Jeff is a successful serial entrepreneur, businessman and climate activist. He started his career as a derivatives trader on Wall Street (Drexel). He raised $ mm for a weather derivative company which he founded and was subsequently acquired by XL insurance.  He sold his stake and ceded control to focus on his next project. He founded Equator Financial Capital, with $ m from Harvard Endowment, a pioneering PE fund investing in forest protection and terrestrial carbon sequestration. His groundbreaking work garnered him recognition from the Clinton Foundation. Jeff co-founded a carbon credit focused business with $ mm of start-up capital he raised. Most recently Jeff served as the North American Director for Climate Projects at the South Pole. Jeff has a Bachelor’s degree from UPenn’s Wharton School of Business and a Masters in Sustainability from Harvard.