Our people.

Alejandro Tobon-Amaya

Investment Associate

Alejandro has four years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and investing. Alejandro started his career working in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets covering financial institutions in the US. He subsequently joined Citigroup, where he covered sectors such as telecom, infrastructure, and consumer and retail across Latin America. Most recently, he worked for an EdTech start-up based out of Beijing and Singapore. Alejandro holds a BBA in Finance and Investments from the City University of New York, Baruch College and an MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College London.

Alex Healey

Investment Manager

Alex has eight years of experience in private equity, development finance, and investment banking. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Alex held impact-oriented investment roles at RRG Capital Management and Acumen, where he also supported the development and launch of new investment strategies focused to climate change adaptation and mitigation across the agriculture and energy sectors. Alex began his career as an investment banker in JP Morgan’s Power & Renewables coverage group.

Alex holds master’s degrees in Ecosystem Management and Business Administration from Yale University and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Amherst College.

Anabella Rodriguez

Investment Associate

Anabella has five years of experience in real estate asset management and project finance. She started her career working in real estate private equity and has worked in several US geographies including Florida, South Carolina and Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management as a Summer Associate, Anabella focused on several large scale mixed-use development projects at EDENS, a US-based retail REIT, dedicated a considerable amount of time on the firm’s sustainability strategy, and subsequently joined a London-based sustainability consultancy. Anabella holds a BSc in Civil Engineering from Florida International University and is currently a candidate for the MSc in Climate Change, Management, and Finance from Imperial College Business School.

Anya Nelson

Investment Manager

Anya has ten years of experience in investment banking, equity capital markets, and impact investing. Anya joined the investment team in September 2020, having spent the previous three months at Pollination Group. Prior to joining Pollination and Climate Asset Management, Anya worked at Mustard Seed, a London based impact VC, where she was responsible for impact assessment and management. Previously she was Vice President at Macquarie Capital in Sydney and, before that, at Goldman Sachs. Anya holds an Masters of Public Administration from the London School of Economics, with a focus on environmental and social impact.

Ben O'Donnell

Chief Investment Officer

Ben has more than 20 years’ experience in funds management and investment banking, with extensive experience across a range of natural capital industries. Ben is Chief Investment Officer at Climate Asset Management, overseeing deployment of more than $1 billion into a developed market real asset fund and two emerging market carbon strategies. Climate Asset Management’s funds are Article 9 aligned, applying an impact framework to guide investments towards improved environmental and climate outcomes in addition to attractive financial returns.
Previously, Ben worked in agriculture funds management at Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets.

Bola Agbola

Product Operations Associate

Bola is a member of the operations team, responsible for management of Product Operations and Finance for the Natural Capital Strategy. He has over 14 years' experience working in the finance sector and is a qualified accountant.

Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Bola was Finance Manager at Verod Capital Management Limited, an Africa-focused Private Equity and Venture Capital Firm based in Lagos, Nigeria. Previously he worked in Resilient Africa and KPMG.

Bola is a member of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analysts Association (CAIA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN). He graduated in Economics (BSc) from Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria.

Bru Gramona

Investment Associate

Bru has three years of private equity and investment banking experience, and is closely involved with his family business, a Spanish wine estate which has adopted organic and biodynamic agricultural practices. He started his career at CAPZA, investing in small- and mid-market companies through Private Equity, Private Debt, and Growth Capital strategies. Subsequently he joined the investment banking division of HSBC, working in M&A advisory for large-cap Private Equity clients across EMEA. Having held various roles in his family wine estate “Gramona”, Bru continues to be engaged attending board meetings.
Bru holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master in Finance from ESADE Business School (Barcelona).

Carl Atkin-House

Head of Natural Capital Strategy

Carl has 25 years of experience in land management and agricultural investment. He is a senior member of the investment team at Climate Asset Management, responsible for strategy, pipeline, deal management and transaction execution for the Natural Capital Strategy (NCS). The NCS invests in a diversified portfolio of regenerative agriculture, sustainable forestry and environmental assets across North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. He is a member of the firm’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) working group and a director of the Strategy’s European local operating companies, farming over 3,000 ha of perennial crops across Spain and Portugal. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in November 2022, he co-founded and led a boutique global agribusiness investment consulting business for more than ten years, and before that was a partner in the agribusiness team at Bidwells. Carl holds a first-class honours degree in agriculture from Newcastle University and an MBA in business administration.

Caroline van Tilborg

Senior Carbon Investment Manager

Caroline has over 20 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing carbon credit, natural capital and (agro-) forestry projects worldwide. In 2002, Caroline joined the World Banks’ Prototype Carbon Fund to design a new asset class in carbon credits under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakesh Accords. From there, she went on to head carbon procurement in Rabobank International and submitted the first carbon project to the CDM executive board for approval Caroline continued to work in the international climate and impact market both as funder and developer and has deep understanding of the associated complexities of structuring projects with multiple benefits. Caroline has a strong track record in execution.

