Ben FeldmanBiographyBen Feldman is the Director of Voluntary Carbon Market Formation at IETA, focusing on integrity and transparency in carbon markets. Ben is an environmental markets strategist with decades of experience developing and implementing business...

Caitlin PadmoreBiographyCaitlin is a Lead Standards Development Manager in VCM at the British Standards Institute. Caitlin has vast experience in standards development, having managed a range of national committees across mobility, materials and manufacturing.  Prior...

Sophie WainwrightBiographySophie Wainwright is the Communications Manager at the Integrity Council (ICVCM). Sophie earned her MSc in Human Rights from London School of Economics and Political Science and holds an LLB in Law, with a year in Sustainability Studies from...

Muskan NagpalBiographyMuskan Nagpal is the Communications Officer at the Integrity Council for Carbon Markets (ICVCM). She graduated with an MSc in MORSE from the prestigious University of Birmingham, where she honed her analytical skills and developed a keen interest...

Richard IliffeBiographyRichard is Technical Assurance Lead at ICVCM.  He started his career as a project and programme manager for high impact carbon offset projects under Verra, Gold Standard and the Clean Development Mechanism in sub-Saharan Africa.   In 2016, he...

Hannes ZimmermannBiographyHannes, Programme Manager for Voluntary Carbon Market Formation at IETA, brings extensive experience in carbon markets. Having held various roles since 2010, he has worked with the EU-ETS, the CDM, domestic project-based carbon schemes, and...

Scott SteedmanBiographyScott Steedman is Director-General, Standards and an Executive Director of the BSI Group, where he is responsible for BSI’s activity as a global standards organisation and its role as the UK National Standards Body. He has been on the Council of...

Scott WillisBiographyScott is a former climate and SDG negotiator from Canada and has worked on climate issues since 2001. Now based in Copenhagen, he recently concluded eight years in senior advisory roles with the UNIDO and the UNFCCC’s Technology Mechanism and...

Julie WellerBiographyJulie is a Lead Standards Development Manager in VCM at the British Standards Institution. She has 5 years’ experience in standards development and has managed a range of national and international committees across a range of portfolios including...

Mikela WaldmanBiographyMikela Waldman is an Associate for Voluntary Carbon Market Formation at IETA, focusing on stakeholder engagement for the launch and development of the Core Carbon Principles. Mikela earned her undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from...

Cosmo van SteenisBiographyHe is currently a student at Durham University reading English. He has previously worked at the ICVCM on an internship assisting the COO and Communications Director with the initial launch of the CCP’s and Assessment Framework. He is also the...

Tom TylerBiographyTom has joined from Southampton City Council where he managed a wide range of work including as Programme and Ops Manager for Southampton’s bid to become UK City of Culture 2025 and programme managing the implementation of a new organisation wide...

Debbie StowellBiographyDebbie is the Technical Director at the ICVCM. She is responsible for overseeing the ICVCM’s technical work as well as the development of processes to support the Assessment Framework and Assessment Process. She is part of the strategic team...

Kate StannardBiographyKate is the Programme Coordinator for ICVCM responsible for coordinating the planning of projects and programmes, and a key point of contact for project teams and stakeholders.  Prior to ICVCM, Kate spent the majority of her career working in...

Lidia RuizBiographyLidia Ruiz Velasco is the Technical Development Manager at the ICVCM, reporting to the Technical Director. Prior to joining the team, Lidia provided her assistance to the Secretariat through BSI.  With a professional background in marketing and...

Ellie RuffelsBiographyEleanor Ruffels is an Associate at the ICVCM and currently supports the Market Formation Team. She is on secondment from the UK Civil Service and has previously worked for the Efficiency Programme Office at UK Army HQ, developing and implementing...

Sean PenrithBiographySean has travelled a deep trajectory of sustainability and climate change over the past two decades. He has built both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations around the globe that enabled him to develop his acumen for company...

Hayley ParkerBiographyHayley is the Programme Manager for ICVCM, responsible for coordinating work across multiple different workstreams and groups, to ensure successful delivery of organisational programmes and the overall business strategy.    Hayley has spent the...

Dan PalmerBiographyDan Palmer is Associate Director, Committees, at BSI, where he leads BSI’s standards development programmes in the UK, in Europe and internationally. He has over 30 years of experience of standards creation, with a particular focus on the role of...

Neil MuskBiographyNeil is BSI Group Director for Knowledge Solutions. BSI has a hundred years of experience convening stakeholders across ecosystems developing consensus and trusted markets, particularly through standardisation at national and international levels. It...

