Carmen Nuzzo leads on setting and delivering the strategy of the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre at the
LSE, as well as overseeing its research and operations. The Centre is the academic partner of TPI, a global
investor initiative, led by asset owners. It offers independent, rigorous research and data on corporate, bank and
sovereign entities to assess their progress in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Carmen is also part of LSE
Global School of Sustainability’s management committee.

Prior to joining the Centre in 2023, Carmen was Head of Fixed Income, at the Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI), where she was leading the ESG in credit risk and ratings, the sovereign, sub-sovereign, private
and securitised debt workstreams. Since 2014, her primary focus has been on sustainable economics and
finance, building on her long-standing experience in economic and market analysis research, starting in 1993 at
Salomon Brothers, with subsequent roles at Citigroup, ShareAction and Morgan Stanley. She is currently part of
the UK Transition Finance Council and serves as an Observer to the Principles of the International Capital Market
Association.

Andrew Death is a Senior Civil Servant in the Department for Business and Trade and has been a civil servant for 23 years in a variety of policy roles. Andrew is currently Deputy Director for Corporate Reporting, Assurance and Governance. His responsibilities include leading a comprehensive review of corporate reporting for UK companies and leading the implementation of the ESG reporting commitments made in the green finance strategy. This includes the endorsement of ISSB standards and transition plan reporting.

Mark Manning is a Regulatory Specialist with the IFRS Foundation, supporting work on international regulatory adoption of the ISSB Standards. He also has a number of independent advisory roles on sustainable finance, including at the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science, Chapter Zero, the World Bank, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, and the International Organization for Standardization.

Mark has spent much of his career in the official sector, holding senior policy and research roles in central banking and securities regulation in London and Sydney – with the Bank of England, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). United December 2023, Mark was Strategic Policy Advisor on Sustainable Finance at the FCA.

Mark holds Master’s degrees in Economics and Finance, from University College London and London Business School, respectively.

As ICAEW’s Head of Corporate Reporting Strategy, Sally oversees the development of ICAEW policy on UK GAAP, IFRS Accounting Standards, UK regulations for company accounts and non-financial reporting, including sustainability reporting. Most recently, this involved leading ICAEW’s responses to the UK Government’s three consultations on UK Sustainability Reporting Standards, transition plan requirements and oversight of a sustainability assurance regime. She also leads the delivery of corporate reporting content to ICAEW members and faculty subscribers. Having trained with Deloitte, Sally specialised in corporate reporting as a tutor with Kaplan Financial before joining ICAEW in 2017.

Arturo has over 20 years’ experience working in the public sector with a focus on local government, housing, and education. He is passionate about delivering excellent, customer focused services and the potential to transform lives and communities through the effective use of data and technology. Arturo founded Knowledge Industries in 2021 to help organisations make the most of their data and also works as an Associate Director at Housemark, Azeus Convene and Home Connections. Arturo has significant experience of cybersecurity and data protection and chairs the housing Information Security Forum in partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre.

Ian O’Donnell is Deputy Chair of UK Policy for Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), a business owner and non-executive director who’s excited by and loves sharing ways that creative thinking and new technology can help businesses succeed. A business owner since school days (Real Point – a design & marketing agency) he now also serves as a non-exec for other SMEs as well as volunteering with the FSB where he also leads on Net Zero, working with leading decision makers to develop policy solutions for a better environment for SMEs to thrive. Outside of work he’s a keen runner and cyclist and an advocate of active travel.

Cressie Strachan is a global sustainability leader with more than 20 years’ experience driving ESG and sustainability transformation across private and public sectors. She is Programme Director at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and global lead for CISL’s flagship Business and Sustainability Programme (BSP). Delivered annually in Cambridge, Melbourne, Cape Town, Singapore, and virtually, the BSP has become the benchmark for sustainability leadership education, engaging senior executives worldwide. Since its launch in 1994, it has brought together over 3,200 leaders from 1,500 organisations to critically examine global challenges, explore levers for systemic change, and build the leadership capacity needed to shape a sustainable future.

Previously at WPP, Cressie established and embedded ESG practices across operations and supply chains, including setting global net zero reduction strategies and she co-founded industry initiatives including AdGreen to advance sustainable advertising practices.

Phil joined Family Fund Business Services, a social enterprise and wholly owned subsidiary of the charity Family Fund, in 2022 as Director, where he successfully led the team in driving growth and generating vital income to support Family Fund’s mission. With over 20 years of senior experience in the retail sector, Phil brings extensive leadership and strategic expertise to his role.  Since 2024, Phil’s remit has broadened to incorporate all facets of income across the Family Fund Group.

Aaron drives corporate reporting-related research activities and policies within the Policy and Insights team at ACCA to deliver high quality, professional and innovative inputs on key issues in the global corporate reporting agenda. Aaron believes in sharing knowledge widely. He focuses on making practical and relevant propositions to professional accountants and their organisations on improving the quality of financial and sustainability reporting.

His areas of interest include financial and sustainability reporting, business resilience, digital technology, and improving audit quality. He has designed the framework for a community that supports the professional development of SMPs – the SMP100.

