Paddy Arber is Group Head of Government Engagement - Sustainability at Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer and a significant global investor. He works across Aviva’s investment and insurance arms to develop and advocate public policy that will help build a more sustainable global financial system. Most recently, he has been leading Aviva’s work in the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and UK Transition Plan Taskforce. He co-chairs the policy and government workstreams of GFANZ and the Net Zero Insurance Alliance.
Before joining Aviva, Paddy spent a decade working for the British Government, specialising in public finance and international negotiations. He was a member of the UK team that helped deliver the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015, where he led an engagement team on climate change negotiations in the G20, G7 and UN Sustainable Development Goals. He also worked for six years in HM Treasury, notably in the cross-government unit that negotiated the EU’s long-term Budgets.
Given his background, Paddy is particularly interested in public-private collaboration to deliver climate and sustainability outcomes and believes the private sector must play a pivotal role in delivering the UN Paris and Sustainable Development Goal agreements. He holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the University of Leeds.