Speakers

Prof Swenja Surminski is Managing Director Climate and Sustainability at global risk management and professional services firm Marsh, responsible for thought leadership and capacity building across sectors and geographies. She is also Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute, part of the London School of Economics, where she oversees cross-sectoral work on climate resilience, leads the EU-funded Naturance project and advises the Coalition of Finance Ministers on physical risks. In 2022 Swenja was appointed by the UK Government to the UK Climate Change Committee, the UK's independent advisor on climate change, initially serving on the adaptation committee and since 2025 as member on both mitigation and adaptation committees. Since 2021 Swenja is the elected Chair of the Management Board of the not for profit MCII, the world’s longest running think tank on climate insurance and resilience solutions for most vulnerable communities, hosted by United Nations University in Bonn, Germany.