Prior to this role, Aaron was the head of policy and technical for ACCA Maritime Southeast Asia (comprising Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, and the Philippines). He also had a decade of experience in a Big Four accounting firm in Malaysia where he was involved in providing audit and assurance services to multinationals and small and medium-sized enterprises operating in a wide range of industries, as well as technical consultancy, developing training programmes and conducting trainings.

Aaron has a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) Accounting. He is a fellow of ACCA and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants.

Leah is the Director of Environmental Sustainability at Aviva, where she leads the Group’s Environmental Centre of Excellence to deliver its net zero ambition and nature strategy. Her role also spans oversight of the Group’s environmental policy and positions strategy and integration of climate risk.

Prior to joining Aviva, Leah was at Phoenix Group for 14 years, serving as the Head of Climate and Nature Risk in her last role. She also previously held roles at European Capital, focused on pan-European equity, mezzanine and senior debt investing; and at Rianta Capital, focused on venture capital investing within emerging markets.
Leah spent 5 years within the corporate finance and advisory practice of KPMG London, advising financial institutions and energy clients. She started her career in sustainable finance, supporting the SME sector across the Caribbean.

She previously served as co-chair of the GFANZ Nature in Net Zero Working Group, is currently a Board Member of the UNEP FI Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), and represents Aviva in the Forum for Insurance Transition to Net Zero.
Leah is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a graduate and Associate of King’s College, University of London.

Kyle Gray is Senior Sustainability Manager for Net Zero at The Crown Estate, where he leads on developing our decarbonisation strategies across its diverse portfolio—including urban real estate, rural and coastal assets, and the seabed across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland—and supports The Crown Estate’s role in advancing the UK’s transition to a low-carbon economy. With a background in engineering and sustainability consulting, Kyle brings deep expertise in net zero strategy, carbon performance, climate resilience, renewable energy and carbon dioxide removals. He holds degrees in engineering and sustainable development and is passionate about driving impactful, system-wide change across complex organisations.

Mr. Henning Diederichs FCA, Senior Technical Manager at ICAEW, specialises in public sector financial and non-financial reporting. Henning has over eighteen years of technical accounting experience in both the public and private sectors having worked for Barclays Bank PLC and HM Treasury prior to joining ICAEW in 2015.

Since 2019 he has served as the Technical Advisor to the UK member of IPSASB (International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board) and in January 2025 he became an independent board member of FRAB (Financial Reporting Advisory Board), advising HM Treasury on reporting matters.

Henning has been collaborating with HM Treasury on the implementation of the TCFD (Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) framework, in particular working with risk specialists to help drive up government understanding, skills and capacity to manage risks more effectively.

Dr. Noha is a lecturer in Accounting at London Metropolitan University. She earned her PhD in Sustainability Reporting with “No Corrections required” from London South Bank University, and is actively involved in academic teaching, supervision, and assessment at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her teaching expertise encompasses Accounting, Sustainability and Research Methods modules. Dr. Noha’s research interests focus on sustainability and non-financial reporting and accounting. Her academic journey is enriched by practical experience dedicated to driving meaningful advancements in sustainability knowledge and relevant reporting practices across industrial sectors. As a member of the Expert Panel of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) organization, she participates in guiding the world’s finance leaders to develop sustainable business models. Dr. Noha is a Certified Sustainability Professional accredited by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), underscoring her commitment to advancing sustainability practices.

Alex is engaged as a Principal Consultant with the IPSASB, supported by World Bank funding, to develop a public sector reporting standard focused on climate-related disclosures.

Previously, Alex worked at the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), where he led the global accountancy body’s public sector strategy. He concluded his tenure at ACCA with an internal secondment to the Strategy Leadership Team. In this role, he developed the organization’s sustainability strategy, increased the maturity of its net zero approach, and produced the organization’s ISSB implementation roadmap. Earlier in his career, Alex worked across central, provincial and local government in the UK and Canadian civil service, including as a Senior Economist – specializing in tax policy – at the Ontario Ministry of Finance.

Alex is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA). He studied at Oxford, Cambridge and Queen’s universities.

Carmen Nuzzo leads on setting and delivering the strategy of the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre at the
LSE, as well as overseeing its research and operations. The Centre is the academic partner of TPI, a global
investor initiative, led by asset owners. It offers independent, rigorous research and data on corporate, bank and
sovereign entities to assess their progress in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Carmen is also part of LSE
Global School of Sustainability’s management committee.

Prior to joining the Centre in 2023, Carmen was Head of Fixed Income, at the Principles for Responsible
Investment (PRI), where she was leading the ESG in credit risk and ratings, the sovereign, sub-sovereign, private
and securitised debt workstreams. Since 2014, her primary focus has been on sustainable economics and
finance, building on her long-standing experience in economic and market analysis research, starting in 1993 at
Salomon Brothers, with subsequent roles at Citigroup, ShareAction and Morgan Stanley. She is currently part of
the UK Transition Finance Council and serves as an Observer to the Principles of the International Capital Market
Association.