Speakers 2025

Sir Andrew Steer
Professor of Practice, Global School of Sustainability, and International Growth Centre
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Dr. Bertrand Piccard
Chairman
Solar Impulse Foundation

Dan Ioschpe
COP30 High-Level Champion

Captain Paul Watson
Founder and Director
Captain Paul Watson Foundation

H.E. Mukhtar Babayev
COP29 President, Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Climate Issues

Minister Alexandre Padilha
Minister of Health
Government of Brazil

Minister Sônia Guajajara
Minister of Indigenous Peoples
Government of Brazil

Mathias Cormann
Secretary General
OECD

Xiye Bastida
Co-Founder and Executive Director
Re-Earth Initiative

H.E. Sultan Baktiar Najamudin
Chairman of the Regional Representative Council of the Republic of Indo-nesia (DPD RI)

Ursula Vidal
Secretary of Culture
State of Pará

Leyla Hasanova
COP29 Presidency Youth Climate Champion

Joeina Wapichana
President
FUNDAÇÃO NACIONAL DOS POVOS INDÍGENAS - FUNAI

Marco Lambertini
Convenor
Nature Positive Initiative

Kevin Conrad
Executive Director
Coalition for Rainforest Nations

Subhra Bhattacharjee
Director General
FSC

Dr. Harvey Locke
Vice Chair
Nature Positive

Satya Tripathi
Secretary General
Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet

Joseph Nganga
CEO and Founder
Africa Climate and Energy Nexus (AfCEN)

André Aquino
Head of the Office for Environmental and Economic Affairs
Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change, Brazil

David Atkin
CEO
PRI

Chang-Ken Lee
President
Cathay Financial Holdings

Lord Turner
Chair
Energy Transition Commission

Marina Cançado
Founder
Converge Capital

Maria Netto
Executive Director
Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)

Michael Wen
Executive Vice President
Cathay Financial Holdings/Cathay United Bank Co., Ltd.

John Mulligan
Head of Sustainability Strategy
World Gold Council

Nabil Kadri
Deputy Managing Director of Environment
The Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)

Heather Buchanan
CEO & Co-Founder
Bankers for Net Zero

Ricardo Assumpção
EY Latam Sustainability ESG Leader and Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO)
EY (Ernst&Young)

Marlen Bertram
Director Scenarios & Forecasts
International Aluminium Institute

Isabella Freire
Executive Director – Latin America
Proforest

Patrícia Ellen
Founder AYA Earth Partners | Chair of the Board
AYA Earth Partners | Instituto AYA

Marie Diron
Managing Director, Sovereign Risk
Moody’s Ratings

Leonardo Fleck
Senior Head of Sustainability
Santander

Fernanda Sossai
Executive Director of Sustainability
Ambipar

Thais Ferraz
Programme Director
Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS)

Ewan Andrew
President Global Supply and Procurement and Chief Sustainability Officer
Diageo

Gideon Vos
Head of Investment Banking
Bank Windhoek

Jack Hurd
Head, Earth Systems Agenda
World Economic Forum

Andres Bragagnini
Senior Manager of Strategic Engagement
Apparel Impact Institute (Aii)

Kristin Hughes
SVP, Global Head of Sustainability
Diageo

James Schofield
Managing Director of the Industrial Transition Accelerator
Mission Possible Partnership

Jose Antonio Marengo
R&D Director
CEMADEN/MCTI

José Mattos
Officer of Corporate Affairs
AIC – Amazon Investor Coalition

Helen Pedroso
Director of Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights
L´Oréal Group in Brazil

Eva Riesenhuber
Global Head of Sustainability
Siemens

Pim Valdre
Head of the Economic and Policy Agenda
World Economic Forum

Shigeo Nakamura
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Imane Kabbaj
Head of Sustainable Investment Specialist
Carmigna

