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PAUL VAN ZYL
CEO and Co-Founder, The Conduit
Paul served as the Executive Secretary of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paul also co-founded the International Centre for Transitional Justice, an organization that works in over 40 countries that have endured massive human rights violations under repression conflict. Paul is also a co-founder and CEO of Maiyet, an ethical luxury fashion brand that cultivates traditional design and culture by partnering with global artisans. Most recently, Paul co-founded The Conduit, which serves as a home for those committed to improving the world by harnessing the power of creativity and entrepreneurship. The Conduit serves as a home for a diverse community of people passionate about social change.
CATHERINE HOWARTH, OBE
Chief Executive, ShareAction
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Catherine Howarth OBE joined ShareAction as Chief Executive in 2008. She is a member of the Financial Conduct Authority’s advisory committee on ESG and the HM Treasury’s Asset Management Taskforce. Previously, she has served on the boards of The Pensions Trust and the Scott Trust, owner of The Guardian Media Group, and was recognised by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2014.
In 2020 she featured on the BBC Woman’s Hour Power List, and in 2022 was awarded an OBE for ‘services to sustainability’.
ShareAction is an NGO seeking to define and promote the highest standards of responsible investment by working with investors, businesses and individuals on environmental and social issues.
RACHEL KYTE
Founding Co-Chair, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative
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Rachel Kyte CMG is Professor of Practice in Climate Policy at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government and founding co-chair of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative. A globally recognized climate finance and energy expert, she advises public, private and philanthropic capital on climate transitions. She was Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO of Sustainable Energy for All, World Bank Group VP and Special Envoy for Climate Change, VP at the International Finance Corporation, and Dean of The Fletcher School at Tufts University.
BERTRAND BADRÉ
Managing Partner and Founder, Blue Like an Orange
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Bertrand Badré is Managing Partner and Founder of Blue like an Orange. Previously Bertrand was Managing Director of the World Bank and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer. In this capacity he was finance deputy at the G7/G20 and representative of the World Bank. Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Bertrand was the group chief financial officer at Société Générale and Crédit Agricole. Bertrand served as a member of President Jacques Chirac's diplomatic team where he was the President's deputy personal representative for Africa. Bertrand also spent a total of seven years at Lazard, half in New York, and London, and then in Paris as partner where he co-led in particular the restructuring of Eurotunnel. He started his career in Paris as an inspector, then deputy head of the auditing service of the French Ministry of Finance. Bertrand has served as director on a number of boards, including Haulotte Group, , the leading European PE firm Eurazéo, Wealth Simple or a Canadian Fintech in asset management. He has been the co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on International Governance, Public-Private Cooperation and Sustainable Development. He is now a board member of Getlink (Eurotunnel) and “gérant” of SIPA Ouest-France. He is a ESG and sustainability senior advisor of JAB (Prêt à Manger, Coty etc.)
He is a member of the board of IDDRI and IFD (Institut de la Finance Durable set up to represent sustainability in Paris) and of the center of global Development, chaired by Larry Summers and led by Masood Ahmed (CGD). He is the co-chair of Project Syndidate advisory board. Bertrand authored the book “Money Honnie, si la finance sauvait le monde?” published in 2017 under the title “Can Finance Save the World?” translated into multiple languages.
More recently he wrote the book " Voulons-nous (sérieusement) changer le monde ?", with a preface by Erik Orsenna on finance after COVID and "Des femmes et des hommes, le pouvoir en partage" with Fabienne Michaille and prefaced by Michelle Yeoh, Jean Todt and Emmanuel Faber.
Bertrand is a graduate of ENA (Ecole Nationale d'Administration), SciencesPo (Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris), La Sorbonne and HEC business school.
PAUL VAN ZYL
CEO and Co-Founder, The Conduit
Paul served as the Executive Secretary of South Africa’s post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Paul also co-founded the International Centre for Transitional Justice, an organization that works in over 40 countries that have endured massive human rights violations under repression conflict. Paul is also a co-founder and CEO of Maiyet, an ethical luxury fashion brand that cultivates traditional design and culture by partnering with global artisans. Most recently, Paul co-founded The Conduit, which serves as a home for those committed to improving the world by harnessing the power of creativity and entrepreneurship. The Conduit serves as a home for a diverse community of people passionate about social change.
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