Caspar Bossom

Associate

Caspar has over five years' experience in climate advisory and investment, specialising in mobilising private sector investment for climate and nature-based solutions. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Caspar worked at Pollination, where he led initiatives to drive capital for renewable energy, electric mobility, water treatment, and green hydrogen in India. He also worked in carbon project development at Treeconomy and undertook climate risk analysis on the extractives sector at ERM.

Caspar served for six years as an Officer in the British Army, leading bomb-disposal teams in West Africa and the Middle East. He holds a BA in Environment & Business from the University of Leeds, an MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College Business School, and the CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Council on Strategic Risk.

Charan Mann

Compliance Manager

Charan joined the Risk and Compliance team at Climate Asset Management as Compliance Manager in November 2021. Charan has over 11 years of experience in UK FCA and US SEC compliance with particular expertise in Investment Compliance within the Private Equity industry covering high risk transactions. She has been responsible for the successful development of UK & US compliance programmes, including the creation and enforcement of compliance policies and procedures, conducting regulatory analyses and establishing best practice compliance monitoring frameworks. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Charan managed the compliance teams at leading emerging markets focused Private Equity firm Development Partners International LLP, where she was involved in pre- and post-investment analyses of high-risk jurisdictions and Forum Partners LLP, a US Private Equity fund manager, where she worked between London and New York. Before this, Charan was a member of the Legal and Compliance team at Hg Capital – a $130bn mid-market European buyout firm. Charan holds a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and a Master of Laws (LLM) in International Law from the University of Warwick. She also holds a Graduate Diploma in Law from BPP Law school.

Clare Wesley

Senior Operations Manager

Clare brings more than a decade of experience across strategy, operations, consulting and policy to support CAM in shaping and executing its strategic priorities. She enjoys bringing together people and ideas with operational detail to deliver impact. Immediately prior to CAM, Clare was Advisory Operations Director at Pollination, helping drive the professionalisation of its operating model and embedding change. Clare has attained executive education in Business Strategy and Finance Performance from INSEAD, a First Class degree from the University of Cambridge and a Masters from LSE.

Dáire Brady

Investment Analyst

Dáire has over two years’ experience in real asset and private markets investing. He holds an MSc in Finance from Imperial College Business School, where he focused on private markets and alternative investments amongst other areas. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Dáire worked at Stafford Capital Partners, a global alternative asset management firm focused on real assets and private markets, where he worked across primaries, secondaries and co-investments in infrastructure, timberland, private equity and private debt. Previously, he worked in an ESG-focused private equity firm, as well as on a global farmland fund.

Dominic Diggins

Transformation Program Manager

Dominic is responsible for managing the technology solutions at Climate Asset Management with particular focus on the evolution of the Target Operating Model and Data Strategy.

Dominic has over 20 years' experience in Financial Services working across Asset Management & Private Equity, leading on enterprise programmes of work to deliver business transformation and digital enablement.

Gavin Martin

Financial Controller

Gavin has over a decade of experience within the financial services sector, most recently having spent two years at Permira as the Financial Controller looking after corporate financial reporting for the private credit business. Prior to this, he spent six years at Global Prime Partners (now part of Titan Wealth Group) where, as Financial Controller, Gavin managed the financial reporting team during a period of rapid growth and change which saw the business double in size. Gavin is ACCA qualified accountant.

James Bullen

Head of Asset Management

James has more than 20 years forest operational management and investment experience in large scale, certified forestry projects in developed and emerging economies across the globe. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, James was national director of forestry operations with New Forests Asset Management based in San Francisco where his responsibility included direct oversight of 200,000 hectares of carbon offset projects and 120,000 hectares of sustainably managed forests across the United States. James also has deep international experience through forestry operations and management roles in South East Asia and the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

James brings a depth of knowledge including establishment, silviculture, harvesting, forest engineering, sustainability, carbon project development, and marketing across the forest products and ecosystem services value chain with emphasis on identification and evaluation of potential investments, asset operational and technical best practice.

James has a Bachelor of Science in Forest Management from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Jason Kitts

Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary

Jason has over 20 years’ experience in international projects and commercial law. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in February 2021, Jason was Managing Counsel, Legal & Compliance and Company Secretary for McDermott International group of companies, delivering legal and risk management throughout McDermott’s global project portfolio, including on several of the world’s largest energy joint ventures. Prior to that, Jason was Principal Counsel for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, responsible for establishing, negotiating and managing its jointly sponsored carbon credit funds with EIB procuring more than 20mn emission reductions for their sustainable investments in 16 countries.

Jason Parrish

Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Jason has over 20 years’ experience in finance including 18 years’ experience in risk management. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in October 2020, Jason held CRO and COO roles within HSBC Global Asset Management. He was also the lead on ESG policy development and oversight for the Risk function. Jason joined HSBC from Deloitte Consulting, where he worked on risk management and business process engagements with a range of blue-chip financial services firms. Before Deloitte Jason traded and risk managed interest rate and money market derivative instruments at AIG and JPMorgan Chase.

