Managers
Adaudo Anyiam-Osigwe
Policy Development & Knowledge Translation Manager
Adaudo is a sustainable development practitioner, specialising in public affairs, policy engagement, media and strategic communications. She has over twenty years’ experience conceptualising and executing differentiated campaigns and engagements to reach various target audiences, and to deliver impactful initiatives in several sectors.
Sum Yue (Natalie) Chung
Digital Communications &
Engagement Manager
Natalie Chung (鍾芯豫) is a leading climate advocate and social entrepreneur born and raised in Hong Kong, currently pursing a PhD in Climate Change Adaptation Policy at Princeton University. Inspired by a polar explorer since young, Natalie has devoted her life to climate action. In 2018, she co-founded social enterprise “V’air Sustainability Education” to promote transformative nature-based learning for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Her work has earned titles of The Japan Times Female Climate Activist of Asia, Prestige 40 Under 40, Tatler Gen.T 2021, and Eco-Business Youth A-List 2020 as an impactful sustainability leader in Asia Pacific.
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Poorvaja Arun Kumar
Climate & AI Working Group Manager
Poorvaja is a sustainability professional working at the intersection of investments, innovation, and impact to drive sustainable business performance. With experience in financial modelling, deal-making, impact management, and sustainability consulting, she helps businesses and investors make strategic, impact-driven decisions. Her experience spans climate-tech incubation, blended finance, and capital mobilisation for sustainability-focused initiatives. She has worked extensively with corporate clients, start-ups, and non-profits to design investment strategies, market access programs, and financing solutions that enable long-term impact.
Lara Hankeln
Climate Justice Working Group Manager
Lara is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on climate politics in Europe generally, with a specific focus on the political dynamics of climate litigation at High Courts. She has completed a MPhil in Comparative Politics, also at the University of Oxford, and a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences (with a major in Governance, Economics, and Development).
Paula Kuls
Membership Manager
Paula is a climate professional specialising in carbon markets, corporate climate strategy, and the nexus of climate action and international development. She has worked with businesses to shape and deliver impactful climate strategies, supported bilateral climate cooperation between China and Germany, and advised on climate policy development and execution.
Shashaankk Verma
Co-Manager for Asia-Pacific
Shashaankk has been working in the sustainability sector for more than 20 years as an entrepreneur, business mentor, investor, and a management consultant in India, East Africa, and Germany, with strong focus on clean energy and regenerative economy. He has led an advisory services team that provided business support to energy-access start-ups in East Africa and helped them raise $111 million in funding (grants, debt, and equity). He is an innovation guru and loves to work at the intersection of business, planet and society to help create a truly regenerative economy. He is also a visiting faculty at a number of colleges, including Masters’ Union in Gurugram and MIT ADT Pune. He has an MBA from the University of Oxford and did his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from NIT Kurukshetra in India.
Luke Timmins
Co-Manager for Asia-Pacific
Luke Timmins is an infrastructure, energy, and data centre executive with over 20 years of experience across Asia Pacific. He has lived and worked in Singapore, Indonesia, China, Vietnam, and Australia, and built businesses across Southeast Asia in data centres, thermal infrastructure, renewable energy, and mission critical systems. He is proficient in Chinese. His academic work includes a master’s thesis at Berlin University of Applied Sciences on tidal and wave power in the Indonesian archipelago, an Oxford postgraduate thesis on solar investment platform valuation in Southeast Asia, published work on rooftop solar and drone thermography for solar power plants, and lecturing at President University in Indonesia on carbon offsets, AFOLU policy, and IPCC frameworks. He currently serves as General Manager, Data Centre Solutions, ASEAN, at Johnson Controls.