Andrea Burkhardt
Head of Climate Division, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
Andrea Burkhardt graduated in economics, business administration, and political sciences. For more than 16 years she has been working with the Federal Office for the Environment. As head of the climate division she is in charge of translating UNFCCC provisions into national legislation as well as implementing instruments such as a carbon tax, emissions trading and market mechanisms.
Focus and Tasks:
- in charge of Swiss climate policy;
- implements international provisions (United Nation Framework Convention on Climate Change, Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement);
- prepares national legislation (CO2 act) and implements market-based instruments such as CO2 levy, voluntary agreements, emissions trading, offset projects within and outside Switzerland;
- co-ordinates measures to adapt to climate change based on a national adaptation strategy;
- measures greenhouse gas emissions (GHG inventory, CO2 statistics) and reviews effectiveness of climate policy;
- informs the general public on causes and impacts of climate change
Julie Didier
Marketing & Communications Manager, LuxFLAG Supporting Sustainable Finance
Julie Didier joined LuxFLAG as a trainee in 2015 and holds the position of Marketing & Communication Manager since 2016, responsible for the planning, development and implementation of LuxFLAG’s external communications in order to promote the association’s activities in supporting Sustainable Finance.
Julie holds an M.A. in Marketing, Services and Communication Management from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. She focused her master thesis on online communication of sustainable companies, an extract having been published in the trade publication The Reporting Times. During her master degree, she spent a semester abroad at Lancaster University in the UK, specializing in international business. She did her Bachelor degree in Banking & Finance at the University of Zurich, completing several courses at ETH Zurich.
Julie speaks fluently Luxembourgish, French, German and English and is improving her skills in Italian.
Martina Turner
Fund Manager, Quaero Capital
Martina is the founder of the Accessible Clean Energy investment strategy and has 30 years of experience in European financial markets.
Following extensive experience acquired at Tier-1 financial institutions in equities, business development, and clean energy investments, Martina received training in solar technology and materials ‘science’ at MIT seminars and in microcredit for solar installation at Grameen Bank.
Subsequently, Martina developed an investment strategy to generate profitable returns investing in companies focused on development, production and sale of technologies that enable the global dissemination of clean energy from the developed world to the most populated and most remote regions. After over 2 years of successful tracking, the investment model became the strategy of a structured fund, anchored by a pension fund.
Martina has a Master of Science from the Faculty of Economics, London School of Economics and is Member of Société Française des Analystes Financiers.
Zoë Vanderwolk
Clean Energy Management Team, Quaero Capital
Zoë has 9 years of experience in clean energy, including 5 years providing legal services in clean energy and power projects, environmental and carbon markets, and funds at Baker & McKenzie LLP.
Examples of representative matters: negotiation of development and supply agreements for next-generation proprietary battery technology; advising on legal compliance obligations for biomass producer; allocation of renewable energy certificates; advising on a commercial scale carbon capture and storage project; and advising on a UK government tender for smart metering rollout.
Zoë is a practicing solicitor of England & Wales with an LLB from College of Law, London and a BA in Statistics from Harvard University.
