Special Advisers
Varun R D.Phil.
Non-Executive Director @ ESG Foundation. Executive thought leader for software in the life sciences, diagnostics, and medicine.
Tim Streather BSc
Non-Executive Director @ ESG Foundation. Experienced Founder/Owner/Director with a proven history of success in IT across multiple industries. Experienced in multiple start-up to exit projects.
Steve Priddy PhD FCCA
Affiliate Professor Grenoble Management School, former Head of Research at the ACCA and London School of Business & Finance
Soham Gehani
BA ACA PgC
Associate Director, Corporate Finance, Grant Thornton; Assessor, Sustainable Finance course, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Sean Pereira
Senior Finance professional with over 25 years experience in Financial Services (Banking, Asset Management and Insurance), FinTecs, Private Equity and Charities. UK based.
Sarah Neil BSc
Personal Development Mentor Women in Ocean Science; Marine Mammal Surveyor at Organisation Cetacea; Board Member International Otter Survival Fund; Community Leader Surfers Against Sewage; Lecturer at Kendal College, Cumbria, England.
Sandy Baker
Interim COO, Executive Director, Jumo World
Rupert Bull
CEO and Co-Founder of The Disruption House, London. Rupert is a serial entrepreneur. The Disruption House is a data analytics platform, specialising in ESG and Business Resiliency assessments for private and high-growth companies.
Robin Dickinson BSc MSc FHEA
Managing Director, Green Growth International Ltd; Senior Lecturer in Business Sustainability, Regent’s University; former Natural Capital Consultant, Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts; International Business Development Manager, The Carbon Trust.
Ramisha Saleem
C.E.O., MK Textiles LLC.
Member, ABWCI (Association of Business Women in Commerce and Industry)
Rachel Freeman MLitt
BA MLitt Operations; Non-Exec Director of Grand Bequest; Grand Bequest: Trustee: Edinburgh & Lothians Greenspace Trust; Verture; Scottish Communities Climate Action Network.
Professor Josefina Bengoechea
European Business Institute, Luxembourg. Josefina has held a number of senior international positions at Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Banco Santander, the New York Stock Exchange and Accenture working in New York, London, Toronto and Madrid.
Neil McPherson
Managing Director Capital Cranfield Trustees, London; Council Director, Global Benefits Council, The Conference Board Europe, Brussels
Lesley Booth PhD MBE
Director @ ESG Foundation. Offers 30 years’ experience in leadership roles in charities, Higher Education and finance sectors. A specialist in public engagement within medical research. Formerly Head of Lifelong Learning at the University of York.
Kay Luan Tay BA MSc
Vice-Chancellor International University Malaya-Wales, Kuala Lumpur; former Principal Adviser, Centre for Professional Development, Phnom Penh; Chief Executive Asian Institute of Chartered Bankers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jamie Allan
LLB (Hons) MSc Founder and CEO, Allan Panthera; Guest Lecturer and Mentor, University of Edinburgh Business School; Career Mentor, University of Aberdeen; Mentor, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult Launch Academy; Top 20 Dynamic CEO of 2020, The CEO Publication; Best Business Growth Consultancy Firm 2021, Corporate Vision Oil & Gas Awards; Special Constable, Police Scotland; Scotland Representative, Association of Special Constabulary Officers UK
James Price MBA PRINCE2
Managing Director, Premier Group Pte Ltd, Singapore
Jahir Miah
Chairman, JJBB Equities Limited, UK. Senior Executive Vice Chair Miah’s Majestic Hotel & Resorts, Founder & CEO Millionaires’ Business Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Ivano Iannelli MBA
Chief Sustainability Officer, Emirates Global Aluminium
Ian Miller MBE
Chairman, Guildhawk; Non-Exec Director of FACT Worldwide Ltd and Gatwick Cars; Special Commander, City of London Police.
Helinä Piik
Head of Business Development at Stronghold Global Finance
Impact investing professional, entrepreneur
Habeeb Surooprajally BEng
Web Developer @ ESG Foundation
Erdem Kilic BA
Non-Executive Director, ESG Foundation. Janus Henderson, Principal Emerging Markets. Senior private capital leader with over 17 years of experience, particularly in North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Türkiye.
Eleanor Akers
Founding Director on Innovative Energy Consultants
Engineer by training (MEng, CEng MIChemE), holds an MBA from Johns Hopkins. Helping businesses grow sustainably.
Clive Booth BA FRSA
Founder Director of the ESG Foundation. Sustainability Specialist. Award winning communications and public relations consultant with 30 years’ experience.
Ayesha Saleem BSc MSc
Research Analyst – Venture Capital, Lakson Investments Ltd, Karachi, Pakistan
Anita Jerkovic MSc
Non-Executive Director, ESG Foundation. Extensive experience in UK and Pan-European Fund/Portfolio Management including financial analysis, business planning, strategy, acquisition, disposal, equity and fund structuring.
AKM Boby FCCA
Non-Executive Director @ ESG Foundation. Finance Director at the helm of BPP-TECH’s finance operations, Involved in the intricate management of accounts for a cluster of companies in a dynamic sector.
Ahila Ganesan
Founder and Director at Future LinQ. Director of Strategy and Development at Think City, Khazanah Nasional Berhad; Former General Manager at Sunway Property; Member in the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia; Director Member of Lead Women, Malaysia.
Ahad Surooprally BSc
Director @ESG Foundation. ESG Foundation webmaster and podcast editor.
Adriano Angelotti
BSc MSc MBA For over 18 years worked with the QHSE and Sustainability Management Systems. Strong performance in the development of environmental protection technologies linked to AI in natural disasters and environmental accidents.
“Many corporates, even when they have a good story to tell and robust processes to manage ESG risk, are not giving investors the right information in the right format”
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