TPT People

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the members of the Steering Group, Delivery Group, Working Groups and the TPT Secretariat for their exceptional guidance and dedication. Your leadership has been pivotal in driving the development and success of this initiative, leaving a lasting impact on global transition planning.

Steering Group

The Steering Group was in charge of oversight the TPT with high-level representatives from companies, financial institutions, regulators, policymakers, and civil society. The Steering Group had two co-chairs: a private sector CEO and a UK Government Minister.

Steering Group

Co-Chair: Amanda Blanc

Group Chief Executive Officer

Aviva

Co-Chair: Tulip Siddiq

Economic Secretary to the Treasury

HM Treasury

Sarah Breeden (Observer)

Deputy Governor for Financial Stability

Bank of England

Duncan Clark

Head of UK Region

Ørsted

Mark Fawcett

Chief Investment Officer

National Employment Savings Trust

Alan Vallance

Chief Executive Officer

ICAEW

Mardi McBrien

Director of Strategic Affairs

IFRS Foundation

Katie Murray

Group Chief Financial Officer

NatWest

Graeme Pitkethly [until May 2024]

Chief Financial Officer

Unilever

Sacha Sadan

ESG Director

FCA

Mary Schapiro

Vice Chair

GFANZ

David Schwimmer

Chief Executive Officer

LSEG

Michelle Scrimgeour

Chief Executive Officer

LGIM

Tanya Steele

Chief Executive Officer

WWF UK

Delivery Group

A group of experts who led and contributed to TPT workstreams. They included representatives from companies, financial institutions, regulators, policymakers, civil society, and academia.

Delivery Group

Nitika Agarwal

Head of Sustainable Finance Policy

WWF UK

Patrick Arber

Head of International Government Engagement

Aviva

Mark Babington (Observer)

Executive Director, Regulatory Standards

Financial Reporting Council

Julie Baddeley

Chair

Chapter Zero

Clara Barby

Senior Partner

Just Climate

Nicolette Bartlett

Chief Impact Officer

CDP

Caroline Clark-Maxwell

Project lead – IFRS S2

IFRS/ISSB

James Close

Head of Climate Change

NatWest

Richard Crossick

Head of Public Affairs

Ørsted UK

Harriet Cullum

Global ESG Insights Lead

Diageo

Andrew Death (Observer)

Deputy Director

Department of Business and Trade

Harry Mesnard

Policy Advisor

Financial Conduct Authority

Helen Edmundson (Observer)

Deputy Director, Green Finance

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Chandra Gopinathan

Senior Investment Manager

Railpen

David Harris

Group Head of Sustainable Business

LSEG

Vanessa Havard-Williams

Des Healy (Observer)

ESG Lead

Department for Work and Pensions

Mark Hill (Observer)

Head Climate and Sustainability – Business Lead

The Pensions Regulator

Catherine Howarth

Chief Executive Officer

ShareAction

Ingrid Holmes

Executive Director

Green Finance Institute

Amy Jenkins (Observer)

Deputy Director, Net Zero Strategy Directorate

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Bella Landymore

Policy Director

Impact Investing Institute

Katharina Lindmeier

Senior Responsible Investment Manager

National Employment Savings Trust

Thomas Lingard

Global Sustainability Director

Unilever

Toby MacKean

Global ESG Analyst

LGIM

Richard Manley

Chief Sustainability Officer

CPP Investments

Mark Manning

Independent Advisor

London School of Economics

Adam Matthews

Chief Responsible Investment Officer

Church of England Pensions Board

Rachel McEwen

Chief Sustainability Officer

SSE

Tim Rawlings

Co-Head of the Climate Hub

Bank of England

Nick Robins

Professor of Practice

London School of Economics

Paul Scaping

Public Policy Specialist

Investment Association

Matt Scott

Executive Director

UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment

Richard Spencer

Director of Sustainability

ICAEW

Rachel Solomon Williams

Executive Director

Aldersgate Group

Chris Stark [until April 2024]

Chief Executive Officer

Climate Change Committee

Hannah Summers

Director, Executive Compensation and Board Advisory / Climate & Resilience Hub, Willis Towers Watson

Willis Towers Watson

James Vaccaro

Executive Director

Climate Safe Lending Network

Faith Ward

Chair

IIGCC

Fiona Watson

Senior Director, Redefining Value & Member of the WBCSD Extended Leadership Group

WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

Helen Wildsmith

Stewardship Director, Climate Change

CCLA

Working Groups

The TPT set up Workstreams and Working Groups to support the development of all of the TPT’s outputs, with members from financial institutions, corporates, civil society, and academia. The TPT’s members oversaw and agreed on the governance of all groups and reviewed all TPT products in advance of publication, overseeing a way of working that was designed to include a wide balance of stakeholder perspectives and deliver on the TPT’s mandate.

