Our team

Stephanie Pfeifer is the CEO of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). Stephanie has led the IIGCC since 2005 and has overseen its expansion into a pan-European investor group during that time. She sits on the Steering Committees for Climate Action 100+ and the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative and chairs the Steering Committee for the Investor Agenda and Executive Committee for the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative.

Adam leads on the Net Zero Stewardship Workstream, assisting members with development of stewardship strategies and proxy voting policies as well as engagement escalation strategy for Climate Action 100+.

Adrian has joined IIGCC to lead its work on the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, supporting institutional investors in aligning their portfolios with net zero emissions by 2050. Adrian is a climate change and sustainability specialist with over ten years of progressive professional experience across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Pacific. Adrian has a PhD in climate change economics and policy.

Alexandra joined IIGCC in December 2022 and works within the Corporate Programme supporting on CA100+, and various other IIGCC projects. She graduated from the University of Reading in 2019 with a BSc in Mathematics & Psychology shortly before joining Nationwide Building Society on the Graduate Programme. At NBS she was exposed to the inner workings of financial institutions, particularly through the sustainability scope, and created a role for herself as a climate change risk analyst.

Annabel works in IIGCC's corporate programme, co-leading on the stewardship workstream as well as supporting corporate engagement in the industrials sector. She joined IIGCC in 2021 from A4S, where she supported the integration of sustainability across the finance community, working closely with investors, CFOs, business schools and accounting bodies.

Anthony joined IIGCC in November as maternity cover for our Head of Operations and Development.  Anthony is a Chartered Accountant with a wealth of expertise in managing financial systems and delivering effective finance solutions in both the private and voluntary sector. He joins us from a youth charity that supports young people to build confidence and develop their employability skills where he was responsible for their operational functions, before which he was at various other charities, primarily Save the Children UK where he was their International Financial Controller before becoming Head of Finance for their UK Programmes.

Callum leads IIGCC’s content strategy, an in-house journalist responsible for digital publishing across its online channels. Callum joined in June 2022 from Vodafone, where he spent six years across a variety of internal, external, and social media communication roles. Most recently, Callum built the online brand of the Vodafone UK CEO and Board, as well as writing extensively for a former BBC editor.

Charles joined IIGCC in January 2023 and works within the corporate program on research into the climate-transition’s implications for the automotive and other sectors. He also works on investor engagements with companies on cross-sector themes such as climate-conscious accounting.

Charlie leads on pursuing new membership opportunities and driving deeper engagement with IIGCC's membership. Charlie joined in April, having previously worked between London and Sierra Leone as the Impact Specialist for Truestone Impact Investment Management. In his previous role, Charlie gained cross-sectoral experience in social impact initiatives, focusing on microfinance, education consulting and poultry farming.

Charlotte joined IIGCC in 2017 and has held a number of roles developing and building IIGCC’s operations functions including Finance, HR, Governance and Legal. She is now responsible for coordinating IIGCC’s strategy and works with the programme teams to operationalise this strategy. Charlotte also leads IIGCC’s fundraising team, collaborating with programme staff, both internally and at our partner organisations, to develop funder proposals, build relationships and report on IIGCC’s impact.

Dan Gardiner joined the IIGCC as Climate Transition Plan Specialist in September 2021, he's also a Technical Adviser for the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI). Dan has been with TPI since 2018 and helped develop the methodologies it uses to assess the carbon performance of the oil and gas and mining sectors. He recently joined IIGCC to assist in the development of additional tools to help accelerate the transition to net zero.

Danielle supports IIGCC's Investor Practices programme. She joined IIGCC in June 2020 having previously worked in corporate sustainability consulting with companies across the built environment and retail sectors on sustainability strategy development and implementation of the TCFD recommendations.

Emily Murrell leads the policy team, which includes national and international climate and sustainable finance policy issues and the impact on the real economy. She has over a decade of experience working on climate policy and climate finance in the World Bank Group, at HSBC and in the UK Civil Service. Emily was a Senior Policy Advisor for EU and international climate and energy in the UK Cabinet Office and a Policy Advisor in the former UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). This included experience as a UK Climate Negotiator at UN COP Summits.

Emma joined IIGCC in October 2022, providing administrative support to the Senior Management Team. Emma also supports the wider team with logistics, invoicing, onboarding and recruitment.

