Climate Safe Lending Fellows 2021/22
Climate Safe Lending Fellows are climate intrapreneurs - banking professionals who are embedding climate action within the core strategy, operations, and culture of their institutions.
Ashutosh Parida
AVP Corporate Banking, Credit Underwriting
HSBC
Belinda Scott
Vice President ESG Advisory
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Carlotta Giacche
Associate Director, Infrastructure Origination, Structured Finance Europe
NORD-LB
Cat Fraser
Data Innovation / Product Manager, Chief Data & Analytics Office
Lloyds Banking Group
Chandni Khosla
Head & Joint General Manager, ESG & Sustainability
HDFC Limited
Clare Martin
Purpose & Climate Curriculum Lead
NatWest Group
Connie Joe
Vice President, CSR Manager
Bank of the West
Joshua Lambert
Senior Manager, Wealth & Insurance
HSBC
Keaton Smith
Commercial Relationship Manager
US-based regional bank
Kelly Bennett
Head of Commercial Sustainable Finance
Capital One
Lucy Ellis-Keeler
Thematic Risk, ICG Compliance Chief of Staff
Citi
Nehru Pillay
General Manager: Research & Intelligence
Land & Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa
Neil Sellers
Head of Credit Risk
Triodos Bank
Quinntavious Williams
Associate Director, Equitable Bank Standards Programme
Beneficial State Bank/Foundation
Rhona Turnball
Climate, Environment, & Emerging Issues Lead
NatWest Group
Rishi Madlani
Head of Climate & Sustainable Finance
NatWest Group
Sara Pistilli
Vice President, Portfolio Management
Barclays Investment Bank
Scott Beckerman
Director of Corporate Sustainability
Comerica
Sophie Dupre-Echeverria
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
Gulf International Bank
Steve Hamilton
SVP, Designer in Residence
Ponce Bank
A number of Fellows wished to remain anonymous
ESG Senior-Vice President
major multi-national bank
Senior Portfolio Manager
American unionized bank
Head of ESG
major multi-national bank
* Please note that these were the job titles and organisations of Fellows when they joined the 2021/22 Climate Safe Lending Fellowship
From October 2021 to March 2022, the Fellows participated in a programme of workshops and peer learning, aimed at supporting them to grow their knowledge, networks, skills, and motivation to enable their banks to finance a just transition to a climate-safe world. You can learn more about the Fellowship here.
If you are a banking professional working for climate action within your institution, sign up to our Climate Safe Learning Lab to connect with like-minded peers and to join future Fellowship cohorts.