Ana Toni is an economist and a PhD in Political Science, currently the Executive Director of Instituto Clima e Sociedade (iCS) and Co-Founder of GIP (Public Interest Management).

From 2003 until May 2011, Ana was the Representative for the Ford Foundation in Brazil, during which time she oversaw the Foundation’s work in the areas of human rights, sustainable development, racial and ethical discrimination, sexuality and reproductive health, media democratisation and land rights. She was also responsible for coordinating the regional Latin America funding on Economics and Globalisation, the IBSA initiative (a collaboration between Brazil, South Africa and India) and the International Initiative on Intellectual Property Rights.

From 1998 to 2002, Ana was the Executive Director of ActionAid Brazil, working for the eradication of poverty and inequality through community development projects and leading public policy, advocacy and campaigning work at national and international levels. Ana also worked for ActionAid UK as Policy Advisor (1990 – 1993), representing the organisation at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

She worked for Greenpeace from 1993 to 1997; first, as the International Head of the Political Unit based at Greenpeace International in Amsterdam, and subsequently as Senior Advisor for Greenpeace Germany. Ana was Board Chair of Greenpeace Brazil from 2000 to 2003 and Board Chair of Greenpeace International from 2010 to 2017. 

Ana has previously served as Board member of GIFE (the Brazilian Private Social Investment Association), WINGS, ITS and Wikimedia Foundation. Currently, she is member of the Brazilian Women Leaders for Sustainability Network and Board member of Agência Pública, Gold Standard Foundation, ClimaInfo, Instituto República, International Transparency and IPAM. 

Ana holds a degree in Economic and Social Studies from Swansea University, a Masters degree in Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK), and a PhD in Political Science from the Rio de Janeiro State University (Brazil). 

Yvo de Boer works with development agencies to ensure that their strategy and organizational structure are aligned with the challenges of the day.

Prior to joining Gold Standard as President, Yvo de Boer served as Director-General of the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), significantly expanding its operational partnerships and bringing financial stability to the Institute. He also worked as KPMG’s Global Chairman of Climate Change & Sustainability Services, helping companies to develop a broad definition of value which recognizes social, human, environmental, intellectual capitals in addition to financial capital.

Yvo led the international process to respond to climate change in the role of Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2006 to 2010. Throughout his career, he has focused on the economics of sustainability to help policymakers and the business community understand the consequences of acting, or failing to act, in economic, social and environmental terms. 

Yvo received a knighthood from her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands in 2009 and the Dutch Climate Award in 2010. In 2018, Yvo received the European Practitioner Achievement Award in Applying Environmental Economics.

Matt has worked in more than 50 countries on 6 continents and published a textbook on climate change: The Complete Guide to Climate Change (Routledge). He has developed and prepared projects and programmes with key private, public and multilateral partners across a range of technologies and types: reforestation, avoided deforestation, agroforestry, wind, geothermal, hydro, biogas/biomass, solar PV, lighting and SHW systems, household and building energy efficiency, methane capture and use, industrial energy efficiency (cement, power stations, transmission) and behaviour change. He has also undertaken several adaptation projects, primarily related to water management/IWRM and assessing and improving the resilience of infrastructure.

Matt has a Bachelor of Civil Engineering, and completed his Masters of Environmental Engineering Science by research on climate risks to large infrastructure (particularly dams). Matt has worked in a parastatal in NSW, Australia; with the federal governments of Australia and Canada; the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the donor agency AusAID a medium sized private sector company focused on central Africa, and as an independent consultant providing strategic advisory services to governments and multinational companies. 

Matt has been actively involved with the Gold Standard Foundation almost since it’s outset, and is Chair of the Gold Standard Technical Advisory Committee.