We were delighted to host a dinner with James Cameron, Chair of Crown Agents, and a group of senior leaders working in the fields of sustainability and climate change from financial services, industry, government and academia. Hosted by Saxton Bampfylde Consultants, Jonathan Morgan, Aidan Kennedy and Rhianna Gerry, it was a fascinating evening’s discussion, hearing James’s insights with great optimism about the climate challenge and what meaningful changes can be achieved; and his reflections on COP28 and the transition away from fossil fuels.
Biography – James Cameron
An award-winning recognised authority in the global climate change movement and a qualified Barrister with 30+ years’ experience, James Cameron serves on boards and advisory committees across financial, legal, academic, and governmental organisations. These include Crown Agents, Ignite, Octopus (ORIT), Orbital Energy, Pollination Group, Verv, and the Overseas Development Institute (Chairman 2012 – 2020). Until 2015, James was Chairman of Climate Change Capital (CCC), which he co-founded in 2003 and developed into an investment bank employing 150 people with US$1.6 billion under management.
Prior to CCC, James was Counsel to Baker & McKenzie and was the founder and the head of their Climate Change and Clean Energy Practice and co-founded the Foundation for International Environmental Law and Development (FIELD) and the Centre for International Environmental Law (CIEL). His legal career focused on climate matters including negotiating the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol as an advisor to the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS).
James is a Friend of COP26 and was an advisor to Presidencies of the COP20, COP22, COP23, COP28 climate negotiations and a previous London Sustainable Development Commissioner. He has academic appointments at Yale, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Grantham Institute, and the Colorado School of Mines.