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Olivia is a Director at the Promethium group of companies, which is a multi-disciplinary team of independent and passionate carbon and climate change advisors.

She represents Promethium on the Executive Committee of the Project Developer Forum, a collaborative association of companies and practitioners that are developing and financing greenhouse gas emission reduction projects around the world, as well as the ISO Technical Committee 207 (Environmental Management). In her personal capacity, she is a UNFCCC nominated expert and also on the Article 6.4 Mechanism Roster of experts as a “Methodologies Expert”.

She holds a Masters in Business Administration and undertook her research dissertation on the advantages of strategic alliances in the South African renewable energy industry, with specific reference to the first phase of the recent Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme undertaken in South Africa to drive development of the renewables sector.

She has worked in the climate sector for over 15 years, and has been involved in the development, registration and issuance of carbon offset projects for this length of time. Her passion is to develop and grow carbon markets in Southern Africa and across the continent.