Mr. Abhisheik Dhawan is currently working as Sustainable Finance and Partnerships Specialist with UNCDF. In this role, he is responsible for creating innovative blended finance vehicles as well as lead partnerships efforts for UNCDF at a corporate level. As part of his efforts on creating innovative blended finance vehicles, he has led the creation of Climate Insurance Linked Resilient Infrastructure Finance (CILRIF) multi-stakeholder working group over the last 36 months. Prior to joining UNCDF, he worked as Director, Cleantech Practice at Business Development Bank of Canada.

With 20+ years of experience in international markets and financial services, he has worked with banks and technology companies, including start-ups, in India and the United States, engaging with clients across continents. Over the last eight years, he has shifted focus to sustainable development. Mr. Abhisheik started banking career of over a decade with IDBI Bank at Bangalore, India’s tech capital, with a focus on the IT industry. Afterwards, he worked as Director at Standard Chartered Bank covering middle market and large corporate clients.

Mr. Abhisheik holds an MPA degree with a concentration on Economic and Energy Policy and Finance from Columbia University in New York. He also holds an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM Kozhikode), CFA-Level II and a B.Tech. in Mining Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM- Dhanbad).

Chief Executive Officer, Investor Leadership Network
Amy Hepburn is the CEO of the Investor Leadership Network, a 2018 G7-born group of 12 asset managers and asset
owners with over $10 trillion assets under management who are committed to accelerating the transition to a
sustainable and inclusive global economy.
Amy is a recognized impact investing expert and social entrepreneur with deep expertise on gender lens social
investments and the care of children in crises. In this capacity, she has spent 20 years driving social change globally
in the private, non-profit and public sectors through the creation of unique public/private partnerships and
investing for high impact social returns.
Her partners include visionary leaders and influencers, governments, social entrepreneurs, non-profits, forward
thinking companies, foundations and venture philanthropists seeking innovative solutions to persistent social
issues.
Amy was a Delegate on the first G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council created by Prime Minister Trudeau, and an
active member of the NationSwell Council and The Global Women’s Forum on Economy and Society.
She has Faculty appointments at Duke University and George Washington University where she teaches
on social impact, gender equality, the just transition, intersectional climate justice, the care of children in crises,
human rights and humanitarian action.

Andrew Flynn – Director, Climate & ESG Solutions
Ortec Finance

As Director within Ortec Finance’s Climate & ESG Solutions, Andrew is primarily responsible for partnering with institutional investors seeking to more effectively integrate climate risks and opportunities within their investment process, along with enabling them with their sustainability goals, regulatory requirements and transition to net-zero.

With over ten years of experience across the technology and sustainability sectors, Andrew undertakes a consultative approach to adapt to an organization’s evolving sustainability and ESG requirements as well the various different approaches towards sustainability. He joined Ortec Finance in 2023 from Clarity AI where he supported decision-makers with their varied regulatory alignment alongside optimizing their organization’s social and environmental impact through the utilization of technology and scientific research.

Andrew holds a degree in International Relations and Politics from the University of Aberdeen.

Aparna Shrivastava is DFC’s Deputy Chief Climate Officer. She is a climate adaptation and international development specialist with a decade of experience including sustainable development and humanitarian work across East Africa, Central America, and South & Southeast Asia. This experience has given her a foundational understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by communities on the frontlines of climate change. Most recently, Ms. Shrivastava worked at the intersection of climate change and finance to ensure a just transition to a low-carbon economy.

Prior to joining DFC, Ms. Shrivastava worked as the Climate Finance Lead at Mercy Corps, where she oversaw a wide range of efforts including adaptation finance research and development, private sector engagement, and high-level representation at COP24 and COP25. Along with serving on a technical expert group of UN Climate Change, she was the strategic director of a renewable energy investment group, Fettl, serving emerging markets.

A daughter of first-generation Indian immigrants, Ms. Shrivastava committed herself to understanding and deconstructing systemic injustice with a long-term vision to bridge gaps between resource-holders and the realities of those most vulnerable. Ms. Shrivastava began her career working on a wide range of sustainable development projects internationally. Alongside designing public health campaigns and gender empowerment advocacy work, her experience has ranged from the technical design of water and sanitation systems in post-conflict northern Uganda to livelihoods programs that made village women’s groups in rural India economically self-sufficient. In Kenya, Ms. Shrivastava established the regional office of a water and sanitation international NGO, which included building a lean team to oversee programming across Sub-Saharan Africa. She also advised small and medium enterprise owners in East Africa on their business models and investor strategies. Building on these experiences, she co-founded an online platform, LensShift, that facilitates critical reflection on power, privilege, and systemic injustice in the impact sector.

Ms. Shrivastava is recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Global Shaper and has been a guest lecturer at Cambridge University, the London School of Economics, and Columbia University. Ms. Shrivastava holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Environmental Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from Oxford University.

Dr Arunabha Ghosh is the Founder and CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, as well as a member of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. Arunabha advises governments, industry, civil society and international organisations around the world. He was invited by France to advise on the COP21 climate negotiations and was actively involved in conceptualising and designing the International Solar Alliance. He is also a founding board member of the Clean Energy Access Network and was nominated to the UN’s Committee for Development Policy in 2018.

Bertrand Millot leads the Stewardship Investing team, which is
responsible for defining and implementing CDPQ’s strategic
directions, including integrating ESG factors into all activities and
deploying the climate strategy. His responsibilities have three
aspects: helping investment teams structure impactful investment
opportunities (particularly with regard to social, climate and
energy transition investments); managing risks related to ESG,
climate change and reputation and contributing to the
organization’s outreach in collaboration with the CDPQ Global
team.
Mr. Millot is one of the architects of CDPQ’s climate change
strategy and a seasoned investor in infrastructure and corporate
debt in emerging markets, fields where ESG considerations have
historically been at the forefront. At CDPQ since 2015, he
previously held various positions in risk management and
stewardship investing, including Business Unit Risk Manager for
the Fixed Income, Capital Solutions and Cross-functional Risk
portfolios. He also served as Head of Climate Risk and Issues
and led the Stewardship Investing team.
Before joining CDPQ, Mr. Millot was CEO and CIO at Cordiant
Capital, an emerging market corporate debt fund
manager. Earlier in his career, he was active in infrastructure
project finance with the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development in London, U.K. and with BNP Paribas in Paris,
France.
Mr. Millot holds an MBA from McGill University, a Master’s in
Engineering from École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers in
Paris and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors
(ICD.D designation)

The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore MP has been the MP for Kingswood since 2010. He has served in five government departments between 2015 and 2020 including as Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation twice between 2018 and 2020. In 2019, he was also appointed Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth, attending Cabinet, during which time he signed the UK’s commitment to Net Zero by 2050 into law, and helped secure the UK Presidency of COP26. Most recently, he served as the Chair of the Government’s Independent Net Zero Review, and published the 340 page ‘Mission Zero’ report in January 2023. He is currently Chair of the All Party Group on the Environment and is also a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.