The London Roundtable 19 June 2019
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The London Roundtable 19 June 2019 Biographies of Participants Supported by With special thanks to Banque de France | Paris Peace Forum and hospitality provided by Australian High Commission, London | Australian Embassy, Paris Mr Cyrille ARNOULD Head of Global Energy efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund (GEEREF), European Investment Bank Cyrille Arnould became Head of the Global Energy previously IFC’s Senior Investment Officer based Efficiency Renewable Energy Fund team in 2009. in Russia. Before joining IFC, Cyrille worked in Previously, he was a Senior Officer in the Africa Russia for the European Bank for Reconstruction Caribbean and Pacific department where he and Development (EBRD), first as Investment oversaw the development of private equity and Manager for Smolensk Regional Venture Fund microfinance portfolios. Prior to joining the EIB, in and then as Principal Banker in Moscow. Cyrille November 2003, Cyrille was a Senior Investment holds a Diploma from the Political Science Institute Officer at the World Bank’s International Finance and a Master’s in Law both from the University of Corporation’s (IFC) SME department, which he Strasbourg and an MBA from the Wharton School joined after four years with IFC’s Financial Markets of the University of Pennsylvania. Group, Sub-Saharan Africa Department. He was Mr Bertrand BADRÉ CEO, Blue Orange Capital Bertrand Badré is CEO and Founder of Blue served in the French Ministry of Finance where he Orange Capital, an investment fund with led a number of control, audit, and consultancy the objectives to finance the Sustainable missions for the French National Audit Office. Development Goals with market level financial returns. He is chair of the Global Future Council on International Governance, Public-Private Previously, Mr. Badré was Managing Director of Cooperation and Sustainable Development and the World Bank Group and Chief Financial Officer. an advisor for the World Economic Forum. Prior to joining the World Bank Group in 2013, Bertrand was the group chief financial officer at He is the chair of the Audit Committes of FIA Société Générale. (Federation of International Automotive) and of WealthSimple, a leading Canadian Fintech. He is He also served as group chief financial officer of a board member of GETLINK (Eurotunnel). Crédit Agricole from 2007 to 2011. Between 2004 and 2007, Bertrand was a managing director of He just published “Can finance save the world? Lazard in Paris. In 2003, he was invited to join How to regain control over money to to save President Jacques Chirac’s diplomatic team and common good” and reference to own Global was closely involved in the preparation of the G-8 Foundation work. summit in Evian. In that capacity, he served as the president’s deputy personal representative Bertrand is a graduate of ENA (Ecole Nationale for Africa and as a spokesman for the working d’Administration) and Institut d’Etudes Politiques group on new international financial contributions de Paris. He also studied history at Paris IV to fight poverty and fund development, which University (La Sorbonne), and graduated from produced the Landau Report. HEC (Hautes Etudes Commerciales in Paris) business school. In 2002, he was a member of the World Panel on Financing Water Infrastructure chaired by Michel Camdessus. In 1999 Badré joined Lazard, in London and New York. From 1995 to 1999, he 2 Copyright© 2019 The Global Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Mr Dennis BRACY CEO, US-China Clean Energy Forum Dennis Bracy counts himself fortunate to hold two Combining a long-time commitment to fascinating jobs simultaneously: 1) heading Avatar strengthening US-China relations and a passion Studios, a media production company in the US, for finding solutions to global energy and and 2) spearheading the team organising the US- environmental issues, Bracy has led the US team China Clean Energy Forum. for the US-China Clean Energy Forum (www. cleanenergyforum.org) since the inception of the As Chairman of Avatar Studios (www.avatar- organisation in 2007. studios.com), he heads a company that produces television programs, videos and websites for Over the past 20 years, he has served as a clients around the world. In the 1990s, Bracy key advisor to CEOs, Senators, Governors and led the team that developed (for Microsoft) the Members of Congress and is considered a leading first prime-time television series co-produced by strategist on public affairs issues. foreigners in China (My Computer Family) and he continues to produce several documentaries and His previous professional positions include videos every year. president of Hill & Knowlton Technology, vice president of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, and press secretary for the Watergate trials. Hon George BRANDIS QC Australian High Commissioner to the UK Mr Brandis has had a distinguished political career Mr Brandis holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from the in Australia as a member of the Federal Parliament. University of Oxford, a Bachelor of Laws (First- His appointments have included Attorney-General, Class Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts (First-Class Vice-President of the Executive Council, Leader of Honours) from the University of Queensland. the Government in the Senate, Federal Minister for the Arts, and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate. Copyright© 2019 The Global Foundation. All Rights Reserved. 