Speakers

Ian is Chair of Land Securities plc, Chairman of Channel 4, Chairman of Spire Healthcare Group Plc, Chair of King Charles III Charitable Fund and Senior Advisor to Ardea. Ian is also the Chair of We Mean Business Coalition.

Previous appointments were Chairman of Debenhams and Barclays Bank UK, CEO of Kingfisher plc, B&Q, Chairman Maisons du monde, Lead Non-Executive Director for the Government and Non-Executive Director of BT Group plc. He was Chairman of the British Retail Consortium, Chairman of the Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, President of the Business Disability Forum President’s Group and chaired the Ecosystem Markets Task Force and GR Task Force. Sir Ian was knighted in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to Business, Sustainability and the Environment and is a Chevalier of the Ordre National du Merite of France.

James joined the partnership at Knight Frank in 2021 and brings a wealth of experience to his role. Excited by the challenges of the post-Brexit era, James is committed to enhancing the lives of those he works with, shaping a future of shared growth, happiness and prosperity whilst ensuring that estates are not only relevant in this new era but also thrive into the 22nd century

Rob is CEO and Co-founder of Rebalance Earth, combining Nature and finance to protect and restore Nature at scale in the UK, to mitigate the key risks and impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss and other Nature loss.

His 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and investor include co-founding Redington and Mallowstreet, two globally recognised pioneering B-Corps dedicated to transforming the investment and pensions landscape with a strong emphasis on sustainability. He also served on the Executive Board of SJP, managing £150 billion in investments for one million clients.

As Managing Director of Little Blue Research, Stephanie oversees the development and implementation of projects. She has over 15 years of experience in sustainability consulting and research with an emphasis on environmental and social impact analysis. Stephanie has enjoyed a varied career spending more than 15 years addressing sustainability challenges. She supported the Natural Capital Coalition as its Technical Director overseeing the development of the Natural Capital Protocol and Sector Guides. She also led KPMG’s UK sustainability services team work on True Value (a method to measure social, environmental and economic impact). She is on the advisory board of the Capitals Coalition, the technical working group for the ISSB, a member of the BSI committee on Assessing and Valuing Natural Capital and a fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) and BANC steering Group.

Archie has over 2 decades of global executive leadership experience, having developed multiple innovative investment solution capabilities primarily at BlackRock and then Standard Life/Aberdeen. He also oversees his family estate where he grew up in Argyll, Scotland.

Since mid-2023 Rachel has been Executive Director at the Aldersgate Group, a cross-sectoral alliance of businesses and other organisations championing a prosperous, environmentally sustainable economy.

Rachel has 22 years’ experience of working in environment and climate policy, as a civil servant (including as policy lead on the Climate Change Act) and in other sectors, with her last role being in KPMG’s energy transition team. Drawing on this experience, she works with Aldersgate Group members to develop robust recommendations and press the Government for change in vital areas across climate and environment policy.