Mike Maunder
Executive ChairMike is a botanist and conservationist with over 35 year’s experience in leading conservation initiatives, He started his conservation career studying horticulture and botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, later doing a PhD on the conservation management of threatened plants.
Over the last 35 years Mike has worked with some of the most threatened species and habitats on the planet, having worked on species conservation and ecological restoration in Europe, Africa, Middle East, Asia, USA, and Hawai’i. Mike has worked with business looking at biodiversity impacts and opportunities for biodiversity gain. Until recently Mike was Executive Director of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative with oversight of the Endangered Landscapes Programme-one of Europe’s largest restoration initiatives. Mike is a board member of the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (UAE) and the Conservation Collective (UK), a scientific advisor to the Fondation Franklinia, a frequent collaborator with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership (CISL) and research associate at the Global Systems Institute at the University of Exeter.
About Greensphere Capital
A leading sustainable investor for over a decade, Greensphere excels in scaling engineered and nature-based technological solutions to solve some of the biggest systemic risks facing our generation. Greensphere was the first fund manager chosen by the UK Government/Green Investment Bank, a mandate it won in 2012 against 23 other British and European fund managers. Greensphere has invested in technology, companies and assets in the renewable energy, agriculture and forestry supply chains, always operating a triple-bottom-lined approach that invests to improve ‘People, Planet and Profit’. We have consistently measured and reported on a range of these metrics in a market-leading manner.