Dr Ellen Quigley is a Principal Research Associate, the Co-Director of Finance for Environmental and Social Systemic Change, and the Special Adviser (Responsible Investment) to the Chief Financial Officer, all at the University of Cambridge. Her work centres on the mitigation of climate change and inequality through the investment policies and practices of institutional investors. She is from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and holds an AB in English literature from Harvard College, an MSc in Nature, Society, and Environmental Policy from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in economics education from the University of Cambridge. Her article, Universal Ownership in Practice: A Practical Investment Framework for Asset Owners, won the GRASFI Paper Prize for Potential Impact on Sustainable Finance Practices in 2020.

Since February 2023, James has been a Workplace Investment Director at Fidelity responsible for the FutureWise TDF Strategy (c. £16bn in October 2024) and a number of key strategic Investment Only clients. Prior to Fidelity, James was Head of DC Investments for 8 Years at Aon. His responsibilities included working on the Bank of England’s Productive Working Finance Group, governing the Aon DC Product (including the Aon Master Trust), reviewing the investment and bundled proposition of pension providers, and advising Employers and Trusts on their workplace. With over 14 years DC Investment industry experience, is also a qualified Regulated Financial Planner, with a specialism in DC investment strategy design, sustainability, less liquid asset integration and provider market knowledge.

Lauren joined Scottish Widows in January 2021 as a Responsible Investment Manager and works on stewardship in the RI team. Lauren leads work on Scottish Widosws’s diversity and human rights stewardship themes, engaging directly with companies, voting and taking part in collaborative initiatives. Prior to Scottish Widows Lauren worked at the Responsible Investment NGO ShareAction for 4 years, where she led engagement with the pension industry on ESG and member engagement. Lauren also has experience working in the ESG team of a stock broker, in the Plan A team at M&S and at the International Institute for Environment and Development.

Lindsey Block is Head of Social Impact at Primark. Lindsey joined Primark in 2013 and overseas a global portfolio of partnerships and programmes in support of positive social impact and realisation of human rights across the supply chain. This includes Primark’s flagship cotton programme. Her work plays a key role in supporting the ESG compliance and reporting requirements of both Primark, and its parent company Associated British Foods Plc.

Lindsey has an MSt in Sustainability Leadership from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; an MSc in Development Economics from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies; and a BA in Economics and Development from the University of Sussex. Before working at Primark, she was an economic adviser in the UK Government’s Department for Overseas Development, where she completed postings in the UK, Barbados, Nigeria and India. Lindsey is a Fellow of the Overseas Development Institute.

Mattea is an environment educator, expedition guide & photographer. Lucky enough to spend her working hours 'naturalising', lecturing on topics in human-environmental conflicts and environmental psychology. Living in a time of drastic biodiversity decline, its an honour to speak up for the natural world and educate people from all walks of life about it, in an effort to re-connect them to what really matters. When she's not at sea, her time is spent working on Re-educating Earthlings, an environment education platform she runs, focused on speaking the un-spoken when it comes to environmental issues, globally.