Catalysing Impact: Investing in Innovative Low-Carbon and Climate Resilient Development

Peter Fusaro
Head of ESG and Impact at AV Group Limited

Peter Fusaro is a partner at AV Group focused on ESG and Impact investing. He is a New York Times best-selling author, thought leader and leading international authority on sustainability, renewable energy, energy efficiency and the transition to the low carbon economy- having authored 16 books on energy and the environment. Seminal work included with the Toyota Prius Development team, taking the lead of out gasoline with the US EPA. Peter founded the Wall Street Green Summit in 2002 (www.wsgts.com) the oldest sustainable finance event in North America.  He continues to focus on market acceleration in sustainable finance and impact investing to meet UN SDG goals.

Peter was a former policy maker at the US Department of Energy in Washington DC and the NYC Mayor’s Energy Office as well as senior executive at ABB and Petroleos de Venezuela.

Karl Andersen
Managing Director, AV Group Ltd.

Karl Andersen is the Founder and CEO of AV Group Ltd. and is the President of Amundsen Ventures LLC, a venture advisory in New York City. Mr. Andersen has been investing in and advising Norwegian and Nordic companies coming to the US and abroad. Mr. Andersen is a serial entrepreneur within the financial world having founded a broker-dealer, hedge fund and reinsurance company.

Mr. Andersen is on the Executive Committee of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce and works closely with Innovation Norway (the trade and industry division of the Norwegian Government) to bring the best companies to the US. Additionally, Mr. Andersen has raised close to $500 million in equity for insurance linked securities and hedge funds. Mr. Andersen is a graduate of The University of Oregon and Copenhagen Business School.

Nur Febriani
Executive Director, ASRI

Nur Febriani is ASRI’s Executive Director and dynamic leader. After graduating with a degree in Public Health from the University of Indonesia, she then gained a Master’s Degree in Developmental Studies with a focus on Children and Youth from the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University in the Netherlands.

Febri, has over 15 years in the field of project management in development work. Working to improve the lives of the most vulnerable individuals in Indonesia, she has helped communities after natural disasters and has headed programs for the Red Cross and was the Manager for the Foundation for Mother and Child Health Indonesia. She was awarded Citizen 4.0 under 40 for her contribution to society and humanity by MarkPlus.inc and Marketeers Magazine, December 2017.

Using creative and innovative methods, Febri has taken ASRl’s approach to planetary health and brought it to the national level. Utilizing online platforms and increasing partnerships with the national government and non-government organizations, she has brought ASRl’s trailblazing message of the interconnectivity of forest and human health to the masses. All while increasing ASRl’s reforestation efforts, creating ASRl’s first satellite site at Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, ensuring the best healthcare possible for the communities ASRI works in and focusing on increasing women empowerment throughout Indonesia.

Aris Stamoulis
Managing Director of Corporate Finance, AWR Lloyd

Aris Stamoulis is the Managing Director of Corporate Finance at AWR Lloyd and a Director of AWR Lloyd Asset Management and has over 20 years’ experience in financial markets in London, Johannesburg, Singapore and Hong Kong. His roles have focused on political and economic analysis, structuring and complex credit trading and risk management at leading banks including Deutsche Bank (Head of Credit Correlation Trading), Morgan Stanley (Head of Credit Structuring for non-Japan Asia), Goldman Sachs and Commerzbank.

Aris co-founded Resolute Trading in 2013, a soft commodities trading company focused on Southeast Asia. In 2016, he was appointed director for Corporate Finance at Hastings Technology Metals, an Australian rare earths mining company and director of 30MHz, an internet-of-thing technology company. Aris holds an Economics degree from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.

Brad Denig
Managing Director of Innovation for Sustainability, AWR Lloyd

Brad Denig is the Managing Director for Innovation for Sustainability (I4S) at AWR Lloyd. The I4S practice includes services related to nature-based solutions, ESG & investor relations, energy transition and climate change strategy, circular economy and disruptive innovation. And has over 20 years experience in the field of corporate sustainability and climate change strategy. Previous experience includes positions at ERM as Principal Consultant – Climate Change strategy; founder and Managing Director for Sustainability Solutions; co-founder of Syngenera (natural capital asset management); climate change solutions at Ecova (Engie Insight); and, Climate Strategy faculty member at Portland State Graduate School of Business.

Brad holds an International MBA in Sustainable Business and Finance from Portland State University and a Bachelors in East Asian Studies from Lewis and Clark College.