Prior to working at IIGCC, Emma spent six years managing production, logistics and operations for a busy international fashion business, and brings with her strong operational expertise. Emma graduated from the Royal Veterinary College with a BSc in Bioveterinary Sciences in 2016.

Freddie joined IIGCC in January 2022 and works within the Investor Practises programme, supporting on membership, updates and IIGCC’s initiatives. He graduated from the University of Glasgow in September 2021 with an MSc in International Banking and Finance and has since had experience at an investment newsletter where he was exposed to multiple environmentally focussed investment opportunities.

Hajira supports IIGCC's Policy Programme, working across real economy and sustainable finance initiatives. She also plays a managerial role within the Investor Agenda, a leadership group mobilising investor action on climate change. Previously, Hajira worked within M&A policy at Goldman Sachs International.

Hugh joined IIGCC in June 2022 and works on the investor practices programme where he has responsibility for IIGCC’s real estate workstream. He previously worked as a Senior Policy Specialist at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, where he led on a range of policy and regulatory issues in the built environment. Prior to this, he has gained experience working in a number of policy roles in regulators and membership bodies.

Jane joined IIGCC part-time as legal adviser in September. She has over 20 years experience as both general counsel and business adviser across sectors and spent much of her career in venture capital focussed on telecommunications and renewable energy. She has developed a number of start-ups and advises seed and early-stage businesses in the wellbeing and social impact space.

Jana leads on the Global Sector Strategies for Climate Action 100+ and the chemical sector engagement at IIGCC. Jana joined IIGCC in 2022 after managing sectoral climate research at ShareAction and working as an equity and ESG analyst for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. She also contributed to several expert groups at SBTI, WGBC, and CBI.

Jheel joined IIGCC as a Programme Officer in July 2022 and works within the Corporate Programme team, supporting its banking and Climate Action 100+ workstreams. She is currently pursuing her MSc. in Environment and Development from LSE.

Judy is Development Manager at IIGCC.  She is responsible for strategically building relationships with trusts and foundations to maximise opportunities, helping to increase and grow IIGCC’s reach and influence.

Julien is a programme manager in IIGCC’s investor practices workstream, focusing on activities related to the net-zero initiatives (Net Zero Asset Managers and Paris Aligned Asset Owners). Since joining IIGCC in May 2022, Julien is responsible for the development of the IIGCC Net Zero Data Catalogue, and the publication of the Investors Asks of Private Data Vendors.

Kat leads the communications team and is responsible for IIGCC’s communications strategy and delivery across all practice areas, initiatives and partnerships. Kat joined IIGCC in 2021, with more than a decade of communications experience in the investment management industry. She previously worked at Schroders and BlueOrchard in a range of roles focusing on corporate communications, media relations, digital marketing and sustainability communications.

Laith works across IIGCC’s investor stewardship workstreams, including investor voting policies, proxy adviser outreach and credit engagement.

Prior to joining IIGCC in 2022, Laith worked at Institutional Shareholder Services, where he focused on Say on Climate votes, and as a policy adviser at the Investment Association, covering the stewardship landscape from climate reporting and audit and accounting to diversity and fixed income stewardship.

Leo leads on sustainable finance, supporting the development of IIGCC’s positions on sustainable finance policy and helping members to implement regulatory requirements. He joined IIGCC in 2021 having previously worked in PwC’s Financial Services Regulatory Insights team, where he helped to develop the UK practice’s ESG regulatory proposition for asset and wealth managers.

Lucia supports the management of IIGCC's Corporate Programme, project managing IIGCC’s banking workstream as well as focusing on work related to the mining sector and Paris aligned accounting.

Mahesh leads the Investor Practices programme. He is the UNFCCC’s Marrakech Partnership focal point for Finance, linking Non-State Actors in finance with Parties to the convention. He most recently was Global Lead for Net Zero and UK Director, Capital Markets at CDP, building on an 18 year career in Banking and Finance, predominately at Macquarie Group where he led specialist teams in Financial Services and Healthcare. He holds an MBA, Energy from Cranfield University.

Marguerite Ohan works across the Communications team, including on press messaging and social content. She previously worked in Parliament, and in parliamentary advocacy for a human rights organisation. She has an MSc in Latin American Politics from UCL.

Michael leads IIGCC's real economy policy work. He supports the development of IIGCC’s positions on real economy policy frameworks at the national, EU and international levels and helps members to understand the implications for their wider activities. He joined IIGCC in 2022 having previously been Head of UNFCCC Climate Finance Negotiations for the UK COP 26 Presidency.

