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Meet The Team

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Founding Director

Rob Evans

Founder of Earth Active and Living Earth. Rob brings 30+ years of experience in ESG finance, project development, and strategic advisory roles, with deep fieldwork in Asia and Africa. Previously worked on large-scale climate and biodiversity initiatives with DFIs and private investors.

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Managing Director/CEO

Jon Grayson

Former CEO & COO of Carbon Tracker, the climate finance think tank that coined stranded assets. Jon brings 20+ years’ experience across sustainable finance, governance, and systems thinking. He has advised banks and NGOs on structuring forestry and conservation finance with focus on soft commodity supply chains.

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Commercial & Project Director

Alex Friend

Alex in the acquisition and value creation across Venture Capital and Growth Equity projects, most notably with Macquarie Capital and the Green Investment Group focusing on delivering diversified growth through bridging  management teams, investors and operational delivery on complex green transition and infrastructure projects.

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Natural Capital & Markets Director

Brett Jacobs

Ex-Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets. Brett has expertise in capital markets, corporate finance, and fundraising, with a track record in aligning growth ventures with investor expectations and financial strategy.

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Project design lead

Niall Marriot

Over 30 years working at the nexus of climate, environment, finance and social development.  He is a specialist in the carbon markets and the use of cross-sector partnerships to address complex institutional, policy and development bottlenecks.

Niall brings particular experience of bringing different actors in a landscape together around strategic development challenges and aligning the needs of private investors with the goals of inclusive, low-carbon development policies and outcomes.

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Chair

Dan Wajzner

Chairman of Earth Active and  Managing Director of Document Logistx, Dan brings over 3o years of management consulting, business start up and contracting expertise to the organisation.

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