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: John Glen
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
Sarah Gordon
Chief Executive Officer
Impact Investing Institute
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
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
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
Nick Stansbury
Head of Climate Solutions
LGIM
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.
Dr Ben Caldecott
Director and Principal Investigator
CGFI
Kate Levick
Associate Director – Sustainable Finance
E3G
Jacques Morris
Secretariat Team Leader and Head of Policy
CGFI
Dr Gireesh Shrimali
Secretariat Technical Lead
CGFI
Riona Bowhay
Senior Associate
E3G
Ben Gilbey
Senior Researcher
E3G
Ira Poensgen
Research Assistant
CGFI
José Reséndiz Garcia
Research Assistant and DPhil Student
CGFI
