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Our team has more than 80 years’ of combined ESG, sustainability and risk experience – with a shared commitment to building long-term, trusted client relationships.

Sam Rogers, Founding Partner

Sam Rogers, Founding Partner

Sam has more than 15 years experience in developing impactful ESG strategies, management programmes and award-winning sustainability reports.

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Gus MacFarlane, Founding Partner

Gus MacFarlane, Founding Partner

Gus has more than 15 years of experience of helping clients enhance their sustainability performance – and manage their non-financial risks and opportunities.

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Patrick McLaughlin, Senior Advisor

Patrick McLaughlin, Senior Advisor

Based in the US, Pat is an accomplished C-suite executive and business leader with extensive hands-on experience building a successful Sustainability/ESG programme for a leading US public company.

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Sven Lunsche, Senior Advisor

Sven Lunsche, Senior Advisor

Sven is a senior reporting, communications and external relations specialist. He has 15 years of experience in the mining and metals sector, including at Gold Fields and the International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM), and over 25 years in financial and business journalism, including as editor of leading South African business publications.

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Reed Huppman, Senior Advisor

Reed Huppman, Senior Advisor

Reed is an environmental and social performance specialist with 30+ years of global experience in sustainable project finance, ESG risk and project development across multiple sectors (LNG, power, infrastructure, mining, renewables) and in over 50 countries.

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Fiona Place, Senior Consultant

Fiona Place, Senior Consultant

Fiona is a sustainability consultant with over 13 years of experience advising listed companies and private equity.

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Carolin Seeger, Specialist Advisor: Human Rights

Carolin Seeger, Specialist Advisor: Human Rights

Based in Berlin and working internationally, Carolin provides expert human rights advice and hands-on management support to a range of leading companies. Her consulting portfolio spans all aspects of human rights due diligence and draws on almost twenty years of experience working with global corporations.

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Dr Magnus MacFarlane, Senior Consultant

Dr Magnus MacFarlane, Senior Consultant

Magnus has 25 years of strategic and technical experience in socio-economic performance management, gained both as an independent consultant and as an academic at the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick.

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Dr Alexandra Channer, Human Rights Consultant

Dr Alexandra Channer, Human Rights Consultant

Alex has almost a decade’s experience of working with clients on the responsible management of human rights risks. This includes a focus on issues ranging from ethical recruitment and labour rights, through to gender equality and child rights.

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Patricia (Patty) Graham, Senior Consultant

Patricia (Patty) Graham, Senior Consultant

Patty is an environmental and social expert with almost 30 years of previous experience in a multinational oil and gas company. Her former role included a focus on ESG, regulatory compliance, public / government affairs, stakeholder engagement and community relations – with extensive international project experience.

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Roger Cabrera, Senior Consultant

Roger Cabrera, Senior Consultant

Roger Cabrera is an expert in macro, political and socio-economic risks with a 20+ year track record advising global leaders on the intersection of geopolitics and economics. With deep experience in risk analysis and strategy consulting, Roger has helped multinationals identify, assess and act on trends in the global political economy to manage risks and maximise business opportunities.

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