Ian Simm is the Founder and Chief Executive of Impax Asset Management Group plc, one of the world’s leading investment managers dedicated to investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy, with offices and clients in Europe, North America and the Asia-Pacific region.

Ian has a first-class honours degree in physics from Cambridge University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Harvard University. After his first degree he initiated and led an expedition to complete the first summer crossing of the Sahara Desert by tandem bicycle.