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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.