Amy MerrillBiographyAmy is Senior Director, Head of Global Carbon Markets, leading C2ES’ work on the evolution of compliance and voluntary carbon markets, including work with the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market and initiatives supporting...

Pavan KohliBiographyPavan joined ICVCM in May 2022 and currently is the Business Administration Manager. Her responsibilities include Finance Administration, Governance Administration, IT & Systems and Business Administration.  She has over 30 years’ experience...

Nat KeohaneBiographyNathaniel Keohane is President of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), a widely respected, nonpartisan, climate-focused NGO based in Arlington, VA, that works with policy makers and leading businesses to accelerate the transition to...

Teresa HartmannBiographyTeresa Hartmann is the Director of Voluntary Carbon Market Formation at IETA, focusing on integrity and transparency in carbon markets. Previously, Teresa worked at the World Economic Forum as the Lead for Climate and Nature, developing...

Mary GroomBiographyMary Groom is an Editorial Project Manager at BSI, with over 11 years’ experience working on standards. She has project managed the development of both British Standards and client-sponsored standards and is comfortable liaising with internal and...

Dirk ForristerBiographyDirk Forrister is President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), a non-profit business association dedicated to market-based climate policies.  With over 200 member companies, IETA is respected globally as a thought...

Michael FernandezBiographyMichael is General Manager at ICVCM, with responsibility for all elements of corporate operations, including finance, HR, contracting and corporate governance. He joined the team in September 2022, bringing with him a wealth of corporate and...

Asmah DahagBiographyAsmah Dahag is the Assurance Manager for the Integrity Council (ICVCM), the global governance body setting and enforcing threshold quality standards for the voluntary carbon market. At ICVCM, she enjoys working with programs to ensure global...

Jessica CharltonBiographyJessica Charlton is the Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer.  After 5-years working in the publishing and wine industry in the UK and Australia, most recently she was Campaign and Communications Manager for a London-based...

Johnson CerdaBiographyJohnson Cerda is a member of a Kichwa community of Limoncocha in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Mr. Cerda has a master’s in political science. Mr. Cerda has worked with indigenous organizations in Ecuador and has collaborated with two Ecuadorian...

Catalina CecchiBiographyCatalina Cecchi is Senior Manager for International Strategies at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES). Masters in Economics of Sustainable Development from Ecole Polytechnique in Paris and former member of the COP25 Chilean...

Kate BusuttilBiographyKaterina (Kate) is Head of Standards Development at the British Standards Institution. She has eight years’ experience in standards development and has managed a number of portfolios including manufacturing, mobility, and materials.  Throughout...

Roger BriddockBiographyRoger Briddock is the Senior Assurance Manager for the Integrity Council (ICVCM), the global governance body setting and enforcing threshold quality standards for the voluntary carbon market. At ICVCM, he enjoys working with programs to ensure...

Andrea AbrahamsBiographyAndrea is managing director of the International Carbon Reduction and Offset Alliance (ICROA) – an industry association running an accreditation programme for best-in-class carbon offsetting services. She also works an independent advisor and...

William McDonnellBiographyWilliam McDonnell is Chief Operating Officer for the Integrity Council (ICVCM), the new global governance body to set and enforce threshold quality standards for the voluntary carbon market. Prior to that he had a 25-year career in financial...

Quirin OberprillerBiographyQuirin is a senior project manager at INFRAS. He studied process engineering, gained practical experience as an engineer and then completed a master's degree in atmospheric and climate sciences. This was followed by a dissertation in climate...

Denis MachnikBiographyDenis Machnik is the Co-Teamlead of the Climate Policy Program at Berlin-based think tank, adelphi. He leads projects on the voluntary carbon market and MRV of greenhouse gas emissions. Among other things, he was responsible for the analysis of...

Miguel CortesBiographyMiguel Cortes is Professional Senior at Atmosphere Alternative in Bogota, Colombia. He is a climate change mitigation, energy, and environmental consultant with 27 years of experience. He has been working as a project developer, project manager,...

Ana AubadBiographyEnvironmental Engineer with a Master’s degree in Circular Economy from Germany. 20 years of experience in project management and audit process in areas such as innovation, climate change and sustainability in Central and South America. Specialized...

Ousmane Fall SarrBiographyMr. SARR holds a Geological engineering degree with major in environment. Since 2005, Mr SARR is regularly involved as Senegalese delegate in the international negotiations on Climate Change under the UNFCCC .   From 2011 to 2020, as...

