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ELEANOR BESLEY-GOULD
ASSOCIATE PARTNER, XYNTEO
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Ellie Besley-Gould is an Associate Partner at Xynteo and the Chair of the Board of Trustees at Foundation for Change. Previously, she was the Head of Purpose at Hawksmoor, heading on for-purpose strategy, implementation and impact reporting for Hawksmoor in the UK and the US.
DR GUIDO SCHMIDT-TRAUB
PARTNER, SYSTEMIQ
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Dr. Guido Schmidt-Traub is Partner at Systemiq Ltd. where he drives work on nature finance, food transitions, green skills, sustainable finance, and policy. From 2021-2024, he served as Managing Partner of the firm.
Previously he served as Executive Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, which supports the design and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. He has been deeply involved in developing long-term decarbonization pathways for G20 members. Previously he served as CEO of Paris-based CDC Climate Asset Management and Partner at South Pole Carbon Asset Management, where he worked on energy finance. As head of the UNDP MDG Support Team and Associate Director of the UN Millennium Project he has advised governments around the world (including some 30 countries in Africa) on their development strategies and financing frameworks.
He holds a PhD in Economics from Wageningen University, an M.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University (Rhodes Scholar), and a Masters in Physical Chemistry from the Free University of Berlin.
KATE O'SULLIVAN
SENIOR DIRECTOR, EU PUBLIC POLICY AND ECONOMIC GRAPH, LINKEDIN
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Kate is responsible at LinkedIn for public policy and Economic Graph programmes in the EU. Her team partners with governments, as well as with some of the world's leading economic institutions, such as the ECB and the OECD. Prior to joining LinkedIn in 2020, Kate was Vice President for Corporate Affairs at Virgin Media Ireland and before that, worked for Liberty Global.
Kate holds a BA from University College Cork and an MBA from the University of Warwick (UK).
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