James Allen | Vice President, Stafford Timberland & Food | London, UK

James is responsible for portfolio management, origination, due diligence and investor reporting.

Prior to Stafford, James was a Senior Analyst at EBG Capital, an agricultural investment advisory firm, where he completed mandates for various Family Offices, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the German International Development Agency. Before this, James was an Investment Manager at EnerCap Capital Partners in Prague, focusing on wind farm project finance and M&A in central and eastern Europe. He also has experience in carbon finance (with Climate Change Capital) and public market transactions.

James holds an MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London and a BA (Hons) in Natural Sciences from Clare College, Cambridge.

ESG Committee, TimberlandColin Irwin13 November 2019Europe

Niels Bardelmeijer | Portfolio Manager & Product Specialist | Rotterdam, Netherlands

Niels is a portfolio manager and private equity product specialist for Stafford’s Client Solutions team.

Prior to joining Stafford, Niels was co-heading the private equity activities at Robeco, which managed and advised over USD 2bln of assets in private equity. Niels started his career at ING Structured Finance.

Niels holds a Masters of Science in Business Administration from the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

ESG Committee, Client SolutionsColin Irwin11 November 2019Europe

Kurt Faulhaber | Partner, Stafford Private Equity | Austin, US

Kurt is responsible for relationship management, sourcing and due diligence for sustainable investments.

Prior to Stafford, Kurt worked for Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets as Senior Vice President. He also spent several years identifying clean tech ventures and technologies, incubating start-ups for launch and growth, and consulting with sustainable start-ups.

He earned a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas-Austin and a Bachelors degree from Carnegie Mellon University.

Private Equity, ESG CommitteeColin Irwin12 October 2019North & Latin America

Marek Guizot | Principal, Stafford Timberland | London, UK

Marek is an Investment Manager focused on investor relations, industry research, asset due diligence and monitoring of investment performance.

Prior to Stafford, he was the Forestry Director at Green Resources, a vertically integrated forest products company operating across East Africa. Previously, Marek was a Principal with Pöyry Management Consulting where he led a team providing advisory services to a wide range of stakeholders in the forest sector.

He holds Bachelor of Science degree in Forestry from the University of Stellenbosch.

Timberland, ESG CommitteeColin Irwin30 September 2019Europe

Marta Jankovic | Head of Sustainability | Rotterdam, Netherlands

Marta Jankovic is the Head of Sustainability at Stafford. Marta works closely with Stafford’s Investment Teams and is focused on shaping Stafford’s sustainable investing strategy, fostering engagement with clients, policy and industry stakeholders.

Prior to Stafford, Marta was responsible for the delivery of client responsible investment policy objectives at APG Asset Management, representing the Responsible Investment team on the Committee for Investment Proposals, and later advised APG’s Private Markets teams on implementation of EU sustainability regulation (SFDR). Marta was also a Director in the Stewardship team at BlackRock.

Marta holds a Masters of Arts in EU Law from King’s College London and a Bachelors of Arts (German Studies) and Bachelor of Laws from the University of New South Wales, in Sydney.

ESG Committee, SustainabilityTechnology Team22 September 2019Europe

Dr. Ingo Marten | Managing Partner, Stafford Real Assets | Zurich, Switzerland

Ingo is responsible for relationship management, portfolio construction, investment due diligence, negotiation and monitoring for Stafford’s infrastructure business. He also contributes to Stafford Sustainable Capital given the overlap of these business lines.

Prior to joining Stafford, Ingo worked with Macquarie Investment Management Private Markets in charge of a pioneer secondary infrastructure fund of funds, as well as the European aspects of its sustainable capital fund of funds. Prior to Macquarie, Ingo was a Director of Alternative Investments at Swiss Re, responsible for the development and management of one of the world’s largest sustainability-focused portfolios and also worked in Corporate & Strategy Development and Investment Banking at UBS.

Ingo holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. In addition to his PhD, he also holds a lic. Rer. Pol. Diploma (the Swiss MBA equivalent) from the University of Fribourg.

Infrastructure, ESG CommitteeColin Irwin2 September 2019Europe

Daniel Pye | Vice President, Stafford Infrastructure | London, UK

Daniel is involved in investment research, due diligence, transaction execution, portfolio management, and origination. He also works on various sustainability projects.

Prior to joining Stafford, Daniel was part of the assurance and advisory team at Deloitte in Australia, servicing listed, multinational, and private clients across a range of industries.

He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with majors in Accounting & Finance from the University of Sydney, is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand (CA ANZ) and has completed level 1 of the CFA Program.

Infrastructure, ESG CommitteeColin Irwin10 August 2019Europe