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Amy Paterson is a Partner at Systemiq based in London. Amy co-leads Systemiq’s Sustainable Finance practice where she works with leading asset managers and institutional investors on investment strategies to deploy capital towards climate positive outcomes. She is also leading Systemiq’s work on the built environment, with a particular focus on applying advanced analytics to design resilient urban systems.

Amy has led key strategic partnerships with investors including Systemiq’s partnership with General Atlantic on the largest climate tech growth equity fund, BeyondNetZero. She seeded the LOTUF real estate decarbonization platform together with a group of ambitious asset managers and owners responsible for over $1tn in real estate AuM.

Amy joined Systemiq in 2020 as chief of staff to Jeremy Oppenheim. Prior to Systemiq, Amy worked at the Boston Consulting Group at the intersection of finance and heavy industry. She was a scholar at Oxford University and began her career in the arts. This multidisciplinary background continues to shape her approach to systems change.

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Ben joined SYSTEMIQ from industry, after spending ten years embedding and implementing sustainability programmes inside multinational energy companies (Shell and BG Group) and their subsidiaries in Africa, Central Asia, Latin America and Australia. This experience of driving change and managing front-line sustainability risks in industry, combined with his background in environmental science and strategy consulting, provide a foundation for Ben’s work as a consultant and project manager at SYSTEMIQ.

At SYSTEMIQ, Ben works across the circular economy and energy platforms and in his first year at SYSTEMIQ he has worked with diverse clients including the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, the United Nations International Resource Panel and large multinational companies in the packaging and chemicals industries. He also manages SYSTEMIQ’s growing work programme on plastics, which aims to make a contribution to the critical transition towards a plastic packaging industry that is more circular, less wasteful, and does not pollute the environment and oceans with plastic.

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Christine Delivanis is Managing Partner at Systemiq Ltd. She works with businesses, investors, governments and civil society to build more resilient and sustainable economies, with a particular depth of experience in the transition of global food and nature systems. Her work spans major corporate advisory and coalition-building projects, as well as on-the-ground interventions focused on facilitating and enabling the global food system transition, e.g. through carbon removal and regenerative agriculture. Christine personally leads a wide range of strategic engagements with companies in the Net Zero space, from real economy food producers, processors and retailers to leading food system financiers such as banks and insurance companies.

Christine’s journey prior to Systemiq spans 13 years at the Monitor Group and an additional 9 years at Marakon, a boutique strategy advisory firm. Throughout this period, her clients were typically large and mid-cap multinationals.  At Marakon, Christine led the firm’s activities in the consumer goods space and was also the lead Vice President for ESG for both Marakon and its parent company, Charles River Associates (CRA).  Her pioneering work in developing a client-facing ESG advisory offer while also developing and embedding CRA’s own first ESG framework, led to her nomination for a John Jenkins Corporate Citizenship Award.

Christine holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science (William’s College, Massachusetts) and a Master’s degree in Foreign Service (Georgetown University, Washington).

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Eveline is a partner at Systemiq, and leads our Energy platform, where she focuses on accelerating the transition towards a low-carbon energy system. She established and heads up our Amsterdam office.

Eveline joined Systemiq following a successful career at McKinsey, where she founded and led Sustainability Insights, overseeing the development of models and tools in the realm of sustainability. She specialized in the development of (country) decarbonization pathways, industrial decarbonization, and broader energy transition. She supported companies and investors to capture opportunities and mitigate challenges related to the shift to a low-carbon energy system and broader issues related to resource productivity. She brings international experience in advisory and consultancy, partnership building, and co-authored numerous publications.

Eveline holds a PhD as well as degrees in Hydrology, and Chemistry, Pharmacology & Earth Sciences from University College Utrecht and Utrecht University. Her (economic) consultancy work combined with her PhD research on reconstructing the Eocene Arctic climate conditions combining measurements of geochemical proxies and climate modelling give her a rare perspective on global climate issues.

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Felipe Faria leads Systemiq’s Nature-Food platform in Latin America, working with corporate, philanthropic and government partners to create value for standing forests and build sustainable agricultural value chains. His recent work includes leading projects on forest concessions in Brazil, supporting the design of the Tropical Forest Forever Facility, and contributing to the Food and Land Use Coalition’s Brazil platform. From 2016 to 2024, Felipe was Chief Global Investment Officer for Partnerships for Forests, a UK government-funded global incubator managed by Systemiq and Palladium.

Felipe holds a PhD in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University, an MSc in Water Resources Engineering from the University of São Paulo, and a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of São Paulo. Before joining Systemiq, he worked as a civil engineer on water resource and energy projects, and later as an Engagement Manager in McKinsey’s Public and Social Sector practice.

