2023

Daina Spedding is an Investor at BGF and is responsible for finding and completing new investment opportunities, as well as supporting the boards of the investee companies. Daina has led numerous investments at BGF since joining the team in 2019, with a particular focus on the consumer and e-commerce sectors. She is passionate about backing female founders in particular and developing BGF’s Diversity and Inclusion strategy.

Before joining BGF’s London team, she worked at Blue Coast Capital, a single family backed investment group focusing on consumer investments globally. Daina has also spent five years in PwC’s transaction services team, specialising in company valuations and analysis. Daina is CFA qualified and holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Management from EDHEC Business School in France. She is married and has two young sons who keep her on her toes at all times.

Harriet Lamb is passionate about environmental and social issues with a track record in making a difference around the globe. She is an experienced CEO who built the global movement Fairtrade – a certification scheme that sets standards to make trade fairer, working with producers in the developing world as well as thousands of companies and retailers, and creating a vibrant grassroots movement.

Following 15 years with Fairtrade – as CEO of the UK Fairtrade Foundation and then of Fairtrade International – Harriet led International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation. She was then appointed CEO of Ashden, which promotes just climate solutions including sustainable energy in the UK and globally.

Harriet has won a number of awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year, and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Sara is a conscious innovator, expert in how to buy consciously,  impact entrepreneur, and a transformational mentor. Her list of accomplishments include pioneering the world’s first 100% sustainable luxury denim brand and being the recipient of Grazia magazine’s award for sustainable entrepreneur of the year.

Sofía joined the FAIRR Initiative in April 2021 as Investor Outreach Manager. She leads FAIRR’s investor outreach efforts in francophone and hispanophone countries and supports outreach activities globally. She also coordinates FAIRR’s involvement in the multi-stakeholder initiative ‘Investor Action on AMR’. Previously, she led the Innovative Finance Programme of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN).

Sofía joined the FAIRR Initiative in April 2021 and is responsible for investor outreach. Prior to this, she led the Innovative Finance Programme of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). She has also worked as a Strategy Specialist at the World Economic Forum and an Analyst at J.P. Morgan.

Sofía holds a BA in International Relations and Economics from the University of Geneva, an MA in International Development and Economics from the Graduate Institute of Geneva, as well as an MSc in Public Health and Health Economics from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She also holds a CFA certificate in ESG Investing. Sofía has worked on projects and initiatives in Europe, Latin America, and Africa and is fluent in English, Spanish, and French.

Juliane Caillouette-Noble came to the Sustainable Restaurant Association as Development Director in 2016 after five years of running Jamie Oliver’s programmes for improving school food and food education across the UK.

The SRA is a not for profit membership organisation committed to accelerating change toward an environmentally restorative and socially progressive hospitality sector in the UK. As Development Director, Juliane’s role included designing and developing strategic partnerships and campaigns, ensuring that the impact and influence of the SRA grows along with the size of the membership body. Juliane became the Managing Director of the SRA in January and looks forward to working with the industry to build back better and greener post Covid.