Public Speaking - Speeches and Presentations
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| Date | Location | Topic |
| May 2016 | AIPN International Petroleum Summit, Houston |
Climate Change Perspective: How Should Industry Respond? |
| April 2016 | Energy Institute, London |
Greening Fossil Fuels |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| January 2014 | London, Ecosystem Markeplace, Panellist: Launch of the Forest Carbon Report 2013 |
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| February 2014 | Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, ISTF Annual Conference |
Forest Market Failure: A Conceptual Problem. |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| February 2013 | London, EcoConnect | Clean Tech Conference, Floresta-A Clean Investment Opportunity |
| March 2013 | Rochester, NY, University of Rochester | Alumni Lecture, Public Policy, CSR & ESG: Words & Actions. |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| May 2012 | Floresta Holdings Ltd | San Francisco, Impact Investor Summit, Investor Showcase |
| June 2012 | Rio de Janiero, Rio + 20, Acre Side Event | Private Sector Investment in Forestry |
| December 2012 | London, National Oil Companies | AIPN Annual Conference, Keynote Speech: The Social and Environmental Contract. |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| August 2011 | Brasilia, Dialogue on Investments | Brasilia, Dialogue on Investments & REDD+, IPAM Workshop, Private Sector Investment & Forest Carbon |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 29 January | University of Warwick | One World Forum: Global Challenge:Fighting Deforestation; Forest Carbon Markets in compliance with REDD: Agendas and Future Prospects, Warwick |
| 8 February | FOA Mansion House Debate: London | Financial Markets Are Doing Nothing to Solve Climate Change. London |
| 26 February | Harvard University Law School & WWF: Washington DC | Forest Carbon Finance Summit,Co-Chair: Alternative Financial Structures for REDD |
| 30 April | Hong Kong | Executive Forum, Business in a Changing Climate |
| 10-11June | Washington DC | Green Power conference; Carbon Markets & REDD, USA, Keynote Speaker |
| 23-24 June | Amsterdam | European Sustainable Investment Strategy Meeting, Investing in Sustainable Forestry, Agriculture and Bio-energy |
| 15 June | London |
National Environment Research Council,Finance and Forestry Workshop
Wheres The Data? |
| 21 July | London |
National Environment Research Council, Finance Water and Forestry
Symposium Wheres The Data? |
| 6 September | Monaco | The Family Alternative Investment Conference: Is The Future Clean and Green? |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 11 November | Intelligence Squared Debate, Hong Kong. | The West is Full of Hot Air and Asia is Saving the World from Climate Policy Disaster |
| 23 September | Forest Carbon Markets & REDD, Washington DC | The Potential of Forest Carbon Markets. |
| 15 September | IEA-IETA-EPRI GHG Emissions Trading Workshop, Paris | Opportunities and Limitations for Crediting Large-Scale REDD Projects in the Near Term (2012-2020) |
| 10 September | Swiss Futures and Options Association, Burgenstock Conference, Interlaken. | Chairman, Panel on Sustainable Investments |
| 2 August | Green Pioneering Summit, Verbier | The Value of Ecosystems |
| 28 May | Carbon EXPO 2009, Barcelona | Chair, Making Foresty and Land Use Mainstream in the Flexible Mechanisms |
| 3-5 May | Climate Change: Financing Green Development NYU Abu Dhabi Conference |
Investing in Carbon Forestry and Agriculture |
| 3 April | San Diego, California | Navigating the American Carbon World Topic: Offsets: From Voluntary to Regulatory; the Role of Forestry |
| 25 February | Said Business School,Oxford University | Emerging Environmental Markets |
| 29 January | The City of London Corporation in association with the London Accord, Gresham College and Z/Yen Group | Forests and Carbon Finance |
| 25 January | The Royal Geographical Society, Green Festival | Green Capitalism |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 16 December | Evidence before the Environment Audit Committee House of Commons, London | Forests: the Future Role of Carbon Markets in their Protection and the Timber Trade |
| 6 December | UNFCC COP CMA/CCBA Side Event Poznan, Poland | Principles for Private Sector Investment in Forest Carbon |
