Nigel Topping
- Member of CISL Advisory Board
- Co-Founder, Ambition Loop
- Chair UK Climate Change Committee
About
Nigel Topping CMG has led and been involved in many global initiatives uniting business and governments in tackling climate change. He is the co-founder of AmbitionLoop, a not-for-profit organization working to facilitate systemic change through radical collaboration between businesses and governments. He served as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP26, where he launched global initiatives like Race To Zero, Race To Resilience and GFANZ. He is a Non-Executive Director of the National Wealth Fund, Chair of the UK Climate Change Committee, Senior Fellow at Mission Possible Partnership, and strategic advisor to the 57-country collaboration launched at Glasgow, the Breakthrough Agenda. Prior to this he was CEO of the We Mean Business Coalition following an 18-year career running and owning manufacturing businesses. Nigel was awarded a CMG in 2022 in Queen Elizabeth II's final honours list for his contribution to accelerating action on climate change and is Honorary Professor of Economics at Exeter University.