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Warren Harvey, P.Eng
Warren Harvey, P.Eng 348 348 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

Warren is an experienced engineering manager with a solid background in project management.

With his advanced technical acumen and extensive analytical qualifications, Warren helps executives evaluate and implement effective processes and systems for greater efficiency in manufacturing environments. He designs and installs solar PV systems to help commercial businesses transition to green energy use. In his roles, he has led product R&D development from idea to prototype, using FEA modeling alongside PCB design and electromechanical programming, including pioneering a solar PV tracking system. He has served as Head of global engineering at a Fortune 100 company, working in Aviation, Marine, and Land sectors, with EPCM projects across +8,000 locations globally, with up to 70 live Engineering projects delivered. His clients included NATO, Amazon, DHL, JetBlue, Emirates, Easyjet and Ryanair.

Warren has an MBA from the University of KwaZulu-Natal and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Natal in South Africa.

Wendy Potomski, CFA
Wendy Potomski, CFA 300 300 Global Climate Finance Accelerator
Managing Director, Finance and Operations

Wendy Potomski is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and the founder of Brookstone Strategy Group, which works with senior management, executives and boards of organizations going through change stemming from regulatory issues, a shift in corporate strategic direction, structural changes within their industry or with organizations looking to improve both their financial and operational performance. 

Wendy brings over 25 years of senior consulting experience assisting clients identify and address current and future business and operational risks associated with increasingly complex sustainability issues, an evolving energy industry, emerging cleantech market, and a carbon constrained economy. She has successfully led cross-functional and multi-disciplinary project teams, managing occasionally competing objectives of the various stakeholders involved in a project and through targeted stakeholder engagement to build consensus. She has demonstrated her ability to manage large, complex projects and to consistently meet timelines and exceed client expectations.

Prior to establishing, Brookstone Strategy Group, Wendy worked at Reclay StewardEdge where she was responsible for developing short and long-range strategic business plans for the North American Consulting Practice that included defining specific products and services, articulating clear value propositions and identifying target markets and clients. 

As a Vice President in the PwC Climate Change and Sustainability practice, Wendy closely followed changes in the climate change, energy, and environmental sectors, in Canada and around the world since 2000. She uses this knowledge and her awareness of relevant local and international best practices to address emerging government and client issues, and to identify and address current and future business and operational risks. 

As a climate change consultant, Wendy assists multi-national organizations to compile and calculate greenhouse gas emissions inventories, from which to benchmark their operations, and to develop informed energy and carbon management strategies, including the identification of clean technologies to support environmental outcomes. Wendy understands regulatory requirements and has worked with companies to identify impacts and opportunities for their organizations. 

Wendy specializes in finance and operational effectiveness, investment analysis and capital raising, business plan and business case development and assessment, energy and carbon management program development, program development and program reviews, project and change management, and public-private partnerships.

CyanZero
CyanZero 500 281 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

Piloting manufacturing plant decarbonization in Ontario encompassing facilities, manufacturing process, onsite generation, and fleet electrification.

Net-Zero Economy
Capacity Building
SME Investment

Impact: SDG 89111213

Mineral Spark
Mineral Spark 1024 576 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

Piloting an off-balance sheet financing solution for the decarbonization of a critical mineral producer, funded through energy savings, tax incentives, and carbon credit revenue streams.

Industrial Decarbonization
Supply Chain Resilience

Impact: SDG 8912131517

Generation
Generation 1024 546 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

Transforming family homes into net-zero, affordable housing solutions for multiple generations under one roof, fostering family support while maintaining individual autonomy.

Net-Zero Urban Design
Home Affordability
Multigenerational Support

Impact: SDG 810111213, ​17

EcoHaven
EcoHaven 1024 576 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

Creating a financing platform to facilitate access to affordable capital for building custom eco-friendly homes.

Net-Zero
Sustainable Future
Housing Crisis
Citizen Empowerment

Impact: SDG 48101112131517

Kunle Raji, MBA
Kunle Raji, MBA 350 349 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

MBA 2024

Kunle’s career experience spans advisory roles at PwC and energy companies doing financial modelling and valuations and preparing investment thesis briefings, as well as embarking on his own venture as an entrepreneur. Kunle is currently working as a co-op in infrastructure finance with Aecon. Prior to his studies, he was a senior analyst in corporate finance with Ardova Plc and a corporate finance associate with Viathan Engineering Limite.

Kunle graduated in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, in Nigeria and holds an MBA from the University of Toronto.

Vivian Patel, MSc. Pl.
Vivian Patel, MSc. Pl. 350 349 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

MSc Pl 2024

Vivian has spent several years working in the commercial real estate industry under Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets and Land Development groups providing highest-and-best-use development analysis for various private, public, and non-profit sector clients in Canada. ​

Vivian holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Urban Planning at Concordia University, Montréal and a Master of Science in Planning (MSc Pl) from the University of Toronto.

Alex Foty, CFA
Alex Foty, CFA 350 350 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

MBA 2024

Alex leverages her background in investment analysis, corporate strategy, and sustainability to offer consulting services to clients in the mining, metals and energy sectors. Alex has held notable roles across Canada and Australia. Most recently, she was an M&A Business Analyst with Newcrest Mining in Melbourne, Australia. Earlier in her career, Alex was a Metals & Mining Equity Research Associate at National Bank Financial and later joined the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board as an Infrastructure & Natural Resources Investment Analyst.
Alex is the founder and CEO of Scope Zero Solutions, which provides consulting services to clients in the mining, metals and energy sectors. She holds a Bachelor of Mining Engineering from McGill University, an MBA from the University of Toronto and is a CFA Charterholder.

Kate Costaris
Kate Costaris 350 350 Global Climate Finance Accelerator

MPP 2024

Kate’s professional experience spans climate finance research, sustainability fieldwork, and several roles in the start-up and corporate space in London and Toronto. With this unique combination of extensive academic expertise, a passion for climate advocacy, and a diverse commercial background, she is actively exploring how financial instruments can be used to influence positive environmental outcomes.

​Kate holds dual undergraduate degrees in Accounting and Economics from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and dual Masters degrees in Public Administration from the London School of Economics and Global Affairs from the University of Toronto.