| 18 November | Fondation ENI, Milan Italy | REDD - International Workshop on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation |
| 6 November | Nairobi, Kenya | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa:Common Position on Kyoto Climate Change Negotiations |
| 5 November | The Royal Society, London, Forests, REDD and the EU ETS | Forest Credits and the Price of Carbon: A Business Perspective |
| 29 October | Kigali, Rwanda, Commonwealth Business Council Commonwealth East Africa International Business Forum |
Agriculture and Forestry |
| 27 October | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA) Seminar | The Politics and Economics of Forest Carbon |
| 5 September | Swiss Commodity Futures Association, Interlaken | The Carbon Market: Coming of Age |
| 18 August | African Group Preparatory Meeting, Accra Ghana | Policy Approaches and Positive Initiatives for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation - Implications for Africa |
| 23 June | Common Market for East and Southern Africa, Carbon Finance Workshop,Johannesburg | Land Use, Climate, Agriculture and Livelihoods |
| 18 June | University of Edinburgh | Carbon and Communities Tropical Woodlands |
| 20 June | The Royal Society, London | Strategies for Making Avoided Deforestation Work |
| 22 May | The London Accord, London | Making Investment Work for the Climate |
| 6 May | The London Accord, Brussels | Making Investment Work For The Climate |
| 2 May | Evidence to the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee | Post-Kyoto, the International Context for Progress on Climate Change |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 10 December | UNFCCC Climate Change Confairenc 13 Bali Climate, Conservation and Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) event |
Linking Climate, Biodiversity and Human Welfare |
| 8 December | UNFCCC Climate Change Conference 13 Bali International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) | REDD and Poverty |
| 8 December | UNFCCC Climate Change Conference 13 Bali Global Canopy Programme | Forests Now in the Fight against Climate Change |
| 8 December | UNFCCC Climate Change Conference 13 Bali CIFOR Forest Day | Maximising Multiple Benefits from Forest Carbon Projects |
| 7 November | Presentation to the European Development Conference, Lisbon | The Politics of Forest Carbon |
| 30 October | Royal Geographic Society, London - Intelligence Squared Debate | Capitalism Can Save the Planet |
| 17October | Greenpower Conference, London | Forestry & Quality |
| 28 September | Exchange Invest Conference Monaco | The Future of Environmental Finance, Products and Developments |
| 20 September | Carbon Finance World 2007, University of Chicago Business School | Project Offsets: Greenhouse Gas Offsets vs.Carbon Sequestration Projects |
| 12 September | Presentation to Members of the European Parliament, Brussels | The Need to Include Forest Credits in the ETS: The Economic Benefits |
| 7 June | Royal Society of Arts, London-The Week Debate | Growth Can be Green |
| 6 March | The Voluntary Carbon Offset Inquiry, House of Commons, London | Evidence before the Environment Audit Committee |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 17 October | World Federation of Exchanges, Sao Paulo, Brazil | Trading the Earth: Environmental Derivatives |
| 10-11 May | Carbon Expo, Cologne, Germany | Environmental Markets |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 30 November | International Media & Environment Summit, Kuching, Malaysia | Business in the Environment, Environmental Markets |
| 9 November | Bringing China to Europe 2005, London | Western Values for Chinese Companies |
| 6 September | Swiss Commodity Futures Association Meeting, Burgenstock | Trading the Earth:Environmental Derivatives |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 15 November | Europe-China Trading and Investment Conference, London Stock Exchange | Chairman |
| 27 May | Compliance Institute Seminar, Deloitte & Touche, London | What More Can Financial Services Regulation Achieve? |
| 27 April | Green College, Oxford | Emergency Responses to Climate Exchange |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 21 June | FOW European Derivatives Exhibition: (Chairman) | Emissions Trading Can You Afford To Ignore It? |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| 28 November | IRR Conferenc Hedge Funds, Dublin | Mastering Investments in Offshore Funds Jurisdictions: Changes and Challenges Arising From Truly International Offshore Funds |
