NIGEL TOPPING is High Level Climate Action Champion for UN climate talks, COP26, and former CEO of We Mean Business, a global nonprofit coalition working with the world’s most influential businesses to take action on climate change.

He has over twenty years of experience in the private sector, including as a senior vice president of supply chain in the global automotive industry. Nigel holds an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge University and an MSc in Holistic Science from Schumacher College and is member of several boards, including London Pensions Fund Authority, and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science.