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Lucerne, Switzerland

Irbaris is a unique sustainability business that combines providing strategic advice to senior management in major companies with a portfolio of innovative sustainability-driven businesses that Irbaris has co-founded (including Tevva, ImpactAgri, ImpactMarine & Pheida).Irbaris provides independent impartial advice the Boards and senior management pf major companies globally on the business opportunities, commercial challenges and long-term risks created by the transition to a sustainable economy, including the impact of carbon, climate change, resource constraints, cleantech and the circular economy. Irbaris has a uniquely long-term perspective on strategic sustainability challenges and the energy transition having been working to help our clients assess the risks and opportunities for nearly 15 yearsThe firm’s clients include Fortune 500, FTSE 100 and similar companies in almost every continent, including major oil & gas companies, leading electric utilities, international mining businesses, global food companies, and various investors, government agencies and NGOs

Lucerne, Switzerland

Based in Switzerland, Pheida develops and deploys sophisticated biotech and application engineering at scale to reduce GHGs, abate pollution and remediate contaminated soil and water. Pheida is prioritising solutions for the energy, mining and agriculture industries (including related opportunities for soil improvement and carbon sequestration)Pheida brings together deep insights into end-user industries and access to the most senior customer management with practical understanding of the science to provide a future-proof platform that bridges the gap between biotech innovations and customer decision-makers. By using biotech to eliminate expensive energy consumption and to create valuable by-products rather than waste, Pheida’s products can transform industrial process economics, deliver real world solutions for Net Zero and the circular economy. Pheida has a pipeline of market-ready and development applications. It is working with an extensive ecosystem of major technology and engineering companies, as well as leading universities in Europe and North America to accelerate solution innovation and scale deployment. As a result, Pheida sees multiple addressable and profitable market opportunities with potential to deliver substantial annual P&L benefits for major customers and to reduce customer GHG emissions by at least 1 million tCO2e per annum (excluding soil carbon sequestration) before 2030

Lucerne, Switzerland

ImpactMarine is sustainable aquaculture company headquartered in Switzerland that is developing an international portfolio of land-based, controlled environment aquaculture facilities in major fish markets and leading aquaculture production centres. ImpactMarine combines deep industry know-how with strong local technical and cultural partners to secure uniquely attractive sites that serve a diversified group of markets. ImpactMarine is utilising proven RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System) technology in new markets for a broader range of species. Originating in Scandinavia, RAS is a proven technology for the production of fish in a controlled bio-secure environment and with minimal environmental footprint. By controlling the environment within which the fish are raised, land-based (RAS) aquaculture provides an economically attractive, climate resilient and sustainable source of quality fish.ImpactMarine is currently developing facilities in Greece and New Zealand. Together with partners, it is also exploring opportunities elsewhere in Europe, in southern Africa and the Far East

Lucerne, Switzerland

ImpactAgri is an agribusiness development and management company that originates, develops and manages large-scale inclusive and sustainable agribusinesses, primarily in Africa. ImpactAgri is commercially-driven, but by design, all of our agribusinesses are economically viable, environmentally sustainable, socially & gender inclusive and culturally sensitive

Tevva pioneered zero-emission transport with revolutionary battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell range extender technology. Tevva trucks optimised range, driver experience, and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) while significantly reducing the environmental impact from the urban freight and logistics sectors. Personally wrote the original business plan and developed critical TCO proposition. Served as Director from company formation in 2013 until 2019. Managed all major fund raising and variously acted as interim Chairperson, CFO and Development Director as the business evolved.

Established and led LECG's Global Carbon & Climate Change practice, based in London

Founder of and Partner in Cairneagle Associates, a boutique strategy consulting and investment firm. Created and led the firm’s carbon, energy & climate change activities

One of the founders of the firm, based in London. Leader of the firm's Strategy Practice

Member of the London office managment team and key member of Strategy and of international Oil & Gas practice

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Bsc, Statistics, Computer Science