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Chiara Trabacchi is a manager within the Climate team of British International Investments, where she leads on the implementation of the organisation’s approach to climate adaptation and resilience investing and climate risk integration within the risk management framework. Prior to joining BII in 2021, Chiara worked for more than 10 years as analyst and technical advisor on climate finance, climate adaptation and physical risk management at public and private organizations such as the IDB Group, the World Bank Group and Acclimatise. 

Chiara, an Italian national, holds a PhD in the Science and Management of Climate Change from the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Leoluca Virgadamo is a Junior Economist at the Osservatorio Conti Pubblici Italiani, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan 

Sara Hobolt is the Sutherland Chair in European Institutions and professor in the Department of Government. Previously, she has held posts at the University of Oxford and the University of Michigan. She is the Chair of the European Election Studies (EES), an EU-wide project studying voters, parties, candidates and the media in European Parliamentary elections.

Professor Hobolt has published extensively on elections, referendums, public opinion and European Union politics. Her most recent book (co-authored with Catherine De Vries), Political Entrepreneurs. The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe, was published by Princeton University Press in 2020.

Annita Florou is Professor of Accounting at Bocconi University. Prior to this, she held academic positions at London Business School, Queen Mary University of London and King’s College London. Currently, she is the Curriculum Coordinator of the Accounting PhD Programme and the Lead Faculty for the Transparency and Accountability research theme at Bocconi Lab for European Studies (BLEST).
 

She is also the Academic Advisor to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW); Editor of Journal of Business, Finance and Accounting; and an Editorial Board Member of Accounting and Business Research, British Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, Corporate Governance: An International Review and Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Public Policy.
 

Her research interests cover financial reporting regulation, auditor reporting and regulation, and more recently sustainability reporting and assurance. She has received research grants from several organisations and the European Union. Her research has been published in leading academic journals, including The Accounting Review and Review of Accounting Studies.