Our team

The Business for Nature coalition is staffed by a small team, who coordinate and communicate with Partners, Strategic Advisors and other stakeholders, and are responsible for Business for Nature’s day-to-day activities.

Albert Askeljung

Prior to joining Business for Nature, Albert worked as a Policy Officer for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). His expertise is within thought leadership, media relations, and knowledge management. For almost a decade, Albert has worked extensively on supporting lifelong learning for sustainable development among political decision-makers and business executives, including through e-learning and other innovative learning approaches.

Fun fact: Albert is a trained farrier and ran his own company for a couple of years early in his career.

Anna Brearley

As part of Accenture's Sustainability Services hub, Anna works with private and public organizations to embed sustainability into the fabric of a business, through working with senior leadership teams and boards to build sustainability into the design of the organization. Prior to Accenture, Anna worked with private sector clients on large-scale digital transformation programs after studying Physical Geography and Earth Systems Sciences and gaining a Master's degree in Sustainability and Management.

Fun fact: Anna is a keen cyclist (both road and mountain biking) and can often be found racing around the UK (Or on Zwift!).

Pallavi Kalita

Prior to joining Business for Nature, Pallavi worked for several years with the Delegation of the European Union to India where she focused on international trade policy research and advocacy. She also served as a Trade Policy Advisor to the British High Commission, New Delhi. In addition, Pallavi has worked as a researcher with premier Indian think tanks, including the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER). She holds a Masters in Economics from the University of Warwick, UK.

Fun fact: Pallavi is passionate about travel and can spend countless hours preparing detailed itineraries, both for herself and for others.

Laureen Missaire

As part of Accenture’s Sustainability Services hub, Laureen is an experienced sustainability professional and has a varied skillset ranging from water security competencies to strategic planning, ESG reporting and data management. Prior to Accenture, she worked at CDP and successfully navigated the intersection of corporate initiatives and capital markets to drive business action. Additionally, she played a key role in implementing software and AI solutions for carbon accounting, aligning GHG reporting programs with industry best practices. Laureen holds an MSc in Sustainability Science and Policy from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Fun fact: When away from her desk, Laureen can be found in the ceramic studio throwing tableware.

Camila Bonilla

As a journalist specialized in environmental reporting, Camila has an interest for understanding the social, economic and political drivers that pose challenges to nature and climate action. Before joining Business for Nature, she worked at El Espectador, Colombia's oldest national newspaper, reporting on the energy transition and biodiversity loss. She is currently doing her Master's Degree on Conflicts, Development and Human Rights at Universidad de Granada.

Fun fact: Camila loves the outdoors in Colombia and has travelled through páramos, turtle nesting spots in northern beaches and spend the night in the middle of the Amazon rainforest.

Coline Ganz

In the past decade, Coline has honed her skills in program & people management and monitoring and evaluation, implementing livelihoods and conservation programs for local and international organizations in Cambodia and Germany. She spends her free time discussing degrowth and ecofeminism.  

Fun fact: Coline helped save a Sun Bear in a tiny Cambodian village along the Mekong.  

Sooto Ajayi

Sooto aims to scale the impact of ambitious leaders and organizations committed to serving their communities and advancing the sustainable development goals. Prior to joining Business for Nature, she worked as the Communications and Engagement Specialist for the World Economic Forum’s Ocean Action Agenda which convenes global leaders from various sectors to fast-track solutions for the most pressing ocean challenges.

Fun fact: Sooto is a proud pan-African by philosophy and upbringing. Although Nigerian by blood, she was born in Cote D’Ivoire and raised in Zambia, Malawi, and Kenya. 

Quentin Meekers

As part of Accenture’s Sustainability Services hub, Quentin works with private companies to push the Nature & Biodiversity topic on top of their agenda, this after spending 4 years focusing on the circularity agenda. Using his industrial background to understand their many challenges, he helps businesses navigate the complexity of the landscape as well as he challenges their ambitions daily. Prior to Accenture, he worked at Umicore on the recycling of precious metals thanks to his master degree in material science. He also worked at Tenneco, an automotive manufacturer, leading one of the manufacturing lines.

Fun fact: Quentin very recently adopted 3 adorable Indian Runner ducks, helping him to transform the salad-eaters (namely slugs) daily into delicious eggs. Join him in Nivelles for a delicious Omelette!