Impact & Publications

Since September 2025 I have run the Paris secretariat of FAST-Infra Group, the non-profit association that owns the FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label and brings together more than a hundred public and private institutions. The role covers the governance of the Label with Global Infrastructure Basel and Bloomberg, the grant relationship with the French Treasury, membership and partnerships, and the Group’s public voice. Over the year the coalition welcomed Proparco and Bankers without Boundaries as members, partnered with KPMG Middle East on adoption across the Gulf, saw the Label added to the ITC Standards Map, and published its H1 2026 review: 146 projects across eleven countries, worth around USD 15 billion, self-assessed against the Label in six months.

Public development banks provide the largest share of infrastructure finance in emerging markets, so their adoption of a common sustainability standard matters more than anyone else’s. At COP30 in Belém, FAST-Infra ran a session at the IDFC Pavilion on how standards help public development banks unlock public and private capital, and in June 2026 we presented the initiative and the Label to the IDFC’s climate working group in a webinar hosted with AFD. The Finance in Common Summit in Paris in April 2026 put coordination around shared standards at the centre of the agenda. The same year I presented the initiative to the Moldovan government with the French Treasury, to Syntec Ingénierie and to the Syndicat des énergies renouvelables, and at PPP Week in Istanbul, where the Blue Dot Network and the FAST-Infra Label shared a stage for the first time.

Physical climate risk is now priced by insurers long before it is priced by lenders, and the gap between the two is where resilient projects fail to close. Through 2026 I have worked on narrowing it: taking part in the World Bank Group’s thematic session on resilient infrastructure in Paris, co-organised with AXA Climate, where the IFC and the Global Infrastructure Facility published new evidence on the returns to resilience investment; convening investors and insurers at London Climate Action Week with Pinsent Masons on whether sustainability and resilience drive financial performance; and co-hosting, with the Africa Infrastructure Fellowship Programme, the Paris InfraWeek session “Making Resilience Investable: from resilience metrics to investment decisions” on 2 November 2026. Alongside this sits FAST-Infra’s insurance working group and the evidence base we are building on whether labelled projects secure better access to finance and better terms.

Authored a framework as part of Asia’s Linear Infrastructure safeGuarding Nature (ALIGN) Project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and in collaboration with the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, which serves as a critical tool for guiding financial institutions (FIs) towards nature-positive outcomes. Drawing on international best practices in nature-positive infrastructure investing, the framework provides a step-by-step approach to help FIs minimise environmental impacts while contributing to ecosystem protection, restoration, and regeneration. Built around the ‘6Ps’ of environmental and social integration – Purpose, Policies, Processes, Products, People, and Portfolio – it offers a holistic roadmap for FIs to integrate nature-positive principles across their operations, from policy development to portfolio management.

Co-authored a white paper with Oliver Wyman which examines why biodiversity loss deserves the same level of attention as climate change. The paper highlights the growing awareness and evolving regulations in this area. It explores how investors can utilise existing tools to address biodiversity risks and discover new opportunities. Best practice case studies demonstrate how leading investors are integrating biodiversity considerations throughout the investment process, continuously raising the bar and proving that positive change is achievable. The paper is a critical resource for infrastructure investors and advisors. By making biodiversity central to investment decisions, we can protect our planet’s life support systems, ensure the resilience of essential infrastructure, and drive sustainable development.

Delivered an in-depth report assessing the investment and lending practices of 15 National Development Finance Institutions (NDFIs) across 10 Asian countries (Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan) in the clean energy sector. The study identifies key opportunities and challenges in scaling up clean energy finance while navigating the complexities of expanding NDFI investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. By concentrating on institutions with substantial energy portfolios or a strategic focus on energy infrastructure, the analysis underscores their current capacity and outlines pathways for future investments critical to advancing a low-carbon economy.

I represented WWF at multiple editions of the Infrastructure Investor Global Summit in Berlin, where we positioned nature-positive infrastructure as a central theme in investor discussions. Together with partners such as The Nature Conservancy, FAST-Infra, and the Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation, we advocated for the integration of biodiversity and climate resilience into infrastructure investment strategies.

Our participation included high-level panel discussions, a curated investor reception where we delivered in-depth presentations on nature-integrated infrastructure, and a booth in the main exhibition space that served as a hub for one-on-one engagement. Through these efforts, we helped bring ESG integration tools—such as the FAST-Infra Sustainable Infrastructure Label—into the spotlight and contributed to mainstreaming nature considerations within global infrastructure finance.

As part of WWF-Singapore, I contributed to the evolution of the Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative (ASFI) Academy’s e-learning portfolio by spearheading the design of specialised modules on sustainable finance in the infrastructure and energy sectors. In 2024 I led the development of a new course on natural resource safeguards for financial institutions, equipping participants to strengthen safeguard policies and processes in line with international biodiversity and nature conservation commitments. The self-paced course is accredited under the Singapore Institute of Banking and Finance Standards Training Scheme (IBF-STS). The ASFI Academy, a collaborative effort between WWF-Singapore and ASFI partners, remains a key resource for practitioners navigating sustainable finance in Asia.

From 2020 to 2024, as part of WWF, I was actively involved in developing a new and globally applicable sustainable infrastructure label for projects demonstrating significant sustainability performance. The work sat within a multi-stakeholder working group led by the Global Infrastructure Facility (GIF) and Macquarie under the FAST initiative, which aims to close the trillion-dollar sustainable infrastructure investment gap by transforming sustainable infrastructure into a mainstream, liquid asset class. Since 2025 I have led the Secretariat of FAST-Infra Group, the Paris-based association that owns the Label, overseeing its international deployment, convening investors, development banks and policymakers on innovative and blended finance, and representing the initiative at international forums including COP30 and the OECD Infrastructure Forum. The Label enables developers and operators to demonstrate the positive impact of infrastructure assets and gives investors a credible, impartial and technically rigorous basis for trust in sustainable infrastructure investments.