Appointed in 2019, Robert Andrén is the Director General for the Swedish Energy Agency, with responsibility for national energy policies, including international energy relations and European energy policy issues. Presently, he was also until recently vice-chair of the Mission Innovation (MI) initiated as part of the Paris Agreement. He serves also at the Advisory Council of the Stockholm County Administrative Board.
Robert has been working within the Government Offices of Sweden for more than 20 years i.e. as Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Rural Affairs and of Agriculture between 2007 and 2013. Since 2015 he was Deputy Director General for Energy at the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

Michael is an English law solicitor and Swedish Advokat in the firm's Debt Finance & Capital Markets group located in the Stockholm office. He has advised on a wide range of debt and equity capital market products primarily acting for arrangers, sponsors and issuers (including corporates, financial institutions, and sovereigns) on high yield and investment grade bond offerings for Nordic and International entities issuing in the Nordic and International markets. In addition, Michael has considerable experience working on debt restructurings, liability management transactions and equity-linked issues. He is also a member of the firm's sustainable finance EMEA core team.

Renato is a London-based senior banker at SEB within large corporates and financial institutions. He is responsible for a portfolio of strategic UK clients across industries, from energy and utilities to waste management. Renato is an advocate for sustainable banking and advises corporates on sustainable finance solutions across banking products. He has worked for over twenty years in banking, and has global experience in corporate and financial sponsors coverage in New York and London. Renato holds an MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington DC

Mr. Beyer joined SEB in 2002 as head of Fixed Income and Derivatives. 2008 he was appointed Global Head of Fixed Income. In 2015 he became Head of Institutional Banking. In March 2020 he was appointed Chief Sustainability Officer. Prior to joining SEB, Mr. Beyer held different positions within the finance industry, short term interest rate trader at Öhman Fondkommission, Executive Director responsible for Financial Institutions Sales for the Nordics within FICC at Goldman Sachs up until 1996, there after joining Swedbank as head of fixed Income. He remained at Swedbank for 6 years running both FX Sales, FICC research and Fixed Income ending as Deputy Head of Merchant bank before joining SEB. Hans Beyer graduated from Stockholm School of Economics 1988 and holds a degree in Financial Economics.

Artur Dannenberg is Key Account Director Tetra Pak UK & Ireland and a Tetra Pak North Europe Leadership Team member. Artur was appointed to the role in August 2021, with the overall responsibility for the company’s sales activities in UK & Ireland. He is a Board Member of ACE Association and ReCarton. Artur has over 20 years of experience in different sectors, like Petrol Industry, Consulting and Real Estate. Since 2012 he is active in the Beverage Industry and joined Tetra Pak in 2016 as a Key Account Manager in Spain and Portugal. He held a senior management position in Tetra Pak Europe & Central Asia before being appointed to his current role in 2021.

Leyla Ertur was appointed Head of Sustainability at H&M Group in January 2021. At this point, she also became a member of the company’s executive management team. In her role, Leyla is responsible to drive and implement sustainability throughout the H&M Group together with a global team of more than 250 people.

Having joined the company in 2000, Leyla has worked in multiple continents, leading teams across a variety of areas including HR, Production and Global Supply Chain Management. She has worked extensively in production countries where we operate such as Bangladesh, China and Hong Kong and most recently has held a duel position as Regional Country Manager Production Europe, and Head of Global Quality Strategy and Compliance.

Hanna Grahn is Sustainability Lead at Spotify, and joined the company earlier this year to head its climate-related work. Spotify is committed to combat climate change, both in its own operations and though its audio platform - building awareness and driving action among listeners and creators. Prior to Spotify, Hanna was Senior Sustainability Specialist at the private Equity firm EQT, supporting the organisation, its wide range of portfolio companies and the broader financial industry on sustainability topics. Other work experience include advising companies on sustainability communication and public affairs. She holds a MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics.

Simon Hicks is an Urban Planner working at the intersection between design, local economic development and sustainability at Foster + Partners. His focus is on the application of data, technology and design solutions to improve liveability and ecology in the urban environment. Recent work includes insights into the opportunities of post-COVID workspace and masterplanning of Centennial Yards in Downtown Atlanta – a $5 billion transformation of parking lots and former railyards into an experiential and inclusive mixed-use development.
Simon also represents the needs of young people in the city holding a Steering Committee position for the Academy of Urbanism’s Young Urbanists group, and is a tutor and educational partner at Minerva University based in San Francisco. 

