Nik Gowing was the main news presenter for BBC World News (1996-2014), and he has 35 years of analytical experience in diplomacy, defence and international security. In 2018 Nik Gowing, along with Chris Langdon, released the book Thinking the Unthinkable: A new imperative for leadership in the digital age.

After ten years as a BBC staff reporter and presenter in London, Maddy moved to Stockholm in 2014 to become Editor of The Local Sweden. She now works as a freelance documentary maker, podcaster and journalist for British and Swedish media, including BBC, Monocle Radio, Times Radio, Naudio and PodLit. 

Maddy’s favourite assignments focus on Nordic innovation, sustainability and lifestyle trends. She is also the creator of The Stockholmer, a founder interviews podcast which ran for three seasons.

Ms Romina Pourmokhtari is Minister for Climate and the Environment in Sweden. 

She was elected as a Member of the Swedish Parliament in September 2022 for the Liberal 
Party and took office as Minister in the conservative-liberal Government in October 2022. 
She was Chair of the Liberal Youth Organisation in 2019–2022 and Vice Chair of the same 
organisation in 2018-19. Before the general election campaign in 2022, she wrote a book 
about her childhood and her political priorities. In January 2022 one of Sweden’s biggest 
newspapers Expressen appointed her as Sweden's most powerful politician under 30 years of 
age.

Romina Pourmokhtari was born in 1995 and she lives in Sundbyberg near Stockholm. She 
has studied political science at Uppsala University and then she worked as a political expert at 
the Regional Council of Stockholm for three years.

Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE was the UK Energy Minister attending Cabinet responsible for signing the UK’s net zero commitment into law— becoming the first G7 country to do so. He also helped secure the UK’s Presidency of COP26. In 2022, Chris was appointed by the UK Government to chair the Net Zero Review, publishing the widely-acclaimed Mission Zero report in January 2023, which was described by Lord Nicholas Stern as ‘a remarkable and important piece of work’ (Mission Zero | Biteback Publishing). The Net Zero Review was the largest engagement exercise on net zero in the UK, engaging with over 2,800 businesses. For his work, in 2023, Chris was awarded Politician of the Year at the UK Green Business Awards, and Political Figure of the Year at the British Renewable Energy Awards 2023. 

Chris was Member of Parliament for Kingswood between 2010-2024, during which time he also served as Minister for the Constitution, Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation and Minister for Health. He also was Chair of the All Party Group on the Environment. He resigned from Parliament in January 2024 in protest at new legislation promoting additional oil and gas licences. 
Between 2021-2023 Chris was a Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and in 2023-24 a Visting Fellow at Oxford University. He is currently a Professor at Bath University. 

Chris is currently Chair of the Climate Action Coalition, launched by Secretary John Kerry in June 2024, and a founding partner of Desmos Capital Partners, an advisory investment bank that supports new technologies and sustainable businesses. He is also Chief Operating Officer of Better Earth, and a founding advisor of Smart Society Ventures. 

Professor Emily Shuckburgh OBE is a world-leading climate scientist and science communicator, who is the director of Cambridge Zero, the University of Cambridge’s ambitious climate change initiative. 

Shuckburgh is a mathematician and Professor of Environmental Data Science at Cambridge’s Department of Computer Science and Technology (CST). 

She leads the UK national research funding body’s (UKRI) Centre for Doctoral Training on the Application of AI to the study of Environmental Risks (AI4ER) and is a director of the Centre for Landscape Regeneration (CFLR).

Professor Shuckburgh worked for more than a decade at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) where her work included leading a UK national research programme on the Southern Ocean and its role in climate.

A Fellow of the British Antarctic Survey, the Royal Meteorological Society (RMS) and Darwin College, Emily Shuckburgh has also undertaken research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and École Normale Supérieure (ENS). 

She is an advisor on climate to the UK Government and a Friend of COP26.

Emily is co-author with HM King Charles III and Tony Juniper of the Ladybird Book: Climate Change and was awarded an OBE for services to science and the public communication of science in 2016. 

Jonas Kjellberg is a serial entrepreneur, disruptor, investor, and game changer. He is the Founder and Chairman of the board at NORNORM - a Nordic scale-up company with a fully circular business model that provides office furniture as a service.

“How do you change the game? How do you innovate in exponential business models? Driving exponential growth is not good enough anymore. From now on – circular growth is my purpose and passion.”

