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Meet us at Innovation Zero 2025

Meet us at Innovation Zero 2025

We'll be speaking at the UK's largest Net Zero congress, on 29 and 30 April 2025, including a keynote address from our CEO John Flint.

Innovation Zero will connect more than 10,000 policymakers, innovators, funders and leaders from the public and private sectors. Meet our representatives at our stand, G59, throughout the event, and hear from us at the sessions outlined below.

On 29 April

John Flint

9.25am to 9.35am - Our CEO, John Flint, will give a keynote address on the Main Stage: Financing the Future - How the National Wealth Fund is Fostering Sustainable Growth

Colin Hudson

10.10am to 10.55am – Banking and Investments Managing Director, Colin Hudson, will join a panel on the Finance Forum entitled Blended Finance: Mobilising Private Capital for the Transition.

  • Moderator: Roshana Arasaratnam, Executive Director, UK Government Investments (UKGI)

On the panel:

  • Colin Hudson, Banking and Investments Managing Director - National Wealth Fund
  • James Alexander, Chief Executive Officer - UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF)
  • Kevin Chika Urama, Chief Economist and Vice President, Economic Governance and Knowledge Management - African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
  • Tim Lord, Head of Climate Change - HSBC UK

 

Kate McGavin

11am to 11.45am – Chief Strategy and Policy Officer, Kate McGavin, will appear on the Nature, Land and Sea Forum for the panel Natural Capital Markets: Reinforcing Investor Confidence.

On the panel:

  • Kate McGavin, Chief Strategy and Policy Officer - National Wealth Fund
  • Claudine Blamey, Chief Sustainability Officer - Aviva
  • Natalie Nicholles, Executive Director - Capitals Coalition
  • Archie Struthers, CEO - Nattergal

On 30 April

Joel Kenrick

11.10am to 11.55am – Deputy Director - Policy, Joel Kenrick, will be on the Infrastructure Forum speaking on the panel: Building an Attractive Infrastructure Market.

Moderator: Jon Phillips, CEO - GIIA

  • Joel Kenrick, Deputy Director - Head of Policy (Climate Change) - National Wealth Fund
  • Ted Fruth, Head of Business Development and Investor Relations - Equitix

View the full programme on the Innovation Zero website,

As well as the panels you can drop by our exhibition stand to talk to National Wealth Fund representatives. We’re also proud to be joined at our stand, G59, by our client Invinity during the event.

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