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Philip Moss
Chair
Global 1000
Philip Moss is a leading authority on financial mechanisms and systemic approaches to support climate
action and sustainable infrastructure. He currently serves multiple roles as the Founder of the Blended
Finance Group, Senior Advisor to carbon removal asset manager ClimeFi; and Chair of the Global 1000
corporate competition with the XPRIZE to catalyze the carbon removal market amongst the world’s
largest companies.
He has been at the cutting edge of innovations around climate finance over the past 20 years, including
through the establishment of NextGen CDR with Mitsubishi Corporation and South Pole, a corporate
purchasing pool for carbon removals launched with founding buyers Boston Consulting Group, LGT
Group, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Swiss Re and UBS where he built the largest diversified portfolio of carbon
removals globally.
Prior to NextGen CDR, Philip pioneered the concept of “blended finance” whilst at the World Economic
Forum, establishing a +$150 billion market and the Convergence platform, while leading the Sustainable
Development Investment Alliance of 42 leading governments, financial institutions and investors to
mobilize $100 billion for sustainable infrastructure in emerging markets.
He has access to a broad network and deep experience across the carbon and cleantech markets, having
served as Managing Partner for Mana Ventures, an Abu Dhabi-based cleantech investment advisory firm
and as the Carbon Portfolio Manager for Masdar, where he managed the largest CER portfolio in the
MENA region. He has also held senior positions with 17 Asset Management, CantorCO2e, the UNEP
Finance Initiative and HSBC.
Philip frequently contributes to thought leadership on issues related to international policy to enable
blended finance and carbon removal markets, having been actively engaged in various industry initiatives
such as the Zayed Future Energy Prize and Oxford Offsetting Principles Practitioners Forum, while
frequently lecturing at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Philip holds degrees in Economics and Statistics from NC State University and an MBA from the Tuck
School of Business at Dartmouth
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