Paolo Magri is the Executive Vice President of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and Professor of International Relations at Bocconi University. He is a member of the Strategic Committee of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, of the Europe Policy Group of the World Economic Forum (Davos) and of the Board of Directors of the Italy-China Foundation. He is also a member of the Scientific Committees of the Elcano Royal Institute, the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) and of the Military Center for Strategic Studies (Ce.Mi.S.S.). He is a regular speaker, writer, and commentator to various media outlets on global issues, US foreign policy, Iran, and Middle East. Previously, he served as Programme Director to the UN Secretariat in New York and, up to 2005, as Director of International Affairs at Bocconi University in Milan.

Since October last year Mario Corti, 56, has been at the helm of KPMG in Italy, a network of professional firms providing services to support clients, in particular empowering them to face digital and sustainable transformations.

Mario also represents KPMG Italy on the EMA Regional Board (Europe, Africa and the Middle East) and on the Global Board. Since graduating in Business Administration at Bocconi University, Mario has gained all his experience within KPMG and he was nominated Partner in 2000.  Mario’s main areas of expertise include audit services for leading Italian and international financial institutions and also M&A transactions in the financial sector. As the head of Risk Management, he has interfaced with national and international regulators, such as CONSOB (Supervisory authority for the Italian financial products market) and PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board).

Appointed Minister on 13 February 2021. Economist, statistician and academic. Full professor (on leave) of economic statistics at the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, where he taught Statistics and Analysis and Policies for Sustainable Development.

Chief Statistician of the OECD from 2001 to August 2009. President of ISTAT from August 2009 to April 2013. Minister of Labour and Social Policies from 2013 to 2014.

He is the co-founder of the Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS), a network of more than 290 subjects of Italian civil society, of which he was spokeperson until 13 February 2021.

Until January 2021 he was President of the European Statistical Governance Advisory Board, member of the Executive Board of the Club of Rome, of the Global Happiness Council, Chairman of the Committee for the Report on the Economy Not Observed and Tax Evasion of the Ministry of Economy and Finance and member of the Scientific Committee of the Parliamentary Budget Office.

From May 2020 he is responsible for the Futura Network project.

Mafalda Duarte is CEO of the $10.5 billion Climate Investment Funds (CIF), one of the world’s largest multilateral funds for climate action in developing countries. Since her appointment in 2014, Mafalda has overseen hundreds of investments at the cutting edge of clean energy and resilience across 72 low and middle-income countries, including the largest solar park in the world and South America’s first geothermal plant. Under Mafalda’s leadership, CIF’s mandate has expanded to include areas like coal phase-out and just transition. Prior to CIF, Mafalda held senior positions at the African Development Bank and the World Bank. She has been quoted in Reuters, BBC World Service, the Economist, and the Financial Times. 

Helen Mountford was previously the vice president of climate and economics at World Resources Institute, where she led global teams to advance policies and economic approaches to successfully address climate change. She was also the program director for the New Climate Economy project, a flagship initiative of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. Prior to this, Helen worked at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for 16 years, advising governments on policy reforms and overseeing work on various issues, including climate change finance and economics, fossil fuel subsidy reforms, green growth, and biodiversity incentive measures. She started her career with an NGO in Australia and running a recycling scheme in England. Helen holds Master’s degrees in Environmental Economics from University College London and Environmental Management from the University of Melbourne. She has a BA in Philosophy and History.

Vice-President Fayolle’s areas of oversight include financing of environment, climate action and the circular economy, the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) (until end-2020), EIB Global (development policy together with Vice-President Östros; pre-accession policy is with Vice-President Pavlova), financing operations in France, Germany, the ACP countries (Africa and the Pacific – except the Caribbean States and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), jointly with Vice-President Östros), OCTs and South Africa. Vice-President Fayolle also oversees relations with international financial institutions, coordination with multilateral development banks (MDBs), and relations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank (WB) and the European Central Bank (ECB).

