The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) was launched by the prime ministers of Sweden and India with support from the World Economic Forum (WEF) during the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit on 23 September, 2019, in New York.
Representatives from Sweden, India and the World Economic Forum make up LeadIT’s Management Board. A Technical and Expert Committee, made up of LeadIT member representatives, advises the Board. The Board approves new members and decides on the workplan of the Secretariat.
Oliver heads the LeadIT Secretariat. He has over 12 years’ experience in the field of sustainable energy and climate change, focusing on low-carbon innovation, energy sector governance and industry decarbonization.
Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Oliver has overall responsibility for strategy and implementation of the LeadIT workplan. Oliver leads engagement with the LeadIT Management Board and Technical and Expert Committee.
Gökce leads the evidence and analysis work at the LeadIT Secretariat. Gökce is a research professional with a decade of regulatory analysis, project development and stakeholder management experience focused on energy and industry transitions.
Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Gökce leads conceptual and methodological development of analysis on industry transitions and socio-technical change and provides recommendations to government and industry leaders on industry transitions.
Robert leads the partnerships work at the LeadIT Secretariat. Over the last ten years, he has lead communications and engagement capacity building efforts and developed effective science-policy communication methods that are focused on results and the needs of stakeholders.
Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Rob is responsible for implementation of the LeadIT Summit and development of industry transition dialogues bringing together country and company members.
Somya Joshi
Roadmaps Lead
Somya leads the Industry Transition Roadmaps work at the LeadIT Secretariat. She is a expert in decision making support, stakeholder engagement, technology and process innovation towards realizing the sustainable development goals.
Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Somya leads the creation of an interactive guide on how to design roadmaps and analysis on how developing nations might engage in industry transition.
Andrea Lindblom leads communication for the LeadIT Secretariat. She is an expert in climate communications with experience as a multimedia journalist.
Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Andrea is responsible for developing and implementing the communications strategy, covering user engagement, website development, events, publications and social media.
Sara is an analyst within the LeadIT Secretariat. She is an expert on foresight methodologies, with an emphasis on exploratory scenarios and decision making under uncertainty.
Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Sara mainly works on the works on the Industry Transition Tracker and analysis of how future socioeconomic drivers could accelerate or hinder industry decarbonization pathways.
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