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Robert OSullivan - Climate Focus

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Robert O'Sullivan was trained as a lawyer and specializes in regulatory and policy aspects of the CDM and JI. His diverse experience covers afforestation and reforestation projects through to energy projects as well as management of CER purchase programs. He is an expert in carbon finance transactions, both on the buyers’ and sellers’ sides of the negotiation table and was one of the lead drafters of the CERSPA initiative. He recently relocated to the Washington D.C. area as the Executive Director of Climate Focus North America.

Prior to joining Climate Focus, Robert was a lawyer in the World Bank’s Carbon Finance Business where he provided legal and regulatory advice to Carbon Finance Unit and the Bank's carbon funds including the Prototype Carbon Fund, Netherlands Clean Development Mechanism Facility and BioCarbon Fund. He holds degrees in sciences, arts and law from the University of Queensland in Australia and a Masters of Law from The American University in Washington, DC.

Robert O'Sullivan

Minervalwis III

Rotterdam, AN 3011

31 10 217 5999

Bill Hare - Greenpeace International

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:57:31 GMT

Bill Hare is an Australian scientist and a leading figure in the international climate debate. He was a lead author of the contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC and the Synthesis Report and is a Visiting Scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Previously, Bill worked as director of climate policy at Greenpeace International and he continues to do work for the organisation.

Bill Hare
info@wdc.greenpeace.org

702 H Street NW

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 462-1177

Richard Blume - The Natural Step International

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:12:46 GMT

Richard Blume is a sustainability advisor with the Natural Step International. The Natural Step is an international not-for-profit research, education and advisory organization that helps individuals, organizations and communities take meaningful steps toward sustainability.

Richard Blume
rblume@gmail.com

Garvargatan 9C

Stockholm, SE-112 21

46 768 432 196

Dean Bialek - UN Representative Independent Diplomat

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

Dean is the current UN Representative at Independent Diplomat

Past:-

Diplomat / Adviser at Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations, New York
Legal Adviser at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia
Lecturer, Environmental Law at University of Melbourne Law School

Dean Bialek
dbialek@gmail.com

333 7th Avenue

New York, NY 10001

Zhengrong Shi - Suntech Power

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:28:43 GMT

Dr. Zhengrong Shi is Founder and CEO of Suntech Power Co., Ltd., a company he established in 2001 to specialize in manufacturing silicon solar cells, modules and systems. Under Dr. Shi’s leadership, Suntech has grown at a phenomenal rate, increasing its manufacturing capacity by more than an order of magnitude in less than three years, reaching 150 MWp earlier this year. According to Photon International in March 2005, Suntech’s silicon solar cell production volume was ranked the 10th in the world, and was forecast to be the 6th in 2006. The rapid growth and success of Suntech combined with the quality of its products has given PV markets and investors a new confidence in PV manufacturing in China. Dr. Shi’s impressive achievements have been honored with many awards and prizes. In December 14, 2005, Sunech had a successful IPO (Initial Public Offering) on the New York Stock Exchange. Through the IPO, Suntech Power issued 26.38 million American Depository Shares (ADS) priced at...

Hotels

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

HRS operates a global electronic hotel reservation system for business and private travellers based on a database of more than 230,000 hotels in all price categories in Germany, Europe and the rest of the world. This system enables users to make direct bookings free of charge, with immediate confirmation and at continually-updated special HRS prices. Room prices quoted for chosen hotels are guaranteed for the booking in question.

More than 13,000 companies are currently connected directly to the HRS system, which they use to make all their bookings worldwide as a way of cutting costs.

Adrian Dennis
adrian.dennis@hrs.com

5-17 Hammersmith Grove

Hammersmith, London W6 0LG

02088460679

Ken Newcombe - Goldman Sachs

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:55:32 GMT

Managing Director, U.S. Carbon Emissions Desk | Goldman Sachs Ken Newcombe is a Managing Director in the Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities Division, where he is responsible for carbon origination and sales in the U.S. and Latin America. In 2006-2007, Ken was Head of Origination and Vice Chairman of Climate Change Capital, the largest private sector carbon fund. At Climate Change Capital, Ken oversaw investments in offset projects for more than $1 billion and co-managed a team of 55 carbon specialists. Prior to Climate Change Capital, Ken managed the Carbon Finance Unit of the World Bank where he launched eight carbon funds and oversaw close to $1 billion in investments in carbon offset projects. At the World Bank, Ken held a number of other positions, including manager for the Global Environment Facility and Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund investment operations. In the late 1970s and early 80s,...