“To grow and adapt to the future, all companies need to rethink and fully adopt circular models, and move away from the linear business model. This is just the beginning of the movement. All industries will be affected, and to survive and thrive business leaders have to be prepared to change. The circular movement will have a bigger impact on industries than the internet revolution,” says Jonas Kjellberg, Co-founder and Chairman of the Board of NORNORM. 

Jonas joined Skype very early on and worked in Skype's founding office. He was the VP Head of Sales at Telecoms. Jonas is also an experienced venture investor: he was assigned to build Kinnevik's internet investment arm, with successful investments such as Zalando, Rocket Internet, Hello Fresh, Avito, Yell, Dafiti, and Lamoda. Jonas was the Chairman of iCloud, which was later sold to Apple, and the Founder of Player:IO. Recently, he served as the Head of Nordic BCG Digital Ventures and Senior Advisor, and today he is a co-founder and Chairman Of The Board at NORNORM.

Jonas was a lecturer at Stanford University and the Stockholm School of Economics, where he taught entrepreneurship and how to create a winning sales culture. He is also one of the authors of the bestselling book "Gear up," written together with professors from Harvard and Stanford.

Jonas Kjellberg has an MBA from Uppsala University and an engineering degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Clover Hogan is a climate activist and founding Advisor of Force of Nature - the youth non-profit turning climate anxiety into action. She has worked alongside the world’s leading authorities on sustainability, consulted within the boardrooms of Fortune 50 companies, and counselled heads of state.

Clover has taken the stage with global change-makers such as Jane Goodall and Vandana Shiva, and interviewed the 14th Dalai Lama. Her TED talk, 'What to do when climate change feels unstoppable', has been viewed 2 million times. At 22 she was recognised on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list, and has featured in outlets including The Guardian, the BBC, the New York Times, the FT, and Vogue.

At 19, she founded Force of Nature. The now 12-person team has led global research on climate anxiety, and delivered programmes to young people in 50+ countries to help them take action. They work with businesses, policy-makers and educators to place young people at the heart of decisions affecting their future.

Clover is also host of the Force of Nature podcast. Season 2, We need to talk about eco-anxiety, explores the intersection of youth mental health and the climate crisis: from food, to fashion, and the role of media in driving climate doomism. Season 3, Confessions of a Climate Activist, pulls back the curtain on activism; from the rise of call-out culture, to navigating burnout. 

Business Area Special Products is a broad group of businesses providing mining products and services globally and across our mining operations in Sweden. This includes LKAB Minerals, LKAB Berg & Betong, LKAB Kimit, LKAB Mekaniska and LKAB Wassara.  Responsible mining and resource efficiency is central to our activities. From direct extraction of critical minerals including rare earths, to leading mining products and services that support LKAB's transformation strategy.

Darren joined LKAB in 2013 as the UK Managing Director having previously worked in various roles for the French Construction Materials company Saint-Gobain. In his time at LKAB, he has taken a leading role in both significantly growing the business as well changing the product focus towards sustainable material by-products.

Joined H&M in 2022 as Regional Head of Public Affairs & Sustainability for North Europe. Marcus is a leader with an outside-in perspective skilled in public affairs, sustainability, PR, and media management. Marcus' career is built from a variety of roles and industries within communications and sustainability such as Chief of staff at the Swedish government, Communications & Marketing Director at Teracom, and Nordics Corporate and Government Affairs Lead at Mondelez International.

Sarah Redwood is Director for Renewable Electricity in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. She has worked on a range of energy, climate and science roles in the civil service.

Fiona Charnley is Professor of Circular Innovation in the Business School at the University of Exeter. She is Co-Director of the UKRI National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Hub, with the aim to develop interdisciplinary capability and accelerate the transition towards a UK circular economy.   Fiona leads multiple government and industry-funded research projects including the Digital Innovation and Circular Economy Network+. Fiona has an extensive publication track record across the areas of design, manufacture and business modelling for a Circular Economy. Additionally, she is editor of the ‘Handbook of the Circular Economy’ published last year.   Fiona has extensive experience of working with organisations from across sectors to identify new approaches to design, innovation, manufacture and business modelling to transform resource use and value creation. 

Lisa has been Vattenfall’s UK Director of Public & Regulatory Affairs since April 2018, and has just finished an 18 month stint as Interim Country Manager.   She sits on a number of internal and external Boards, has significant Trustee experience, and is a keen mentor.  She is a corporate affairs expert with significant experience advising Board members and implementing integrated strategic corporate communications strategies.Her previous experience includes being a member of the senior communications leadership team at Centrica plc where she ran the Public Affairs team, working for public affairs consultancy Politics International, and a number of roles in Westminster working for the Liberal Democrat Party. Lisa is a graduate of the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne where she gained an undergraduate degree in Politics, and an MA in International Political Economy. 

