Speakers

Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley became Lady Mayor of London 7th November 2025. She is the 697th Lord Mayor, the third woman to hold the office, and the first to be styled “Lady Mayor”.  

Dame Susan Langley is Chair of Gallagher UK, and the Senior Independent Director for UKAR (Northern Rock Asset Management and Bradford and Bingley). Previously she was the Lead Non-Executive Director for the Home Office, a Trustee for Macmillan Cancer, CEO Financial & Professional Services at the Department for International Trade (DIT), Executive Director North America and Market Development for Lloyd's of London, Director of Lloyd’s Asia and Chairman of Lloyd’s Japan. Prior to this, Susan held various Insurance Board positions. She joined the Insurance Market from PriceWaterhouseCoopers where she was a Principal Consultant working with a range of FTSE 100 companies.  

A founding member of the Government Women's Business Council, she is a past recipient of the Insurance Institute of London (IIL) President’s Award, the FS Women in the City Achievement Award, Women to Watch, Leading Women in Reinsurance and top 20 inspirational City Women. Born in the East End, she is passionate about social mobility and involved in a number of charitable and mentoring roles. In 2015 she received an OBE for services to women in business and in 2023, a DBE for public service to the financial services industry. Dame Susan graduated (BSc Hons) from Southampton University and married Gary in 2003. She is a Liveryman of the Insurers and Drapers and a Freeman of the Goldsmiths. Dame Susan is the Alderwoman for the City of London Aldgate Ward and served as Aldermanic Sheriff of the City of London 2023/2024. 

Tony has been CEO of the TNFD since its inception in 2021, driving the strategy of the TNFD, coordinating support to its 40 Taskforce members and building a global network of partnerships that has supported the development of the TNFD recommendations and guidance. For over two decades, Tony advised government, financial sector and philanthropic leaders on a range of strategic challenges at the intersection of business, finance and public policy. He began his career in the Australian diplomatic service before moving into the private sector, first in investment banking where he focused on infrastructure project financing and then advising national government leaders on strategy and SDG challenges in strategy consulting and as an adviser through the World Bank Group. In 2024, he was named a TIME 100 Climate Leader by TIME Magazine.

Professor Dame Angela McLean DBE FRS is the Government Chief Scientific Adviser having taken up the role in April 2023. She is also Head of the Government Science and Engineering Profession. Prior to this Angela was the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Ministry of Defence. Until April 2023, Angela McLean was a Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University and a Fellow of All Souls College. Angela’s research interests lie in the use of mathematical models to aid our understanding of the evolution and spread of infectious agents.

Mr Menon is Singapore’s first Ambassador for Climate Action and Senior Adviser to the National Climate Change Secretariat at the Prime Minister’s Office. He plays a leading role in Singapore’s efforts to foster collective action internationally and transition planning locally towards a low-carbon future. He is also Chairman of the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) Asia-Pacific Advisory Board and a member of the GFANZ Principals Group.

Mr Menon is Chairman of the Global Finance & Technology Network, a not-for-profit company which harnesses technology and fosters innovation for more efficient, resilient, and inclusive financial ecosystems globally. He is also a Trustee of the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Chairman of its Innovation and Enterprise Committee; and a Senior Fellow at the Civil Service College.

Mr Menon is Chairman of ImpactSG, a start-up charity which aims to grow a community of purposeful givers in Singapore and Asia. He is also a Board Member of The Majurity Trust, a philanthropy which deploys cause-based funds to address social needs; and a Trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association, a community self-help group.

Prior to his current roles, Mr Menon served for 36 years in the Singapore Public Service.

As Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (2011-23), Mr Menon oversaw monetary and macroprudential policies, reformed the financial regulatory framework, and developed Singapore as a green finance centre and a global FinTech hub. On the international front, he served as Chairman of the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System and Chairman of the Financial Stability Board Standing Committee on Standards Implementation.

As Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Trade & Industry (2007-11), Mr Menon helped to steer the economy during the global financial crisis. As Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Finance (2003-07), he oversaw fiscal policy and government reserves.

Mr Menon holds a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Social Science (Honours) in Economics from NUS. 

Bertrand Millot steers the development of La Caisse’s sustainable investing strategies, including its climate policy. As such, he is responsible for defining the major strategic orientations in this area and asserting the organization’s leadership in sustainable investing with internal and external stakeholders. He participates in major global forums and maintains open dialogue with civil society. He also represents the organization before the Board of Directors, depositors and other partners on climate issues. Lastly, he contributes to La Caisse’s international outreach on sustainability.

