By Miriam Heale, Allen & York
Consultancy KPMG has hired Alina Averchenkova, who will work alongside outgoing UN climate chief Yvo De Boer on sustainability and climate change. Averchenkova, who will take up her new role in London in September, was formerly a senior analyst for international climate policy at German carbon asset management company First Climate.
IDEAcarbon has named Krishna Biltoo as CEO of IDEAcarbon markets and executive vice-president of the group. He joins from ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, where he was most recently managing director and head of fixed income solutions.
Garth Edward has resigned from US investment bank Citi in London, where he was head of environmental markets. Edward joined the bank in 2008 after six years at Shell, where he managed the oil major’s environmental products trading. No details were available as to his next move.
The World Bank Group has appointed Andrew Steer as a special envoy for climate change. He was formerly director-general of policy and research at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in London. The bank says he will act as a “point person” on the issue, responsible for guiding its external work on climate change and advancing its internal capabilities in this area. He will also oversee the $4.3bn Climate Investment Funds.
Manon Janssen has been appointed managing director of Ecofys, a Netherlands-based consultancy firm specialising in renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change.
Osmosis Investment Management, a specialist asset manager focused on the development of low carbon investment solutions, has appointed occasional Ethical Corporation contributor Dr Rory Sullivan as head of responsible investment. Rory was previously in a similar role at Insight Investment.
Grattan Macgiffin has left brokerage firm MF Global, where he was head of new carbon markets, having started the voluntary carbon desk in 2008. His departure comes as MF Global sheds about 10-15% of its workforce, and the firm does not plan to replace him.
Nick Molho is joining environmental group WWF UK as head of energy policy. He was formerly a solicitor in the energy team at CMS Cameron McKenna.