Stephen ThorneBiographySteve is a South African Chemical and Energy Engineer who began his career in the early 1980s in the paper industry implying a career extending more than 30 years. In the mid-1980s, he became a UNHCR refugee for 7 years before repatriating to...

Sue PhillipsBiography Sue is a gender and inclusion specialist working on climate justice with a long career working in international development. She is currently working in a strategic advisory and Board capacity with clients including the UK FCDO and Africa...

Karen OlsenBiography Karen is Carbon Market Coordinator at UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre, formerly the UNEP DTU Partnership. She has 20+ years of experience in the area of sustainability transition research, impact assessment of mitigation policies and actions and...

Xin MaBiography Dr MA Xin is a professor and deputy director of climate change lab, Institute of environment and sustainable development in agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS). He is currently a member of the Carbon Neutrality Professional...

Nate Van BeilenBiography Nate’s experience in carbon markets spans both the private and public sector. He helped develop the foundation and strategy for an investment fund focused on financing offset projects within North America. Nate then became a team policy lead...

Randall Spalding FetcherBiography Randall Spalding Fecher has more than 25 years’ experience in international carbon markets – from project and methodology development to policy and mechanism design. Randall supports host and buyer countries in participating in...

Kelley HamrickBiography Kelley Hamrick is a Senior Policy Advisor for International Climate Policy at The Nature Conservancy, where she works on the intersection of policy and markets related to the Paris Agreement and voluntary carbon markets. Previously, she managed...

Michael GillenwaterBiography  Dr. Gillenwater is a co-founder, Executive Director, and Dean of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a non-profit organization with the unique mission to train and professionalize a global community of experts for measuring,...

Amr Abdel AzizBiography  Dr. Abdel-Aziz obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from North Carolina State University, USA in 2003. Dr. Abdel-Aziz is the Chairman of Integral Consult since 2004 and has more than 29 years of experience, including climate...

Daniel Ortega-PachecoBiographyDaniel is the Director of BIOCARBON, https://biocarbon.com.ec. He currently serves as Advisory Committee Member at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture's Program on Climate Change and Natural Resources. He has over...

Steve ThorneBiographySteve Is a South African Chemical and Energy Engineer who began his career in the early 1980s in the paper Industry implying a career extending more than 30 years. In the mid-1980s He became a UNHCR refugee for 7 years before repatriating to South...

Jessica Wade-Murphy de JiménezBiographyJessica leads the climate change consultancy Atmosphere Alternative in Bogotá, Colombia. She applies her expertise on GHG mitigation accounting, baseline methodologies and MRV for multilateral institutions, governments, carbon...

Stephanie La Hoz TheuerSenior AdvisoradelphiBiographyStephanie La Hoz Theuer is a climate policy expert with 16 years of experience in the design and implementation of carbon pricing. She is a Senior Advisor at adelphi. Prior to joining adelphi, Stephanie conducted...

Randall Spalding-FecherSenior AdvisorCarbon Limits ASBiographyRandall is a Senior Advisor at Carbon Limits AS, with 25 years’ experience in international carbon markets – from policy and methodological issues to project-level assessment. He leads consulting support to...

Michael GillenwaterCo-founder, Executive DirectorGreenhouse Gas Management InstituteBiographyDr. Michael Gillenwater is a co-founder, Executive Director, and Dean of the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute, a NGO with the unique mission to train and professionalize a...

Gilles DufrasneBiographyGilles Dufrasne is a policy officer at Carbon Market Watch, a civil society watchdog specialized in carbon markets and carbon pricing. He leads advocacy campaigns on international carbon markets and engages in international negotiations,...

Frances SeymourDistinguished Senior FellowWorld Resources InstituteBiographyFrances Seymour is Distinguished Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute, where she leads research and outreach related to tropical forests and climate change. She formerly served as...

Jürg FüsslerBiographyJürg Füssler is the current Managing Partner at INFRAS and the head of the subject fields environment and climate. He primarily focuses on climate protection, emissions trading, market instruments and adaptation to the climate change. After his...

Gabriel LabbateBiographyMr. Gabriel Labbate is the head of the Climate Mitigation Unit and Global Team Leader of the UN-REDD Programme of the United Nations Environment Programme. He holds a degree in Biology from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a master’s...

Donna LeeBiographyDonna is a Co-founder of Calyx Global, whose mission is to increase the impact of the VCM by providing information on the GHG integrity, SDG impact, and ESG risks of carbon credits. Donna was formerly at the State Department where, among other...

Felipe de LeonBiographyFelipe is an independent advisor and an international climate change consultant who specializes in just decarbonization policy, monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) and transparency system design and the application of carbon pricing...