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Climate Change Capital appoints Chief Executive and Vice Chairman
Climate Change Capital (CCC), the specialist merchant-banking group, has appointed Mark Woodall as Chief Executive Officer and James Cameron as Vice Chairman.
Since its launch in October 2003, CCC has grown into the leading financial house for companies and institutions affected by the policy and capital market responses to climate change and now employs over 60 people located in London, Paris, Madrid and Washington, D.C.
Mark moves from his previous role as Managing Partner and Co-Head of Advisory at CCC. As Chief Executive Officer Mark will have overall responsibility for delivering the company’s strategy.
James, through his role as Vice Chairman, will expand on the areas he was responsible for as Head of Policy at CCC. James was instrumental in the development of the Climate Change Capital Carbon Fund: the world’s first carbon emissions hedge fund and will continue to work on long term strategy, investigate new investment opportunities for CCC and represent the firm at the highest levels of business and government.
Commenting on the appointments Otto Van der Wyck, Chairman of CCC, said:
“As CCC extends and accelerates its growth the Board is keen that the company fully maximises the considerable talent of its senior managers and continues to deliver quality services to its clients and shareholders. These appointments deliver a management structure with both the flexibility and discipline required to manage an increasingly complex business and take advantage of the opportunities presented by these high growth markets.”
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For further information, please call:
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Notes to Editors:
Mark Woodall, Chief Executive Officer, Climate Change Capital
As Chief Executive Officer of CCC Mark is responsible for delivering the company’s strategy. Mark has over 20 years’ business experience working with technology, energy and environmental companies, as a founder, adviser and investor. In 2000 he co-founded iGabriel, an investment company. Until March 2000, Mark was the Executive Director of Impax Capital Corporation, a niche investment bank focused on environmental technologies, which he founded in 1993. Whilst at Impax Capital, Mark was responsible for the financial advisory services of the firm and led and completed over a dozen transactions in renewable energy projects and technologies with a total capital requirement in excess of $350 million. Mark has an MBA from the Cranfield School of Management (Dean’s List) and was an Officer in the British Army.
James Cameron, Vice Chairman, Climate Change Capital
As Vice Chairman of CCC James is responsible for strategic and sector development and is Chairman of the Advisory Board. James is one of the world’s pre-eminent experts in developing market based policy responses to climate change.Prior to CCC he was Counsel to Baker & McKenzie and was the founder and the head of their Climate Change Practice. James has spent much of his legal career working on climate change matters, including negotiating the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol as an adviser to the Alliance of Small Island States. He has held academic positions at Cambridge, London, Bruges and Sydney and is currently affiliated with the Yale Centre for Environmental Law and Policy. As a barrister he appeared in several of the leading cases in environmental law and the most significant international law case in recent times: the arrest of General Pinochet. He is the Chairman of the Carbon Disclosure Project, a treasurer of REEEP and trustee of The Climate Group.
About Climate Change Capital Ltd.
Climate Change Capital Ltd. (“CCC”) www.climatechangecapital.com is an investment manager and advisor specialising in the opportunities created by the transition to the low carbon economy. Its activities aim to make the world’s environment cleaner while delivering attractive financial returns.
- Fund Management: Develops and manages funds that invest in companies, projects and technologies that provide products or services facilitating climate change mitigation or adaptation. CCC has over US$1.6 billion under management across the following alternative asset classes: Infrastructure and Carbon, Private Equity, Listed Equities, Real Estate, Land and Water.
- Advisory: Provides financial, strategic and policy advice to energy-intensive industries, financial institutions, clean technology companies and governments.
Through the combined talents of investment professionals, market specialists, and thought leaders we reconcile economic gain with environmental benefits without compromising implementation, discipline, client focus and accountability.We call this Creating Wealth Worth Having®.
Climate Change Capital Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.