Ambroise Fayolle was appointed to his current position in February 2015. He is responsible for climate action, just transition and energy efficiency for SMEs. He is also responsible for funding and treasury of the EIB and is a board member of the European Investment Fund. In addition, he oversees the EIB’s activities in France, as well as in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Pacific Ocean. A graduate from the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, he spent most of his career in various positions at the French Treasury Department, in the IMF and the World Bank.
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Paul Ekins
Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy
University College London (UCL)
Paul Ekins has a PhD in economics from the University of London and works at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources at University College London. He was deputy director of the UK Energy Research Centre from 2014-2019. He is a member of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) International Resource Panel (IRP), for which he has lead reports on resource efficiency and critical minerals for the energy transition. His new book is Stopping Climate Change: Policies for Real Zero (Routledge, 2024). In 1994 Paul Ekins received a Global 500 Award ”for outstanding environmental achievement” from UNEP. In the UK New Year’s Honours List for 2015 he received an OBE for services to environmental policy.
Cecilia began her professional career at Deloitte in 2008. Currently, she leads a cross-sector team of circularity experts to address circularity projects in four areas: creation of new business models, circularity measurement, eco-design and regulatory compliance. Cecilia is also part of the Deloitte Global Circularity team, leading the circular economy hub for fashion and consumer goods at Deloitte Global and its circularity measurement offerings.
