Dan is Chairman of SparkChange. He is the former founder and global head of BP’s environmental markets division, a $175m a year business with 22 staff members across 4 continents. He is a leading expert in the clean energy sector with 15+ years leadership experience, and provides access to the specialist knowledge and global network required to access regional carbon markets successfully.

Dan received a Bachelors degree and two Masters degrees from the University of Cambridge in Natural Sciences (2003), Biological Science (2004) and Management (2005) from the university’s Judge Business School.

He is a former board member of the International Emissions Trading Association.

Elliot is the CEO of SparkChange. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of a capital markets fintech
providing pre- and post-trade data and analytics to financial institutions, that was subsequently acquired by TP ICAP. He has 20+ years’ experience in creating innovative multi-asset investment products, having led teams at Deutsche Bank, Bank of America and Credit Suisse, and has served as strategic advisor at
several financial technology companies.

He studied English Law and French Law at the University of Manchester (1994), and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in London (1995).

Joff is CMO at SparkChange. He was previously the Chief Marketing Officer at Jampp, a leading technology platform within the programmatic advertising industry acquired by Affle (NSE: AFFLE), as well as Chief Revenue Officer at Appatyze, a Facebook advertising exchange, acquired by the owners of Playtech (LSE: PTEC.L) in 2012.

Joff holds a BSC in Mathematics from the University of Nottingham (1999).

Deborah is a seasoned veteran of the financial services industry with 18 years working across 3 continents at MSCI. Most recently she has served as the Global Head of ESG Index, and is regarded as one of the industry’s leading experts in the world of sustainable investing. Deborah has a strong track record of success building some key growth franchises and has built substantial teams and businesses as the Head of Index for EMEA, and Head of Asia ex Japan, Client Coverage. Deborah is widely recognised for her leadership by the industry, and was named Financial News 100 Most Influential Women in European finance 6 consecutive years (2013-2018).

Steffen is a co-founder of SparkChange and currently serves as EVP of Corporate Development. Previously he founded Capital Suisse and Red Top, US-based registered investment advisory firms, where he continues to serve as managing director. He began his career as an investment banking analyst at Deutsche Bank Alex Brown in Baltimore, MD. He received his BA from Harvard University (2000) and his MA from the University of Cambridge, England (2003).

Arlyn is the Head of Compliance and Control in our UK office. She previously worked as Head of Internal Control at OTCex, a leading brokerage firm, where she helped deliver efficiency on daily operations to a wide range of products whilst ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements. Her experience also includes strategic roles within Asset Management linked to Internal Control and Business Development.

She received a BSc from the Monterrey Institute of Higher Education (2007) and a MSc on European Political Economy from the London School of Economics (2011)

Arlyn maintains a Series 27 license and is a CAIA charterholder.

Anthony is the Head of Trading Operations for SparkChange. He was previously the Delta-1 Head of Platform and Head of EMEA ETF Trading at Credit Suisse, and also ran the Delta-1 Index businesses at both Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank.

Anthony holds an M.Eng in Engineering, Economics & Management from the University of Oxford (1995).

Jan, SparkChange’s Head of Research, is a seasoned climate markets professional with extensive experience in building and scaling climate change related, data driven products. He advises major corporates, trading houses and governments on global carbon markets.

Bhavesh is a Full Stack Engineer at SparkChange. He was previously a senior front-end consultant at Lloyds Banking Group, driving digital transformation into credit card sales journeys for MBNA, Halifax, Lloyds and Bank of Scotland. He is developing and solutioning responsive web applications with 12+ year experience and has expertise in ReactJS and JavaScript.

Bhavesh received Master in Electronics (Communication) from the University of Hertfordshire (2004).

Sarah is the Business Manager at SparkChange, running day to day operations, HR, and Finance functions. She is a former Executive Assistant to the CFO at Global Switch, Europe’s largest data centre operator, and Business Support Manager and Executive Assistant to the CEO at Midrive, a tech startup brand since acquired by The AA.

Sarah is a qualified Mental Health First Aider, trained bookkeeper, and Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt.

Mili is a researcher at the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College London. Previously, she was a Director and Portfolio Manager in the Multi-Asset Strategies team at BlackRock, a Portfolio Manager on J.P. Morgan’s CIO team, and managed US and Japan equity funds at Barclays. With her broad experience across climate finance and portfolio management, Mili will play a key role in helping Spark Change achieve its mission: to innovate carbon products and data & analytics tools that improve financial returns and environmental impact.