| 30 October | Cambridge Union Debate, Cambridge | Most City hotshots are just lucky fools |
| 18 October | Compliance Institute Dinner | The Failure of the Regulator |
| 20 June | International Derivatives Conference:Debate, The Savoy, London | This House believes economic growth is the true savior of the environment |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| June 7 | AIMA/GAIM 2000, Geneva | An Update on the Latest Developments of the Global Regulation of Alternative Investment Funds |
| April 27 | Hedge Fund Seminar, London | Member of the Panel |
| March 9 | The 2000 International Securities Finance Symposium, London | Member of the Panel |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| November 19 | AIC: Altinvest Conference, Zurich | Alternative Investments A Lawyers View |
| September 29 | IIR/ICBI Conference: Credit & Default Risk, Paris | Collateral in a Crisis Common pitfalls and how to avoid them |
| September 28 | International Securities Lending/Cedel Repo Summit: Roundtable, Luxembourg | |
| September 23 | Hawksmere Conference: The New Financial Services Act, London | Rule making powers and no action letters |
| September 16 | IMN Conference: High Performance Investing, Monte Carlo | The Investor Bill of Rights What is reasonable for Investors to demand |
| September 10 | IBC Conference: A Legal Update on Collateralisation, London | Taking Collateral in Euroclear or Cedelbank A Comparison |
| June 18 | The Law & Regulation of Hedge Funds Conference, London | IBC Chair |
| June 8 | AIMA/GAIM 5th Annual Global Alternative Investment Management Forum, Geneva | An Update on the Latest Developments in the Global Regulation of Alternative Investment Funds |
| March 16 | AIC Conference: Alternative Investment Funds & Strategies, London | The lessons learnt from the 3rd Quarter of 1998 Regulation and the Evolution of Best Practice in the Hedge Fund Industry |
| February 25 | Hawksmere Seminar:The New Financial Services Act, London | Rule making powers and no action letters |
| February 2 | International Securities Settlement Week 1999, London | Examining the Impact of EU Directives on Securities Settlement |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| December 8 | IBC Conference, London | City Regulation into the 21st Century International Cooperation |
| November 26 | Pension Fund Investment Forum, London | Hedge Funds What are they? Have they influenced the market? |
| September 30 | Cedel Bank 3rd International Repo Summit, Luxembourg | |
| July 24 | The Securities Houses Compliance Officers Group 1998 Conference, St Albans | Closing Debate |
| June 3 | AIMA/GAIM 4th Annual Global Alternative Investment Management Forum, Geneva | Examining the Implications for and Prospects of Further Regulatory & Marketing Developments on both sides of the Atlantic; The 1998 Regulatory Update |
| May 18 | Lawrence Financial Group Seminar, Athens | Financial Services Approaching the Millennium & Beyond Legal Risk Management |
| May 8 | FIA Law & Compliance Division 20th Annual Workshop, Washington DC | Internet Issues Panel |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| December 11 | Cedel Collateral Management Programme Seminar/Workshop, London | Update on Legal Issues |
| December 3 | IBC Conference NewRO-A Blueprint for Change, London | A Closer Look at the SEC Style System & International Jurisdictions |
| October 16-17 | IBC International Forum-Distribution of Funds in Europe, Berlin | Marketing Offshore Funds into the EC and The Investment Services Directive from the Perspective of a Non-EU Entity |
| September 24 | Cedel Bank 2nd International Repo Summit, Luxembourg | |
| September 10 | Cedel Broker/Dealer Seminar, London | |
| June 5 | EMFA/GAIM Conference, Geneva | Assessing the Potential Impact on the Distribution and Marketing of Alternative Investments of the Liberalisation of Investor Categories, Products and Special Vehicles: Examining the impact of the new regulations on both sides of the Atlantic |
| May 30 | IIR Conference, London | Margin Trading: Tackling the Legal and Regulatory Framework |
| May 8-9 | FIA Law & Compliance 19th Annual Workshop, Washington DC | " European Cross-Border Issues " Panel and " Global Issues " Panel |
| April 24 | ICM Conference, New York | Collateralisation of Derivatives: " Legal Issues in Cross-Border Collateral |
