GREENTECH FESTIVAL 2024

Sandrine Dixson-Declève is an environmental scientist and an international climate change, sustainable development, sustainable finance, and complex system thought leader. She is Co-President of the Club of Rome and divides her time between leading the Club of Rome, advising on non-Executive corporate and academic Boards, lecturing, and facilitating difficult conversations. She is a TED global speaker and was recognised most recently by Reuters as one of 25 global female trailblazers and by GreenBiz as one of the 30 most influential women across the globe driving change in the low carbon economy and promoting green business.

Ayisha Siddiqa is a Pakistani human rights and land defender serving as a Youth Climate Advisor to the UN Secretary General. In 2020, she co-founded Polluters Out, a global youth activist coalition, and helped launch the Fossil Free University, an activism training course. As part of her activism, Ayisha has helped organize multiple school strikes for climate action that mobilized hundreds of thousands of young people. Her expertise in lobbying around climate negotiations has earned her recognition as a strategist among national and youth delegations in the UNFCCC. Ayisha was recognized on the cover of TIME magazine, as one of the Women of the Year 2023. To follow and support Ayisha’s work, visit futuregenerationstribunal.com

Adam is a sustainability leader with 18+ years of experience in driving positive transformational change for some of the world’s most influential companies. As Google’s Head of Sustainability for EMEA, he works at the intersection of the physical, digital, and natural worlds. He coordinates with Google’s real-world and digital infrastructure teams, from real estate and supply chains to data centers and products, ensuring the company is taking advantage of opportunities to strategically advance sustainability. Previously, Adam held senior sustainability roles at Amazon and M&S, where he developed and delivered sustainability strategies and programs that enhanced their environmental and social performance. He is a Chartered Environmentalist, a Fellow of both IEMA and ICRS, and an Executive Fellow at King’s Business School.

In 2019, Maya Leinenbach launched her Instagram channel with the idea of building her own community to fulfill her dream of writing her own cookbook. Today, she inspires over 6 million subscribers on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Pinterest as @Fitgreenmind. The company’s mission: to inspire people to integrate a sustainable lifestyle into their everyday lives and provide access to vegan food and products. Fitgreenmind shows that plant-based eating is easy, fun and tastes good to many cultures and generations around the world.

Stephen Dunbar-Johnson is the president, International of The New York Times Company. Dunbar-Johnson is responsible for the oversight and strategic development of the Times Company’s international businesses. Dunbar-Johnson was appointed president, International for The New York Times Company in October 2013 to lead the global expansion of the company.

Franziska Giffey was born in Frankfurt/Oder in 1978. Since April 2023, she serves as Senator for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises and as Mayor of Berlin in the Senate of Berlin. Previously she served as Governing Mayor of Berlin (2021-2023), Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (2018-2021) as well as Mayor of Berlin-Neukölln (2015-2018). Giffey gained international experience in Brussels and Strasbourg. She is a Qualified Public Administration Specialist and holds a M.A. in European Administrative Management.

Christian Lindner is Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance and a member of the German parliament (Bundestag). Lindner was elected party leader of the Free Democrats in December 2013. As chairman of the Free Democrats Parliamentary Group (2017-2021) Christian Lindner established a constructive and successful parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. In the 2021 elections the FDP achieved one of its best results ever. After successful coalition negotiations Christian Lindner became Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance in the first ever three-party coalition on December, 8th 2021.

Ricarda Lang became party leader of the German Green Party (BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN) in February 2022. Prior to her work in the Green Party, she was Speaker of the Green Youth (2017-2019). She went on serve as deputy chairwoman and Speaker for Women’s Policy of the Green Party (2019-2022). In September 2021, she was elected as a Member of the German Bundestag, where she sits on the Committee for Family Policy.

Claudia Müller, Member of the German Bundestag since 2017, Alliance 90/The Greens parliamentary group. Born in Rostock, studied International Business Administration in Stralsund. Spent 1998/1999 abroad in the USA. Active in local politics 2009 to 2022. In first term in the German Bundestag, Mrs. Mueller was a member of the Economic Affairs committee and the European Affairs committee.
From the beginning of the 21st legislative period until January 2023, Claudia Müller was a member of the Defense Committee and an alternate member of the Transport Committee. From 2022 to January 2023, she was the Federal Government’s Coordinator for Maritime Industries and Tourism. Since January 2023, Claudia Müller has been Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.