Mats Andersson is a pioneer in climate-smart investments in international capital markets. As the former CEO of AP4 (2006-2016) he began investing in low carbon dioxide strategies in stock markets in 2012, with his first investments in green bonds the following year. In 2016 he was awarded Chief Investment Officer’s Lifetime Award for his leadership at AP4 and his contribution to international initiatives on sustainable investment strategies on how to mitigate climate change risks as a long-term investor. Before AP4, Mats held management positions at SG Warburgs, and  Deutsche Bank. He serves as vice chairman of Global Challenges Foundation, non-executive member of the board of Carneo Asset managers, LMK Industri and Nyfosa.. in 2017 Mats chaired a Swedish government inquiry on “how to promote the green bond market.”. He also acts as an advisor to KenFo (the German nuclear decommissioning fund) and is a member of the evaluation committee of the the French OAT.

Ross is a Senior Full Stack Engineer in our London office. He was previously a Lead Engineer at Lloyds Bank, most recently within their innovation and AI department. He was the founder of Swave, a FinTech savings product, and Xeinet, an InsureTech point of sales platform. He started his career as an Engineer at GLG Partners helping them to build out their first systematic trading systems.

Ross read Computer Science at Oxford Brooks University.

Judith is Head of Product and Partnerships at SparkChange. Previously, she was Director of Platform and User Experience at ICIS, a leading global research house for emissions trading analytics, part of RELX. She brings extensive knowledge of US, EU and Chinese carbon markets and is an expert in information architecture and interactive design.

Judith holds an MSc of Industrial Engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

Phil is Head of Sales at SparkChange. He was previously Head of ETF and Indexed Fund Business, EMEA at MSCI, with a particular focus on growth strategies including ESG. Prior to that he spent 15 years at JP Morgan, latterly as their Head of UK Business Management devising their UK strategy and management communications. He is an expert in ESG Investing, with deep experience of how to integrate ESG factors into the investment process of both active and indexed solutions.

Phil is a CFA Charterholder, and received his BA in History from the University of Birmingham (1996).

Tom Middleton is Head of Technology at SparkChange. He was previously Head of Quantitative Services at Itarle Group, a specialist vendor of algorithmic execution and transaction cost analysis platforms for banks and brokers. Prior to that Tom spent 14 years building innovative products and creating new businesses lines in leadership roles in electronic trading at Credit Suisse and Citigroup.

Tom completed a PhD in Chemical Physics (2002), following a Bachelors in Natural Sciences (1998) and a Masters in Chemistry (1999), all from the University of Cambridge.

Michael is the former CEO for Credit Suisse in the Nordics. He is an entrepreneur and a private investor into Financial Technology and Venture Capital, and board member in a number of businesses both in the UK and in the Nordic region.

Gareth is an experienced funds and asset management lawyer, astute manager and mentor, with over 17 years’ experience partnering with investment management businesses. Gareth brings a wealth of experience, most notably from his 15 years at BlackRock where he was Managing Director in Legal & Compliance, including acting as head counsel in EMEA for iShares and BlackRock’s Retail business, as well as leading the broader EMEA Funds Legal team. Gareth has considerable experience in advising businesses and their boards on strategic projects (including as a board director of BlackRock’s Irish management company) and advising on investment products structuring.

Philipp Ruf is Head of Analytics at SparkChange. He was previously the Director of Energy Analytics at ICIS, an analytics provider for global emissions and energy markets, where he led a 45-strong team of analysts. He is a well-regarded figurehead in the carbon markets, and regular speaker on stakeholder consultations, including with the European Parliament and European Commission.

Billal is Head of Sales at SparkChange. He was previously Head of Specialist Equity Sales at HSBC, where he was responsible for delivering investment recommendations to a diverse range of the world’s largest institutional investors, and led the distribution of a number of successful IPOs across the industrials and renewables sectors. He also led the expansion of HSBC’s Alpha Capture product globally, in particular to Asia, to meet investor demand for differentiated electronic trade idea signals covering emerging markets.

Billal is a CFA Charterholder, and received his BA in Economics from Durham University (2009).

Alex is VP Product, US at SparkChange. She was previously a Senior Compliance Advisor at Fidelity Investments and Fidelity Capital Markets in Boston, MA. Alex received her BSc in Economics, Finance, and Law (2017) and MBA (2021) from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Alex holds Series 7 and 24 licenses.

Marc is a Junior Full Stack Engineer at SparkChange. Previously, he was a front-end engineer at Publicis Sapient, a consulting firm where he developed retail onboarding journeys and commercial banking applications for Lloyds Bank. He worked with ReactJS and is a certified Google Associate Cloud Engineer.
Marc graduated from King’s College London with a first-class degree in Computer Science and speaks fluent Spanish, Catalan, and English.