartered Accountant in India. Gunjesh has over six years’ experience working

Emre Eren

Emre Eren

Associate

Emre previously worked with PwC in the corporate finance department, as an Insurance broker at ESL insurance

Matteo Scalabrino

Matteo Scalabrino

Associate

Matteo spent one year working in financial risk and sustainable finance for MLAdvisory, an international consulting company.

Andrea Monarca

Andrea Monarca

Senior Analyst

Andrea has spent more than a decade in International Corporate Development and Venture Building, with expertise in Fintech, Sustainability, and Digital Marketing solutions

Christopher Czura

Christopher Czura

Analyst

Chris studied Geography at the University of Colorado and received his MBA in Responsible Investment and Finance from SUMAS.

Ben Warren

Ben Warren

Intern Analyst

Ben previously completed work experience at BwB in 2021 and 2022.

Fiona Blythe

Fiona Blythe

Senior Advisor

Fiona has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets primarily in institutional and hedge fund sales and client relationship management.

Vuk Srdanovic

Vuk Srdanovic

Senior Advisor

Vuk spent eight years building the international business of Dutch asset management house Kempen Capital

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