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Alessandro Rivera, from 2018 to 2023, was Director General of the Department of the Treasury. In this capacity, he represented Italy in working groups and committees established by leading international financial organizations.

In particular, he was the Deputy of the Minister of Economy and Finance in the G7, G20, and IMF meetings; member and Vice President of the Economic and Financial Committee and member of the Euro Working Group of the European Union; member of the Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism. He chaired the Sub-Committee of the Economic and Financial Committee on IMF-related matters.

From 2008 to 2018, he was Director of the Treasury's Directorate for the Banking and Financial System.

From 2000 to 2008, he was Head of various Offices within the Treasury's Directorate for the Banking and Financial System.

He represented Italy in various working groups and committees, dealing with policy and regulation of the financial sector, and was a member of several boards of directors.

Roberto Perotti is Full Professor at the Ettore Bocconi Department of Economics of Bocconi University.

Barbara Buchner is Global Managing Director of Climate Policy Initiative. Named one of the 20 most influential women in climate change and one of the 100 most influential people in climate policy, Barbara advises leaders on climate, energy, and land use investments around the world.

Barbara directs the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance (the Lab). The Lab’s public-private approach solicits, shapes, and tests cutting edge climate finance instruments that resolve financing barriers hindering alternative energy, adaptation, and land use projects. Instruments from the Lab have mobilized over USD 3.5 billion for sustainable development in developing economies.

She is also the lead author on the Global Landscape of Climate Finance, which has set the benchmark for climate finance tracking, and Climate Finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion goal – a joint report with the OECD that played a seminal role in the lead up to the Paris Agreement. In addition, Barbara built and directs the San Giorgio Group, which brings together climate finance leaders to engage on critical issues that require collective effort to accelerate the transition to more sustainable, lower-emission economies.

Elisa Calliari is Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and at the Euro-Mediterranean Centre on Climate Change