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Guido is a recognized thought- and change-leader in sustainable development, impact investment and land use systems, who served as Managing Partner of Systemiq from 2021-2024.

He was founding Executive Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network which operates under the auspices of the UN Secretary-General to support the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement.

He is a core partner of the Food and Land Use Coalition, founder of the Nature Map initiative; chair of the Advisory Group on Ecological Conservation Redlining to China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment; chair of the Indonesian Advisory Council on Natural Capital, Carbon and Community; principal of the Global Commons Stewardship Initiative; trustee of WaterAid UK; board member of the Friends of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Europe; and a member of the editorial boards of Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering (FASE) and of Environmental Economics and Management.

Previously, Guido was CEO of Paris-based CDC’s Climate Asset Management, a partner at South Pole Carbon Asset Management, an investment partner at IndexIT Scandinavia and a consultant with McKinsey. Guido holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Wageningen University, an MPhil in Economics from Oxford (Rhodes Scholar) and a Master’s in Physical Chemistry from FU Berlin. He attended the United World College of the Atlantic.

Guido lives in Paris with his wife and two children.

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Ita is a Partner on the Energy platform and Director of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC). The Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) is a global coalition of leaders from across the energy landscape committed to achieving net-zero emissions by mid-century, in line with the Paris climate objective of limiting global warming to well below 2°C and ideally to 1.5°C. Ita leads the ETC Secretariat provided by Systemiq and oversees the delivery of the ETC’s analytical, international, and communications programmes, whilst also supporting the ETC members.

Beyond the ETC, Ita has played a pivotal role in shaping and securing key projects such as the Carbon Molecules and UKCS Transition initiatives, while stepping up to help lead the Energy Platform. Renowned for her technical insight, strategic framing, and mentoring skills, Ita continues to cultivate a collaborative culture and is proactively strengthening her leadership through feedback.

As Partner, Ita will lead on four areas in the Energy platform; ETC, building out ETC-adjacent opportunities globally, supporting the UK’s energy transition and decarbonisation and continue to help lead the Energy platform.

Prior to Systemiq, Ita was a Manager at Bain & Company working with business executives to address strategic challenges in the UK, Europe, and the USA. Ita worked across industrial, consumer products and heavy transport sectors, in addition to advising central government and not-for-profit clients.

Ita worked as a policy advisor at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Ita holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard University.

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Janez joined SYSTEMIQ to combine his experiences from public life with some of the best experts from the private advisory field. Mission: scaling system change with purpose. He has introduced resource efficiency and circular economy concepts in the European policy. Logically also in SYSTEMIQ he is focusing on those areas with an aim to combine them with the rest of SYSTEMIQ priorities. Janez likes volleyball and hiking with family and friends. He is also a coach of the SYSTEMIQ volleyball team playing in Slovenia.

He graduated at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Ljubljana where he received also his Master’s and a Ph.D.

Janez was Director of the Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development of the Republic of Slovenia, he headed Negotiating Team for Accession of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union and was also a Minister responsible for European Affairs. Janez became a Member of the European Commission on May 2004. First mandate (2004-09) he was responsible for the Science and Research and second (2010-14) for the Environment. Currently he is Co-Chairing UN International Resource Panel, he is also a Chairman of The Forum for the Future of Agriculture and of the RISE foundation.

He received three honorary Doctor degrees (London Imperial College, Ghent University and Aalto University). Among others he was awarded the United Nations’ 2013 Champions of the Earth Award, the ACER Award for the visionary contributions and leadership that made possible the ERC, the Twelve stars for promoting environmental sustainability by the EEB and Circulars 2015 by WEF for the leadership in circular economy area.

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Jeremy is Founder & Senior Partner of Systemiq, a systems-change company established in 2016 that partners with business, finance, policymakers and civil society to make economic systems truly sustainable. An economist, business adviser and convener of coalitions, Jeremy is driven by the idea that tackling the biggest challenges of our time requires urgent structural change to economic systems and thus demands new levels of collaboration across business, investors, government, and civil society. Jeremy is lead author of the “Better Business, Better World” report of the Business & Sustainable Development Commission and the “Better Growth, Better Climate” report of the New Climate Economy project.

Prior to Systemiq, Jeremy was a Senior Director at McKinsey (1993-2016), developing and leading its Climate Change Special Initiative and its Sustainability and Resource Productivity Practice. He also served as Senior Economist at the World Bank (1988-1993) and Research Fellow at the Harvard Institute for International Development (1986-1987). Jeremy holds a first-class degree from Cambridge University in Law and Economics (1984) and a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1986).