Julia Azevedo

Client Portfolio Manager

Julia has over ten years' experience in the agriculture, inputs, micronutrients, logistics and sustainable energy sectors. She leads client portfolio management and business development for our Natural Capital Strategy.
Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Julia served as an investment professional at AMERRA Capital Management LLC in New York, where she spent seven years focusing on private debt and equity in Latin America, as well as liaising investors and clients. Before that, Julia was part of SLC Agricola’s Investor Relations department, one of the largest listed agricultural companies in the world and of Clinton Global Initiative’s Food Systems and Market-Based Approaches initiatives. Julia holds a Master of International Finance from Columbia University.

Julia Kachynska

Investment Manager

Julia has over 15 years' experience in impact investing, ESG, climate finance, and investment management across multiple continents. Her focus is on delivering positive environmental impact alongside financial returns. Before joining Climate Asset Management, Julia was Global Director, Structuring at South Pole where she executed and managed investments in carbon markets. Prior to that, she was the Director of Responsible Investing at IFM Investors, where she designed and implemented ESG management processes for infrastructure equity and debt asset classes. Julia has been Principal Banker in the Sustainable Infrastructure Group at the EBRD and she played a key role in the FIN-SMART Steering Committee, collaborating with the EBRD, International Maritime Organization and the World Bank to develop financial solutions for decarbonizing the shipping industry by 2050.
Earlier in her career, Julia has held investment banking and advisory roles, contributing to major financial transactions in emerging and frontier markets across Africa and the CIS.
Julia holds Masters in Finance from the Warsaw School of Economics and a Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.

Kate Mukho

People, Culture & Wellbeing Adviser

Kate brings over 6 years of diverse generalist experience in human resources and talent management in the private sector. Her principal expertise lies in designing and managing the full employee lifecycle and sustainable processes as well as performance, benefits and change management. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Kate was a People & Culture Adviser in Pollination, leading operations and implementing strategic initiatives across the EMEA and Americas offices. Before that she held the role of Chief People Officer in a marketing & tech company, building the People function from the ground up, supporting the firm’s growth from a start-up phase to a scale-up group of companies. Kate holds a BA and MSc in International Economics from Kyiv National Economic University.

Leo Murphy

Impact Manager

Leo has over 8 years’ experience in environmental management. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in May 2022, Leo worked for Fauna & Flora International as the technical specialist for Nature-based Solutions (NbS) supporting companies to identify and implement NbS to contribute to net-zero and nature positive goals. Leo’s previous work at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre focussed on assessing impacts and dependencies on natural capital, including the development of the ENCORE tool and the Land-use Finance Impact Hub. Leo has previously worked as an environmental consultant in South East Asia and is currently a member of the IUCN Commission’s Impact Mitigation and Ecological Compensation thematic group.

Manon Mura

Client Portfolio Manager

Manon has 10 years of experience in multinational innovation strategies, with a focus on sustainable growth, climate change and nature-based solutions. Prior to Climate Asset Management she was a Sustainability Integration Manager at Danone, where she spent 6 years on low carbon transition before joining Hermès International as a Sustainability Program Leader on climate risk analysis and corporate biodiversity footprint. Manon has a double MSc background in engineering and business, and has recently completed her MBA at INSEAD to apply her unique set of skills to asset management, and tailoring natural capital investment solutions to investors’ strategic needs. 

Marc Jones

Senior Fund Adviser

Marc has over 15 years’ experience in private equity, impact investing and agricultural entrepreneurship. Before joining Climate Asset Management, Marc was Managing Director of Wildfarming, a regenerative agriculture start-up, which supports the transition to sustainable farming practices.
Prior to that Marc spent a decade living and working in sub-Saharan Africa. Initially as an investment Manager at ManoCap, a multi-sector fund which makes equity investments in west Africa. Following that he was a Senior Investment Manager at AgDevCo, a pan-African specialist investor in agribusiness. Marc began his career at UBS Investment Bank in New York and London.
Marc has an MA in Economics from Glasgow University and an MSc in International Trade, Finance and Development from the Barcelona School of Economics.

Maria Gonzalez Senac

Investment Manager

Maria has four years of experience in investment banking and development finance. She started her career in Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs’ Natural Resources team. Subsequently, she joined the Global Energy and Mining teams of the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank Group, where she spent the last three years. In both roles, Maria has worked on large-scale projects and corporate finance transactions in the infrastructure sector in developed and emerging economies. Maria holds a double degree in Business Administration and International Relations from ICADE and is currently enrolled in a Masters in Finance at London Business School.

