Team

Meet the Climate Arc team.

Kaye Bettney

Director, People & Culture

Kaye Bettney

Leadership

People & Culture

Kaye is responsible for all things that traditionally fall under the HR umbrella. Kaye’s background spans HR, operations and program management with 15 years’ experience in NGOs including the last six of those in the climate finance space.

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

Darlene Currie

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

Marta Guglielmetti

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.

Emma Howard Boyd

Chair

Emma Howard Boyd

Board

Emma has had an extensive career in financial services at the forefront of the climate change, environmental and sustainable finance agendas. As our Chair she will steer the development of Arc as an inclusive, well-governed and impactful organization.

Meryam Omi

Chief Executive

Meryam Omi

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.

Felix Preston

Director, Research & Program

Felix Preston

Leadership

Research & Program

Felix leads the research and program team. He was previously Director, Sustainability Impact and Research at Generation Investment Management.

Tahsin Ahmed

Strategic Partnerships Manager

Partnerships

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

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

Vi Bui

Research & Program

Vi supports the development of Arc’s Knowledge Centre, curating and developing materials for stakeholders to make climate-aligned financing decisions. Before her Master's in climate change science and policy, she was an activist, empowering young people to take climate action.

Audrey Briggs

Communications and Engagement Intern

Communications & Engagement

Audrey has worked in the non-profit sector in the fields of gender, human rights and sustainability. Her experience lies in fundraising and communications to drive forward company messaging.

Honore Clayton

Team Assistant

Honore Clayton

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.

Max Collins

Data Engineer

Research & Program

Max works on our data platform as a member of our Research team. He has a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering and has worked on automation processes in the recruitment sector.

Emma Cunden

Operations Associate

Emma Cunden

Operations

Emma helps to drive research and analysis to optimize the efficiency of Arc’s operations. Her previous experience spans program operations and partnerships at social impact organizations including Amnesty International and Open Society Foundations.

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.

Harry Douglas

Operations Associate

Harry Douglas

Operations

Harry focuses on change and internal projects at Arc. He has a background in consulting, supporting businesses achieve their strategic objectives and enhance operational efficiencies.

Ben Douglas-Griffiths

Data Engineer

Ben Douglas-Griffiths

Research & Program

Ben works in our research team. He has an Integrated Masters Degree in Computer Science tailored towards data and finance and is trained in data engineering.

Lauren Gibbons

People Operations Associate

People & Culture

At Climate Arc Lauren is responsible for the people processes including payroll and managing onboarding. Previous to this Lauren worked at CBI in a similar role looking after the people of the organisation.  She is currently studying towards her Level 7 CIPD HR Diploma.

Owen Grafham

Program Lead

Owen Grafham

Research & Program

Owen is responsible for building and delivering Arc’s Research and Program activities, as well as forging key internal and external partnerships. Previously he was Assistant Director of Chatham House’s Environment and Society Centre.

Mark Harper

DevOps and API Developer

Mark Harper

Research & Program

Mark is responsible for cloud infrastructure, build and deployment pipelines and building an API for third parties. He has worked in the computer games and railway industries as a backend Java developer and more recently as a cloud infrastructure/DevOps Engineer.

Emily Harrison

Research Assistant

Emily Harrison

Research & Program

Emily works in Arc's research team helping to map the climate finance ecosystem. She has previously worked in corporate sustainability in the consumer goods sector and has additional experience in finance.

Rachel Hawker

Research Lead

Rachel Hawker

Research & Program

Rachel works in Arc's Research Team and holds a PhD in atmospheric modelling and climate science. She previously worked with asset managers to integrate climate considerations into their investment strategies.

Stephanie Hobbs

People & Culture Associate

Stephanie Hobbs

People & Culture

Stephanie supports Arc's People & Culture programs and is passionate about improving the employee experience. She is an HR generalist with a background in People Operations, largely in the tech industry.

Julie Jackson

Executive Assistant

Julie Jackson

Operations

Julie supports the team with their administrative needs. She has spent a large part of her career in the financial industry.

Arun Kalia

Data Engineer

Arun Kalia

Research & Program

Arun works on our data program in our Research team. He has a Master’s degree in Physics and Astronomy, and completed an intensive training course in software and data engineering.

Sara Keating

Executive Assistant

Operations

Sara provides administrative support to the Director of Research & Program, Felix Preston. She has 18 years’ experience working as a senior EA in various sectors, including management consultancy and FinTech.