Johannes Wiegand is an Advisor in the IMF’s Strategy, Policy and Review Department and co-chair of the Fund’s climate advisory group. He worked previously in the IMF’s Research and European Departments. Prior to joining the IMF, Mr. Wiegand taught at the London School of Economics and wrote leaders for the Financial Times and Financial Times Deutschland. He holds a PhD in Economics from University College, London.

Mike has been involved in the global renewables business for the past 20 years and over the last 8 years he has also been focusing on climate change and decarbonisation for clients around the world. He leads KPMG’s climate change and decarbonization business which includes the provision of services such as climate risk management, net zero pathways, corporate PPAs, carbon accounting, and green finance.

Mike advises numerous international asset managers, developers, corporates and utilities. In addition, Mike is passionately committed to sustainable energy and climate innovation and leads a KPMG team collaborating with the World Economic Forum on this agenda.

As part of this work Mike and the Forum have worked on some unique propositions on innovation financing.

Rachael Kupka is responsible for GAHP’s operations, program development, strategy and funding initiatives, as well as relationships with donors around the world. She has more than 15 years of experience in nonprofit, program management, development and fundraising. Prior to GAHP, she worked for Pure Earth and the Wildlife Conservation Society. Rachael holds a MA in International Political Economy and Development from Fordham University, and a Certificate in Conservation Biology from Columbia University.

Noura Mansouri is a Research Fellow at KAPSARC, a Research Affiliate at MIT, and an Expert at the WEC. She served as the (lead) Co-Chair of T20 Task Force 2 on Climate Change and Environment/Sustainable Energy during both the Saudi and Italian G20 presidencies. Dr. Mansouri has over 18 years of research and professional experience, including working for the Center for Global Energy Studies (London), and the French nuclear company AREVA. She earned her MBA and Ph.D. degrees in sustainability and energy transitions from the University of London. She is the author of the book Greening the Black Gold: Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Clean Energy. Dr. Mansouri completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at MIT. She served as a member of the Zayed Sustainability Prize Review Committee for 2018 and the Selection Committee for 2019-2022, and received the 2015 Women Excellence Leadership Award. She has many publications on climate change and sustainable energy transitions. Noura is a founder and board member of the Saudi Association of Energy Economics.

Professor Nyong most recently served as Director of Climate Change and Green Growth at the African Development Bank and has over 30 years of experience in environmental and natural resources management, renewable energy and green growth. He previously worked as a Senior Climate Change Specialist at the International Development Research Centre of Canada and a Professor of Climate Change at the University of Jos, Nigeria. He was a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and a member of the IPCC Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis. Mr. Nyong has also served on several Global Advisory and Scientific Boards including the Sustainable Stock Exchange Green Finance Advisory Group.

Lola Vallejo is IDDRI’s climate programme director. Prior to joining IDDRI, Lola supported international climate negotiations as manager of the OECD-IEA Climate Change Expert Group and led the OECD work on climate-resilient infrastructure. She also assessed the United Kingdom’s adaptation policy as part of the national advisor and watchdog, the Committee on Climate Change. She also coordinated research on decarbonisation pathways at Imperial College London and worked as an environmental consultant in Paris.

Jun Arima is a Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo. He has been a Counselor at the Japanese Delegation to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and Head of the Country Studies Division at the International Energy Agency. He participated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiation as a chief negotiator.

Laura Cozzi was appointed the Agency’s Chief Energy Modeller in 2018.
Ms Cozzi joined the IEA in 1999, and has been leading several editions of the Outlook, and has been co-author of multiple editions of the report. Prior to joining the IEA, Ms. Cozzi worked for the Italian energy company ENI S.p.A. She holds a Master Degree in Environmental Engineering (from Polytechnic Milan) and a Master Degree in Energy and Environmental Economics (from Eni Corporate University).

