Trecia M. Canty
Trecia M. Canty is an accomplished C-suite executive with 25+ years of demonstrated expertise in finance, strategic transactions, corporate governance, compliance, enterprise risk and ESG. She has extensive energy industry
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Annette L. Nazareth
Annette Nazareth is a Senior Counsel of Davis Polk & Wardwell. She also currently serves as the Operating Lead of a private-sector-led international Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets. Until
Maxine L. Mauricio
Maxine Lum Mauricio is a senior executive with 20+ years of experience primarily in the mechanical and electrical construction, industrial and energy infrastructure, and building services industries. She brings key