Ugo Bassi is European Commission Financial Markets director and manages amongst many high priority files the Capital Markets Union (CMU), a key priority and catalyst for further financial integration in Europe. A lawyer by profession, he has worked as Director in charge of the coordination of legal matters and economic analysis, managing specific areas such as the Accounting Directive, Company Reporting, as well as Audit and Credit rating agencies. Bassi, has striven to eliminate barriers to capital flows as well as enforcement of all financial services legislation in the EU.

Ingrid Holmes’ work focuses on how to better target financing for the low carbon transition in Europe as well as how to accelerate it by reforming capital markets. Prior to working for E3G, she worked for Climate Change Capital, a boutique investment bank specialising in low carbon investment, and as Energy and Environment Adviser in the UK Parliament and Science Policy Adviser at the Department for Environment. She also worked for nine years in science publishing and journalism, with her last role based in New York working for the Nature Publishing Group. Holmes has recently been appointed member of the European Union High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

Prior to his current position at Barclays, Mark Lewis was Chief Energy Economist at Kepler Cheuvreux and Managing Director and Global Head of Energy Research at Deutsche Bank, where he worked for 14 years. Lewis has nearly 20 years’ experience as a financial analyst covering energy and environmental markets, and has also worked as an academic at London University. His research on power, gas, and emissions was ranked Number 1 by Energy Risk magazine in its 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 surveys. He is currently an active member of the G20 industry-led Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).

With more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, Anders Marvik is currently Vice President and Head of the Statoil EU Political Affairs Office. Prior to taking up this position, Marvik held several management positions within the company’s Corporate Strategy, Business Intelligence and Treasury departments. He has broad international experience, having worked and lived for extended periods in Norway, the UK, Belgium, and Venezuela. His areas of expertise are in strategy, business intelligence, political affairs, industry analysis, business development, finance, and full value chain knowledge and experience.

Michael Wilkins’ experience at S&P Global Ratings includes seven years as Head of Infrastructure Finance Ratings, the analytical group within S&P Global Ratings which covers utilities, project finance, public-private partnerships and transportation in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to his current position, Wilkins worked for Water UK, the trade body representing the British water industry and was a journalist for various UK daily regional newspapers and global business publications. Wilkins is also a member of the G20 industry-led Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).