Name
Emma Howard Boyd CBE
Job Title
Chair, Green Finance Institute
Company
Global Ambassador, Race to Resilience & Race to Zero
Speaker Bio
Emma has had an extensive career in financial services at the forefront of the climate change, environmental and sustainable finance agenda. She was Chair of the Environment Agency and an ex-officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2022.
She is currently Chair of the Green Finance Institute and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience.
Emma serves on several boards and advisory committees which include:
· Liontrust Asset Management
· The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (co-Chair)
· The European Climate Foundation
· The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project
· The Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (Chair of Advisory Council).
Emma was the UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation from 2018 until January 2021.
She is currently Chair of the Green Finance Institute and a UN Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience.
Emma serves on several boards and advisory committees which include:
· Liontrust Asset Management
· The Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (co-Chair)
· The European Climate Foundation
· The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project
· The Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (Chair of Advisory Council).
Emma was the UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation from 2018 until January 2021.