Disclosure Framework and Implementation Guidance Workstream

Chaired by Matt Scott, CGFI and Mark Manning, LSE Grantham Research Institute. Working Group Members include:

Abi French, HM Treasury
Chris Stark, Climate Change Committee
Clara Barby, Just Climate
Elisa Noble, FRC
Hannah Summers, Willis Towers Watson
Harriet Howey, Diageo
Kim Wilkinson, HM Treasury
Nicolette Bartlett, CDP
Phil Delaney, FCA
Scott Twigg, CDP
Spencer Powell, Just Climate
Tim Rawlings, Bank of England
Vanessa Havard-Williams

Electric Utilities & Power Generators Working Group

Chaired by Steven Thompson (National Grid) and Sora Utzinger (Aviva Investors), with technical and drafting support from Robert Black and Dr Rory Sullivan (Chronos Sustainability).

Helen Wildsmith, CCLA
Andy Ross, CDP
Dan Gardiner, The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Peter Dooley, NatWest
Richard Crossick, Ørsted UK
Chandra Gopinathan, RailPen
Rachel McEwen and Rachel Turner, SSE
Raj Singh, The Phoenix Group
Antonina Scheer, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre, LSE

Asset Management Working Group

Chaired by Chris Dodwell (Impax Asset Management) and Pippa Morgan (Aviva) with technical and drafting support from James Hulse (Hindsight Consultancy). Working Group members include:

Monica Filkova and Lucy McCracken, Aviva
Stephanie Maier, GAM Investments
Adrian Fenton, The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Paul Scaping, The Investment Association
Toby MacKean, Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM)
Huw Davies, Make My Money Matter
James Hay, Pinsent Masons
Chandra Gopinathan, Railpen
Carlota Garcia-Manas, Royal London Asset Management
Valentin Jahn, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre, LSE

Asset Owners Working Group

Chaired by Chandra Gopinathan (Railpen) with technical and drafting support from Miriam Breitenstein, Mili Fomicov and Evan Hirsch (Baringa). Working Group members include:

Hilkka Komulainen and Pauline Vaskou, Aegon UK
Monica Filkova and Darren Roberts, Aviva
Douglas Clark, BT Pension Scheme
Laura Hillis, Church of England Pensions Board
Robert Clarke, ClientEarth
Richard Manley, CPP Investments
David Krivanek and Bella Landymore, Impact Investing Institute
Julien Grolee, The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Nimisha Sodha, Just Group
Wendy Walford, Legal & General
Giorgis Hadzilacos, M&G Investments
Owen Thorne, Merseyside Pension Fund
Katharina Lindmeier, National Employment Savings Trust
Bruno Gardner, Phoenix Group
Andrew Kitchen, Royal London Group
Mark Hill and Brendan Walshe, The Pensions Regulator
Stephen Porter, Scottish Widdows
Carmen Nuzzo, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre, LSE

Banking Working Group

Chaired by James Close (NatWest) with technical and drafting support from David Croker, Hassaan Khan and Maggie Hamley (PwC). Working Group members include:

Amy-Jane Burrell, Bank of England
Kim Croucher and Jennifer Bell, Barclays
James Vaccaro, Climate Safe Lending Network
Owen Tutt and Howard Risby, EOS at Federated Hermes Limited
Susannah Fitzherbert-Brockholes and Bibi Surrat Husseinbor, HSBC
Dr Sam Cornish and Lucia Graham Wood, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Kevin Treco and Tara Schmidt, Lloyds Banking Group
Amy Thomson, Nationwide Building Society
Venetia Wingfield and Oliver Breen, Santander UK
Carol Storey, Schroders
Tom Logan, Standard Chartered
David Carlin and Drew Johnson, UNEP-FI
Scott Mcfarlane, Virgin Money UK

Metals & Mining Working Group

Chaired by Laura Hillis (Church of England Pensions Board), with technical and drafting support from Dr Rose Clarke, Dr Chris Stockey and Dr Sarah Gordon (Satarla).

Jonathan Dunn and Amy Yiannitsarou, Anglo American
Philip Lindop, Barclays
Tristan Stanley and Andrew Rudyy, BHP
Philipa Varris, Horizonte Minerals
Dr Sam Cornish, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
George Cheveley, NinetyOne
Danny McNeice, Pensana
Catriona Bell, Standard Chartered
Katie Fedesenko, Teck Resources
Ali Amin, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre, LSE
Tracey Kerr, Non-Executive Director at the Weir Group, Jubilee Metals Group, Hochschild

Food & Beverage Working Group

The Co-Chairs of the Working Group: Paul Marsh (WWF) and Irène Verdier (Tesco), as well as Rodrigo Barrios (who co-chaired previously for Tesco), with technical and drafting support from Eden Cottee-Jones, Olga Galin, Sara Saloo, Caterina Quadrio Curzio and Charlie Song (Boston Consulting Group).

