Our team

Prior to her role at IIGCC, Stephanie worked in investment banking for over 7 years, including as senior economist at Morgan Grenfell and a VP at Deutsche Bank in London. She holds an MSc with distinction in Environmental Studies and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and an MA in Economics from Exeter University.

Adam has more than 15 years’ experience in the corporate governance and proxy solicitation industry and has a strong background in shareholder engagement, proxy solicitation and mainstream investor activist campaigns. He has previously worked for proxy advisers and solicitation firms such as: Boudicca Proxy Consultants (part of the Registrars arm of FTSE250 company Equiniti plc) as Head of Corporate Governance; Minerva/Manifest Voting Services as Lead of the Socially Responsible Investment team; and Pensions & Investment Research Consultants (PIRC), in team leading capacities.

He also established risk research consultancy teams at the SERM Rating Agency, worked with the ECGS providing UK policy input whilst at PIRC. Adam was involved in ESG consultancy work for large FTSE350 and EuroTop companies and authored the Business Risk Handbook: A Sustainable Approach to capture this consultancy knowledge. Adam read Economic Geography at the London School of Economics and has post-graduate qualifications in Management, Marketing, and most recently a distinction in a Master of Research in Corporate Governance.

Ben’s background means he brings a wealth of science and environmental communications experience to IIGCC.

Ben holds a BSC in Marine Geography from Cardiff University.

Charlotte joined IIGCC in 2017 after nine years in project and event management roles for the Institute of Cancer Research, The Law Society of England and Wales, The Economist, Reed Business Information and Euromoney PLC and has worked across multiple industries (including Law, Social Work, Chemicals and Energy, Aviation and Finance). Charlotte holds a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from King’s College London.

Daisy joined IIGCC in 2019 from the Inter-American Development Bank where she was an advisor on sustainable infrastructure investment. She previously worked for the UK government in various programme management and policy roles, including leading on finance strategy and investor relations at Infrastructure UK, and heading international climate finance negotiations at the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Daisy holds an MA in Politics from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc with distinction in Environment and Development from the LSE.

Having completed an MSc in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London in 2018, Danielle also spent time supporting the UNFCCC during international climate negotiations in Bonn.

Emelia joined IIGCC in 2020, with over 20 years’ experience in environmental sustainability and climate change. She led the International Climate Change Policy team at Ricardo, overseeing the development of nearly 20 countries’ Paris Agreement pledges and the Climate Finance Accelerator, a programme focussed on scaling up private investment into climate projects. Emelia holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.

Jayne studied at the University of Edinburgh and holds a first-class MA degree in International Business with French.

Jose joined IIGCC in 2020 having previously worked in electromobility consulting at Roskill and sustainable venture capital investments at Satif Group in London. Jose studied at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid and holds a BA in Business Administration and a LL.B in Laws. Jose is native in Spanish and speaks conversational French.

Prior to this, Leo worked as a consultant in KPMG’s financial risk management practice, and gained trade body experience within the Investment Association’s corporate governance team. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a first-class BA in Modern History.

He undertook his master’s degree in 2017 in environmental technology at Imperial College London, where he specialised in energy policy and worked on his dissertation in collaboration with the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

She joins from Critical Resource, a stakeholder engagement and sustainability consultancy covering the extractives sectors, where she coordinated and worked on energy sector issues.

Lucia holds an MPhil in International Development from the University of Cambridge and a first class BA in International Politics from Kings College, London.

Nathalie studied at Belle Beille University in France and holds a Bachelor Degree in Foreign Language and Civilisation.

Oliver joined IIGCC in 2016 having previously worked in consultancy with DNV, AECOM and JLL where his work included green bond assessment and sustainability strategy. Oliver studied at the University of St Andrews and University of Surrey and holds an MA in Geography and an MSc with distinction in Environmental Strategy.

Rachel joined IIGCC in 2017 having previously worked for the UK Civil Service for over ten years on EU and international climate change, energy and transport policy, including four years in Brussels with the European Commission and the UK Diplomatic Service, and as part of the UK delegation to COP21 in Paris. Rachel holds a BSc in International Management with French from the University of Bath, and an MA with distinction in European Interdisciplinary Studies from the College of Europe in Natolin, Poland.

Prior to this she worked as a paralegal in the Financial Services Disputes and Investigations team at Eversheds Sutherland.

Rose has a Master's in European Law from the University of Amsterdam, where she studied International Environmental Law. She graduated from Durham University in 2015 with a 2:1 in Law.

Before joining Legal & General, Sarah worked as a communications consultant focused on dedicated contracts with retail and institutional investors, including ETF Securities, Octopus Investments and Nutmeg. Sarah has a breadth of both in-house and agency experience, including with WPP firm, Burson-Marsteller (now Burson Cohn & Wolfe) and specialises in communications and campaign strategy, leadership profiling and crisis communications.

Sarah holds a degree in English Literature from Durham University.

He draws on 14 years’ experience gained in corporate, sustainability and climate change communications, strategy and campaigns work. Past roles include time with the European Climate Foundation, Burson Cohn & Wolfe, APCO and Greenpeace. Tom holds a BA in Sociology with Anthropology from the University of Hull.