Barend van Bergen is Chief Sustainability Officer at Roche, where he is responsible for leading the implementation of the company’s sustainability strategy, supporting Roche’s long-term approach to sustainable healthcare. Before joining Roche, Barend spent 30 years in sustainability consulting, including leadership roles at EY and KPMG, advising organisations on sustainability strategies and long-term value creation. A recognised leader in impact measurement and valuation, Barend has co-authored several publications on sustainability and was a visiting fellow at the Yale School of Management. He holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences from Eindhoven University of Technology.

Emma is the Founder & Director of Earth Minutes - a creative impact studio driving environmental and social change through storytelling. Through national to international campaigns and events, from leading the social media at UN Ocean House, the first ever Youth Summit at London Climate Action Week (2025), to building a global youth communications programme, she is driving a new generation of storytellers and shaping the future of environmental communications.

Lily Blacksell joined The Conduit in April 2025 as Head of Programming, having worked in artistic programming at Southbank Centre and the Royal Society of Literature. She has an MFA in poetry from Columbia University, where she was a teaching fellow. Lily runs a poetry and music night called Canon Fodder at The Social in London and at Glastonbury Festival. Her collection, Life Immediately, was published by Bloodaxe Books in March 2026.

Gabby Morgan is a Partner at Conduit Connect Ventures, where she invests in early-stage companies building solutions across integrated health, sustainable industry, and financial resilience. She joined Conduit Connect in 2019 and has played a key role in building the firm’s venture platform — helping launch its first fund, the Conduit EIS Impact Fund, raising capital, leading investments, and supporting portfolio companies from sourcing through scale. Gabby has led investments across healthtech, climate data, and logistics, including Lucida Medical, Untap Health, Fin Last Mile Logistics, and Kamma, and works closely with founders on strategy and follow-on fundraising. She is particularly passionate about backing diverse and female founders building commercially ambitious businesses with embedded impact. She began her career in New York at Euromoney Institutional Investor, where she became a Director running private networks for CIOs and senior investment leaders across major US wealth advisory firms. While there, she launched the Wealth Managers Impact Investing Forum, identifying early institutional momentum behind impact-oriented capital allocation. Gabby went on to complete her MBA at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, where she specialised in finance and venture impact investing. During and following her studies, she worked as an Investment Research Analyst with Align Impact, a leading US impact wealth advisor, supporting its investment team on venture diligence, investment framework development, and impact thought leadership.