Riham ElGizy, Chief Executive Officer, Regional Voluntary Carbon Market Company (RVCMC)

Riham has over 20 years of international experience dedicated to impact related investments through her extensive work as a leader in mergers and acquisitions, as well as strategy and business development experience. She was formerly head of Saudi Aramco’s investment valuations and structuring, the function responsible for advising and formulating investment decisions for corporate and executive management, as well as government institutions. Prior to joining Saudi Aramco, she spent 16 years with BP in North America and North Africa. Riham has a track record in originating and executing energy, clean technology, and renewable energy transactions across the globe. She has advised strategy and investment boards and led negotiations with governments and privately held institutions. Riham is a Sloan fellow MBA (MIT Sloan School of Management) and during her time in MIT, worked on projects promoting sustainable economic growth in emerging markets through the deployment of innovative technology solutions and climate change simulations. She is currently director of RVCMC, with whom she launched the first voluntary carbon market in Africa and led the single-largest voluntary carbon credit auction to ever take place.