Leadership
The leadership team.
Chair, chief executive and managing partner — setting the direction and holding the ecosystem accountable to its promise of impact beyond limits.
Chair
Mutaz Abu Shady
Strategic growth architect with 20+ years building transformative strategies and cross-sector partnerships across EMEA. Designed and led high-impact stakeholder platforms, from C-level roundtables to regional summits, consistently turning complex market shifts into commercial results — while keeping profitability and lasting impact aligned.
CEO
Yasmin Shokri
Transformative CEO with nearly 20 years at the intersection of finance, technology and sustainability. Built CMAP, the region's first certified digital ESG platform, and MEA's first Financed Emissions Platform. Helped launch RITA, the world's first ESG and Shariah-compliant REIT ETF listed on the NYSE, after years advising institutions including JP Morgan and BlackRock.
MP
Soraya Hassan
Managing Partner with over a decade turning renewable energy ambition into delivered projects across Africa and Europe. Played a pivotal role in the landmark solar project in Benban, Aswan, then led business development across Sub-Saharan Africa at Infinity Power — opening markets and closing large-scale renewable deals.
Regional & practice leadership
Depth across markets and disciplines.
Sector and regional leads who bring the ecosystem to the markets where it creates the most value.
CBAM & GCC
Brian Erik Vibenholt
Sustainability and compliance leader with over 40 years of international experience spanning the GCC, Asia, India, the US and Europe. Has guided national oil companies, SMEs and large institutions through complex transformation programs, building the systems and leadership behaviors that make sustainability and continuous improvement stick long after the engagement ends.
Green Supply Chain
Lisa Fröhlich
Served as President of CBS International Business School in Cologne, Germany, from 2013 until the end of 2022. Holds a full professorship in Sustainable Procurement Management and Supply Chain Management, and is widely recognized as an international expert in sustainable supply chain management.
Islamic Finance & SE Asia
Rabia Omar Hassan
Financial services executive with 20+ years across banking, wealth management and sustainable growth in Southeast Asia. Leads Ecosolis & Beyond's Islamic Finance agenda, bridging international capital with local development needs, and scaling enterprises across finance, real estate and agribusiness through advisory and executive training.
Partnerships & E. Africa
Philbert Burudi
Business leader with 24+ years turning ambitious energy transition goals into scalable, profitable outcomes across Africa. Led solar deployment with Euro Space Africa, structured climate finance programs with Green Climate World, and scaled operations at multinationals including SGS Kenya and Telkom Orange. Now leads East Africa for Ecosolis & Beyond.
CCS & IRECs
Eyad Alenani
Leads high-impact engagements across carbon accounting, decarbonization, climate strategy, carbon markets and environmental attributes. Manages technical and commercial operations of roughly 50% of Egypt's I-REC market and contributed to doubling the country's registered renewable energy facilities. Egypt's representative to the Union for the Mediterranean's Climate Change Cluster, and recipient of the Egyptian Prime Minister's Smart Green Projects recognition and the Medhat Benzoher Award for Environmental Entrepreneurship.
STA & SFCRA
Lujine Ezzat
Sustainable finance leader with almost a decade delivering climate and investment-readiness solutions across Africa, the GCC and global markets. Built pioneering double materiality frameworks, lifted clients' ESG ratings, and supported regional stock exchange readiness — leading multidisciplinary teams that turn sustainability ambition into credible, measurable impact.