Tony O’Sullivan
Founder & Executive ChairTony is the Founder and Executive Chair of Pollination, a global asset management and advisory firm focused on climate transition and a nature-positive future.
Tony was appointed Chair of the SMI’s Natural Capital Investment Alliance (NCIA) Task Force in October 2022. The NCIA was formed in recognition of the need to mobilise investment in nature-based investment opportunities. The NCIA has now merged with the Asset Manager and Asset Owner (AMAO) Task Force to collaborate on efforts, inter alia, around establishing Nature as an asset class.
Tony recently co-chaired the Demand Working Group of the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB). This panel, a joint UK/French governmental initiative, was launched in Paris in September 2021 by His Majesty King Charles III and President Macron. The IAPB’s mission is to create a Biodiversity Credit framework enabling the global private sector to contribute meaningfully to financing high-quality ecosystem protection and restoration.