
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.
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.
Nicola Kimm
Non-Executive Director

Board
Nicola brings 28 years of experience across different geographies and industries, most recently as Management Board Member at Heidelberg Materials. As a Chief Sustainability Officer for 13 years, she developed and executed leading sustainability programs and drove the acceleration of several low carbon technologies. Nicola has been included in the ‘Top 100 Most Influential Women’ in Germany for three consecutive years and ‘Top 100 European Chief Sustainability Officers’ by Futurio Institute.
Tahsin Ahmed
Strategic Partnerships Manager

Research & Program
With over a decade of experience in building strategic partnerships and securing multi-million-pound funding for human rights and environmental initiatives, Tahsin serves as ClimateArc’s Strategic Partnerships Manager. She leads efforts to foster collaboration with key stakeholders across the climate ecosystem, to drive impactful action to accelerate climate solutions.
Hasaanah Bhikhoo
Financial Institutions Lead

Research & Program
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
Operations Associate

Operations
Honore supports Arc’s operations team with project execution and the optimization of internal processes. She brings an international background in business operations and sales within asset management.
Richard Craig
Head of Business Operations

Operations
Richard is Climate Arc’s Head of Business Operations, responsible for overseeing internal systems, governance, and strategic delivery. With a background spanning engineering, technology, and non-profits, he brings over 20 years of experience scaling impact-focused organisations. Richard previously served as CEO of Charity Digital and most recently led operations at Enthuse, a SaaS platform supporting 4,000+ charities.
Louisa Durkin
Data Innovation Lead

Research & Program
Lauren Gibbons
People Operations Associate

People & Culture
Mark Harper
Senior DevOps Engineer

Research & Program