Date: 2024-04-29 Page is: DBtxt003.php txt00020466
Important Initiative
WE MEAN BUSINESS
The Team .. the people that make it run
Peter Burgess
Skip to ContentBack to homeSkip to Navigation WE MEAN BUSINESS Our Team The We Mean Business coalition board, secretariat, compliance committee and corporate advisory group work together towards our mission of ensuring the world economy is on track to avoid dangerous climate change by 2020 while delivering sustainable growth and prosperity for all. Board The board is made up of the leaders of our coalition partners: BSR, CDP, Ceres, The B Team, The Climate Group, The Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders’ Group (CLG) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). It is co-chaired by leaders from global businesses at the forefront of corporate climate action. PETER BAKKER President, WBCSD HELEN CLARKSON CEO, The Climate Group ARON CRAMER CEO, BSR CELINE HERWEIJER Co-Chair Partner and Global Innovation and Sustainability Leader, PwC STEVE HOWARD Co-Chair Chief Sustainability Officer at Temasek MINDY LUBBER President, Ceres PAUL SIMPSON CEO, CDP HALLA TÓMASDÓTTIR CEO, The B Team ELIOT WHITTINGTON Director, CLG Secretariat The secretariat serves the coalition by coordinating the delivery of its strategic objectives and vision. It helps align policy priorities and approaches, calibrates corporate engagement and builds collaborative communications campaigns. Contact DR. MARÍA MENDILUCE Chief Executive Officer Contact SOPHIE PUNTE Managing Director of Policy Contact RASMUS VALANKO Managing Director, Systems Transformation Contact DEAN CAMBRIDGE Director of Corporate Net Zero Contact KEVIN HONG Director of Measurement, Evaluation, and Learning, and Grants Contact LISA LEE Interim Director of Communications Contact CARINA MOLNAR Director of Operations and Culture Contact CLAIRE BARRACLOUGH Deputy Director of Communications, Mission Possible Partnership Contact ROSS HEINEMEYER Deputy Director of Finance Contact RACHEL JETEL Deputy Director, Strategic Projects Contact KRISTEN KING Deputy Director, Communications Contact ROBIN KNIGHT Deputy Director, Editorial Contact GILLIAN NELSON Deputy Director, Policy Contact TARA BURKE Communications and Media Manager Contact SASHA CHEBIL Communications Manager Contact JAZ CUMMINS Social Media Manager Contact DOMINIC GOGOL Policy Manager Contact ANNA MAHAR Operations Manager Contact GITIKA MOHTA Corporate Engagement Manager Contact LUKE PRITCHARD Nature Based Solutions Manager Contact JESICA WAGSTAFF Grants and Program Manager Contact DANIEL ROBERT FULE Special Assistant to the CEO Contact SARA BRANNMAN Associate, Corporate Net Zero Contact CECILE GERONDEAU Interim Editorial Associate Contact LUCY LEONARD Content Associate Contact MARISSA PIERATT Operations Associate Corporate Advisory Group The corporate advisory group (CAG) plays a critical role in the leadership of the coalition, ensuring our work is closely aligned with the needs and interests of the business community. The CAG serves as the first sounding board for our strategy, and members advocate for coalition initiatives within the business community. ARVIND BODHANKAR Jt Executive President & Chief Sustainability Officer, UltraTech Cement PHIL DREW Partner at Brunswick DAVID EICHBERG Global Initiatives Lead, Sustainability and Social Innovation, HP CHRISTINE FEDIGAN Head of Corporate Climate Strategy, Engie ANIRBAN GHOSH Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra GABRIELLE GINER Head of Environmental Sustainability, BT ABYD KARMALI Managing Director, Climate Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch MARK KENBER Director, Community Energy England ALAN KNIGHT General Manager, Corporate Responsibility, ArcelorMittal THOMAS LINGARD Global Sustainability Director - Climate & Environment, Unilever ERIN MEEZAN VP and CSO, Interface HENDRIK ROSENTHAL Director – Group Sustainability, CLP Group JAMIE RUSBY Head of Sustainability Communications, IKEA CARLOS SALLÉ ALONSO Senior Vice President of Energy Policies and Climate Change, Iberdrola JEFF TURNER Vice President, Sustainability, DSM JOHN KORNERUP BANG Senior Vice President, Sustainability Transformation, StoraEnso RACHAEL EVERARD Head of Sustainability, Rolls Royce Grants Advisory Committee FIONA COUSINS Principal, Arup EMILY FARNWORTH Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change Engagement at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge EDWARD M. ROGERS former VP with UPS (United Parcel Service) We Mean Business is Hiring Deputy Director of Net Zero Finance Supply Chains Manager, Corporate Net Zero Policy Associate Coalition Partners: Generously Supported by: Founding Partner
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