Partnership of leaders.

Public-private collaboration.

Knowledge for action providers.

Governance.

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.

The Management Board

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.

The Secretariat.

The LeadIT Secretariat is responsible for managing the work of the Leadership Group and is hosted by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).

Per Andersson

Head of Secretariat

per.andersson@sei.org
+46 73 805 5412

Felipe Sanchez

Partnerships Lead

Arati Davis

Business Co-Development, Lead

Mahendra Shunmoogam

Global Policy Lead

Aaron Maltais

Policy Lead

Aneesh Jain

India Lead

Perez Yeptho

Research Associate

Yani Wang

Program Manager

Jane Birch

Communications Lead

Per Andersson

Per Andersson

Head of Secretariat

per.andersson@sei.org
+46 73 805 5412

Per has 20 years of experience in policy making and multilateral partnerships, having worked as a civil servant in Sweden, the UN and the EU on issues including sustainability and innovation, industry policies, as well as climate and environmental affairs.

 

Within LeadIT, Per heads the Secretariat, coordinating its work to ensure LeadIT is reaching the objectives set and agreed upon by its Board and its Members. Per also initiates and develops partnerships and oversees LeadIT’s strategic direction.

Felipe Sanchez

Felipe Sanchez

Partnerships Lead

Felipe leads the Secretariat’s efforts to support two parallel industry transition partnerships between the governments of India-Sweden and Brazil-UK and is the focal point for other partnership activities. He brings his expertise in policy development and identifying issues related to policy implementation.

 

Arati Davis

Arati Davis

Business Co-Development, Lead

Arati is the Secretariat Lead for the pillar of our work that encompasses technology co-development between businesses. She works to bring together different actors within industry to find shared solutions to drive decarbonization and net zero goals.

Arati offers extensive experience working with businesses and forging partnerships in the Nordics and India from previous roles with Government, non-profits and Business Councils.

Mahendra Shunmoogam

Mahendra Shunmoogam

Global Policy Lead

Mahendra is the lead for our global policy work, acting as a strategic bridge between governments, LeadIT members, and partners. He supports industry transition efforts by connecting them to international policy and the financial ecosystem and helping ensure that key challenges are addressed, collaborations are explored, and open dialogue is fostered.

He brings more than a decade of experience in climate and trade-related policy, multilateral diplomacy, and international law.

Aaron Maltais

Aaron Maltais

Policy Lead

Aaron is the Policy Lead within the LeadIT Secretariat. Aaron is a policy and finance expert with twenty years of experience working on climate and sustainability transitions and engaging with private and public actors.

 

Within LeadIT, Aaron works together with LeadIT Members from government and industry on policy issues for supporting industrial transitions globally. 

Aneesh Jain

Aneesh Jain

India Lead

Aneesh is based in Delhi and is the secretariat lead for engagements with stakeholders in India.  He has more than  15 years of experience in sustainability and energy, building multi-stakeholder partnerships and collaborating with multilateral agencies, as well as state, national, and international governments.

Perez Yeptho

Perez Yeptho

Research Associate

Perez is an Analyst within the LeadIT Secretariat. He conducts analysis on the pace and scope of heavy industry transition and works to enhance and develop our Green Steel Tacker and Green Cement Technology trackers. Perez also works on the India-Sweden Industry Transition Partnership.

Yani Wang

Yani Wang

Program Manager

Yani works as the program manager at the LeadIT Secretariat. In addition to coordinating across the initiative to help meet the program objectives, she works to support the strategic program development to boost coherence, effectiveness, and impact. Her work cuts across all three strategic pillars of LeadIT and she actively engages with partners and members to ensure successful and impactful execution of program activities.

Jane Birch

Jane Birch

Communications Lead

Jane leads the Secretariat’s global communications efforts. Her role is to drive impact for the work of LeadIT through communications plans, providing strategic advice to help maximize the global influence.

 

Within the LeadIT Secretariat, Jane is responsible for planning and developing communications activities on industry transition in collaboration with LeadIT members and partners.