Emma Howard Boyd is Chair of the Green Finance Institute, and formerly Chair of the Environment Agency and Ex officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from January 2016 to September 2022.

Emma, with a background in finance, is a board member or advisor to many organisations which include the UK Board of Trade, The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project, the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment, the Council for Sustainable Business, the European Climate Foundation, and Menhaden PLC. Emma was the UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation from 2018 until its sunset in January 2021, and a Global Ambassador for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience ahead of COP26.