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