Mattia is an internationally recognised leader on sustainable finance, power system decarbonisation, and transition economics. He joins our Sustainable Finance Platform from Autonomy Capital, where his work as Head of Sustainability ranged from sustainability investment and carbon market analysis to energy and mobility research. He previously served as Managing Director for Economics, Policy and Governance at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development between 2014 and 2020, and was formerly Deputy Director General and Chief Economist of the Global Green Growth Institute. He worked closely with Lord Nick Stern on the ground-breaking Stern Review, and was a senior expert in sustainability and resource productivity at McKinsey. He was also a member of the Shell scenario team.

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Patricia Ellen Da Silva is Global Head of the Nature and Food Systems Platform and Head of Systemiq LatAm. She is also Co-Founder of AYA Earth Partners. Patricia previously served as Secretary for Economic Development, Science and Technology for the State of São Paulo, Brazil’s largest state. She holds a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and an MBA from INSEAD.

Before joining the public sector, Patricia was President of Optum in Brazil, the health technology company of UnitedHealth Group. She was also a Partner at McKinsey & Company, where she led the Public Sector Practice. Patricia has served as a member of the Brazilian Presidency’s Council for Economic and Social Development, co-founded Movimento Agora, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2016.

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Peter Hulshof is a partner in our Energy platform, and is based in Amsterdam. He brings over 15 years’ experience in energy and industry.  He focuses on accelerating the transition towards a net-zero economy, by strengthening energy companies, accelerating the decarbonization of industry and working with frontrunners in tech and AI.

Prior to Systemiq, he was part of the team that built climate-tech company Gradyent, which optimises and decarbonises the heating sector using analytics and AI. Prior to that, Peter worked for ~10 years at Boston Consulting Group in both Amsterdam and New York. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics, in which he applied machine learning methods to optimization problems.

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Rupert Simons is the co-lead for Systemiq’s Nature-Food team in Europe. He directs engagements with major food and agribusiness companies aimed at supporting transitions to net zero and nature positive business models.​

In addition to advising companies individually Rupert has also led Systemiq  teams supporting high-ambition coalitions in food and nature such as the Imagine Food Collective and Regen10.​

Rupert holds degrees in Economics and International Development. Before joining Systemiq he lived and worked with governments on sustainable development issues in Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Papua New Guinea, and was CEO for a transparency NGO based in the UK. Rupert started his career as a sustainability fellow with McKinsey & Company.

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Veerle Haagh is a Partner at Systemiq, working at the intersection of climate resilience, investment planning and sustainable finance. She advises governments, international financial institutions and investors on how to translate climate and nature priorities into credible investment strategies, mobilise public and private capital, and deploy innovative financing approaches that can accelerate delivery.

Veerle has led major programmes with governments including Barbados, Uganda and Kenya, spanning country investment planning, resilience finance and the development of country platforms that connect national priorities with investable pipelines and sources of capital. Her work combines investment and capital mobilisation strategies with analysis of the macroeconomic, fiscal and sovereign debt implications of climate and nature risks, helping governments make the economic case for resilience while identifying practical routes to finance it.

Veerle leads Systemiq’s Nairobi office and has played a central role in building the firm’s presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. Before joining Systemiq, she worked in investment advisory from Kenya. Within Systemiq, she also spent two years as Chief of Staff to Jeremy Oppenheim, Systemiq’s Founding Partner, working across the firm’s strategy, partnerships and major initiatives. Earlier in her Systemiq career, she worked extensively on sustainable tourism and the transition of the travel and tourism sector towards more resilient, low-carbon and nature-positive models.

Veerle holds an MSc in Finance & Investment and an MSc in Economics and Governance.

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Widhar has played a formative role in running and developing Systemiq’s work in Indonesia. He is a former management consultant, recruiter and investor. Widhar also founded www.indorelawan.org, Indonesia’s largest volunteer platform for social programs, with some 240,000 volunteers.

In his words, Widhar joined Systemiq to “be able to say to my family that I have given my best efforts to prevent the climate crisis. I also believe that issues around climate change have the potential to become unifying goals for people in Indonesia and beyond.”

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Yoni is a Systemiq Partner leading the company’s Plastics & Packaging platform. He was the program director and lead author of “Breaking the Plastic Wave” (published in Science) and more recently the lead author of “Towards Ending Plastic Pollution by 2040”, a report which summarises Systemiq’s modelling work for the Global Plastic Treaty negotiations.

Yoni leads Systemiq’s plastics program through engagement with industry, governments, innovators, civil society and the financial industry, including the development of digital tools for decision makers.

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