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Ms

Clare Nickson-Havens

Graduate Research Student

Finance Discipline Group

BIO

Experienced, highly ranked bank expert and strategic advisor to boards. Non-executive director. Angel investor in agroforestry. Impact investor. PhD candidate.

Speaker at sustainability and governance events including the Responsible Leadership Reimagined Conference at the University of Stellenbosch Business School, 2022, the Texas A&M University Sustex 2021 conference and the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments' 2020 governance forum.

Research interests including regenerative practice and angel investing in regen companies; decision-making; thinking about thinking; and mindsets. University of Cambridge Master's in Sustainability Leadership, supervised by Dr David Good, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge. Current PhD candidate at the Centre for Climate Risk and Resilience, UTS.

Author of 'The role of active mindset in the climate response of bank board directors'.

Co-author of 'Understanding what board characteristics are driving the climate change response of firms in the finance sector'.

Top ranked Global Banks equity research team at UBS (Institutional Investor). Research featured in CNN Money, MSNBC, Euromoney, Wall St Journal and other global financial press/TV. Top ranked Australian/NZ Investor Relations team at NAB (Australasian Investor Relations Association). National Australia Bank CFO Award recipient.

Adviser to start-ups, including in the regen foods, agroforestry, reforestation, forward carbon and impact housing sectors.

Board Director and Investor Tierra-Foods. Board Advisor CO2eco. Investor Relations Advisor PostLock. Advisor to Bondi Born.

Member Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative Working Group. Member Finance and Investment Taskforce Circular Australia. Member Research Assessment Panel, NSW Circular Finance and Investment Taskforce. Member of the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education Working Group on Sustainability Mindset.

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Board Director
    Tierra Foods, United Kingdom1 Sep 2022 - present

DEGREES

  • MSt
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
  • BA Hons
    UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London, United Kingdom

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors
    AICD, Sydney, Australia
  • Securities Representative - Registered Representative
    Securities and Futures Authority Limited, London, United Kingdom
  • Uniform Securities Agent State Law Exam - Series 63
    North American Securities Administrators Assoc, New York, USA
  • General Securities Representative Exam - Series 7
    New York Stock Exchange, New York, USA

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read and understand

PROFILE TYPE

  • Higher Degree by Research