Systemiq Ltd is excited to announce the appointment of Mattia Romani as Partner, further strengthening our international team of system change leaders.
Mattia is an internationally recognised leader on sustainable finance, power system decarbonisation, and transition economics. He joins our Sustainable Finance Platform from Autonomy Capital, where his work as Head of Sustainability ranged from sustainability investment and carbon market analysis to energy and mobility research. He previously served as Managing Director for Economics, Policy and Governance at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development between 2014 and 2020, and was formerly Deputy Director General and Chief Economist of the Global Green Growth Institute. He worked closely with Lord Nick Stern on the ground-breaking Stern Review, and was a senior expert in sustainability and resource productivity at McKinsey. He was also a member of the Shell scenario team.
Managing Partners Taraneh Azad and Guido Schmidt-Traub said: “Mattia brings invaluable expertise and networks to Systemiq. Above all, he is a deeply admired leader with a proven track record of partnership development. With Mattia we look forward to accelerating the transitions towards sustainable finance and a net-zero energy system.”
Sustainable Finance Partner Katherine Stodulka added: “I’m delighted that Mattia has chosen to join us. He is deeply committed to institutional innovation and has a passion for developing talent. Mattia brings a long track record of working with public, private and philanthropic capital, helping strengthen our mission to unlock investment for people and planet and to mobilise transition finance in both developed and emerging markets.”