| March 6 | Securities Finance International1997 International Securities Finance Symposium, London | The Legal Framework Supporting The Securities Finance Businesses |
| February 25 | International Securities Lending, London | Securities Lending Roundtable 1997 |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| December 2 | IBC Chair Legal Issues in Netting Conference: and Presenting Session, London | US Legal Developments in Netting |
| September 17 | Collateral Management Conference, London | IIR Chair and Opening Address |
| September 10 | IBC Margin Trading Conference, London | Clarifying the Regulatory Perspective |
| September 5 | Swiss Commodities Futures & Options Association Conference, Bürgenstock, Switzerland | Member of the Panel" Psychology of Trading " |
| June 12 | FIA/FOA International Derivatives Conference, London | Member of the Panel " Effective Documentation " |
| May 10 | FIA Law & Compliance Division Annual Meeting, Baltimore | Netting & Investment Services |
| March 21 | IIR Conference Energy Price Risk Management 96, London | Tackling the Plethora of Legal & Regulatory Issues when Incorporating Energy Linked Derivatives into your Risk Management Programme |
| March 17-20 | SIA Annual Compliance & Law Division Seminar, Palm Desert | US/EU Regulations |
| February 19 | IIR/8th Annual International Stock Lending Conference, London | Tax, Legal & Documentation Issues |
| February 2 | ABA Section of Business Law Committee on Regulation of Futures & Derivatives Instruments, Key West, Florida | International Regulatory Coordination |
| January 11 | ABA Section of Litigation Mid-Year Meeting, Miami | Emerging Litigation Issues Involving Exotic Financial Products |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| November 20 | IBC 7th Annual Offshore Funds Conference, London | Providing Products for HNWIs and Institutional Clients |
| November 15 | Hellstrom & Partners Seminar, Stockholm | Rogue Traders the Barings experience |
| October 3 | Corporate Treasurers Forum, London | Foreign Exchange "Investing in Currencies as an Asset Class: Common Myths & Practical Realities" |
| September 28 | FOW Annual Derivatives Compliance Conference & Seminar Oxford Union Style Debate, London | This House believes that Self-Regulation is a Misnomer and that the UK is moving inexorably to the SEC style |
| July 5 | IBC Banking & Securities Compliance Forum 1995, London | Beyond the Regulations -"The US Approach" |
| June 5 | Lawyers in Regulation, London | Disciplinary proceedings in light of natural justice and due process |
| May 11 | FIA Law & Compliance Division, Baltimore | Member of the Panel on Barings |
| May 4 | ISLA Conference on International Securities Lending, Geneva | Legal Guidelines/Cross Border Issues |
| March 27 | IIR Conference Regulation of Derivative Products, New York | Legislative Initiatives from Abroad |
| March 23 | Securities Houses Compliance Officers Group, London | Suitability and Segregation |
| March 8 | AIC/Euromoney Conference Hedge Funds Member of the Panel, London | Regulatory Issues Affecting the Hedge Fund Industry |
| January 30 | Chairman of Euroforum Conference, London | Derivatives for Corporates: The Crucial Issues of Suitability and Risk Management" Regulatory & Legal Challenges " |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| November 8 | FOW 2nd Annual Clearing & Settlement Seminar, London | Operational Risk |
| November 4 | Citibank Seminar Managed Funds Services, London | UK Pension Law Reform |
| October 3 | Hellström & Partners Seminar, Stockholm | Swaps Documentation and Risks |
| September 29 | Cadogan Financial Conference, Amsterdam | Derivatives in Investment Management "The Role of the Trustees" |
| September 13 | IMM Conference, New York | Multi Currency Repurchase Agreements "Market Myths: A Radical Critique" |
| June 27 | IBC Legal Studies London | Chairman, Conference on "Derivatives Trading: Law & Regulation" |
| June 15 | IBC/International Securities Lending & Repo Conference, Copenhagen | Securities Lending in Context |
| May 25 | FII Ethics Training Program, London | |
| April 27 | IIR/Conference, New York | Derivative Regulation: Recent Developments & Applications "Direction of European Regulation" |
| March 17 | IIR/7th Annual Securities Lending Conference, New York | Understanding and Mitigating the Associated Risks of International Securities Lending |
