Myles is a leading expert in decarbonising private markets, with over 12 years of experience guiding private equity firms and their portfolio companies to reduce climate risk, realise value, and achieve science-aligned net zero targets.

He is a recognised authority on climate frameworks for the financial sector, having been a key author of several foundational industry guidelines. Myles was the lead author of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Guidance for Private Equity and co-author of the Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF) for Private Equity for IIGCC. He also contributed to the Private Equity TCFD Guidance for the BVCA and directed the inaugural Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM) Guidance for Private Markets for iCI.

Myles has directly supported over 70 private equity firms, from venture capital to large-scale buyout and infrastructure funds, in developing and implementing credible climate strategies. He has personally set more than 20 validated science-based targets for investors.

At Verco, Myles leverages our unique, data-rich approach to decarbonisation. He helps clients bridge the ambition-to-action gap by applying Verco’s 35+ years of experience and proprietary database of costed decarbonisation measures. This allows him to provide private markets investors with unparalleled insights into the capital allocation, integrated project implementation, and auditable return on investment (ROI) required to meet their targets without compromising financial returns.

Hannah Pankiw

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