Investment Opportunities in Carbon Markets

As Head Financial Information, Marion Leslie leads the SIX global data business, serving financial institutions worldwide with critical data and insights to support their clients. Marion is the representative on the SIX Executive Board for Sustainability and a member of the board of Swiss Sustainable Finance.

Christopher Blaufelder is a partner at McKinsey & Company in Zurich, where he leads the firm’s banking and financial infrastructure activities.

Inga Beale has worked in financial services for over 40 years and was the former CEO of Lloyd’s of London. She now Chairs the Supervisory Board of South Pole, and has a portfolio of other non-executive Board roles in Europe and the US.

Romain Leroy-Castillo is the Director Projects/Innovation at SSF, where he leads various initiatives, including carbon markets. Romain has held senior management roles in the financial services industry for twenty years, his last one before SSF as global Managing Director at Credit Suisse.

Thomas Richner has worked for 30 years with Holcim. Since more than 10 years he is concentrating on environment, sustainability and energy related to cement production with a main focus on CO2 reduction and reporting in ETS.

At Neustark, Lisa Braune leads the certification of climate projects to align with established standards and manages the sales of CDR certificates, helping businesses with ambitious climate targets translate their climate strategy into action.

Michael Rammelsberger is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Mammut Sports Group AG. Building on his background in management consulting, he previously held senior roles at HUGO BOSS and the Adidas Group,

Margaret Kim is the CEO of Gold Standard, a leading certification body for climate and development initiatives. With over 15 years of international experience, she previously held key roles at the Global Green Growth Institute, including Head of Green Climate Fund Liaison and Head of Strategy and Integration.

Simon Fellermeyer is a senior international climate change negotiator at the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). Among his extensive experience, he led Switzerland’s negotiations on international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement at the United Nations.

Daniel Pfeiffer is an entrepreneur who has successfully developed several companies in the fields of engineering, IT, and financial services. In 2020, he founded NatureRe Capital AG with South Pole, inspired by a forest regeneration project he had initiated in Colombia.

Tanja Furrer joined the Center of Excellence Sustainability for Personal & Corporate Clients at UBS Switzerland in February 2023. As a Sustainable Finance Initiative Lead, she is responsible for transition finance focusing on energy transition, new technologies and carbon markets.

Prof. Eric Nowak is Director of the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) Lugano and a 30+ year veteran in ESG research and practice. Since 2023 Dr. Nowak serves as an independent expert member at the Advisory Group of VERRA’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS). In 2024 he was appointed to Gold Standard’s Methodology Expert Group for Forestry and Blue Carbon (MEG-FOR).

Patrick is currently leading initiatives at Carbon Removal Partners, focusing on sustainable technologies for carbon dioxide removal. He has 18 years' experience working in financial services, including 11 years in alternative asset management.

Eva van der Want is Senior Business Development Manager Carbon Markets at SIX. With her previous roles at Airfix Carbon AG, South Pole, and myclimate Eva has 15+ years of experience in carbon markets and sustainability advisory. Eva holds advanced degrees in International Law and European Studies from Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

Dominic Lüdin is the Chief Growth Officer at Carbonfuture. With over 15 years of experience scaling software-driven startups, he focuses on scaling durable carbon removal as a reliable and investable climate solution, working to ensure transparency and integrity in the carbon market through digital technology, tracking and measurability.

Sabine Döbeli has worked in the field of sustainable finance for 25 years in different roles. She established SSF and took over the role as CEO in 2014. She is a member of advisory councils, for various organisations such as the Swiss Federal Council and the FOEN.