Born in Varese in 1962, after graduating in Civil Hydraulic Engineering at the Milan Polytechnic in 1989, he worked from 1989 to 1995 at Snam holding various positions in the development division of foreign activities. From 1990 to 1993 he worked in Argentina as Area Manager for South America.
From 1996 to 1998 he was Regional Manager for Southeast Asia, based in Indonesia and Thailand, for Ansaldo Energia.
In 1999 he was Key Account Manager in the international management of Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi.
He joined EDISON in 2000 as head of international development.
In 2007 he moved to the Exploration & Production (E&P) Division as Deputy Director. In 2012 he assumed the position of head of the E&P Division and joined the Executive Committee of EDISON. In 2017 he also assumed the position of Executive Vice President of the Power Asset and Engineering Division of EDISON.
In 2020 Nicola Monti led the company in the transition from the Oil & Gas business, restructuring the company’s portfolio in line with the sustainable challenges of the energy sector and setting an ambitious goal of more than doubling renewable installed capacity by 2030. He in addition, the company strategy focused on the centrality of the customer, confirming Edison’s recognized leadership in terms of high quality of service, transparency and ethics.
In 2021 he strengthened ESG governance with a renewed commitment to the objectives of the United Nations Agenda and promoted the establishment of EOS Orizzonti Sociali, a Foundation entirely dedicated to social issues of which he is President. He also chairs the Edison Foundation, one of the most influential economic research centers in Italy, and is a member of various national and international associations, including local trade associations.

Samantha Smith is a lawyer, an activist and the Director of the Just Transition Centre, an initiative of the International Trade Union Confederation and partners. Building on the power and reach of the global trade union movement, the Centre supports and promotes social dialogue in communities, cities, countries and companies for a just transition to zero carbon and zero poverty.

Ms. Smith has worked with climate, energy and social justice issues for more than two decades. Most recently she led WWF’s global climate and energy team, with responsibility for international climate change negotiations, campaigns, renewable energy advocacy, engagement with business, and civil society and movement partnerships. She has served on various international expert groups and task forces on climate and energy.

Her passion for climate issues comes from first-hand experiences in the Arctic, where she worked for ten years in the field and with international policy as the Director of WWF’s Global Arctic Programme.

Luiz de Mello is Director of the Policy Studies Branch in the Economics Department of the OECD. Together with the policy studies teams, Mr. de Mello provides leadership and strategic direction within the economics department, ensuring the design and implementation of analysis and policies which promote stronger, cleaner, fairer and more inclusive economic growth for member and partner countries. Structural policy surveillance, short and long term economic outlooks, public finance and macroeconomic policy analysis are among the key workstreams for policy studies.

Earlier in his career, Mr. de Mello held senior positions at the OECD, including Deputy-Director of the Public Governance Directorate and Chief of Staff and Counsellor to the Chief Economist. Prior to joining the OECD, he worked as a Senior Economist at the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund, and as a Lecturer at the Economics Department of the University of Kent, United Kingdom. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Kent, United Kingdom.

Moekti Handajani Soejachmoen (Kuki Soejachmoen) is currently the Executive Director of IRID and one of the Co-founders. She has been working in climate change since early 1990s. Her first
area in this issue was the scientific and modelling, especially in relation with energy-based sector. She then continued to work on climate policy analysis as well as international climate negotiation
up to present. During her time with Pelangi Indonesia, she was actively involved in the Climate Action Network (CAN) not only in Indonesia but also in CAN Southeast Asia and CAN International.
She was one of the CAN International Board as well as CAN Southeast Asia. Her involvement in international climate negotiation started in the year 2000 during the meeting in Lyonn leading to
COP-6 in the Hague. After finishing her tenure as the Executive Director of Pelangi Indonesia in 2010, she joined the Office of Indonesia’s President’s Special Envoy (PSE) for Climate Change for
2 terms (2010-2014 and 2015-2019), where she assisted the PSE in international climate negotiation, including during the preparation of the Paris Agreement. After COP21 in Paris, she
was assigned to the Indonesian negotiating team on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement up to present.