Laura Motta
Head of Sustainability Brazil
Mercado Livre

Scott Tew
Global Head and VP, Sustainability Strategy
Trane Technologies

Luís Fabiano Alves Penteado
People, Legal & Public Affairs Director
Volkswagen Financial Services Brazil

Ana Cabral-Gardner
Co-Chairperson and Co-CEO
Sigma Lithium

Rubens Filho
Environmental Executive Manager
UN Global Compact, Brazil Network

Jörg Eigendorf
Chief Sustainability Officer
Deutsche Bank AG

Uyunkar Domingo Peas Nampichkai
President
Amazon Sacred Headwaters Alliance

Carmen Bamford
Director of Networks and Programmes
World Climate Foundation

Will Farrell
Manager, Stewardship & Engagement (Co-lead, Climate Change)
EOS at Federated Hermes

Mitch Reznick
Group Head of Fixed Income London
Federated Hermes Limited

Sandeep Roy Choudhury
Co-Founder
Value Network Ventures (VNV)

Luis Meyer
ESG Director
Grupo Boticário

Vincent Charpiot
Executive Vice President – Head of Group Sustainability Accelerator, Sustainability Group Offer Lead
Capgemini

Agathe Grossmith
Sustainability global director
Carrefour Group

Luciana Staciarini Batista
Brazil and South Cone President
Coca-Cola Latin America

Andrea Mota
Sustainability VP
Coca-Cola Latin America

Gavan McFadzean
Climate Change & Clean Energy Program Manager
Australian Conservation Foundation

Lea Federmann
Partner Infrastructure
Heidrick & Struggles

Uros Zver
Partner Infrastructure
Heidrick & Struggles

Sonia Thimmiah
Senior Director Global Sustainability
Heineken

Cristina Penteado
Managing Director, Head of Brazil
Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital

Kazuko Ogasahara
Corporate Executive, General Manager Global Communications Dept. Corporate Division
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Juliana Silva
Sustainability Director
Motiva

Natália Pinheiro
Country Manager, Brazil
Bonsucro

Nicolas Lancesseur
Director of Climate and Environment
IFD – Institut de la Finance Durable

Bjørn Mauritzen
Head of Sustainability
Hydro

Rodrigo Castro
Country Manager
Solidaridad Network (Brazil)

Steve Kukoda
EVP Membership & Partnerships
International Copper Association

Ryosuke Takahashi
Deputy Director, Operations Strategy Department
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Gabriel Santamaria
Head of Sustainability
Banco do Brasil

Amruta Kelkar
Partner
Finance & Risk, Oliver Wyman

Rodrigo Lauria
Director of Climate Change and Carbon
Vale

Alison Lee
Director, Global Sustainability
Novelis

Anthony Abbotts
Vice President & Head of Sustainability
NKT

Daniel Dos Santos
President Alcoa Brazil and Vice President of Operations in Brazil
Alcoa

Hayley Zipp
Director of Environment
ICMM

Luciano Alves
CEO
Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio | CBA

Najeeba Hassan AlJabri
Chief ESG & Sustainability Officer
Emirates Global Aluminium

Frankie Muskovic
Executive Director, Policy
Investor Group on Climate Change

Marc Moutinho
Brazil Programme Lead for the Industrial Transition Accelerator
Mission Possible Partnership

Nicolas Lancesseur
Director of Climate and Environment
IFD – Institut de la Finance Durable

Nili Gilbert
Vice Chairwoman
Carbon Direct

Jennifer Morris
CEO
The Nature Conservancy

Lyndsay Harris-Kyei
Global Impact & Sustainability
ServiceNow

Stientje Van Veldhoven
Vice President and Regional Director for Europe
WRI

Paola Ridolfi
Senior Advisor - Climate Change Group
World Bank

Federico Grosso
GVP LATAM Sales
ServiceNow

Louis Chang
Chief Sustainability Officer
E.Sun Bank

Maud Chalamet
Director, Brazil
Green Finance Institute

Mekala Krishnan
McKinsey Global Institute Partner
McKinsey & Company