| February 7&8 | FII/First Continental,London | Ethics Training Program |
| February 1 | IIR/First Annual International Forum, London | Energy Finance |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| November 24 | Cadogan Financial/New Financial Products Conference, London | Guaranteed Funds |
| November 17 | IBC/International Securities Lending & Repo Conference, Rome | UK Regulatory(including Overseas Dividend Manufacturing Regulations) |
| June 23 | FIA/FOW Futures & Options Conference, London | Chairman, Member of the Panel on "Derivatives Markets in Transition: The Customer Perspective" |
| April 28 | MeesPierson Ltd Seminar, London | Regulatory Implications of Trading Options & Futures |
| April 20 | MAR Futures Money Management Conference, London | Innovative Fund Structures, Applications & Jurisdictional Issues |
| March 26 | IIR International Securities Lending Conference, New York | The Inherent Risks of Securities Lending |
| March 4 | FOW International Derivatives Conference, Frankfurt | Back Office Strategy for the Derivatives Market |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| September 25 | IIR Conference on Derivative Products, New York | Commodity Linked Derivative Products |
| September 23 | Global Investor Seminar, London | Securities Lending and the Derivatives Market |
| June 29 | FIA/FOW International Meeting, London | Moderator, Panel on Financial Integrity |
| June 15 | International Securities Lending Conference, Milan | Securities Lending Risk and Control |
| June 4 | BZW Equity Derivatives Conference, London | Practical Uses of Equity Derivatives for Institutional Investors "Legal, Regulatory and Tax Issues" |
| May 21 | FIA Law and Compliance Division, Baltimore | Member of the Panel on "UK Regulation" |
| May 20 | Business Research International, London | Tax and Accounting for International Securities Lending "The US Securities Lending Market" |
| March 31 | IIR International Securities Lending, New York | Foreign Regulatory Overview: New and Pending Government Initiatives Impacting Lending Activities |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| December 4 | Chairman:Euromoney/Global Investor, London | Taking Advantage of the Tax and Regulatory Opportunities for Securities Lending in Europe |
| November 20 | International Swap Dealers Association, London | Swap Innovations "Variations on a Theme" |
| November 1 | Equity International Operations and Settlement Strategy for the 1992 Stock Lending Conference, London | Defining and Minimizing Risk: Changing the Face of Securities Lending |
| September 5 | Swiss Commodities Futures and Options Association, Bürgenstock, Switzerland | Implications of Capital Adequacy Requirements |
| June 26 | IIR Global Investment Operations Congress, New York | Understanding and Complying with the Idiosyncrasies of Foreign Regulations |
| June 18 | Business Research International, Frankfurt | International Securities Lending "Securities Lending Risk and its Control" |
| April 16 | IIR International Securities Lending, New York | UK Issues: Illegality and its Alternatives, Potential for a Repo Market |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| December 6 | Chairman: IBC Legal Studies London | As Futures Trading in the 90 Law and Regulation |
| November 29 | International Managed Futures, New York | The Tax and Regulatory Framework Governing Managed Futures |
| October 2 | IBC Legal Studies Implications for the ADR Market, London | US Legal Requirements for ADRs and Implications for 144A the UK Perspective |
| April 3 | IIR International Securities Lending Country Specific Roundtable, New York | Current Regulations Affecting the Market |
| May 3 | FIA Law and Compliance Division Annual Workshop, Baltimore | Member of the panel on "Canadian and European Futures Issues" |
| Date | Location | Topic |
| October 10 | IBC Legal Studies Futures Trading in the 90s Law and Regulation, New York | The Future of Futures |
| June 12-24 | Chairman: FIA/FOW Global Investment and Risk Management, London | Seminar on Collective Investments |
| May 18 | Business Research International Investing and Trading in Futures and Options, New York | International Anomalies:Conflicts and Contrasts in Regulation |
| April 5-6 | IIR International Securities Lending, New York | Examination of Primary Lending Markets: Assessing Market Potential(UK) |