Simon Zadek

Simon is the Founder and Managing Partner of Morphosis. He is a member of the Club of Rome, a Distinguished Fellow at the Hoffmann Centre for Global Sustainability at the Graduate Institute in Switzerland, and a Senior Fellow at the Paulson Institute. He is also a founding member of the Steering Board of the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits and a Senior Advisor to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures.

Until recently, he was the founding CEO of NatureFinance. Over four decades, Simon has focused on shaping markets and policy frameworks to advance sustainable development, working with leading businesses, governments, financial regulators, and civil society organisations worldwide.

He previously served as Senior Advisor on Sustainable Finance in the Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General and to the World Economic Forum, co-chaired China’s first Green Finance Taskforce, and led the G20’s work on green finance under the Chinese, Argentinian, and German presidencies.

Simon holds a PhD and is widely published, including the award-winning The Civil Corporation and Time to Plan for a World Beyond 1.5°C.