David is a founding Director and Deputy Chairman of ClimateWorks Australia, an independent, research-based, non-profit organisation committed to catalysing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions in Australia, Pacific and South East Asia.  He is also a Director at Australian Desert Expeditions, a not-for-profit organisation undertaking scientific research in Australian deserts, and Managing Director of Laradoc Pty Ltd, a privately owned agribusiness company with interests in the pastoral, livestock and viticulture sectors.  

In addition to being  President of Gold Standard – a position he has held since 2014 – David sits on the Advisory Board of the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED). CEED is an Australian Research Council (ARC) partnership between universities and other research institutions, and is the world's leading research centre for solving environmental management problems and evaluating the outcomes of environmental actions.  

David has a Graduate Diploma (Hons) in Agriculture from Adelaide University (Australia), and has been directly involved in the management and strategic direction of a number of privately owned agribusiness companies.  

Ana Toni is 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 is currently Chair of the Board for Greenpeace International.

Ana has previously served as Board member of GIFE (the Brazilian Private Social Investment Association) and the Wikimedia Foundation. Currently, she is Board member of WINGS and of the Baoba Fund for Racial Equity, and still integrates the Brazilian Forum of Women’s Leaders on Sustainability.
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

Yvo de Boer, a Partner at SRI Executive, currently works with development agencies to ensure that their strategy and organizational structure are aligned with the challenges of the day.

Prior to joining SRI Executive, Yvo 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.