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Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert holds a Master’s in English, Foreign Literature and Civilisation and a Master’s in Communications from Organisations. Starting as an English teacher she developed her career through her communication strategy consulting company where she assisted small businesses and SMEs in their marketing and strategic development. A citizen engaged in community life, founder and then President of a Young Local Economic Chamber, Marjolaine defends politics, in its Athenian sense: “to improve the life of the city”. She got involved in public life during the 2016 regional elections becoming regional advisor of the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region. She was then elected MP in Isère in June 2017. Member of the Commission for Sustainable Development, she was appointed a Co-host of the Building Benovation Plan in December 2017.

Lynn has worked in the Scottish Government for 15 years in a wide number of different roles covering education, skills and business. After a spell in the First Minister’s Private Office she joined the Energy and Climate Change Directorate where she currently works on energy efficiency. Her team oversees a range of policies that aim to reduce fuel poverty and reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Earlier this year Lynn worked across the Scottish Government to publish the Scottish Government’s Route Map for Energy Efficient Scotland.:

Mieke Maerten works for the Service for Environment and Climate of the City of Ghent. She has been working on strategies to stimulate and enable all citizens of Ghent to renovate their homes in an energy efficient way. The Ghentian policy to boost energy renovations is based on countering barriers and enforcing drivers, using insights from behavioural science.

Stephen is a chartered building services engineer who has worked in consultancy, local government and industrial research. He has expertise in energy and carbon reduction in buildings and has worked in building energy and sustainability certification. He is currently Technical Lead for the WorldGBC Europe Network’s Energy Efficiency Mortgages project. This ground-breaking EU funded project is developing proposals for a mortgage financing initiative to support energy efficiency improvements in buildings to help deliver the EU’s ambitious climate targets. In this role, Stephen is working closely with Green Building Councils and Regional Partners in Europe and collaborating with stakeholders and experts from across the region. Prior to joining WorldGBC, he completed an indutry-based doctorate (EngD) with Sainsbury’s and the University of Reading, focusing on uncertainty in carbon-based design and investment decisions for buildings.

Stephanie is the Head of Sustainable Capital Markets, which is part of the Debt Capital Markets Structuring and Solutions Group within Global Markets. In this capacity, she is the product sponsor for green and sustainable bond issues, working closely with issuers, investors, policymakers and sustainability specialists, as well as internal clients. Stephanie joined BNP Paribas in 2002 as Head of the Liability Management Group, where she worked for 10 years before moving into her current role, which is a new role proposed by Stephanie in late 2013, recognising the growing importance of sustainability to the bank and its clients.

Adrian Joyce is Director of the Renovate Europe Campaign and Secretary General of EuroACE. He is a professionally qualified architect who spent 17 years in private practice (working in the UK, France, Belgium and Ireland) before getting involved full-time in EU policy. Adrian is also Chairman of the Coalition for Energy Savings.