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Speakers
The 2026 Summit convenes a carefully curated lineup of speakers from across the carbon removals ecosystem, including investors, traders, buyers, policymakers, developers, academics, and market experts. Together, they will shape a data-driven dialogue on capital flows, market signals, and the pathways to credible scale.
Opening Keynote Address
Jules Kortenhorst
Co-chair of the Energy Transitions Commission
Closing Keynote Address
Bronek Masojada (Alderman)
City of London Corporation
James Screen
Deputy Director
UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Laurène Aigrain
Managing Director
Cygnum Capital
David Gardner
CIO Forestry
Gresham House
Mauricio Benitez
Managing Partner
Big Valley
Pawan Mehra
Managing Director
cKinetics
Jim Mann
CEO
UNDO
Tim Kruger
Trustee
Carbon Gap
Hamed Sanei
Director, LOC Laboratory
Aarhus University
Sebastien Dewarrat
Co-Founder
ClimeFi
Harry Horner
Offsets Leads
cKinetics
Agustin Silvani
Managing Partner
Bregal Sphere
Alastair Northway
ED & Global Head, NRG
J.P. Morgan
Doris Honold
Governing Board Member
ICVCM
Benedikt Kratochwil
Head of Carbon Markets
Carbon Removal Partners
Emily Martin
Head, Voluntary Carbon & Nature
Lloyds Banking Group
Erik Rylander
Head of Carbon Dioxide Removal
Stockholm Exergi
Upendra Bhatt
Managing Director
cKinetics
Andrew Shebbeare
Managing Partner
Counteract
Neelesh Agrawal
CEO
Calculus Carbon
Dan Lambeth
Trustee
British Society of Soil Science
Giulia Stellari
Managing Director
Fall Line Capital
Greta Talbot-Jones
Director, Natural Capital
Aviva Investors
Jasper van Balen
European Head Energy Transition
Rabobank
Michelle You
Co-founder and CEO
Supercritical
Ed Phillips
Managing Director, Head of Global
Future Planet Capital
Suraj Vanniarachchy
Vice President Global Carbon
Macquarie Group
Georgia Berry
Director
Green Finance Institute
Ellen Brookes
Manager, Climate Change
British International Investment
Patricia Silva
Venture Partner
Satgana
Stephen Smith
Executive Director
CO2RE and Oxford Net Zero
Esben Brandi
Head, Business Development
BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group
Benjamin Schulz
Chief Investment Officer
Altitude Carbon
Dr Gabrielle Walker
Chief Scientist & Co-Founder
CUR8
Rui Kakuda
Head, Energy Innovation Initiative
Sumitomo Corporation Europe
Paul Davies
Chair
CNE
Matthew Jolley
Director, ClimateTech & Sustainability
HSBC Innovation Banking
Tripurari Prasad
Deputy Head of Carbon Strategy
Climate Asset Management
Arpit Soni
Director
cKinetics
Alastair Collier
Chief R&D Officer
A Healthier Earth
Misha Glubokovskiy
Associate Director, Transition Finance
Standard Chartered Bank