
Climate Arc Team
Kaye Bettney
Director, People & Culture

Leadership
People & Culture
Bill Bien
Non-Executive Director

Board
Bill has over 25 years of experience in the sustainable technology sector within domestic and international companies spanning corporate leadership, sales, strategy, and marketing. As a business leader, he has led global teams launching new products and expanding revenue in over 70 countries. Bill has served globally as an executive leader for startups and market leading enterprises in the ag-tech, clean-tech, and high-tech sectors. Most recently, he was the CEO of Signify’s Agricultural Lighting division and is currently Chief Executive Officer of Forever Oceans.
Darlene Currie
Non-Executive Director

Board
Darlene brings over 25 years’ experience as a senior adviser to philanthropic investors, while guiding social ventures from start-up to scale. She is founder of a global social impact fund, serves as a non-executive director for a clean energy and water nonprofit, and has held foundation and corporate responsibility leadership roles.
Marta Guglielmetti
Partnerships Director

Leadership
Partnerships
Marta has 25 years’ experience on the sustainability and inclusiveness agenda. She’s held leadership positions at UN agencies and leading philanthropic organizations, and has a strong track record in partnering with governments and large corporations, to create innovative public-private partnerships in climate, food systems, global health, and social inclusion.
Meryam Omi
Chief Executive

Leadership
Board
Meryam has over 16 years of investment experience, including spearheading the Climate Impact Pledge and launching the Future World Fund in 2016 which grew in assets to over $6 billion in three years and now sits at $80 billion. As a COP26 UN High Level Champion for Climate Action, she led many Race to Zero campaigns within the finance sector.
Hasaanah Bhikhoo
Financial Institutions Lead

Partnerships
Hasaanah is Arc’s Financial Institutions Lead, responsible for developing and executing strategies to engage financial institutions. With 10 years of experience spanning investment banking and sustainable finance, Hasaanah joins Arc from Boston Consulting Group, bringing deep expertise at the intersection of finance, sustainability, and strategy.
Vi Bui
Research Analyst

Research & Program
Honore Clayton
Team Assistant

Operations
Honore helps the Arc team with its operational and administrative needs. She has worked in executive search within asset management, and before her studies, she held roles in the charity sector in Nepal.
Martins Chigoziem
Backend DevOps Engineer

Research & Program
At Climate Arc, Martins manages and optimizes backend infrastructure, ensuring seamless deployment and operation of cloud-based applications. Before joining Arc, he gained extensive experience in DevOps and backend development, working on automation, cloud infrastructure, and large-scale distributed systems.
Lauren Gibbons
People Operations Associate

People & Culture
Mark Harper
DevOps and API Developer

Research & Program
Chris Kelly
Recruitment Manager

People & Culture
Thomas Lechat
Program Coordinator

Research & Program
Thomas is the point of contact between grantees, financial institutions, and Arc's Research Team, managing queries about TransitionArc and organizing workshops. Previously, he worked in a climate finance boutique, supporting NGOs, international organizations and governments in raising climate finance.