Helena Anderson - Herbert Smith

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:25:03 GMT

Helena Anderson works as a lawyer at Herbert Smith in their energy group doing renewables

Helena Anderson
helena.anderson@herbertsmith.com

Exchange House

London, EC2A 2HS

22 307 373 8000

Brad Hopkins - Macquarie Bank

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:11:37 GMT

Brad Hopkins co-ordinates climate change deals on the investment side for Macquarie Bank

Brad Hopkins
brad.hopkins@macquarie.com

Citypoint

London, EC2Y 9HD

44 20 7065 2000

Rachel Ollivier - Coolnrg International

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:11:08 GMT

Senior executive focused on business establishment and development in both European and US markets. Along with broad business and business development experience I have a long standing interest in consumer response to environmental products. I lead the organisation's consumer marketing strategy as well as playing a major role in stakeholder and government relations. Our current flagship consumer campaign is in soon to be launched in the UK.

Rachel Ollivier’s Specialties:

Consumer marketing - environmental products & services, government relations & lobbying, stakeholder relations, business establishment and development, business strategy, climate change policy.

Rachel Ollivier

Suite 165 Grosvenor Garden House

London, SW1W OBS

44 020 7592 955

Cath Bremner - Carbon Trust

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:22:49 GMT

Cath Bremner is Head of Corporate Development at the Carbon Trust, the company set-up by the UK Government to help accelerate the move to a low carbon economy. Cath has worked with the Trust for the past six years and in that time has helped UK businesses reduce their carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies. Cath completed a Masters of Environment at Oxford University in 2001. Prior to this, she was working in Sydney for Ecos Corporation, a sustainability consultancy, set-up by the former head of Greenpeace International, Paul Gilding. Cath has also worked for McKinsey & Company both in Australia and South Africa. She completed first class honours Chemical Engineering from Queensland University, specialising in mining and waste water treatment.

Cath Bremner

8th Floor

London, WC2A 2AZ

44 0800 085 2005

Belinda Kinkead - Ecosecurities

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:16:09 GMT

Belinda has a Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental) from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Her previous roles include roles with the Asian Development Bank, the Sustainable Energy Development Authority of New South Wales and Australian Water Technologies. As head of implementation Belinda coordinates CDM project registration with the UNFCC CDM Executive Board, and monitoring and verification activities for EcoSecurities’ portfolio of more than 400 projects worldwide. Belinda also monitors the activities of the CDM regulatory bodies and the progress of our projects through the project cycle.

Belinda Kinkead
uk@ecosecurities.com

1st Floor, Park Central

Oxford, OX1 IJD

44 1865 202 635

Mark Mills - Generation Investment Management

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:04:53 GMT

Mark Mills is responsible for business development at Generation. Prior to joining Generation, Mr. Mills worked with Zurich-based Sustainable Asset Management ("SAM"). Mr. Mills established and managed SAM's operations in Australia. Prior to SAM, he served as Head of Sales and Marketing for County Investment Management, a subsidiary of Australia's largest bank, the National Australia Bank. Previously, Mr. Mills was responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing for Credit Suisse's investment management operation in Australia, where he was a founding director. In this role, Mr. Mills oversaw the growth of the funds under management from launch to $2 billion. Mr. Mills joined Generation in February 2005 and focuses on working with clients in Europe and Australasia. Mr. Mills has a B.Sc. from the University of Melbourne and was the recipient of a postgraduate research scholarship from the Japanese government. Mr. Mills speaks conversational Japanese.

Mark Mills

One Vine Street

London, WIJ OAH

44 0 207 534 4700

James Russell - Clinton Climate Initiative

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:09:18 GMT

President Clinton launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) in August 2006 to make a difference in the fight against climate change in practical, measurable and significant ways. In its first phase, CCI is serving as the exclusive implementing partner of the C40 Large Cities Climate Leadership Group, an association of large cities around the world that have pledged to accelerate their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CCI is assisting partner cities to develop and implement large scale projects resulting in substantial reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.