Marthe Tollenaar

Senior Asset Manager (Carbon)

Marthe has 15 years’ experience in forestry, agriculture and nature-based solutions, and in that time has worked all over the world in Europe, Latin America and Asia. A passionate environmentalist, as Senior Asset Manager Carbon, based in our Amsterdam office, Marthe’s focus will be on managing and reporting on our growing global portfolio of carbon projects. Her invaluable hands-on experience with large scale institutional projects especially in Africa and Asia, means she will be able to apply her insights, experience and expertise to creating optimal value for our LPs. A biologist by training, her career has been forged at New Forests Asia, Trees for All and most recently at SAIL investments, where she was responsible for managing and monitoring the performance of the &Green Fund’s portfolio of agri-commodity companies.

Marthe holds a BSc in Biology from the University of Amsterdam and an MSc in Environmental Biology from Utrecht University.

Martin Berg

Chief Executive Officer

Martin has more than two decades' experience in conceptualising and leading carbon credit, carbon finance and other environmental investments in the private and public sectors. Martin was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 May 2023, having served as Chief Investment Officer for the Nature Based Carbon Strategy since the firm's inception. Before joining Climate Asset Management, Martin was a Partner at Pollination and part of the team finalising the joint venture partnership with HSBC. Martin's previous experience includes leadership roles on climate and environmental investment products at the European Investment Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In his early career, Martin worked for the OECD and UNFCCC. Martin holds an M.A. from the University of Bonn and an MPA from Columbia University.

Megan Reilly Cayten

Head of Carbon Nature Fund

Megan is Head of the Carbon Nature Fund, an investment vehicle created by Climate Asset Management for Apple and its suppliers. She previously managed investments in carbon and other ecosystem services markets and served as impact lead for Climate Asset Management’s Natural Capital Fund. She has 20+ years’ experience in real asset development, project finance and investment management on five continents. She previously developed power projects for AES Corporation in Central America and the Caribbean, financed infrastructure and energy projects for Citi in Asia, and co-developed a large wind farm in the Caribbean with Javelin Capital. She also served as blue carbon lead for Oceans 2050, a foundation created by Alexandra Cousteau, where she launched and ran a science-led project to create a new voluntary carbon methodology for seaweed farming. Ms. Cayten is a board member of the Fondo Nacional para la Conservacion de la Naturaleza (Mexico) and is on the National Council of World Wildlife Fund

Mohammed Suffee

Finance Assistant

Mohammed joined the corporate accounting team at Climate Asset Management in 2024. He has four years’ experience in finance, most recently at Richard Mille EMEA Ltd, where he was finance assistant with responsibility for day to day accounting of various subsidiaries as well as day to day finance operations.. Before that he was finance apprentice at Charlotte Tilbury. He is a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) currently studying for Level 4

Navid Fathollahzadeh

Tax Manager

Navid manages the tax function at Climate Asset Management, bringing more than eight years of experience focused on tax planning around the structuring of investment funds, cross-border transactions and associated platforms. Prior to his current role, Navid served as VP, Tax Structuring & Head of Luxembourg Operations at Heimstaden, where, following a six-month tenure in London as Regional Tax Manager, he spearheaded the establishment of their Luxembourg office. Before that he worked for Blackstone European real estate business, participating in the growth from €1bn to €21bn AUM of Mileway, largest last mile logistics portfolio in Europe, handling tax matters. Navid started his career at KPMG, providing tax advisory services for real estate funds. He holds a Master of Laws (LLM) degree in International & European Tax Law from Maastricht University.

Oliver Crouch

Investment Manager

Oliver has over 15 years of experience in the voluntary carbon markets. Before joining Climate Asset Management, Oliver managed a multi-million-tonne carbon credit portfolio for Natural Capital Partners. Oliver is experienced in originating projects verified under the leading carbon standards: VCS, Gold Standard, ACR, CAR and across the full range of nature-based methodologies: REDD, Afforestation/Reforestation, Grasslands, Improved Forest Management and Sustainable Agricultural Land Management. Oliver has led the development of new emission reduction projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia under the VCS and Gold Standard from validation through to credit issuance and the extension of crediting periods.

Oliver Johnson

Head of ESG

Oliver has over 12 years’ experience in ESG assessment and management. Prior to joining Pollination in March 2021, Oliver led the development and implementation of leading ESG management frameworks at ARCH Emerging Markets Partners, a private equity firm, and at eleQtra, an infrastructure developer. Oliver’s prior experience includes leading ESG assessments for DAR Group, an engineering firm and working at the European Investment Bank developing and implementing the Bank’s Climate Action Strategy.

Parisa Rahnama

Investment Manager

Parisa has ten years of experience across corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and debt capital markets. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in March 2021, Parisa worked at Monaco Resources Group as an investment analyst sourcing, analysing and executing large-scale acquisitions in the infrastructure, industrial and commodities sectors.
Parisa previously co-founded a UK food and agriculture fintech platform. In 2020, she spent a year in South Africa where she researched climate change investment opportunities, biodiversity and nature conservation.
Parisa is a CFA charterholder and holds an MBA from Leeds University Business School.

