Meet the speakers of our upcoming event

Rowan leads Climate Risk and Resilience at Howden, a leading global insuranceand reinsurance broker, andserves onthe company’s Global Leadership Team.The CRR helpsclients to derisk their climate related exposures, maintain access to capital and navigate their pathwaytowards resilience and decarbonisation. Rowan has been a pioneer in the field of climate risk and insurance for over 20 years. He brought climate modelling to reinsurance in 2006,led the foundation of the Insurance Development Forum with UN, World Bank and Industry leaders in 2015 and incubated the award-winning Coalition for Climate Resilient Investmentin 2020. Beyond insurance Rowan was appointed to the UK Prime Minister’s Council for Science & Technology 2011-2016 and served on the UK Green Finance Task Force. In 2016 he was made CBE for services to the economy for risk, insurance and sustainable growth. Rowan read Geography at Durham and Bristol Universities and lives and works in London