3 Ms Cristina BRUCE Head of International Relations, Anglo American Cristina Bruce is a Government Relations and expertise in Anglo American’s operations in Latin policy professional. She has experience in America as well as their work on climate change, assessing political risk, developing political gender and inclusion, the future of work and networks and stakeholder engagement, innovation. international advocacy and public affairs campaigns. Areas worked on include business Former roles have been as an account manager in development, political network/ influence international advocacy and business development development, and political assessment in the at Portland and at the British Foreign Office, in the Middle East, Europe, Southern Africa and Latin South America and Middle East teams. She was America. She has direct experience of working with Vice Chairman of Canning House, the UK-Latin the extractive, NGO, multilateral and governmental America think tank in the UK for six years. sectors. BSc in Politics from University of Bristol and an She is currently Head of International Relations at MSc in International Relations and History from Anglo American, a multinational mining company LSE. She lives in London and has two young headquartered in London. She has particular children. Mr James BUNN Media producer and individual member of the Global Foundation James Bunn was the founding CEO of the ground James has delivered initiatives with a particular breaking Fox Sports Australia and the former focus on international trade at scale across Chairman of TXA (the technology arm of Channels sectors including sports; not for profit; education; 7, 9 & 10) where he delivered the world’s membership organisations; broadcasting / largest network digitisation project. He Chaired the telecommunications; property / real estate; pre-Netflix Channel Networks streaming technology/engineering; construction; venture with France Telecom in the UK and manufacturing / food processing; digital media launched the Digicel Play platform (ex-Dublin) production; aged and child care; be that locally, across 18 Pacific countries. nationally or globally. As a serial Chief Executive, Director and James presently divides his time between Sydney Management Consultant / Advisor he has and London, and travels frequently to the Asia delivered strategic leadership in sectors dealing Pacific, EMEA region and the USA. with specific operational challenges or embedding transformational change in the face of disruption. 4 Copyright© 2019 The Global Foundation. All Rights Reserved. Ms Froydis CAMERON Group Head of International and Government Relations, Anglo American As Group Head of Government and International industry brought Froydis to Shell for more than 10 Relations at Anglo American, Froydis manages years, in a number of technical offshore, project company’s strategic approach to establish and corporate positions around the world including and maintain constructive relationships with in Nigeria, Russia, Iran and the US. She was a Governments and civil society. She also is deeply member of the very first sustainability team for involved in positioning and advocacy on public Shell. policy issues of strategic importance to the Group, ensuring integrated government relations planning, Froydis joined Anglo American as head of External geopolitical risk and scenario analysis across the Affairs – looking after integrated planning for organisation. “mega projects”, in Alaska, Brazil and Peru and she subsequently became Head of Safety, Froydis has been involved in the extractives sector Sustainability, Corporate Affairs and Compliance for close to 20 years and throughout her career has for the global Exploration team. challenged conventional thinking and always seeks to make a lasting positive difference. On a personal note, Froydis has always supported women in industry and mentored a number of Originally a geologist and engineer, Froydis began women, through involvement in a number of her career in the European Commission working education and women’s charities. She used to on Climate Change and subsequently became train guide dogs for the blind and is a qualified