Parit Shah

Senior Product Development Manager

Parit manages the product development and structuring of investment solutions at Climate Asset Management. He has over 15 years of experience in financial services including 13 years of experience in structuring, implementing, and managing asset management solutions. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in May 2021, Parit was a Director at Commerzbank AG, responsible for the product development and portfolio management of structured solutions through a broad range of collective investment vehicles. During his time at Commerzbank AG he helped grow the asset management business from €1bn to €15bn AUM, before it was successfully sold to Lyxor Asset Management in 2019 where he continued this role. Parit holds a BSc in Mathematics from Imperial College, London and a MSc in Investment Management from Cass Business School.

Peggie Lau

Associate

Peggie is a member of the operations team, responsible for management of Product Operations and Finance. She has over six years' experience in private equity and fund administration in Hong Kong. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Peggie was Manager, Fund Service in Vistra Group Management (Asia) Limited. She has previously worked in Ally Bridge Group and 3H Health Investment Management Limited. Peggie is a Fellow Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) and studied B.A. (Hons) in Business Administration and Accounts at the University of Sunderland.

Phoebe Scott

Investment Associate

Phoebe has four years of experience in investment banking, equity capital markets, and investing. She holds an MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College Business School, where she focused on climate finance, climate change governance and adaptation to climate change amongst other areas. Prior to her masters, Phoebe worked in Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, concentrating on Equity Capital Markets transactions across EMEA in a variety of sectors.

Rachel Tsang

Deputy Company Secretary

Rachel is a chartered corporate governance professional with over 11 years’ experience in corporate governance working both in-house and in professional services as a company secretary both in the UK and Hong Kong. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Rachel managed all matters corporate governance-related for a large fast-paced portfolio of funds at Octopus Investments, working on large multimillion pound deals acquiring and selling renewable energy assets both onshore and offshore. Rachel is an Associate Member of the Corporate Governance Institute UK & Ireland and holds a Bachelor of Law in Law with American Studies.

Renata Campos

Investment Associate

Renata has over six years of experience in private equity, asset management, and investment banking. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, she was an associate in M&A advisory at Goldman Sachs in London, focusing on real estate in EMEA. Renata began her career in real estate acquisitions in Brazil and then transitioned to asset management, where she managed a US$300 million portfolio of real estate funds in Brazil and the UK. She holds an MBA from the University of Oxford and a BSc in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo.

Rod Chau

Intern

Rod joined Climate Asset Management's ESG team in July 2024 as Summer Associate. Rod has more than five years' experience in finance, starting his career in real assets private equity in the USA. Subsequently, Rod worked in multiple asset managers such as PIMCO and PineBridge across functions such as investor relations, ESG investment and stewardship. Rod has been an ESG Associate at Maanch, an ESG technology start-up, conducting ESG analysis for private markets. He has served as a member of the ESG Group at the CFA Institute and an ESG Researcher at the Centre for Climate Finance & Investment at Imperial College Business School. Rod is a published author, having written articles in infrastructure and sustainable investment for the CFA Institute. Rod holds a B.A. in Economics, Political Science, International Relations from the University of Rochester and is currently a candidate for the MSc in Climate Change, Management, and Finance at Imperial College Business School. Rod has completed the CFA Certificates in ESG Investing and Climate Investing and holds the SASB Financial Sustainability Accounting (FSA) certification.

Samantha Jarrett

Executive Assistant

Samantha has over 10 years experience in support functions across private equity, real estate and fintech. Samantha is executive assistant to the CEO at Climate Asset Management and provides support to the Natural Capital Strategy investment team, and the broader company through project management, operations, recruitment, travel and events. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Samantha was EA to the CEO at a commercial real estate firm with a focus on sustainable developments, recycled and natural materials and environmental performance. Samantha spent eight years at French private equity house Ardian working with the legal, compliance and risk support teams as well as the buyout, fund of funds, infrastructure and private debt investment teams.

Sarah Gledhill

Chief Operating Officer

Sarah has over 25 years’ experience within Finance, Risk and Operations, the last two decades within Investment Management. Sarah was appointed COO in January 2024, following over 17 years at InfraRed Capital Partners, where she held leadership roles for Finance, Risk, Technology, Operations and Sustainability, and where she established a Portfolio Impact Strategy across a portfolio of 200+ infrastructure assets, going beyond contractual requirements and creating better futures for surrounding communities. Earlier in her career Sarah worked at HSBC Asset Management and Ernst and Young and holds a FCA from ICAEW and a Geography degree from the University of Birmingham.

Sisa Sibanda

Head of People, Culture and Wellbeing

Sisa has over 15 years’ experience in HR across the legal and financial sectors. She is responsible for developing and executing human resource strategy in support of the overall business plan and strategic direction of the firm, specifically in the areas of succession planning, talent management, organisational and performance management, training and development, and compensation.

Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Sisa was HR Director at private equity firm, Castlelake with responsibility for leading HR for Europe and Asia. Sisa holds a MA in human resource management from London Metropolitan University and a BSc in Psychology from University College London. Sisa is a qualified member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Theodore Dunay

Compliance Manager

Theo has approaching 10 years' experience working in compliance. He started his career in the compliance department at BNP Paribas London before moving to the Control Room at Societe Generale. Subsequently, he joined CVC Capital Partners before taking a role as Compliance Manager at Systematica Investments, a quantitative hedge fund. Theo holds a degree in Politics from Durham University and a Batchelor of Laws from the University of Law.

Tom Coton

Head of Finance

Tom is a member of the operations team, responsible for management of Product Operations and Finance. His primary responsibility is the Natural Capital Fund and affiliated products and strategies. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management Tom was Chief of Staff at Private Equity manager, Terra Firma. He also has significant experience managing the Private Equity department at a fund administrator, Langham Hall and as a financial auditor with Kingston Smith. Tom is an ICAEW Chartered Accountant (ACA) and studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at Durham University.

Tripurari Prasad

Investment Manager

Tripurari has over 15 years of experience in carbon markets, nature-based solutions, and the oil & gas sectors. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, he served as Director at HSBC, where he led the group's Carbon Solutions offering and origination. With a career that includes pivotal roles at Southpole and Shell, Tripurari has led impact investments in carbon projects across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, covering Nature-based Solutions, household devices, and technical removals.
Alongside his regular duties, Tripurari serves as an expert adviser to Verra for their program development. Tripurari holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and an Engineering degree in Electronics.

Twinkle Malhan

Investment Associate

Twinkle has five years of experience, working at the intersection of impact and finance. Early in her career, she worked as a Consultant to the Chief Minister (Head of a State Government in India) and supported the Strategy team at Omidyar Network India, an impact-focused venture capital firm set up by Pierre Omidyar- the founder of eBay. She went on to work with a Canadian Fund-of-Funds investor and conducted due diligence on its investments in South-East Asia and Latin America. As Winner of the Turner-MIINT at The Wharton School (U-Penn), she led a seed investment into an Indian health-tech company through the Wharton ESG Initiative and Bridges Impact Ventures. Twinkle holds a BA (Honours) in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce and is currently an MBA candidate at the University of Oxford.

Varnika Chawla

Legal Manager

Varnika is a dual qualified solicitor in India and England & Wales and has eight years of experience in structuring and negotiating the investment of specialised impact private equity capital for investments into carbon markets and nature, including forestry and regenerative agricultural assets. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Varnika was a member of the ESG & Impact practice and the Tax practice at Kirkland & Ellis’ London office. In her role, Varnika was responsible for structuring and negotiating on behalf of, among others, a $10 billion impact investment platform with an extensive portfolio of growth-stage companies around the world focused on developing clean molecules and carbon markets and solutions. Varnika trained at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner and prior to that, was a Judicial Law Clerk at the Supreme Court of India. Varnika read liberal arts and law and holds double honours (B.A., LL.B. (Hons.)) and university gold medals from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore. She was recently recognised as a Rising Star in the Sustainable Company Awards 2024.

Viviana Lujan Gallegos

Head of Nature Based Carbon Strategy

Viviana joined Climate Asset Management in 2021. As Head of the Nature-Based Carbon Strategy, she led the capital raising of the Nature Based Carbon Fund and oversees investor relations and portfolio management activities for the Fund. She has nearly two decades of multidisciplinary and international experience in climate & conservation finance and biodiversity management, acting as lawyer, consultant and investment manager.

Viviana has advised a wide range of actors on climate and corporate finance transactions, and has worked on multiple socio-economic valuations of ecosystem services to support corporate and public decision-making. As partner at Wolfs Company, she supported over 25 Protected Areas (PAs) in the Greater Caribbean and Central America with the development of sustainable financing strategies, applying 'Eco2Fin' (of her authorship). From 2015 to 2019 she was legal consultant at the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

Viviana holds a Law Degree from the University of Costa Rica and an MSc. in Environment and Resource Management (with an emphasis on environmental economics) from the VU University of Amsterdam, and is a Kinship Conservation Fellow (2015) and a Salzburg Global Seminar Fellow (2024).

Yiota Michou

Investment Manager

Yiota has over 12 years of experience in investment management, private equity, M&A advisory, finance and business development, with strong engagement in climate change management and impact investing. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management in 2021, Yiota was an Investment Manager at the Wellcome Trust, UK's largest charitable foundation with AUM of £30 billion, where she spent c. 6 years in executing and managing direct private investments. Previously, Yiota worked at Rothschild & Co, covering M&A and Strategic Advisory processes across EMEA, held placements at GE Capital and Citi among others and set up a social impact enterprise in Greece. Yiota is a CFA Charter holder, holds an MSc BA and studied Climate Change Management with a focus on land use.

Zi Jian Cheng

Investment Analyst

Zi joined Climate Asset Management's Nature Based Carbon Strategy team in June 2024 as part of the company's Summer Associate programme. Zi has a year’s experience in management and strategy consulting. He started his career as an associate consultant with Boston Consulting Group in their Singapore office, where his focus was predominantly on the industrial goods and oil & gas sectors. Zi holds a MEng in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London and is currently completing his studies for an MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance from Imperial College Business School.

