Climate Safe Lending
Fellows
Climate Safe Lending Fellows are climate intrapreneurs - professionals who are embedding climate action within the core strategy, operations, and culture of their financial institutions.
2024 Fellows
Below is a list of the Fellows who are participating in the 2024 programme. Some Fellows wished to remain anonymous.
Climate Safe Lending Fellows are taking part in a 3-month programme of workshops and peer learning, aimed at supporting them to grow their knowledge, networks, skills, and motivation to enable their banks to finance a just transition to a climate-safe world
Hannah Subayi Kamuanga
Partner
Launch Africa Ventures
South Africa
Kate Rush
EVP & COO
Androscoggin Bank
United States
Rakesh Kumar
Managing Director
India Infrastructure Finance Company (UK) Limited
United Kingdom
David Kesler
Business Loan Officer
Clearwater Credit Union
Jeremy Faust
Director, Environmental Sustainability
Fifth Third Bank
United States
Kenneth Zibani
Senior Credit Analyst & Portfolio Management Officer within a Development Finance Institution
Botswana
Sven Renon
Impact Manager
Triodos Bank
Netherlands
Ecem Uzun
Climate and Environmental Risk Lead
DLL
Jonathan Holmes
Head of Green Finance
Santander UK
United Kingdom
Olabanji Jackson-Oke
Environmental & Social Specialist within a Development Finance Institution
United Kingdom
Terra Neilson
Chief Impact Officer, EVP
Beneficial State Bank
United States
Hannah Ayilaran
Head, Sustainability
Unity Bank Plc
Nigeria
Joshua Davies
Sustainability and Responsible Banking Senior Manager
Santander UK
United Kingdom
Olly Breen
Senior Manager - Climate Change Strategy
Santander UK
United Kingdom
Alberto Gervasini
Terra Lead, ING Climate Alignment Strategy
ING
Alvin Seo
Associate Director, APAC Sustainable Finance Office
UBS
Hellen Dalali
Senior Project Manager
NMB Bank Plc
Jip Tauber
Expert Lead
ABN AMRO Bank
Julien Manceaux
Senior Decarbonization Strategist
TD Bank
Kevin Treco
Head of Sustainability
Lloyds Banking Group
Kristin Bloser
VP Senior Sustainability Office
Comerica Bank
Maria Costa
Sustainability and Innovation (Wealth Management and Insurance)
Santander UK
Natalie Crawford
Sustainability Manager
Santander UK
Shakira Bedoya Sanchez
Senior Risk Officer
Danske Bank
Wendy Whewell
Head of ESG and Climate Change (Corporate and Commercial Banking)
Santander UK
Yves Kallina
Senior Syndication Manager
Hamburg Commercial Bank
2023 Fellows
Below is a list of the Fellows who participated in the 2023 programme. Some Fellows wished to remain anonymous. Please note that these were job titles and organisations when fellows were part of the program.
Ashutosh Parida
AVP Corporate Banking (Credit Underwriting)
HSBC
Anonymous
Sustainability & ESG at a Large Indian Bank
Kegan Lovely
Neil Sellers
Head of Credit Risk
Triodos Bank
Scott Beckerman
Director of Corporate Sustainability
Comerica
Anonymous
Corporate Sustainability at a Large Multinational Middle Eastern Bank
Clare Martin
Purpose and Climate Curriculum Lead
NatWest Group
Anonymous
Amalgamated Bank
Quinn Williams
Associate Director, Equitable Bank Standards Programme
Beneficial State Bank
Sophie Dupre-Echeverria
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Gulf International Bank
Carlotta Giacche
Associate Director, Infrastructure Origination, Structured Finance Europe
NORD-LB
Connie Joe
CSR Manager
Bank of the West
Lucy Ellis-Keeler
Thematic Risk, ICG Compliance Chief of Staff
Citi
Rhona Turnbull
Climate, Environment and Emerging Issues lead
NatWest Group
Steve Hamilton
SVP, Designer in Residence
Ponce-Bank
Cat Fraser
Data Innovation
Lloyds
Joshua Lambert
Senior Manager, Wealth & Insurance
HSBC
Nehru Pillay
General Manager: Research & Intelligence
Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
Rishi Madlani
Head of Climate and Sustainable Finance
NatWest Group
2022 Fellows
Below is a list of the Fellows who participated in the 2022 programme. Some Fellows wished to remain anonymous. Please note that these were job titles and organisations when fellows were part of the program.
A number of Fellows wished to remain anonymous
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