Our Team

Climate Safe Lending Network Team

Network building is a team effort. Meet our talented team of change-makers who are transforming the global bank lending system to align lending with the goals of the Paris Climate Accord and a just transition.

Network & Strategy Team

James has served as a member of several national and international advisory groups on sustainable finance, such as Club of Rome, Global Alliance for Business Values, and the Global Steering Committee for the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative. He was also one of the founding developers of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking launched in 2019. James currently serves on the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero Advisory Panel and UK Transition Plan Taskforce. He has authored several reports and papers on sustainable finance and impact investing and is also a regular speaker at events and conferences on sustainable business and positive impact finance. James is also a tutor with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership for their Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business.

As Programme Manager, Michaela leads outreach and engagement efforts for the Climate Safe Lending Network as it seeks to deepen its influence on the equitable transition to a net-zero carbon economy. She brings her experience in strategy design for climate resilience and social impact, as well as environmental sciences and diversity and inclusion. In parallel, Michaela balances her engagement in global conversations on climate and the environment with practical land-based work in regenerative agriculture and organic urban farming.

Prior to joining Climate Safe Lending Network, Michaela worked with Camber Collective, a social sector strategy consulting firm dedicated to improving climate resilience, public health outcomes, economic mobility, and the effectiveness of the philanthropic sector. Michaela graduated from Stanford University with an MS in Sustainability Science and Practice, a BA in International Relations, and a minor in Modern Languages.

Brought up in Philadelphia, Lizzie Flower moved to the UK in 1995 to complete a degree in History of Art from the University of Manchester.  Prior to that she had worked for the Lotus Development Company in Cambridge MA and started up a small catering company to satisfy, in part, her love of food and entertaining.  She currently lives on a small farm in rural Suffolk UK and serves on the Board of the Jesse Smith Noyes Foundation.  Her role within CSLN is that of Programme Coordinator.

Climate Safe Lending Fellowship

Jacqueline Lim is an Associate Fellowship Manager responsible for designing and launching the Climate Safe Lending Fellowship in conjunction with the Climate Safe Lending Network and the Finance Innovation Lab.

Jacqueline is also an independent advisor, facilitator and coach working with individuals, organisations, networks and multi-stakeholder groups to inspire and navigate the path to leading equitable and transformative change. As a trained systems coach and practitioner, she brings a deep understanding of systems approaches and tools, and is committed to embedding a deep equity lens across her work. Her expertise spans designing and delivering impactful engagement and learning experiences that facilitate growth, deeper purpose, systemic perspectives and collaborative relationships. 

Organisations she currently collaborates with, or has recently worked with include Liminal, Systems Innovation, She Leads Change, Newton Fund, and the Technology Innovation Agency (South Africa). She is also currently a member of the Expert Group on SDG Investments in Cities convened by the OECD. Previously, Jacqueline led and managed multi-stakeholder projects aimed at systems change at London-based think tank and advisory firm Volans. She started her career in the Singapore Government as a Government Scholar serving as a social worker with young offenders and subsequently as social policy lead working with disadvantaged families. She holds an MBA from the Judge Business School (University of Cambridge), and a Bachelor’s Degree in social work and sociology from the National University of Singapore.

Natalie co-leads the Climate Safe Lending Fellowship in conjunction with the Climate Safe Lending Network and Finance Innovation Lab, where she is an Associate. The Fellowship brings together intrapreneurs in finance and equips them to drive climate positive action.

Alongside this work, Natalie runs Fledge Consultancy, helping purpose-driven founders to embed social and environmental impact at the heart of their start-ups, so that as they grow, so too does the difference they make to society. She is also an ICF accredited coach and regularly facilitates online training.

Natalie brings to the Fellowship skills in programme management, alongside expertise in impact management, in particular from her work with the Social Tech Trust, for whom she develops and delivers support to tech-for-good initiatives as part of programmes such as Microsoft AI for Social Impact.

Previously, Natalie co-designed and led programmes aimed at enabling people working within corporates to create social impact whilst developing their leadership, and at building philanthropists’ understanding of social change and strategic giving.