Camilla Riddiford, Arla Foods
Jennifer Bell, Barclays
Rachel Hemingway, Climate Bonds Initiative
Anne Simonnet, Compass Group
Konrad Bishop and Lindsay Roome, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Harriet Cullum and Dave Madigan, Diageo
Ruth Davies, Eye Bright Consulting
Sajeev Mohankumar, FAIRR Initiative
Paul Rhodes, Greggs
Ben Makowiecki, Lloyds Bank
Rohit Kaushish, National Farmers Union
Helen McKee, NFU Mutual Insurance
Laura Fernandez, Ocado
Carolien Samson and Timothy Coates, Oxbury Bank
Courtnay Ip Tat Kuen and Louisa Knocker, Sainsbury’s
Hannah Marsh, Tesco
Cristóbal Budnevich Portales, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre, LSE
Rosie Bradshaw, WRAP

Oil & Gas Working Group

Chaired by Vanessa Havard-Williams and Bruce Duguid (EOS at Federated Hermes Limited). Working Group members include:

Fiona Maclean and Aaron McDougall, Amundi
Andy Ross, CDP
Owen Tutt, EOS at Federated Hermes Limited
Dan Gardiner, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Tara Schmidt and Kevin Treco, Lloyds Banking Group
Adrien Rose and Krista Halttunen, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
Chandra Gopinathan, Railpen
Steffen Kram and Christopher Vernon, Banco Santander S.A.
Valentin Jahn, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre, LSE
Aarti Ramachandran, UBS

Adaptation Working Group

Chaired by Faith Ward (Brunel Pension Partnership) and Katie Spooner (Environment Agency), with drafting led by Kit England (Paul Watkiss Associates). Working Group members include:

Rick Stathers, Aviva Investors
Chiara Trabachii, British International Investment
Amir Sokolowski, CDP
James Vaccaro, Repattern
Sarah Duff, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Bill Donovan, Environment Agency.
Jack Bisset, External Reporting Board
Yasmin Raza, Financial Conduct Authority
William Graham, Financial Conduct Authority
Danielle Boyd, IIGCC
Leo Donnachie, IIGCC
Rowan Douglas, Insurance Development Forum
Vanessa Havard-Williams
Swenja Surminski, Marsh Maclennan
Tim Smith, Norges Bank Investment Management
Michael Mullan, OECD
Rachel Turner, SSE
Sudeshna Raychaudhuri, PRI
Arifa Akther, Unilever
Nicola Ranger, University of Oxford

Nature Working Group

Chaired by Ed Steeds (WWF UK), who has authored this paper on the Nature Working Group’s behalf. Working Group members include:

Will McDonald, WWF UK
Olga Galin and Alex Bull, Boston Consulting Group
Kiran Sehra and Harry Mesnard, Aviva Investors/Aviva
Ruth Davis, Eyebright Consulting
Chandra Gopinathan and David Vyravipillai, Railpen
Katie Leach, Rebecca English, and Olivia Pfeiffer, Lloyds Banking Group
Vicky McAllister and Hannah Eskell, Barclays
Rhona Turnbull, NatWest
Arifa Akther, Unilever
Adele Cheli, GSK
Sam Gardner, Scottish Power
Laurence Cox, Carlsberg Marstons
Benjamin Thomas, John Lewis Partnership
Toby Roxburgh, ICAEW
Miriam van Gool, SBTN
Tom Hegarty and Alessandra Melis, TNFD
Francesca Recanati and Jeff Stehm, IFRS Foundation
Joy Williams and Marie Henniges, GFANZ
Sebastian Dunnett, UNEP WCMC
Norah Berk, IIGCC
Helen Avery, GFI

Observers of the Transition Plan Taskforce Nature Working Group are Neha Dutt (DEFRA) and Carlos Martín Tornero (FCA). This does not pre-empt or endorse any particular policy option that policy makers may adopt in the future.

Special thanks to Nitika Agarwal, WWF UK, co-chair of the Nature Working Group from February to August 2023.

Just Transition Working Group

Chaired by Nick Robins (Just Transition Finance Lab, Grantham Research Institute, LSE), Brendan Curran (Just Transition Finance Lab, Grantham Research Institute, LSE) and Bella Landymore (Impact Investing Institute), with drafting led by Jodi-Ann Wang (Just Transition Finance Lab, Grantham Research Institute, LSE). Working Group members include:

Andrea Saldarriaga, Barclays
Martin Casey, Cemex
Adam Matthews,Church of England Pensions Board
Rae Lindsay, Clifford Chance
Tori Watson, Department of Work and Pensions
Goze Dogu, Financial Conduct Authority
Michaela Wright, HSBC
John Morrison, Institute of Human Rights and Business
Clara Barby, Just Climate
Jenny Smedley, Lloyds Banking Group
Krishna Nahal, Lloyds Banking Group
Katharina Lindmeier, Nest Pensions
Joanna Bonnett, Green Jobs Foundation
Carlota Garcia-Manas, Georgian Chiu, and Simonetta Spavieri, Royal London Asset Management
Abs Gupta, Siemens Energy
Kate Wallace Lockhart and Rachel McEwen, SSE
Anna Markova and Mina Minio, Trades Union Congress