Platform team and Advisory board

Platform team

The European Business and Biodiversity (EU B&B) Platform team is comprised of the EU B&B Secretariat and the EU B&B workstream leaders.

Platform Secretariat

Vinati Chaudhari
Project Manager
Vinati Chaudhari is an experienced sustainability professional and Managing Consultant at ICF. She works across a range of projects related to nature, biodiversity, clean technologies, and sustainable finance within the EU and UK contexts.
At ICF, Vinati leads teams and manages projects that contribute to the integration of climate considerations into policy and business practices. She is currently the Project and Team Manager for the European Commission’s “EU Business and Biodiversity Platform,” where she coordinates the delivery of activities that promote knowledge sharing and collaboration among stakeholders on business and biodiversity topics.
Her favourite nature-related activity: Hiking the great walks in New Zealand.
vinati [dot] chaudhariicf [dot] com (Contact Vinati Chaudhari)
Lola Bourboulon
Coordinator
Lola Bourboulon is a graduate in Public Policy and International Relations. She specialised in climate and environmental policies and transition to sustainable economies. She coordinates the delivery of work on the EU Business and Biodiversity Platform for the European Commission.
Her favourite nature-related activity: Swimming in an ocean
Lola [dot] Bourboulonicf [dot] com (Contact Lola Bourboulon)
Pia Malia
Coordinator
Pia is an Economist with expertise in Economic Policy and a background in public policy analysis and strategy consulting. She is based in ICF’s London office and supports the management of the B&B Platform’s secretariat activities and tasks under Workstream Mainstreaming.
Her favourite nature-related activity: Cycling across England
Pia [dot] Maliaicf [dot] com (Contact Pia Malia)
Giulia Shaughnessy
Head of the Secretariat
Giulia is a consultant with a background in environmental policy, economics, and international politics. She is based in ICF's Brussels office and supports the B&B Platform's research and communication activities.
Her favourite nature-related activity: Cliff-jumping into the ocean.
James Hennessy
Web and graphic designer
James is professional graphic designer. He provides graphic design support on a range of digital and print productions of the Platform.
His favourite nature-related activity: Hiking up the Scottish mountains

Platform workstream leaders

Johan Lammerant
Methods workstream leader
Johan Lammerant is Lead Expert Natural Capital and Biodiversity within Arcadis (based in Belgium). His core expertise areas are business & biodiversity, natural capital accounting (NCA), ecosystem services, environmental impact assessment, green/blue infrastructure and Natura 2000. He is a co-author of the Natural Capital Protocol (2016). Within the EU Business & Biodiversity Platform, since 2017, he is leading the methodological work related to the assessment of available and emerging corporate biodiversity measurement approaches.
His favourite nature-related activity: Wildlife photography
johan [dot] lammerantarcadis [dot] com (Contact Johan Lammerant)
Anne-Marie Bor
Finance workstream leader
Anne-Marie Bor is a transition manager delivering process management for sustainability collaboration. Her company NextGreen leads communities of practice and multi stakeholder dialogues for businesses, financial institutions, local authorities and NGOs. Looking for innovative revenue models for naturebased solutions and enhance transparency in supply chains. Together with Anita de Horde, Anne-Marie Bor has also set up the Finance for Biodiversity Pledge and Foundation responding to the needs from the EU Finance and Biodiversity Community members.
Her favourite nature-related activity: Hiking in the mountains, or dunes in the Netherlands
Contact Anne-Marie Bor
Pia Malia
Mainstreaming workstream leader
Pia is an Economist with expertise in Economic Policy and a background in public policy analysis and strategy consulting. She is based in ICF’s London office and supports the management of the B&B Platform’s secretariat activities and tasks under Workstream Mainstreaming.
Her favourite nature-related activity: Cycling across England
Pia [dot] Maliaicf [dot] com (Contact Pia Malia)

Advisory Board

The EU B&B Advisory Board is composed of senior managers from businesses, Member States, NGOs and European Commission services. It aims to provide strategic advice and guide the long-term objectives of the EU B&B Platform and forge linkages with other relevant private and public initiatives and the wider business community.

The tasks of the Advisory Board include:

Reviewing and advising on the priorities for the EU B&B Platform and its workstreams;
Advising on potential linkages with other policy areas (e.g. circular economy, water, industry, air, etc.) and highlighting key policy developments from a business perspective;
Representing the views of other ongoing initiatives and identifying synergies for further collaborations;
Advising on upcoming initiatives and events, opportunities for communication and dissemination of outputs, and potential wider collaboration; and
Identifying ways to raise awareness about the activities of the Platform to external audiences and within their own organisations.

The members of the Advisory Board listed below reflect those who attended the 2026 Advisory Board meeting. The list will be updated following the completion of the 2027 Advisory Board meeting to reflect the updated membership.

Members of the Advisory Board

Member	Organisation
Ion Codescu (Chair of the Advisory Board)	European Commission, DG ENV
Andras Krolopp	The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Arnaud Goessens	Wildlife Conservation Society EU Office
Bart Vandewaetere	Nestle
Candice Dott	Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Dimitrios Dimopoulos	Piraeus Bank
Emine Isciel	Storebrand asset management
Eva Mayerhofer	European Investment Bank
Fleur Van Ooststroom-Brummel	European Commission, DG RTD
Hadrien Gaudin-Hamama	Mirova
Jesus Carrasco Naranjo	Iberdrola
Lars Dinesen	Biodiversa+
Laura Fisher	World Economic Forum (WEF)
Marco Lambertini	Nature Positive Initiative
Maria Campos	World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Marion Aubert	European Commission, DG FISMA
Marie-Morgan Grebent	Decathlon
Martin Lok	Capitals Coalition
Michael Ristaniemi	European Commission, DG GROW
Nicolas Poolen	World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Romie Goedicke	United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Shane Sparg	Heidelberg Materials