Webinar TNFD 101: Uma introdução à Força-Tarefa sobre Divulgações Financeiras Relacionadas à Natureza

Before joining TNFD in March 2024, Alan served as a Senior Consultant in Climate Change and Sustainability Services at EY. During his time there, he played a key role in a pilot for the implementation of the TNFD LEAP methodology for a major mining company in Brazil, in addition to working on various other climate change and sustainability consulting projects.

Alan brings to TNFD a background in biodiversity monitoring, environmental conservation research, and data analysis, along with expertise in corporate sustainability strategy and disclosure.

During his undergraduate studies, Alan had the opportunity to work and intern throughout Brazil, including in the Cerrado, Amazon, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest biomes. His work primarily focused on biodiversity conservation, monitoring, and environmental education programs.

Outside of his professional endeavours, Alan is actively involved in volunteer work, particularly in social projects aimed at supporting vulnerable individuals and minority groups, with a special emphasis on LGBTQIA+ youth.

Alan holds an MBA in Environmental Management from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, also from USP. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, he is proficient in Brazilian Portuguese and English, with intermediate proficiency in Spanish.

Before joining TNFD in March 2024, Alan served as a Senior Consultant in Climate Change and Sustainability Services at EY. During his time there, he played a key role in a pilot for the implementation of the TNFD LEAP methodology for a major mining company in Brazil, in addition to working on various other climate change and sustainability consulting projects.

Alan brings to TNFD a background in biodiversity monitoring, environmental conservation research, and data analysis, along with expertise in corporate sustainability strategy and disclosure.

During his undergraduate studies, Alan had the opportunity to work and intern throughout Brazil, including in the Cerrado, Amazon, Pantanal, and Atlantic Forest biomes. His work primarily focused on biodiversity conservation, monitoring, and environmental education programs.

Outside of his professional endeavours, Alan is actively involved in volunteer work, particularly in social projects aimed at supporting vulnerable individuals and minority groups, with a special emphasis on LGBTQIA+ youth.

Alan holds an MBA in Environmental Management from the University of São Paulo (USP) and a B.Sc. in Biological Sciences, also from USP. Based in São Paulo, Brazil, he is proficient in Brazilian Portuguese and English, with intermediate proficiency in Spanish.

Alessandra has significant experience across financial regulation and supervision, risk assessment and sustainable finance. She is a Senior Manager in the Technical Team of the TNFD Secretariat, where she leads on the TNFD’s efforts on engagement with standard setters and regulators, along with leading support on the technical priorities around risk assessment and scenario analysis.

Before joining the TNFD, Alessandra was a consultant at the Risk Practice of McKinsey & Company in London, where she specialised on the impact of climate change on European banks’ risk management practices and GHG emissions portfolio pathways to reach Net Zero. During this time, she gained significant experience in climate risk approaches and methods for financial institutions and strategic portfolio decarbonisation.

Prior to McKinsey, Alessandra was part of the Risk Analysis and Stress Testing Unit at the European Banking Authority (EBA), where she gained valuable experience in EU banking regulation, risk and supervision, including stress testing practices and capital requirements regulation.

Alessandra holds an MSc in Banking and Finance from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy.

Based in London, Alessandra speaks English, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese.

Gabriela splits her time between TNFD and UNEP FI, where she supports the TNFD GEF project, assisting financial institutions in their journey to understand nature-related risks and opportunities.

Bringing experience from the public, private and international sectors, Gabriela has previously worked for the AXA Group as a foresight analyst, assessing long-term societal and environmental risks. Previously, she worked for a GEF project within the Ministry of Environment of Brazil, assisting with national implementation of policies framework for chemicals (SAICM) and the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Gabriela graduated from Sciences Po Paris with a Master in Finance for Development, specialising in financial inclusion and gender, and studied International Relations and Business Economics at the University of Brasilia (UnB) and Aarhus University during her undergraduate years.

Based in Paris, Gabriela speaks Portuguese, Spanish, English and French.