Ben Thompson

Marketing and Communications Consultant

Ben is a marketing and corporate communications consultant with 30+ years of experience combining brand management and integrated communications implementation with a strong focus on sustainability and ESG.
Ben's career has spanned agency and in-house roles on both sides of the Atlantic, latterly specialising in the asset management, corporate and b2b sectors. Now based in the UK and working with Climate Asset Management since late 2021, Ben was previously CMO of Foresight Group, the specialist renewable energy infrastructure and private equity asset manager, which listed on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange in early 2021. Ben holds a BA in Music from Durham University.

Christof Kutscher

Senior Adviser and Former Executive Chair

Christof brings 31 years of experience in the asset management industry. He currently serves as a board member of Carmignac Gestion and as Chairman of Bergos Private Bank. From 2014 to 2019, Christof was Global Chairman of AXA Investment Managers. Prior to this, he was Head of EMEA & Asia Pacific for UBS Global Asset Management, and member of the UBS Group Managing Board. Other roles include co-Head Asset Allocation UBS Brinson, CIO at LGT Capital Management, Head of Research & Equity Portfolio Management at BilAM, and Global Head Investment Consulting at Swiss Bank Corporation.

Jaime Perez Sanjuan

Senior Financial Analyst

Jaime Perez Sanjuan is a Senior Financial Analyst based in the London office. Prior to joining Climate Asset Management, Jaime spent several years at BNP Paribas, first leading the FP&A reporting for BNP South European branches and then within the Finance & Strategy Global team of BNP’s Primary & Credit Markets in London. Before that, Jaime started his career at EY as a Financial Risk consultant. Jaime holds a degree in Business Management from Carlos III University of Madrid and is CIMA Part-qualified.

Jiacheng (Jack) Chen

Quantitative Researcher

Jiacheng has over 3 years' experience in equity analysis, portfolio management, and quantitative modeling. He is now a Ph.D. candidate, with a research interest in climate finance.

Before joining Climate Asset Management, Jiacheng was at the Singularity Group, an investment company based in Zurich, building experience in quantitative equity strategy. He also accumulated some experience with derivatives and trading in the top-tier fund management and securities companies in China.

Jiacheng holds a BSc in Applied Mathematics from Beijing Normal University and a joint MSc in quantitative finance from ETH Zurich and University of Zurich. He is a CFA charter holder and holds an FRM certificate.

Rafael Roca

Technical Adviser

Rafael has 14 years of experience working across industries in sustainability related topics. His career has spanned across a variety of roles within the private and non-profit sector across the globe. This includes being a Manager for McKinsey & Company in Latam, leading Earthshot Labs Operations team, founding Rocket Internet’s investment sustainability arm, managing a 40+ team in Delterra with focus on waste management in SEA, and working and advising organizations such as The Nature Conservancy, Forest Trends, Enel, Wollemi Capital and Bluelayer. His track record includes advising on $350m+ of nature-based restoration and conservation projects and having his own ARR project in his native Peru. Rafael holds an MBA and Master of Environmental Science from Yale University, and a Forestry Engineering degree from the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in Peru

Martin Berg

CEO and Board Member

Martin has more than two decades' experience in conceptualising and leading carbon credit, carbon finance and other environmental investments in the private and public sectors. Martin was appointed Chief Executive Officer on 1 May 2023, having served as Chief Investment Officer for the Nature Based Carbon Strategy since the firm's inception. Before joining Climate Asset Management, Martin was a Partner at Pollination and part of the team finalising the joint venture partnership with HSBC. Martin's previous experience includes leadership roles on climate and environmental investment products at the European Investment Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In his early career, Martin worked for the OECD and UNFCCC. Martin holds an M.A. from the University of Bonn and an MPA from Columbia University.

Diana Callebaut

Board Member

Diana has over 20 years' global investment and asset management, corporate finance, business leadership and management experience, including building and reshaping investment platforms. Diana is Managing Director, Global Head of Investments at Pollination, with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the firm's investment model.

Diana has held leadership roles at TCorp, Cbus and KPMG, lived or worked in Africa, the UK, UAE, Russia, Japan Europe and Australia, has led transactions and asset management activities across multiple asset classes and sectors and held non-executive director appointments on various Boards.

Diana has a Masters of Business Administration (Cambridge University), is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and holds Honours in Financial Analysis and Portfolio Management (First Class, University of Cape Town), Bachelor of Business (University of Technology, Sydney) and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2019 Diana won the Money Management and Super Review Investment Professional of the Year award.

Andrew Dyson

Chair of the Board

Andrew Dyson was appointed non-executive chair of Climate Asset Management Limited’s board in September 2024. He has more than 35 years’ experience in asset management and institutional investment consultancy.
Andrew was formerly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PGIM Quantitative Solutions, a $120 billion asset manager, between 2017 and 2022. Previously he has held senior roles at AMG, Blackrock and William M. Mercer in both the UK and USA. He is currently a non-executive director of Adjuvo Network Limited and of New Change FX.
Andrew holds a master’s degree in mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge.