Expanding upon its work with the C40, CCI is extending the benefits of its programs and purchasing assistance to additional cities, building owners, and institutions. James Russell is the senior director of the Clinton Climate Initiative

James Russell
jrussell@clintonfoundation.org

55 West 125th Street

New York, NY 10027

(212) 348-8882

Scott McGregor - Camco CFO

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:00 GMT

The Camco Group is a pioneering business with an outstanding track record creating value in the sustainable energy and low carbon markets. The Group works closely with major companies worldwide, establishing partnerships to turn our clients’ climate change liabilities into economic, social and environmental assets.ue in the sustainable energy and low carbon markets. The Group works closely with major companies worldwide, establishing partnerships to turn our clients’ climate change liabilities into economic, social and environmental assets.

Scott McGregor has worldwide experience in the mining, finance and technology industries. he has strong experience in fund raising and strategic development within early stage companies. He has been a commercial specialist at Ro Tinto (Asia) and an internal consultant in Merrill Lynch Global Debt. Scott was chief financial officer at Oxegen Inc, a technology ASP. Recently at Skype Technologies as a corporate development manager. Scott qualified as a chartered Accountant through PricewaterhouseCoppers and has an MBA from the London Business SChool. He has a BE from Monash University.

Scott McGregor

Channel House

St Helier, Jersey JE2 4UH

44 020 7121 6100

Cameron Hepburn - New College

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:04:07 GMT

Deputy Director Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford Research Fellow James Martin Institute, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Research Fellow New College, Oxford Academic Panel Member UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Associate Editor Oxford Review of Economic Policy Dr Cameron Hepburn is an environmental economist specialising in climate policy and long-term decision-making. He holds first class degrees in Law and Chemical Engineering from Melbourne University, an MPhil in Economics from Magdalen College, Oxford and a DPhil in Economics from Nuffield College (as a Rhodes Scholar). In addition to his teaching and research fellowships at Oxford, he is actively involved in public policy as a member of the DEFRA Academic Panel and as a founder of Vivid Economics. He contributed two background research papers to the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change. Cameron has...

Tim Clairs - UNDP

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:13:21 GMT

Tim Clairs is an Environmental Finance Advisor with UNDP with the Bureau for Development Policy.

Tim Clairs
tim.clairs@undp.org

United Nations Building

New York, NY 10010

Martijn Wilder - Baker & McKenzie

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:08:14 GMT

Martijn Wilder, head of Baker & McKenzie's Climate Change Practice group and Chair of the NSW Premier's Greenhouse Advisory Group.

Martijn Wilder

Level 27, A.M.P. Center

Sydney, NSW 2000

61 2 92250276

Paul Mitchell - President International Council on Mining and Metals

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:56:36 GMT

Paul Mitchell has been President of the International COuncil on Mining and Metals, ICMM since September 2003. He is responsible for policy development on a broad range of issues including mining and its link to economic development, human rights and the environment. He represents ICMM on a number of international bodies, including the World Bank's Advisory Committee on Extractive Industries and the boards of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the Mineral Economics and Management Society (MEMS). Prior to joining ICMM, Paul was CEO of CARE Australia, a member of CARE International, the world's largest development and emergency assistance NGO operating in over 70 of the world's poorest countries. From 1994 to 1999 Paul was MD for Australasia of Environmental Resources Management (ERM), a leading international environmental and engineering services company. In the period from 1984 to 1994, he was joint managing director of Mitchell McCotter and Associates, an Australian based environmental consultancy focusing on the resources sector. Paul was educated in Australia and the USA and has qualification in earth and engineering sciences, regional planning and business managements. In 2004 he was admitted to the Order of Australia for services to the community, environmental resources management and planning.

Paul Mitchell
paul.mitchell@icmm.com

19 Stratford Place

London, W1C 1BQ

44 020 7290 4938

David McCann - Clinton Climate Initiative

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:45:19 GMT

David is a director of the Clinton Climate Initiative and head of the 20 Global Cities initiative for sustainability.

David McCann
dmccann@clintonfoundation.org

55 West 125th Street

New York, NY 10027

(212) 348-8882