Misa has joined the Investor Practices Programme as the Senior Investment Specialist for private markets. Misa is a seasoned private equity investor with expertise in ESG and climate change, with 17 years of global experience in financing, direct investments and private equity fund investments. Misa founded Green Ventures Capital in 2011, an investment company specialising in private equity investments in climate friendly, clean energy technologies and assets.

Natalya joined in March 2022 to assist the organisation as it executes further plans for organisation growth at rapid pace. In this generalist role, Natalya provides HR support and advice to the senior management and staff to help build and develop the best possible team at IIGCC. She has a broad responsibility for people priorities including recruitment, onboarding, development, as well as designing and embedding policies, structures and frameworks to enable the team to deliver the best work they are capable of.

Nathalie covers IIGCC’s business operations and provides support on daily administration across the organisation. She joined IIGCC in 2019 having previously worked at EDF Trading Limited for over 18 years in various administrative and operational roles.

Norah leads IIGCC’s workstream on nature. Working across the Investor Practices and Corporate programmes, Norah is integrating nature into IIGCC’s existing climate frameworks, building investor knowledge on nature-related issues, and coordinating IIGCC’s participation in NA100. Prior to joining IIGCC in 2023, Norah worked at the Rainforest Foundation UK where she led their evidence-based advocacy on climate and managed projects to strengthen the rights of forest communities.

Olivia supports the delivery of IIGCC’s communications strategy across its programmes and initiatives. She was previously Communications Manager for Climate Action 100+.

She joined IIGCC in March 2021 with over 5 years of communications experience in the energy sector, advising clients and cross-sector member initiatives across the energy and transport sectors with strategic communications.

Peter is Head of Engagement for IIGCC’s Corporate Programme, supporting investor engagements with companies through Climate Action 100+ and the Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI).

Previously, Peter worked as a senior portfolio manager for Aberdeen Asset Management in Singapore, London and São Paulo. He was the firm’s first global Head of Corporate Governance and served as Head of Equities for Latin America. Peter began his career at the World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Washington DC and Hong Kong, where he developed the first shareholder engagements with companies in China and Vietnam.

Rosi leads the communications for Climate Action 100+. She joins from The Forward Institute, a responsible leadership think tank, placed there by the UK’s foremost socio-environmental professional programme, On Purpose. Her career prior to that saw her lead global marketing and business development campaigns for Edelman (EMEA) and Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. With Master’s degrees in both the Arts and Environmental Sciences, she strives to bridge the gaps between climate policy, persuasive messaging, and social impact.

Ross has over a decade of PR and communications experience advising financial services companies and organisations on reputation management. He recently joined IIGCC to lead strategic media relations campaigns in support of IIGCC’s business objectives across its three programmes, as well as high profile global and standalone initiatives. Prior to IIGCC, Ross was a Director at international PR agency, Instinctif Partners.

Sabrina is responsible for identifying funding opportunities and managing grants for IIGCC’s programming, including our new nature and biodiversity stream of work. She joined IIGCC in 2023 from Street Child, where she led the Ukraine crisis response programme for children affected by war. Prior to that, Sabrina secured and managed institutional grants at Anti-Slavery International, and led fundraising and communications at the European Human Rights Advocacy Centre.

Sam joined IIGCC in October 2022 as Events Manager. She graduated from Leeds University with a BA hons in politics, before embarking on a career in events. She has over thirteen years' experience across the industry, having worked in a variety of sectors including five years in the charity sector.

Sam works in IIGCC’s Corporate Programme. His role is to research and develop frameworks for assessing corporate transition planning, and to support the implementation of these frameworks. He joined IIGCC in July 2022, coming from a background in climate science and oceanography, specialising in polar regions.

Sophie supports IIGCC's corporate programme as Senior Manager, Climate Action 100+. She is focused on the strategy development for the second phase of the initiative and works on corporate engagement in the utilities sector. Sophie joined IIGCC from the UK Cabinet Office, where she covered the energy transition campaign for the UK's COP26 Presidency.

Valentina is the Senior Investment Specialist for Public Markets in the Investor Practices Programme, and is leading our benchmarks and derivatives work. Most recently she has worked as a climate finance consultant for Genesis Analytics, an Africa-based consultancy, and served as Deputy Head of Natural Capital Advisory for CrossBoundary, an investment advisory firm, providing financial and strategic advice to forest-based carbon transactions.