advisors

Partner, Tax Planning, Structuring, and Strategy

Kelly Ehler is an experienced executive with a track record of helping transform companies in a variety of industries. He advises on M&A, valuation processes, go public strategies, capital structuring, operational efficiencies, growth strategies and collaborative team building in banking, real estate financing, general tax, and estate planning. 

Independent Advisor, Industrial Decarbonization and LCA

Holding a Master‘s Degree in Environmental Sciences and Industrial Engineering at Columbia University, Heather Langsner is a carbon analytics professional with experience in carbon inventory analysis, carbon reporting, carbon displacement analysis, carbon finance, renewable energy financial modelling, corporate decarbonization for compliance and life cycle analysis. Currently pursuing a second Master’s in Chemical Engineering for carbon management at Columbia University, Heather also holds an LCA certification from MIT.

She has worked on Wall Street as a buy-side analyst and portfolio manager specializing in the Industrials, Technology, Energy and Renewables / Cleantech Sectors. She has been a technical and renewable energy consultant in the Middle East. She launched the first Net Zero emissions equity portfolio in Paris in 2015 and the Carbon Resiliency Technology Impact Fund in New York in 2017.

As Vice President, Carbon Action at DriveKey Corporation, Heather’s role is to develop products and services that support enterprises in their decarbonization journey. To this end she works directly with our customers’ internal teams and supply chain to ensure that significant amounts of carbon dioxide is permanently removed from our atmosphere by helping them reduce their carbon footprint and advising on the best carbon removal program they can use.

Independent Advisor, Sustainable Finance and Investment

Manju advises the Accelerator on new types of investment structures to unlock capital for climate-related solutions. She has extensive leadership experience ranging from institutional asset management, capital markets (investment banking, trading), impact organizations and board leadership. Her investment banking career started in the Structured Finance Group-FICC of Goldman Sachs, moving to GSAM’s Fixed Income – Risk & Performance Analytics Team before becoming a fixed income portfolio manager at McMorgan & Co. As BMO’s inaugural Head of Sustainable Finance & Capital Markets ESG Lead, Manju established and led Sustainable Finance Advisory with corporate and institutional clients, incorporating ESG criteria in investments and financing while charting a path towards improved sustainability. She currently advises clients on identifying impactful solutions around sustainable bond underwriting and product development. 

Manju has master’s degrees in business administration, mathematics and ethnomusicology.

Independent Advisor,
Financial Engineering

William (Bill) Tharp is the founder of Tangerine Tango Group. Founded in 1993, the group has started, or helped to start, over 15 companies, launched over 10 funds (or pools of capital) and, most importantly, backed over 75 entrepreneurs, many providing genuine climate leadership. Bill has successfully pioneered and co-pioneered a series of capital market structures typically striving to advance the flows of risk and growth capital into the entrepreneur: where impact investing lives. The group remains focused on its climate change roots and building value for the transition to a net-zero economy.

Independent Advisor, Blended Finance Solutions

Hao Tian has nearly a decade of experience in finance and sustainability across global banks and the World Bank Group. She has held key roles in global capital markets, sustainability, strategic consulting, technology and risk management with a proven track record in leading million-dollar level of debt structuring and climate tech PE/VC fund investments. As a seasoned leader in finance and sustainability, Hao connects the dots between capital markets, VC, and the public sector across developed and developing markets by exploring collaborative pathways design and innovative blended finance solutions. 

Hao holds a Master of Finance degree and a Graduate Diploma in Social Responsibility and Sustainability from the University of Toronto, and a Bachelor of Economics degree from the Central University of Finance and Economics. Hao is also a Certified Financial Risk Manager and owns IFRS (ISSB) FSA Credential.