People

Meet the people behind the Transition Plan Taskforce

Steering Group

Oversight of the TPT with high-level representatives from companies, financial institutions, regulators, policymakers, and civil society. The Steering Group has two co-chairs: a private sector CEO and a UK Government Minister.

Co-Chair: Amanda Blanc

Group Chief Executive Officer

Aviva

Co-Chair: Andrew Griffith MP

Economic Secretary to the Treasury

HM Treasury

Sarah Breeden (Observer)

Executive Director for Financial Stability

Bank of England

Duncan Clark

Head of UK Region

Ørsted

Mark Fawcett

Chief Investment Officer

National Employment Savings Trust

Michael Izza

Chief Executive Officer

ICAEW

Graeme Pitkethly

Chief Financial Officer

Unilever

Alison Rose

Chief Executive Officer

Natwest

Sacha Sadan

ESG Director

FCA

Michelle Scrimgeour

Chief Executive Officer

LGIM

David Schwimmer

Chief Executive Officer

LSEG

Mary Schapiro

Vice Chair

GFANZ

Tanya Steele

Chief Executive Officer

WWF UK

Mardi McBrien

Managing Director

ISSB

Delivery Group

A group of experts who are leading and contributing to TPT workstreams. They include representatives from companies, financial institutions, regulators, policymakers, civil society, and academia.

Patrick Arber

Head of International Government Engagement

Aviva

Julie Baddeley

Chair

Chapter Zero

Thomas Ball

Head of Business Advocacy

WWF UK

Clara Barby

Senior Partner

Just Climate

Nicolette Bartlett

Chief Impact Officer

CDP

Richard Crossick

Head of Public Affairs

Ørsted UK

James Close

Head of Climate Change

NatWest

David Harris

Group Head of Sustainable Business

LSEG

Vanessa Harvard-Williams

Global Head of Environment & Climate Change

Linklaters

Ingrid Holmes

Executive Director

Green Finance Institute

Catherine Howarth

Chief Executive Officer

ShareAction

Amy Jenkins

Deputy Director, Net Zero Strategy Directorate

BEIS

Bella Landymore

Policy Director

Impact Investing Institute

Tim Lord

Head of Climate Change

The Phoenix Group

Katharine Lindmeier

Senior Responsible Investment Manager

National Employment Savings Trust

Thomas Lingard

Global Sustainability Director

Unilever

Toby MacKean

Global ESG Analyst

LGIM

Richard Manley

Head of Sustainable Investing

CPP Investments

Mark Manning

Technical Specialist

FCA

Adam Matthews

Chief Responsible Investment Officer

Church of England Pensions Board

Sean de Montfort

Technical Specialist

FCA

Nick Molho

Chief Executive Director

Aldersgate Group

Alexander Nick

Director, Climate Action

WBCSD

Tim Rawlings

Co-Head of the Climate Hub

Bank of England

Tony Rooke

Executive Director for Real Economy Transition Planning and Sectoral Pathways

GFANZ

Nick Robins

Professor of Practice

London School of Economics

Matt Scott

Senior Director

Climate Resilience Hub,

Willis Towers Watson

Richard Spencer

Director of Sustainability

ICAEW

Sally Springer

Senior Policy Advisor

Investment Association

Chris Stark

Chief Executive Officer

Climate Change Committee

James Vaccaro

Executive Director

Climate Safe Lending Network

Faith Ward

Chair

IIGCC

Helen Wildsmith

Stewardship Director, Climate Change

CCLA

Secretariat

The Secretariat to the TPT is provided by the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) and E3G, with funding from philanthropy. The Secretariat Co-Heads are Dr Ben Caldecott and Kate Levick. The Secretariat Team Leader is Jacques Morris and the Secretariat Technical Lead is Dr Gireesh Shrimali.