Mr. Millot is one of the architects of La Caisse’s climate strategy and a seasoned investor in infrastructure and corporate debt in growth markets, where sustainability considerations have always been at the forefront. He joined La Caisse in 2015 and has held several positions in sustainable investing and risk management, including supporting the Fixed Income, Capital Solutions, Infrastructure and Cross-sectoral Risk teams.

Prior to joining La Caisse, Mr. Millot was CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Cordiant Capital, a fund manager specializing in corporate debt in emerging markets. In his early career, he worked in infrastructure project financing at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and BNP Paribas in Paris.

He holds an MBA from McGill University and a Master’s Degree in Engineering from École nationale supérieure d’arts et métiers, Paris, and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D). Since 2022, Mr. Millot has worked with Competent Boards as an expert, providing courses and training for corporate directors and executives. He sits on the Québec government’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change, as well as on the Boards of Ceres, a U.S. NGO leader on sustainability issues, the Datamars Sustainability Foundation and the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (SIF).

Meryam Omi is the Chief Executive of Arc, a global non-profit organization delivering urgent point-in-time tools, analysis and skills that empower financial decision makers with the transparent information and comparable insights they need to confidently direct capital to the right solutions at speed and scale.   

Meryam has over 16 years of investment experience. In 2010, she created a sustainability role within Legal & General Investment Management and launched successful engagement campaigns on topics such as independent directors in Japan, corporate tax and the removal of quarterly reports.

In 2016 Meryam led the launch of Future World Funds – flagship climate change solution funds which grew in assets under management to $120 billion. She also spearheaded the Climate Impact Pledge, a multiple award-winning engagement programme to drive tangible climate action from investee companies globally.

As a COP26 UN High Level Champion for Climate Action, Meryam led many Race to Zero campaigns within the finance sector.

Meryam has been recognised as “one of the most influential women in sustainable finance” and is one of "the 25 badass women shaking up the climate movement”. She is an associate fellow at Chatham House and sits on the UK board of Climate Group.

Claudia Trindade Prates has served as Director of Sustainability at the National Confederation of Insurance Companies (CNseg) since May 2025. She is an executive with a distinguished 28 year career at the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), where she held several leadership roles across multiple areas, including serving as Director from June 2016 to March 2019. 

From August 2019 to March 2023, she was Director General for the Americas at the New Development Bank (NDB), further strengthening her international experience. In 2023, she returned to BNDES as Head of Climate, a role she held until April 2025, where she led the institution’s climate strategy and key initiatives, including the coordination of the Climate Investment Platform for Ecological Transformation (BIP). 

Ms. Prates holds a degree in Economics, a Master’s degree in Economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), and an MBA in Finance from COPPEAD.

Alok Sharma served as a Member of Parliament in the UK House of Commons for 14 years (2010-2024) and was subsequently appointed a Member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament. Prior to entering Parliament, Alok qualified as a chartered accountant and then worked as an investment banker for 16 years based out of London, Frankfurt, and Stockholm.
 
He served in a range of UK government ministerial roles prior to entering the UK Cabinet as Secretary of State for International Development. He was subsequently appointed Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy, as well as President Designate of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). In 2021, he took on the COP President role full-time, leading the UK’s work in bringing together the world to tackle climate change and getting almost 200 countries to sign up to the historic Glasgow Climate Pact.
 
Alok was knighted in King Charles III’s 2023 New Year’s Honours for his services to tackling climate change. He currently serves as Chair of the UK's Transition Finance Council, is a Member of the Advisory Council of the Martin School at the University of Oxford, Co-Chair of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Climate Advisory Council and a Distinguished Fellow at Conservation International.

Sebastian Troëng is a global conservation executive with more than 30 years of experience in nature conservation, climate solutions and sustainable development across Latin America, Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe and North America.

He spent nearly two decades at Conservation International, most recently as executive vice president for conservation partnership and chief people officer.

In previous leadership roles in the organization, he oversaw operations in 27 countries, led the US$ 1.6 billion Heal Our Planet campaign, and co-developed the Ocean Health Index adopted by more than 25 countries.

Prior to Conservation International, Sebastian directed marine conservation at the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, guiding national policy achievements in Costa Rica and founding an Indigenous conservation program in Panama.

Fluent in English, Spanish and Swedish, Sebastian earned a Ph.D. in animal zoology from Lund University and a master’s degree in marine environmental protection from the University of Wales.