Rhian-Mari Thomas

GREEN FINANCE INSTITUTE

Rhian-Mari Thomas is CEO of the Green Finance Institute, an organisation at the forefront of shaping how finance can be used to facilitate real economy transition. 

Rhian previously spent 20 years in investment banking and corporate finance and was the first person to be awarded an OBE for services to green banking. She is a former member of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and is Senior Advisor to the Taskforce on Nature-Related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), having co-chaired its launch.

Rhian serves as a trustee of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) UK, and advisor to the carbon credit ratings agency, BeZero Carbon. She also serves on several working groups and advisory boards for the UK Government, Welsh Senedd and the World Economic Forum.

A fluent Welsh speaker, Rhian holds a PhD in Physics from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.