"Our hope is that CIFF’s journey will be useful for all
who aim to make development more impactful."

Kate Hampton is the Executive Director for Climate Change and joined CIFF in 2009. Formerly Head of Policy at Climate Change Capital, Kate has advised asset managers and multinational energy companies on the development of policy-driven markets. She has also advised policy makers in a number of roles including as a Senior Policy Advisor for the UK’s G8 and EU Presidencies in 2005 and as a Sherpa to the EU High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment in 2007. She is currently a member of the European Commission’s Advisory Group on Energy which helps target pan-European R&D efforts. Previously, Kate was Head of the Climate Change Campaign for Friends of the Earth International and Convenor of the Green Globe Network, an advisory group to the UK Foreign Office. Kate holds a BSc from the London School of Economics and a Master in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. In 2008, Kate was named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and she now manages the London hub for the new WEF Global Shapers network.