GOVERNMENT

Felipe De León Denegri, Adviser, Climate Change Directorate, Ministry of Environment, Costa Rica

Neil Dobson, Executive Director of CleanBC Implementation, Climate Action Secretariat, Province of British Columbia

Syeda Hadika Jamshaid, Climate Change Policy Specialist, Ministry of Climate Change, Pakistan

Juan Pedro Searle, Chief of Climate Change Unit, Ministry of EnergyChile

Chris Shipley, Head of Global Carbon Markets, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK]

STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND CIVIL SOCIETY

Emily Farnworth, Co-Director, Centre for Climate Engagement, University of Cambridge

Bianca Gichangi, Coordinator, East African Carbon Market Alliance

Michael Green, Executive Director, Climate XChange

Marina Mattar, Partner, Perspectivas Comunicação & Relações Institucionais

Sophie Punte, Managing Director of Policy, We Mean Business

Joseph Robertson, Executive Director, Citizens’ Climate International

Ousmane Sarr, Coordinator, West Africa Carbon Market Alliance

Katie Sullivan, Managing Director, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

PRIVATE SECTOR

Anirban Ghosh, Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group

Shilpa Gulrajani, Head Business Management - Investment Banking APAC, BNP Paribas

Thomas-Olivier Leautier, Chief Economist, Electricité de France

Chris Leeds, Executive Director, Commodity Origination, Standard Chartered Bank

Cédric de Meeûs, Vice-President, Group Public Affairs & Government Relations, LafargeHolcim

Jason Mitchell, Co-Head of Responsible Investment, Man Group

Emmanuel Normant, Vice President, Sustainable Development, Saint-Gobain

Susan Shannon, Vice President Government Relations, Policy & International Organizations, Shell

CO-CHAIRS OF TASK FORCE ON NET ZERO GOALS AND CARBON PRICING 

Mauricio Cardenas, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Helen Mountford, President and Chief Executive Office, Climateworks Foundation

Mahendra Singhi

Mahendra Singhi has been associated with the growth and development of the cement sector in India for the last 41 years. Since 2013, he is the Managing Director and CEO of Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited, a major group in India, globally recognised for its low carbon footprint in cement production, water positive operations, and bold ambitions and achievements on sustainability.

A visionary and advocate of sustainability, Mr. Singhi has been the driving force in inculcating this concept in the objectives and operations of the cement companies he has worked with. Mr. Singhi is a frequent speaker at various national and international events on climate protection and sustainability to highlight the business actions and ambitions. Mr. Singhi represented the business and cement sector during COP and High-Level Government-Business Dialogues of French Presidency, Governments, and the United Nations.

Mr. Singhi serves on the board of several organizations and commissions in India and abroad. Mr. Singhi is the President Emeritus of the Cement Manufacturing Association (CMA), a leading body representing about 450 million tonnes of installed cement capacity in India. He was a Commission member of Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition’s High-Level Commission on Carbon Pricing and Competitiveness.

Currently, Mr. Singhe is the Co-Chair of the Global Cement and Concrete Association and a Director of the World Cement Association. He is a Commissioner of the Energy Transitions Commission and a member of the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders of the World Economic Forum,

A positive thinker and strong supporter of happiness culture in the organisation, Mr. Singhi promotes innovative ideas and research. He deeply believes research has the potential to eradicate climate change impacts and create future opportunities unknown to businesses. Mr. Singhi is a science & law graduate and a Chartered Accountant. He is very spiritual and an avid reader of behavioural psychology

Feike Sijbesma

Feike Sijbesma has been CEO of Royal DSM for nearly 13 years and transformed Royal DSM from a bulk-chemical company into a global leading Life Sciences & Materials Sciences company, focusing on nutrition (food), health, and sustainable living (a.o. green energy). At DSM, sustainability and innovation is not only a key responsibility but also a core value and the main business driver. DSM became a clear purpose-driven company, being financially successful and doing well (450% Total Shareholder Return) by addressing the UN SDG's and doing good for the World. Feike is a strong advocate for inclusion and diversity as well.

Since early 2020, Mr. Sijbesma transitioned to the role of Honorary Chairman of Royal DSM of which he has been CEO between 2007 and 2020. He recently served as the COVID Special Envoy for The Netherlands. He sits on a variety of Boards, including as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips, as a non-executive board member of Unilever, and a member of the Supervisory Board of the Dutch Central Bank. Feike is co-chair, together with Ban Ki-Moon, of the Global Center on Adaptation. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the World Economic Forum and heads the CEO Climate Leaders group. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the IMF and Co-chair of the UN Scaling Up Nutrition initiative.

Mr. Sijbesma is a recipient of the Humanitarian of the Year Award and the Leaders of Change Award presented by the United Nations. He received an honorary doctorate from Maastricht and Groningen University in the Netherlands; he was listed by Fortune on the World's 50 Greatest Leaders by Harvard Business Review as one of the world's 100 most successful CEOs. He is also the recipient of the Courage to Lead Award from the World Resources Institute.

Mr. Sijbesma studied medical (molecular) biology at the University of Utrecht and business administration at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and followed extensive IMD, INSEAD, and Harvard Business School courses. He is married and has 2 boys.