With an extensive track record in sustainable finance, Hussein brings over 15 years of experience and has partnered with prominent organizations such as IFC, EBRD, World Bank, EIB, European Commission, KFW, FMO, AFD, and USAID. He has played a pivotal role in supporting financial institutions in both advanced and emerging markets develop and implement sustainable finance strategies and transition plans. His core competence lies in materiality assessments, integrating climate risk, portfolio alignment, scenario analysis, and guiding institutions towards low carbon pathways.

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Marjan is a Senior Sustainable Finance Specialist with over 20 years of professional experience supporting clients in navigating and taking actions on ESG and sustainable finance transformation & strategies in applied context. He specializes in targeted client advisory helping to accelerate climate transition and advance inclusive growth by reflecting sustainability criteria, especially climate change, in financial markets and real-sector operations. This includes building internal capacities on the business, regulatory and technical perspective of green and sustainable finance, including leading the clients understand financial products, demonstrate sustainable investment strategies and methods, and the significance and use of ESG data, ratings & labels.

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Relja is Sustainable Finance Specialist with engineering background and more than 10 years of experience on climate and sustainability related projects, provides strategic advice to different financial institutions in defining and implementing ESG strategies, setting the climate risk management framework, policies, and procedures. Supports clients in developed and emerging markets on setting sound ESG governance structures, ambitions and KPIs, developing green and sustainable lending frameworks and products, selecting the right sustainability reporting standard (GRI, ESRS, IFRS) and building capacity on overall ESG management, green lending, and carbon footprint measurement practice.

Chole is experienced data scientist with a strong foundation in mathematics and physics, specializing in climate and big geospatial data analysis. Her strong focus is on assessing both physical and transition risk, integrating climate risk considerations into investment decisions, stress testing scenarios, and risk management frameworks. By analyzing data on physical risks, transition risks, and regulatory developments, she provides valuable insights to bank executives and regulators, helping them understand the potential impacts of climate change on financial stability and asset valuations. Chloe brings a unique blend of quantitative skills and environmental knowledge that allows her to develop robust models tailored to the specific needs of financial institutions. ​

Masa is a Corporate Sustainability Expert with economics and environmental policy background and over 10 years of international experience across corporate, government and non-profit advisory in projects related to ESG, sustainability, climate policy, renewable energy, decarbonisation and innovation. She has a proven track record of advising companies and financial institutions on integration of ESG and climate risks in business models, development of ESG strategies and roadmaps, and development of ESG and sustainability reports aligned with the EU and international reporting standards. Masa’s specific area of expertise lies in green technologies and green transition, areas in which she advised 20+ companies. Additionally, Masa is experienced in designing and implementing sustainability-focused capacity building and acceleration programmes for companies of all sizes (ranging from startups to large corporates). ​

Goran brings over 10 years of experience in financial service industry. His core competence lies in climate due diligence, climate risk materiality assessment and supporting financial institutions to integrate sustainability as core part of their operations.

Goran holds Sustainable and Climate Risk (SCR) certificate issued by Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).

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Marcello is a Climate Finance Quantitative Expert at Climate Lens Advisors (CLA). He specializes in quantitative methods to derive actionable insights and decision-useful, forward-looking climate related information for loan officers, bank analytics, risk managers, capital planners, and C-Suite executives. This typically includes modelling portfolio alignment, decarbonization pathways, climate scenarios, and stress testing frameworks. He has thus far supported CLA on climate finance and risk assessment for leading banks in Georgia, North Macedonia, Kenya, Moldova, and Jordan. He was previously with Deloitte Luxembourg Risk Advisory Division where he excelled in bridging regulatory gaps in sustainable finance, developing climate risk assessment models, and enhancing model integration. ​