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 Investor Agenda, the Executive Committee of the Paris Aligned Investment Initiative and currently chairs the Steering Committee for the Net Zero Asset Managers 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+.

Annabel works across both the Corporate and Investor Practices programmes, supporting on engagement, sector strategies and net zero activities. 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.

Ben supports the IIGCC on key communications. Ben joins the team with over 5 years of experience across membership and government communications.

He previously worked at the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs as a Strategic Communications Manager, and before that as a Marketing & Communications Executive at a membership organisation representing marine professionals.

Camila provides strategic support to Stephanie Pfeifer, working on administration, key stakeholder liaison and team coordination. She joined IIGCC in 2021 having previously worked in the marketing and communications industry for over six years. Camila held a wide variety of roles within business support, operations and integrated project management in agencies such as Thoburns Communications, Weber Shandwick and Bell Pottinger.

Charlotte coordinates IIGCC’s fundraising work and collaborates with programme staff, both internally and at our partner organisations, to develop funder proposals, build relationships and report on IIGCC’s impact. She also leads IIGCC’s HR, governance and compliance functions.

Daisy leads IIGCC’s Investor Practices programme which supports members to better integrate climate risks and opportunities into their investment processes and decision-making, including taking forward the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures.

Dan Gardiner joined the IIGCC as Climate Transition 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.

Jayne is responsible for building and executing the IIGCC’s membership development and engagement strategy. She joined IIGCC in 2020 having previously worked as a Relationship Manager at BlackRock. In this role, she was responsible for building and maintaining relationships with institutional clients, focusing on defined benefit pension schemes in the UK.

Jose supports IIGCC’s Corporate programme through coordinating research and analysis on strategic technologies and actions to accelerate the net-zero transition in key sectors. Jose mainly covers the oil & gas, utilities, mining, transport, and chemicals sectors. As part of his role, he also supports the global implementation working group of the Climate Action 100+.

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.

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.

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, focussing on work related to the oil and gas, mining and metals and construction materials sectors.

Maja has recently joined as an Investor Practices Programme Manager to support the coordination and implementation of the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative.

Maja has a master’s degree in Environment, Politics and Globalisation and has previously worked as a Sustainability Coordinator for Countryside Properties where she supported social and environmental data collection and analysis, and implementation of sustainability strategy.

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.

Oliver coordinates IIGCC’s corporate engagement programme which includes our work on shareholder resolutions and research on companies and climate risk. As part of his role, he also co-chairs the global implementation working group of the Climate Action 100+.

Olivia supports Climate Action 100+ on communications. She joined in March 2021 with over 5 years of communications experience in the energy sector.

She previously worked at Hill & Knowlton Strategies in its Energy & Industrials practice, advising clients and cross-sector member initiatives across the energy and transport sectors with strategic communications.

Rachel supports IIGCC's membership by building consensus and identifying key topics on which to engage and influence policy makers in national capitals, Brussels and globally. Rachel also leads the policy work of The Investor Agenda.

Rose supports the management of IIGCC's policy programme activity. She joined IIGCC in 2019 from Ernst & Young's Government team where her focus was on UK and EU financial services policy and regulation, in addition to public affairs engagement.

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.

Sean Shepley joined the IIGCC in October 2021 as our Investment Specialist. Sean has previously worked for Credit Suisse and Glen Point Capital LLP as an Economist and Investment Strategist, bringing a wealth of global markets experience.