Michelle Hilliman

Board Member

Michelle Hilliman is Head of Responsible Investment & Strategy at HSBC Alternatives. Prior to returning to HSBC in 2020, Michelle was involved in several early-stage financial inclusion projects, including a non-profit creating digital solutions for frontier markets. During her previous seven years with HSBC Global Asset Management in Hong Kong, she held a number of roles including Head of Strategy, Asia Pacific and Head of Multimanager, Asia Pacific & Emerging Markets, where she was responsible for management of the Asia Pacific and Global Emerging Markets team and products. Michelle also worked for UBS Global Asset Management, Northern Trust Global Advisors, the multi-manager arm of Northern Trust, and as a financial advisor for TD Canada Trust.

She holds a Master in Business Administration from Columbia University, London Business School and University of Hong Kong, and a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biochemistry from Queen’s University. She is a CFA charter holder and has the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing and the CFA Certificate in Climate and Investing and completed the Imperial Sustainability Leadership Programme in March 2023.

Erin Leonard

Board Member

Erin was recently appointed Head of Sustainability for HSBC Asset Management and is responsible for the delivery of our sustainability business and product strategy, and the transition to sustainable investing across all parts of our business. She joined HSBC in 2010 and has worked in a number of roles, including Interim Head of Institutional Client Business, Global Head of Fixed Income Product and EMEA Head of Product Development.

She has also led strategic business initiatives including the development of a UK Master Trust business and Asset Management’s firm-wide Responsible Investment Initiative. Erin currently serves as Chair of the HSBC Global Liquidity Funds Board and as Director of Climate Asset Management and RadiantESG Asset Management. She has over 25 years of asset management industry experience, with Fixed Income portfolio management and business management roles for Wells Fargo Asset Management, Aegon Asset Management, Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman.

Erin is a CFA Charterholder, past-President of the CFA Society NC and holds a BA in Economics from Davidson College in North Carolina.

Martijn Wilder

Board Member

Martijn is a founding partner of Pollination and a leading expert in climate law, policy and finance. Martijn was head of Baker & McKenzie’s global climate law and finance practice for 20 years and has played a key role with Australia’s clean energy finance institutions including as Chair of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and former Board Member of CEFC. He helped establish and later Chair the Federal Government’s Low Carbon Australia finance body.

With a background in economics and law, Martijn is focused on developing innovative polices, ideas and investments that enable our economies to rapidly transition to net zero. Over the years he has worked extensively on working with clients climate strategies, TCFD and climate investments.

Martijn is currently President of WWF-Australia and Chair of NSW Climate Change Council and the Pollination Foundation. He is Adjunct Professor of International Climate Change Law at Australian National University, a Director of the Climate Council, and a Member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.

Andrea Abrahams

Independent Chair of NBCF Investment Committee

Andrea is managing director of Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) at the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) where she manages the VCM policy and advocacy, the ICROA Accreditation Programme, and supports the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM). She has recently been appointed as an independent chair of the Investment Committee for Climate Asset Management’s Nature Based Carbon Fund.​

Further, Andrea works as an independent advisor to support companies with their net zero strategies. Pro bono work includes mentorship for the Creative Destruction Lab (Oxford University chapter), a start-up accelerator. ​

Previously Andrea worked for bp as the Director Energy Transition where she played a central role in developing and driving bp’s net zero ambition. This included supporting the Downstream executive and bp main board in defining decarbonising pathways to achieve net zero, understanding climate risks, reporting (ESG) and implementing targets. Driving the energy transition, Andrea established cross-business governance, performance management and GHG measurement processes. ​

As head of bp Target Neutral, Andrea led a world-class voluntary carbon market programme developing carbon reduction and offsetting programmes for bp and its customers. Working with NGOs and industry associations, her team developed many industry firsts including offsetting programmes for the London Olympics & Paralympics and FIFA Brazil World cup.​

Previously Andrea was instrumental in setting up bp’s Strategic Partnering business establishing 20 global strategic collaborations with many of the world’s largest corporations.

Irina Frolova

Independent Chair of NCF Investment Committee

Irina brings over 20 years of international experience in investment management, project and corporate finance. She is independent chair of the Natural Capital Fund investment committee. Most recently Irina worked at PGGM, the Dutch pension fund investment manager, where she was a longstanding member of the investment committee of the PGGM Infrastructure Fund. She also led asset management and, most recently, headed up the infrastructure team. Irina is a recognised expert and adviser in private markets, responsible investing and governance with non-executive board positions at GlobalVia - global mobility and concession business, HZPC - global market leader in seed potato trading and Stockholm Exergi - Stockholm’s energy company providing heating, cooling, electricity and waste management. Irina is a CFA charterholder since 2005 and is certified in corporate governance (IDP-C) at INSEAD.