Climate Change Administration

Luis Neves is CEO of the Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) since 2017. Prior to that, from 2008-2017, Luis held the position of GeSI Chairman. Under Luis' leadership, GeSI has become a globally recognized "thought industry leader" organisation in the field of ICT- sustainability with strong focus on the enabling role and positive contribution of digital technologies to climate protection.

Before GeSI, Luis worked at Deutsche Telekom for over 15 years holding positions such as Head of Sustainable Development and Environment, VP of Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability and Climate Protection Officer. Luis has also held positions and played relevant roles at European and international levels in organisations, such as the UN Global Compact Lead Group, Econsense -the German Sustainability Association, World Resources Forum Association and UNFCCC Momentum for Change Initiative.

Luis was born in Portugal and obtained a degree in History from the University of Lisbon.

Veronika leads the Carbon Trust’s delivery team in Europe and specialises in corporate carbon footprinting, strategy development and data analysis. She works across multiple sectors to help companies set science-based targets, measure the carbon impact across their value chain, and develop comprehensive, bespoke carbon reduction strategies.

She has particular expertise working with companies in the ICT sector supporting them on their net positive calculations and methodology development. She has also helped shape some of the key reports and methodologies related to net carbon impact calculations, like the "Enablement Effect" report for GSMA, “Mobile Carbon Impact” report for GeSI, and also the “Avoided Emissions Framework”, which was developed together with WWF Sweden and the Research Institute of Sweden (RISE).

As part of the European Green Digital Coalition (EGDC), Veronika led the technical workstreams of the European Parliament pilot project that focused on developing metrics, methodologies, case studies and guidelines to support the aims of the coalition.

Veronika has an MSc in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment from University College London. She is fluent in both German and English.

Mousumi Bhat is the Vice President of Global Industry Sustainability Programs and is responsible for leading teams, devising, and directing client engagements, and overseeing processes and deliverables in Environmental Stewardship, Supply Chain Resilience, and Supplier Resilience, including Responsible Sourcing. This role requires her to address critical needs through superior thought leadership and delivery of actionable roadmaps for industry participants to implement. The role also requires an astute background in business development, project management, and technology Bhat is a semiconductor industry veteran who has held senior positions in semiconductor fabs, assembly and test operations, quality, and customer and supplier management at companies including Micron, GlobalFoundries, Motorola and Texas Instruments. Bhat is passionate about creating sustainable business practices and thereby creating an ecosystem of changemakers such as corporates, government, academia, and society to accelerate social and economic parity through technological innovations. Dr. Bhat received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Mousumi is currently heading up heading up SEMI’s Global Industry Sustainability Programs responsible for leading teams, devising, and directing client engagements and overseeing processes and deliverables in ESG and EHS Stewardship. Under her leadership, SEMI has launched the Semiconductor Climate Consortium together with member companies at COP27 in Egypt.

• Master of Department of Industrial Design ,Shih Chien University

• Corporate sustainable development strategy planning and execution
• Cross-field ESG project communication and integration
• Green product design methods, strategies and execution