Bianca is the Regional Lead for Africa at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). She recently completed a secondment as a Carbon Markets Advisor to the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change in the Executive Office of the President of Kenya. During her tenure, she played a pivotal role in shaping Kenya’s policy and regulatory framework in alignment with the President’s vision of attracting carbon finance for Kenya’s green growth. She also organized the inaugural Kenya Carbon Markets Conference in March 2024, bringing together key stakeholders in a collective effort to participate in high integrity carbon markets. Now back at VCMI, her role focuses on leading delivery of VCMI strategy across Africa, including the scale up of VCMI’s access strategies . Prior to VCMI, Bianca was the Coordinator of the Eastern Africa Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance where she led capacity building activities on carbon markets for government and non-state actors. Her experience also extends to serving as a Lead Coordinator and negotiator for Article 6 for the Kenya Delegation at climate change negotiations