Sebastian Dürr is a sustainability professional with more than 20 years of work experience in decarbonisation through renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies. He has designed and executed utility-scale and rooftop PV projects in several countries. In addition, he has worked with private and public sector entities including working with banks in financing renewable energy projects by conducting environmental impact assessment studies and resource assessments.

Sebastian is well-versed in the standards of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (including Scope 3 emissions and product lifecycle assessments). Climate risks and climate change are additional topics he worked on. He has conducted stakeholder engagements from small focus groups to large groups of more than 300 attendees.

Sebastian has also worked with German firms in their international expansion. That includes knowledge transfer and training of professionals in India in the areas of distributed solar and renewable technologies. His work in India also focused on the social aspects of sustainable development.

Sebastian holds Dipl.-Ing.(FH) from FH Heilbronn – University of Applied Sciences, Germany. He has certifications in Sustainable Finance from the University of Rotterdam and ESG Materiality from Wharton University.

Madhavan Nampoothiri is an Energy and Environment professional with nearly two decades of cross-functional management experience in clean energy and fossil fuel industries.

His work encompasses finance, technology and policy specific to energy and decarbonisation. Madhavan’s opinions have appeared in international media like New York Times and Bloomberg. In addition, he is regularly invited to speak on clean and renewable energy at international events like the European Heat Pump Summit, Solarpraxis, and Intersolar.

He has worked with entities like World Bank and Tata Group. He has deep insights into social development in rural India by reducing energy poverty through improved access to affordable and clean energy, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal 7.

Madhavan holds the ESG investing certificate from the CFA Institute and a Sustainability and Climate Risk Certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals. He has lived and worked in Asia, Europe and the USA. He has an MBA from Kelley School of Business, Indiana University, USA and a bachelor of engineering from MS University, India. He is also a joint PhD candidate from the University of Passau and the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in sustainable finance, including the ESG rating influence of the EU’s NFRD on the firm value of European firms.