Press office

CEO & FOUNDER

Aoife is the founder and CEO of Opportunity Green. A lawyer and economist with deep environmental expertise, she founded Opportunity Green to realise her vision of working closely with governments, other NGOs and industry around the world to seize on the opportunities that come with solving the climate crisis. Aoife Is also a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London’s Department of Political Economy.

Aoife is experienced at giving press interviews for print, broadcast and podcasts. Recent press appearances include:

• Financial Times: An op-ed asking ‘Why are we wasting our limited supply of green hydrogen?’

• Financial Times: An interview putting forward a view for stricter regulation and taxation of the shipping sector.

• BBC Radio 4’s Rethink Climate podcast: Aoife was on the panel of this episode on green technology and innovation.

• CGTN Europe: A live TV interview on China Global Television Network. Aoife gave her views on the goals set for international shipping at the IMO meetings.

• TradeWinds: An op-ed and podcast talking about our report on the IMO’s legal remit on regulating the full life cycle of fuels.

• Irish Mirror: Aoife was interviewed by the Irish Mirror about our partnership with the Travel Smart Ranking 2023 and why some of Ireland’s biggest companies need to do more to reduce their corporate travel emissions.

Aoife’s specialist subjects include: environmental policy and law; hydrogen as a climate solution; the climate impact of transport; climate policy especially in Ireland, the EU and at the international level; specialist expertise on the environmental impact of shipping & aviation; being a female founder and what businesses can do to reduce the gender pay gap.

SENIOR MANAGER, CLIMATE DIPLOMACY

Ana is the Senior Manager, Climate Diplomacy, at Opportunity Green, focusing on shipping decarbonisation. Her background includes international maritime decarbonisation within the International Maritime Organization, climate diplomacy, and just transition policy, having worked both in government and civil society.

Ana is experienced at giving press interviews for print. Recent press appearances include:

• TradeWinds: Op-ed on the importance of an international shipping levy.

• The Guardian: Ana provided expert commentary about whether the agreement reached by the International Maritime Organization will decarbonise the shipping sector.

• Climate Home News: In this article about the options for funding climate programmes being discussed in Paris, Ana analyses the idea of a new shipping levy.

• The Diplomat: Ana provided insight for coverage of our recent seminar on IMO GHG developments hosted with the Royal Thai Embassy in London.

• Shipping trade press: Ana has been quoted in a range of shipping trade press titles, talking about the IMO’s role in shipping’s energy transition, including TradeWinds, Splash 247, Ship & Bunker, Bunkerspot, Safety4Sea, ship.energy and gCaptain.

Ana’s specialist subjects include: International Maritime Organization GHG negotiations; just and equitable transition; and market-based measures for shipping decarbonisation.

INTERIM LEGAL DIRECTOR

David is the Interim Legal Director at Opportunity Green. David is a qualified solicitor with a broad range of corporate, energy and projects experience at top tier law firms internationally. He uses this experience to develop and lead strategic legal action at Opportunity Green, targeting systemic change in high-polluting sectors. David holds a Master's degree in Global Environment and Climate Change Law from the University of Edinburgh and is passionate about using the law to drive climate action.

David is experienced at giving press interviews for print. Recent press appearances include:

• Euractiv: David was interviewed and quoted in an in-depth article in Euractiv about Opportunity Green’s court case against the European Commission because of the aviation and shipping criteria in the Taxonomy.

• Climate Home News: David was interviewed and quoted in Climate Home News’s coverage of our legal case against the European Commission.

• Reuters: David was interviewed and quoted in Reuters' coverage of our legal case against the European Commission.

• Lloyds List: David was interviewed and quoted in Lloyds List about the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas advisory opinion about climate change.

David’s specialist subjects include: climate change litigation; public international law; climate change regulation; company law; strategic sectoral legal interventions; and aviation decarbonisation.