Our Team
Per Espen Stoknes, CEO
Per Espen Stoknes is a seasoned entrepreneur with a track record of co-founding clean-tech companies such as GasPlas and Biovotec. He serves as an Associate Professor at BI Norwegian Business School, where he has received numerous Best-Professor awards. With a PhD in Ecological Economics from the University of Oslo, Per Espen is an experienced strategy consultant, foresight facilitator, and author of several influential books, including Money & Soul (2009) and the award-winning What We Think About When We Try Not To Think About Global Warming (2015). His recent works, Tomorrow’s Economy (2021) and Earth For All (2022), further establish his thought leadership in sustainability. Per Espen has also served as a member of the Norwegian Parliament and has contributed to the EU Commission’s mission on Climate Change and Societal Adaptation. He is a member of the International Advisory Panel for Biodiversity-Credits IAPB, hosted by the UK and France governments, and has led the Club of Rome’s Earth4All project.
Christine Lundberg-Larsen, CFO & Impact Metrics
Christine Lundberg-Larsen is the Managing Director of Amesto Footprint, where she focuses on accelerating sustainable business practices through the development of digital solutions for sustainability management and reporting. Previously, she served as the CEO of Regnskap Norge, the Norwegian association for the accounting industry, and held various leadership roles at PwC and Gjensidige Insurance. Christine is passionate about leadership, organizational development, and innovation, with a strong commitment to transforming businesses into sustainable enterprises. She has played a pivotal role in establishing the Nordic standard for sustainability reporting and co-authored Innovation in Practice (2014) and Accounting and Financial Management in Circular Businesses (2023). Christine is recognized for her ability to lead major change processes and drive digitization initiatives within the business sector.
Owen Gaffney, Head of Communications
Owen Gaffney currently serves as the Chief Impact Officer at the Nobel Prize Institute in Stockholm. With a background in astronautics and aeronautics, Owen has built a distinguished career as a changemaker, strategist, writer, filmmaker, and global sustainability analyst. He co-founded the Exponential Roadmap Initiative and the Future Earth Media Lab, and has produced content for prominent platforms such as the BBC, Netflix, TED, WWF, and the World Economic Forum. Owen's work focuses on the intersection of policy, media, and business, particularly in the context of global sustainability and Earth system science. His visualizations and insights have been showcased at major international forums, including the UN Rio+20 Summit and the World Economic Forum in Davos. Owen's writing has appeared in leading publications such as The New York Times and the world's top academic journals, Science and Nature.
Sam Manaberi, Head of Retail Investment and Leverage
Sam Manaberi is the co-founder of Trine, a retail investment tech company that has successfully deployed over 1 billion SEK in solar energy projects across emerging markets. Under his leadership, Trine has provided sustainable electricity to 3.1 million people, avoided 1,192 kton of CO2 emissions, and generated 4-8% annual returns for over 14,000 investors. Sam has been instrumental in raising nearly 100 million SEK in venture capital and has established groundbreaking partnerships, including the world’s first government guarantees for crowdfunding with SIDA. He also played a key role in implementing the world’s first Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) impact assessment for off-grid solar projects in collaboration with UNDP, demonstrating Trine’s impact on 10 of the 17 SDGs. Sam’s work has earned him numerous awards and recognition, including a Royal award by HM King Carl XVI Gustaf, and speaking engagements at G20, COP22, and on platforms like CNN and BBC.
Gregory Landua, Head of Biodiversity Credits and Natural Capital
Gregory Landua is a pioneering regenerative entrepreneur and ecologist with over seven years of experience as the co-founder and co-Chief Regeneration Officer of Regen Network. This platform revolutionizes ecosystem service markets by focusing on verified ecological states. Gregory holds a Master of Science in Regenerative Entrepreneurship and Design from Gaia University and a Permaculture Design Certificate from Cascadia Permaculture. He is the co-author of the influential book Regenerative Enterprise and has contributed to several whitepapers on regenerative agriculture and business practices. Gregory has worked with leading companies and organizations globally to transform their negative impacts into regenerative outcomes and has designed and implemented cutting-edge agroforestry projects. He is deeply passionate about reinventing the economics of agriculture and developing land ecological commons management platforms that foster both ecological and social regeneration.
Birthe Bjervig, Analyst and Key Account Manager
Birthe Bjervig holds an MSc in Business, with a major in Leadership and Change from BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo, and an MSc in Management, with a major in Sustainability from FGV EBAPE in Rio de Janeiro. She has completed an internship at the Permanent Mission of Norway to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva, where she worked on the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism, Trade and Development, Trade and Gender, and ongoing negotiations on a multilateral agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development. Birthe played a key role in Norway’s contribution to the “Women for Multilateralism” initiative by the United Nations in Geneva, and actively participated in the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference. Her academic work includes a thesis on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in energy and sustainable investments by large Norwegian corporations in Brazil, showcasing her deep expertise in global trade and sustainability.