Richard Burrett
25 years’ international banking expertise.
Richard's 25-year background in international banking includes
posts with NatWest and ABN AMRO - joining AMRO Bank in 1988, where
he became Managing Director and Global Head of Project Finance in
2001. In this role, he was instrumental in the development of the
Equator Principles, creating a market-recognised standard for the
management of environmental and social risk within project
financing. He started to work directly on ABN AMRO´s award-winning
sustainability agenda in 2004, becoming Global Head of
Sustainability before leaving the Bank in May 2008.
Richard is currently a Partner at Earth Capital Partners LLP, a
sustainability-focused investment group, and is also a Senior
Associate of the University of Cambridge Programme for
Sustainability Leadership. Other activities include being a Board
Member of Forest Renewables, responsible for developing the
renewable energy potential of Scotland's national forest estate, as
well as a Board Member of Forest Trends, a Washington-based
organisation promoting market-based approaches to forest
conservation.
He is Co-Chair of the UNEP Finance Initiative and leads their
Biodiversity and Ecosystems workstream. He holds a BA in German and
a MBA from Durham University, and is an Associate of the Chartered
Institute of Bankers.
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