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Climate action beyond compliance:
An honest conversation on transition planning

Nicolai Ellehuus, Director – Corporate Responsibility at Bang & Olufsen

Nicolai Ellehuus is a lawyer of background with extensive international experience having lived in France, United States and China.

He has primarily worked in the pharmaceutical sector after starting his career in the financial sector, and now since 2019 having worked at Bang & Olufsen, where he as global head of Corporate Responsibility oversees the company’s Sustainability, Compliance, Risk Management, Insurance, Data Privacy and Quality Management functions.

He is a member of the Extended Leadership Team, chairs the Sustainability Committee and the Compliance Committee, as well as is a member of the IT Security Committee.

Rastislav Zamboj, Head of Corporate Sustainability (interim) at Bang & Olufsen

Rastislav Zamboj is professional environmentalist and sustainability manager with more than 10 years of experience advising on environmental topics and climate change initiatives.

He spent majority of his carrier in Slovak Republic where had advised as Environmental and Social Manager at key infrastructure constructions and up to 2023 he was working as Director General of the Circular Economy Directorate for the Ministry of Environment of The Slovak Republic, spearheading strategies on mitigating the triple planetary crisis as well as implementing the Green Deal initiatives on the state level.

He is currently working for Bang & Olufsen in Denmark as Head of Corporate Sustainability, driving the change and transition to circular economy, advocating for longevity, repairability and decarbonisation.

Ivan Sitár, Advanced Sustainability Advisor, External Relations & Sustainability at VELUX

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Tom Cumberlege, Director Business Services at The Carbon Trust

Tom is a Director at the Carbon Trust specialising in strategic climate change advice to large organisations.

He leads the development of projects across a wide range of sectors including agriculture, food and drink processing, retail, FMCG, ICT, manufacturing and financial services.

He has experience across a wide range of consulting projects including climate risk and opportunity assessments, value chain and product footprinting, target setting and decarbonisation strategies.

Andrew Yague, Consultant at The Carbon Trust

Andrew is a Consultant primarily supporting clients in the ICT, energy and power, and construction sectors set science-based targets, develop their decarbonisation strategy and roadmaps and look beyond their value chain at how their products and services are driving emission reduction impacts more globally.

Andrew graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a degree in Computer Science and Language.

He has spent the majority of his career in Technology and Renewable Energy. He is also fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Vivien McEwen, Senior Client Analyst, Nordics at The Carbon Trust

Vivien is a Senior Client Analyst with her main responsibilities lying in the manufacturing industry within the Nordic region (Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway), with additional specialisation in the agriculture and packaging sector.

She supports corporates in identifying how to measure, manage and reduce their carbon impact across their own operations, products and supply chains; setting targets and assessing progress against them; and developing tailored decarbonisation roadmaps.

Before working at the Carbon Trust, Vivien worked within the field of circular economy and holds an MSc in Leadership and Change Management from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She is fluent in English and German.