Victoria Hills MRTPI FICE is Chief Executive of the Royal Town Planning Institute with over 22 years in senior roles in planning, transport, organisational leadership and development. She latterly led the UK’s largest regeneration project at Old Oak.

Using the convening role of the Institute, she makes the case for resourcing planning and advocating the important role of putting planning at the heart of government delivery for the quality places that people want to live in. She is driving forward delivery of the RTPI’s Corporate Strategy for the 25,000 member strong RTPI, focussing on raising the profile of planning, elevating the value of professionalism, and promoting a diverse and inclusive profession to ensure genuine representation of the society in which we work. Victoria is also currently serving as a Commissioner on the Essex Climate Action Commission and sits on the Advisory Group to the Government’s COVID-19 Recovery Commission.

Viveka has a long background in finance and banking and is the Head of Corporate Communication & Sustainability at Investor AB, the largest industrial holding company in Northern Europe. She joined Investor in 2018 and has been instrumental in gearing up Investor’s sustainability work.  In addition, Viveka chair’s Misum, a multi-disciplinary research center for sustainable markets at Stockholm School of Economics.  Prior to Investor, Viveka worked for close to 30 years at the bank SEB, where she the last 10 years was the Head of Corporate Communication & Marketing and a member of the Group Executive Committee. She also chaired the bank’s Group Sustainability Committee.

Thomas Hörnfeldt is Vice President Sustainability & Public Affairs at SSAB and has an MBA from Uppsala University and an MSc from KTH in Stockholm. He has vast experience in general management & sales, market intelligence as well as sustainability. In addition, Thomas has been Managing Director of Ruukki Sverige, Senior Vice President & International Sales at Ruukki Metals Ltd, Vice President at Atlas Copco Dynapac and Vice President Corporate Marketing & Sales at steel provider Ovako. His career started at ABB, which he left as Vice President in 2004, after almost 13 years of management positions in the metals industry activities. Thomas has unique insights into the incorporation of sustainability into the business model of the organization.

Peter began his IKEA career as a part time self-serve co-worker in the Gothenburg store. Since then he has worked all over the IKEA world, in Trading and Purchasing in Russia followed by a move to Vietnam, joining the IKEA Asia-Pacific team. In 2000, he joined IKEA UK and Ireland and held several positions including Store Manger IKEA Lakeside, Marketing Manager, Sales and Communications Manager and Deputy Retail Manager. He has spent the last nine years at Clas Ohlson AB, where he held various roles. Peter was acting CEO and prior to this he was Executive Vice President/COO as well as Director of Operations.

Charles is a corporate sustainability expert with 15 years’ experience supporting diverse high-profile organisations. He started his career as an environmental consultant in Scotland before progressing to in-house roles with the University of Portsmouth, the National Health Service and the Bank of England, delivering a number of award-winning initiatives and programmes. Charles joined the London School of Economics (LSE) in 2019, leading a team working to embed sustainability across the School’s activities from education and research, to investment and campus operations including LSE’s ambition to become the first Carbon Neutral UK university in 2021 and net zero carbon by 2030.

Alan Jones is the Immediate Past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (2019-21) and Professor of Architecture at Queen’s University Belfast, a member of the UK’s Russell Group of universities.

The RIBA represents a UK and global membership of over 40,000 and as its President Alan has championed the value of architects to society, to deliver client and governments’ commitments on zero carbon, greater safety and performance, well-being and stronger and healthier communities. 

Alan’s built work is cited in design guides and has received various awards and commendations. His achievements as RIBA President include a radical new framework for long-term development of the profession and setting the long-term goals for the 200th anniversary of the RIBA.

Lilli Matson is Chief Safety, Health and Environment Officer at Transport for London (TfL). Leading London’s work to make the capital safe and attractive for all journeys, to achieve our goal of Vision Zero, where no one is injured or killed on the transport network. We are also working to address the climate crisis and achieve a net zero carbon railway by 2030 and to ensure TfL’s environmental performance is exemplary.

