John Pontin OBE (Founder and Chair)
I helped set up The Converging World. The whole idea inspired me to invest in our first wind farm in India. My background is in business, and, like increasing numbers of business people, I want my money to do good.
Global North and Global South partnering to provide clean energy, to avoid the most carbon and to provide a charitable fund to alleviate poverty.
Dr Rob Brown (Trustee)
Rob’s experience is in the leadership and delivery of public service reform, with a career that spans social-enterprise and local government as well as 13 years as a senior partner in the Government practice of PA Consulting Group. Rob has taken early retirement from PA to develop a portfolio of interests around innovative approaches to creating better public outcomes. Rob is on the Board of several charities and social enterprises.
Claire Williams - Finance + Operations
A qualified Chartered Accountant, FCA, Claire leads on the finance and operations for the UK team. With the experience gained from her 10 years at a large accountancy firm, Claire has enjoyed spending the last 9 years within organisations to use her finance knowledge to specifically help Charities, Community Interest Companies and Social Enterprises to achieve their purpose.
A former Director of Bristol Green Capital Partnership and Trustee of other Bristol based Charities, Claire is passionate about global habitat protection and strategies for combating climate change.
Sayan Deb - Programmes and Partnerships
Sayan is an advocate for environmental protection and sustainability. With a bachelors degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Arizona and a masters in Sustainability Planning and Environmental Policy from Cardiff University, he strives to dilate the concept of sustainable development for building climate resilient communities through proper management of impact finances towards high quality social and environmental improvement activities.
