Georgina Beasley

Georgina Beasley (MA, LLB (Honours)) is the CEO of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, leading its efforts to ensure the law accelerates the transition to net zero emissions. Georgina has worked in environmental law and both domestic and international climate policy and strategy, including as a UNFCCC negotiator for New Zealand and as a private secretary to New Zealand Ministers for Climate Change. Georgina is driven by connection and community, believing that both are critical to solving the climate crisis.

Fazilat Damani

Fazilat Damani (MLA, MSc, BBA (Honours)) is the COO of the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance and brings a wealth of experience in strategic leadership and business transformation. With over a decade in various executive roles, she specialises in driving operational excellence and sustainability initiatives. Fazilat's expertise in risk management, financial governance, and innovation makes her a key player in advancing the Alliance's mission towards a transition to net zero.

Jemima Jamieson

Jemima Jamieson (LLM (Honours), MSc (Distinction), BA) is a Senior Executive at the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance. With a diverse background that spans report writing, environmental law and climate change policy, Jemima plays a key role in progressing the work of the Accelerator Groups, with an initial focus on fiduciary duties.

Lara Douvartzidis

Lara Douvartzidis (LLB, BEnvs, LLM (Ad.), GDLP) is a Senior Legal Executive at the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance. She has extensive experience in environmental law, disputes and business and human rights law, having worked in both private practice and legal policy, including leading the International Bar Association UNFCCC delegation. She serves as an Officer of the IBA Business and Human Rights Committee and is an Associate Fellow of the Centre For International Sustainable Development Law. She lives by the motto 'Teamwork makes the dream work'.

Tiago Fougo

Tiago (LLB) is the office manager at Net Zero Lawyers Alliance. With a background in law and a former career in professional cycling, he brings dedication and discipline to every aspect of his work. Currently pursuing an LLM and preparing for the SQE 1 & 2 exams, Tiago draws on his paralegal experience and programming, IT and analytics skills to provide methodical and effective support to NZLA.

Darren Broad

Darren Broad (MSc, LLB (Honours) is a part-time seconded Trainee Solicitor from the international law firm Clyde & Co LLP. Darren has a background in sustainable retail having worked for Lush Cosmetics and is currently sat within Clyde & Co’s internal sustainability and pro bono team for his third seat. Darren Joined us in September 2024 and will be a part of the team for 6 months, immersing himself in various projects and bringing a fresh perspective to the team.

Kelly Clark

Kelly Clark is a leading speaker, advisor and consultant, working at the convergence of systems change, climate finance and macro-economics. In this dynamic role she draws on her significant experience in leading both philanthropic and capital market efforts that unite finance with positive impact outcomes. From 2019-June 2023 she was the Director of the Finance & Capital Market programme at Laudes Foundation. Prior to this she was the Founder/Director of the Finance Dialogue, a think tank leveraging institutional investors to accelerate the net zero carbon transition. In her early career, Kelly spent 10 years as a banker, culminating in her role as the Head of South East Asian Private Banking for UBS out of Hong Kong.

Anna-Marie Slot

Anna-Marie is the co-founder of Transition Value Partners, a strategic advisory working with boards and C-suite at the intersection of transition planning and policy, is a seasoned senior finance partner with nearly three decades of experience. Her expertise spans leveraged finance, climate-related transition and strategic governance. She has advised on over US$6 billion of sustainable finance transactions and hundreds of finance deals across Asia, Europe, the UK and the US. She won IJGlobal’s 2023 ESG Pioneer award and the Most Innovative Sustainable Lawyer at the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2021. She is a board director for the Net Zero Lawyers Alliance, a Race to Zero accelerator for private practice law firms. She also advises Carbonaires, a carbon management company and Vested Impact, a fintech startup delivering on impact assessment. As Ashurst's first Global ESG Partner, Anna-Marie created the firm's Sustainability strategy across practices and industries through engagement with clients and internally. She also created, curated and hosted '30 for Net Zero 30' on ESG Matters@Ashurst, a highly successful podcast series reaching over 80 countries. ​

Nathalie Allen

Nathalie Allen-Prince is an experienced international arbitration lawyer specialising in both international commercial arbitration and investor state disputes. Nathalie represents clients before key arbitral institutions including ICC, LCIA, SCC, ICSID and AAA and in arbitrations conducted under the UNCITRAL Rules, ICSID and under foreign investment laws. Nathalie has also acted in many arbitrations governed by a variety of different jurisdictions.