Delivering the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and the Vision Zero Action plan for London, as well as setting the strategic direction of our work to deliver healthy streets and to enable modal shift to walking, cycling and public transport. Lilli was a member of the UK Government’s Commission for Integrated Transport and ran my own transport consultancy for five years, delivering advice and direction on policies and projects to promote sustainable travel.

Imperial College alumnus - having enjoyed the Environmental Technology MSc at IC’s Centre for Environmental Technology, Lilli is also a board Member of the Environment Agency.

Maria has more than 30 years’ experience with E&P, investments and infrastructure in Oil & Gas. She is former CEO of DEA and CEO of E&P at Engie, Vice Chair of Yara, Investment Director of Aker and SVP of Statoil. She is currently a director of Alfa Laval, Scatec Solar and Schlumberger, in addition to her roles as Chairman of Wastefront and Oslobygg KF.

Tanya Neech is responsible for Sustainability across the UK business. Her role covers the local and national business strategy, the energy and carbon reduction roadmap and Scania’s sustainable transport solutions portfolio. Tanya initially joined Scania as part of the Bus and Coach division and focused on the delivery of Low Carbon Buses. Today, she represents the UK within the European business region and globally for all the Truck and Bus & Coach activity, she is regularly involved in the global affairs and strategic direction of the business. In June 2021, Tanya was elected as a member of the Board of Directors for Zemo Partnership, which is the UK’s leading not-for-profit independent partnership, jointly funded by government and members to accelerate all transport towards a zero emissions future. 

Prior to joining Scania, Tanya was Director and founder of a UK Transport Consultancy, delivering bespoke solutions to transport operators. Most of her experience was previously gained while working for the Go-Ahead group under operating company, Go South Coast where she held several positions as well as obtaining her PCV Licence and National CPC Managing Passenger Transport.

James joined the Civil Service ten years ago and is Head of Future Roads Technology in the DfT.  His responsibilities include the £100m Future Transport Zone programme which is trialling a range of innovative forms of transport, connected vehicles and digital roads, and national e-scooter trials, including wider ‘micromobility’ policy.

Andreas Regnell is Head of Strategic Development within Vattenfall AB. Vattenfall is one of Europe's largest producers of electricity with almost 20 000 employees. In his current position, Andreas is responsible for the development of group strategy, business planning, environment, sustainability, and research and development.

Andreas is Chairman of HYBRIT Development.

Furthermore, Andreas also has a long experience from strategic work from his time at the Boston Consulting Group 2002-2010 where he was responsible for the Nordic operations from 2005 to 2010.

Ben Roth spent his early career in the product space within financial services, before moving to John Lewis where he looked after various Marketing and eCommerce teams over the course of 12 years. The experience taught him the importance of interconnectivity between product, proposition, commercial model and brand. Ben recently moved to Volvo to look after their fast growing online business, with flexible car subscriptions leading the charge – and electric vehicles at the core of the strategy.

Veronica Råberg-Schrello is a Director at international communications advisory firm Kekst CNC, specialised in reputation, sustainability and advocacy. She works with Swedish as well as international companies, most of which are going through major transformation. Reputation and sustainability credentials involve mandates in the European and American markets, working with clients facing challenges such as asset depletion, implementation of ESG legislation and metrics and pre-IPO positioning. Veronica has corporate experience from working within the Communications and Sustainability department of Investor AB. Veronica graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics with a degree in Business and Economics, as well as from the Stockholm University with a degree in the History of Ideas.  

Peter Sandberg is Chief Executive at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce since 2018. He holds an MSc in Political Science and Economics from Lund University and has previously worked in press and communications roles at the Swedish Embassy and Chamber of Commerce in London respectively. He has worked at the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York City as Director of Program and VP, and when returning to London, joined the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association where he was part of the management team in his role as Director of Commercial Development & Membership.

