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Sadiq Currimbhoy

Head of Sustainability
Vulpes Investment Management

Sadiq Currimbhoy is Vulpes Investment Management’s Head of Sustainability. The role includes developing both new investment ideas and assessing existing investments, their business models and resilience as the globe transitions to a low-carbon economy.

Prior to joining, he was the first Head of Sustainability for Maybank Kim Eng Securities in addition to being Head of Research. He initiated their sustainability drive pursing his passion, which included a defining trip to Antarctica.

Sadiq has been in financial services since 1995 primarily in research, working in New York, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. While on the sell-side, he had two periods at what is now Bank of America Merrill Lynch and was consistently top-ranked for investment strategy. In between his Merrill stints, he was Global Strategist on the NewSmith Global Opportunities Fund, a multi-asset hedge fund.

Maya Almog
Associate, Operation Lead of the Green Cities Facility
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

Maya works in the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), as part of the EBRD Green Cities programme team. With experience in business consulting and in the public sector, combined with participation in various programmes, including the exclusive Young Global Changers (Class 2019), she sees the opportunity of economists to create a real impact in people’s lives via the development and implementation of better strategies and policies.

Delphine Queniart
Managing Director

BwB (Bankers without Boundaries)

Delphine is Climate City Capital Hub Director, Head of Institutional Clients, and a member of the Institutional Banking Leadership Team.

Delphine has 20 years of experience in lending, capital markets, global markets, and sustainable finance. Her specialist knowledge includes working on sustainable capital markets and blended finance transactions with development finance institutions, developing sustainability-focused investment solutions for institutional investors, and the financing and risk management of infrastructure and energy projects.

Delphine’s career has included commercial, technical, and leadership roles at BNP Paribas and Société Générale.

Delphine holds an MPhil degree in Finance and Economics from Paris Dauphine University and a certificate in Positive Impact Business from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Luke Antoniou
Senior Editor

SmartCitiesWorld

Luke has been reporting on the implementation of smart technologies that benefit citizens and the public sector since 2017.

He has a particularly keen interest in smart and sustainable mobility and its role in influencing the decisions of urban planners, citizens and governments alike.

As rapid urbanisation continues, he keeps his finger on the pulse of the myriad urban challenges facing local and central governments, making new connections in the public and private sectors and finding new angles from which to cover the latest smart city developments around the world.