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Iain Henderson

Co-Head of VCM desk, DRW

Singapore

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2023

  • Co-Head VCM desk

    2023

    Co-Head of the Voluntary Carbon Markets desk

  • Advisory Board member

    2020

    The Rocket Foundation was established to identify, engage, and support change makers who strive to create and promote a better world. It supports the most promising ideas and initiatives to boost their impact on society through providing mentoring, fundraising and coaching across 5 sectors: Nutrition, Education, the Economic Model, Equality and the Environment.

  • Senior Advisor

    2020

    Senior Advisor on sustainable finance to UNDP's Financial Sector Hub

2019 - 2023

  • Managing Director, Sustainable Finance

    2019 - 2023

    -Worked on the design/launch of a climate-smart landscapes impact fund focused on financing of sustainable enterprises in Indonesian agricultural commodity supply chains -Member of ADM Capital ESG Committee -Co-chair of the External Collaborations Working Group for Hong Kong's Green Finance Association

  • Head of International Cooperation

    2015 - 2019

    Portfolio included: - Supporting International (G20), region (ASEAN), and national (Mongolia, Nigeria) green/sustainable finance programmes. In the G20 role, supported China (People's Bank of China) and the UK (Bank of England/Treasury) in their roles as co-chairs of the G20 Green/Sustainable Finance Study Group under the G20 Presidency of China (2016), Germany (2017) and Argentina (2018) -Developed the Sustainable Finance Diagnostic Toolkit -Authored numerous sustainable finance publications

2014 - 2016

  • Member, Global Agenda Council on Forests 2014-16

    2014 - 2016

    Member: WEF Global Agenda Council on Forests 2014-2016 WEF Expert Network 2016-present

  • Lead, Sustainable Land Use

    2012 - 2015

    Worked on issues related to forest carbon (REDD+), agriculture and finance. Focused on the role of the private sector generally and the interface with carbon finance and the finance sector specifically.

2010 - 2012

  • Carbon Finance Fellow, Forest & Climate Initiative

    2010 - 2012

    Focused on carbon finance opportunities and private sector sustainable finance for the WWF Forest and Climate Initiative.

2009 - 2010

  • Climate and Energy desk

    2009 - 2010

    Core focus on carbon trading and product opportunities in the EU ETS Low-carbon debt and equity product development

2007 - 2009

  • Director, Global Markets, Currencies and Commodities

    2007 - 2009

    Part of a 3 person team hired to set up a new desk at DB offering investment banking products and services to sophisticated DB Private Wealth Management clients including family offices and UHNW individuals. Focused on structured products and risk management solutions.