Professor Martin Siegert FRSE has been the Co-Director of the Grantham Institute - climate change and environment - since May 2014. Previously, he was Head of the School of GeoSciences and Assistant Principle for Energy and Climate Change at Edinburgh University, where he now holds an Honorary Professorship. He is a polar scientists who has undertaken three Antarctic field seasons, using geophysics to measure the subglacial landscape and understand what it tells us about past changes in Antarctica and elsewhere. He has published over 250 scientific papers and is about to publish the second edition of an edited volume entitled  'Antarctic Climate Evolution', which details the history of Antarctica over the past 60 million years. In 2013 he was awarded the Martha T. Muse Prize for excellence in Antarctic science and policy, and in 2007 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. for excellence in Antarctic science and policy, and in 2007 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Johan Torgeby is since 2017 the President and Group Chief Executive of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB), a Nordic financial services group. He leads a team of approximately 15,000 employees who serve more than 3,000 large corporate and institutional customers, 400,000 small and medium sized enterprises and four million private individuals.

In Sweden and the Baltic countries, SEB offers universal banking services. In Denmark, Finland, Norway, Germany and the UK, the bank has a strong focus on corporate and investment banking, based on a full-service offering to corporate and institutional clients. The international nature of SEB's business is reflected in its presence in some 20 countries worldwide.

Johan Torgeby has 20 years of banking and financial services experience and holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Lund University, Sweden.

Prior to his appointment to his present position, Johan Torgeby was in 2014 named Co-Head of Large Corporates & Financial Institutions and member of the Group Executive Committee. He has held numerous positions within the Large Corporates & Financial Institutions division. He joined SEB 2009 from Morgan Stanley & Co in London

Jonathan Ward is Vice President Transition Success at ClimateView, a Swedish climate technology company working with cities around the world to execute their optimal pathway to net-zero. With more than 10 years’ experience in climate change and sustainability projects and several years of direct local government work as Principal Energy Policy Officer at Nottingham City Council, he adds a unique customer perspective within product development and works to continuously support city staff for successful climate transitions.

Lydia Whitaker is Head of Planning at BoKlok UK. BoKlok is a joint venture between Skanska and IKEA and has built over 12,000 homes across the Nordics. Using Modern Methods of Construction, BoKlok began its UK modular home business in 2019.  It is a business that prides itself on customer satisfaction and sustainability and provides quality home ownership to people earning the average wage. Lydia leads the process of taking BoKlok residential schemes through the planning process, engaging with Local Planning Authorities, communities, and statutory consultees. Lydia has worked in the traditional house-building sector, railway infrastructure, and planning consultancy sector. 

Darren Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of LKAB Minerals which is part of the Swedish State owned iron ore mining company LKAB. The key objective for the Minerals division is to maximise value and sustainable resource efficiency from LKAB mining by-products through multiple routes to market. In addition, LKAB Minerals processes minerals internationally specialising in using mining and processing by-products into construction, agriculture and specialist value-adding industries. With operations across Europe and sales offices from Chicago to Shanghai, LKAB Minerals operates in 12 countries.

Darren Joined LKAB in 2013 as the UK Managing Director having previously worked in various roles for the French Construction Materials company Saint-Gobain. In his time at LKAB, he has taken a leading role in both significantly growing the business as well changing the product focus towards sustainable material by-products. Outside of LKAB he is the Chair of the CBIs East Midlands Regional Council.

Ulrika Wising is the Vice President of Global Customer Solutions for Shell’s Renewables & Energy Solutions business. A new Vice Presidentship that intends to support new and existing customers on their decarbonization journey.

Ulrika joined Shell just over a year ago. Her work experience shows a wide variety of business and transformational leadership roles. Prior to Shell, she was the head of Solar and Battery storage at Macquarie, she’s led several teams with DNV GL, and she was the CEO of a start-up in data mining which she turned into a growing business. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering.

Harald Överholm is the CEO and founder of Alight, the leading provider of solar Power Purchase Agreements in the Nordic region. Dr Overholm was previously a cleantech venture capitalist and an advisor on solar markets to the WWF and the Swedish Government. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge with a thesis on solar diffusion and PPA. He is a member of the International Energy Agency’s PVPS workgroup on solar business models, a former associate with leading global sustainability think tank Stockholm Environment Institute, and a former board member of the Swedish Solar Energy Association.