With a background in political science, economics and international law, Fabian seeks the frontiers at the intersection of investability, scale and transformational impact. He brings with him 18 years of green finance experience, mostly in a number of senior management functions at Credit Suisse. Until 2019, he led the Bank’s efforts globally around financial solutions that benefit both the green and blue economies. He was a member of Credit Suisse’s Global Impact Investing Advisory Council and its Green Bond Committee.
Fabian has been a pioneer in finding and structuring investment solutions in nature. He is the first author of two seminal research reports issued in 2014 and 2016, which have defined the market potential of the industry.
Fabian was also instrumental in developing and structuring the Nature Conservation Notes, the first conservation investment product launched by any bank globally – and awarded with the Environmental Finance Forestry Deal of the Year 2015. In 2016, he co-founded the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation – the globally leading cross-sectoral industry body to advance private investment in nature. He also sits on Convergence’s Funding Committee for the Asia Natural Capital Design Funding Window.
For his contributions to financial markets, Fabian was awarded Champion of Global Impact Banking and globally leading financial expert on SDG 14/15 by Euromoney in Sep. 2018.
With 19 years of environmental finance experience, Matthew concentrates on converging institutional and private financial capital with investments delivering positive climate, nature and biodiversity impact.
Previously at Credit Suisse, he moved to become a Partner at a leading conservation focused asset manager where for six years he advised and structured investments across 27 countries in Africa and Europe. There, he led the first successful intermediary debt issuance from the European Investment Bank’s Natural Capital Finance Facility.
Before joining Posaidon, Matthew was founding Director of Research at Planet Tracker, a prominent global financial think thank where he adivsed international asset managers and owners, credit lenders and corporates on how fixed income, public equities, mutual funds and ETFs are exposed to climate, planetary boundary and nature-related risks. Specializing in soft commodities, agriculture and seafood, he has lead-authored several thought leadership pieces. Matthew won an Environmental Finance ESG Innovation of the Year Award in 2020 for a co-authored paper with the London School of Economics exploring correlations between sovereign macroeconomic stability and resilient natural capital systems.
He currently sits on the Impact Advisory Board of a major Switzerland-headquartered private bank reporting to the CEO as well as other institutional advisory roles.
With 35 years of capital markets experience, primarily in institutional equities sales and emerging markets private equity. Before joining Posaidon, Nick was the founder and CEO of BlackFin Advisors, the corporate advisory firm focused on emerging markets funds and corporates, with a particular focus on Africa and impact finance.
Before that, he was managing director of private markets at 91 Asset Management (previously known as Investec) where he was responsible for capital raising across private markets (i.e. private equity, private credit, infrastructure credit, private real estate) globally. He is known to be one of the most respected and best connected advisors on institutional capital raising in African private markets.
Previously, he had managed the top-ranked equity sales team at Merrill Lynch and been a director of a publicly listed UK hedge fund.
Nick sits on the board of a number of leading African conservation NGOs (e.g. Tusk, Luwire Wildlife Conservancy) and has been involved in African conservation for 20 years. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society.
Nick combines a deep knowledge of environmental issues with some three decades of senior financial services experience in public and private markets.
With 15 years of green finance experience as a tropical forest ecologist and impact investing specialist in the fields of natural climate solutions and AFOLU carbon project development, James leads Posaidon’s technical NbS work.
His previous roles include Director of Natural Climate Solutions at World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Technical REDD+ and Forest Carbon Officer at Mirova Natural Capital, Technical Specialist for Forest Carbon at Fauna & Flora International, and Marine Officer at IUCN focusing on blue carbon.
James has in depth-experience with carbon project development to VCS, CAR and Plan Vivo Standards in Latin America, West Africa and Southeast Asia. Previously, he led the multi-stakeholder industry forum at the Natural Climate Solutions Alliance (NCSA) and supports continuous improvement and development of the market as a member of NCS Alliance’s Technical Advisory Group, Verra’s Blue Carbon Expert Working Group and VERRA’s Jurisdictional Nested REDD+ Stakeholder Working Group.
He holds a B.A. in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, a MRes in Ecology and Environmental Management from the University of York and a PhD in Tropical Forest Ecology from ETH Zurich.
With 5 years of green finance experience, Maya focuses on the intersection of ocean conservation and finance with an emphasis on coastal developing countries and small island developing states, including her home country: The Bahamas. Her research interests include blue carbon opportunities in the Caribbean as well as the sustainable development of blue economy industries as a pathway to enhanced climate resilience and economic stability within the region.
Before joining Posaidon, Maya worked with the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA), where she supported the development of a finance facility to scale investment into coastal resilience and climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. Earlier, at Albright Stonebridge Group – a geopolitical consulting firm – Maya advised cross-sector initiatives that sought to scale climate finance in emerging markets, and drafted policy guidance for countries seeking to attract investment in low-carbon, natural capital projects.
She attended Stanford University, where she earned a B.A. in International Relations and an M.A. in Sustainability. Maya also holds an MBA with a finance concentration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