Christopher Flensborg joined SEB in 2003 and is Head of Climate & Sustainable Finance, mandated to identify areas where financial mandates can help solve societal challenges – and develop and implement solutions through collaboration with clients.

As a pioneer in Green Bonds, which were developed in close collaboration with The World Bank, he has developed concepts and mechanisms enabling mainstream investors to address climate investments in their portfolios. As a thought leader, SEB works to enable access for mainstream investors core portfolios to sustainable investments.
SEB´s goal is to be a prime provider of mainstream financial climate solutions across various financial mandates. In this capacity, Christopher is involved in climate investment strategies worldwide, from development to execution – from borrowers to investors.

Christopher has spent over 30 years working in leading international financial institutions. He received his management training from international banks through schooling at Oxford, INSEAD, and Harvard Kennedy School. 

In 2021, H.M. the King of Sweden, Carl XVI Gustaf, recognized Christopher Flensborg with the Royal Order of the Polar Star (Kungl. Nordstjärneorden) as a Knight 1st Class, in recognition of his distinguished service in the area of climate and sustainable finance.

In 2017, as well as in 2011, Christopher was named “Personality of The Year” by Environmental Finance magazine for his work in scaling up the Green Bond market. In 2015, Christopher was named "Overall Most Impressive SRI or Green Bond Banker", "Editor´s Award for Driving SRI Market Development - Banker" and in 2016 “Most Influential Champion of the SRI Market”, by Global Capital.
Christopher is a frequent speaker and has addressed institutions like the UN General Assembly and the OECD – and has been invited as guest speaker at leading educational institutions globally. 

Alex Money is a programme director at the University of Oxford, where his research interests focus on water, finance and sustainable development. He is also CEO of Watermarq, which develops frameworks for valuing water using shadow prices. Formerly an investment manager at Citigroup and Bessemer Trust, Alex has c. 30 years of professional experience in industry and academia. He holds masters and doctoral degrees from the University of Oxford. Alex is also Chair of Trustees of the Uptime Catalyst Facility, a UK-registered charity that uses results-based contracts to support the maintenance of rural water services in developing countries.

Jen Braswell joined EQT Partners in September 2022 as Head of Impact for Private Capital based in London, UK.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Jen was Head of Value Creation in the Impact Group at British International Investment (formerly CDC Group), where she was part of building the impact management framework for the business, including overseeing expert teams on climate change, gender & diversity finance and job quality to drive value creation through an impact lens across the portfolio.

Jen is a licensed attorney in New York and started her career in management consulting, focusing on private sector growth, business enabling regulatory reform and sustainability integration in emerging markets with a variety of advisory roles over 15+ years, including an extended role at Booz Allen Hamilton as Head of the International Development & Cooperation business line with oversight of P&L and operations across Eurasia, Africa and SE Asia.

Dr Mudd has over 25 years experience researching the environmental and sustainability issues of modern mining. Starting from groundwater, his career has expanded to look at environmental impacts of mining, key sustainability trends, life cycle assessment, governance, regulation, global mineral resource assessments and critical minerals – Dr Mudd's experience includes how we mine and use almost the entire periodic table and is a world-renowned scholar in sustainable mining and critical minerals. Moving from academia in Australia, Dr Mudd joined the British Geological Survey in December 2023 as Director of the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre.

Adam Berman works as the Deputy Director, Policy, at Energy UK. In this position, he advocates for ways to speed up the UK’s journey to Net-Zero through enabling low-carbon investment in clean power generation. Prior to Energy UK, Adam was European Policy Director at IETA (International Emissions Trading Association), an organisation which advocates for robust and effective carbon pricing. Previous roles included working as an analyst in the energy industry on international climate policy issues, and as a researcher in the UK Parliament.

IAN HEMBROW is a freelance writer, researcher and former visiting scholar at the Oxford Centre for Life Writing at Wolfson College, University of Oxford. In 2016, while working in Sweden on a book about medicine safety, he stumbled across the story and legacy of Anders Celsius – the largely unknown man with the extremely well-known name. Ian’s research took him to the Arctic Circle to retrace the steps of the pioneering 1736–37 expedition on which Celsius helped to prove the shape of the Earth. He lives with his wife in Bristol, England.