Fola's Expertise

Advisory Board

At Fola Sustainability, we believe that solving the nature crisis requires diverse perspectives, deep expertise, and bold thinking. Our Advisory Board brings together respected leaders from across science, business, policy, and finance—each of whom shares our commitment to building a nature-positive future.

Their guidance strengthens our strategic direction, challenges our thinking, and helps ensure that our work remains grounded in the latest knowledge and aligned with real-world impact. We are proud to work alongside these individuals as we support our clients in navigating nature-related risk and opportunity.

Sir John Rose
Senior Advisor

Sir John Rose was Chief Executive of Rolls-Royce Group from 1996 to 2011, overseeing its transformation into one of the world’s leading engineering and technology companies.

John is currently a senior adviser to Rothschild & Co and Executive Chair of Aquavest Water Technologies. He also serves on the advisory boards of BW Group, Alloyed, Protium (green hydrogen), Arctic Research & Development, and the Global Nuclear Scaling Initiative.

John's experience in global business leadership, innovation, and clean technology brings strategic insight and rigour to Fola’s mission of driving nature-positive transformation.

Tim Bromfield
Senior Advisor

Tim Bromfield is Vice President for Africa at Conservation International, leading strategy to conserve 20 of the continent’s most iconic and ecologically important landscapes.

Tim previously held senior roles at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, including Managing Director for Africa and Executive Director for New Business and Impact, where he supported governments on inclusive growth, climate resilience, and institutional reform. He began his career at Accenture before co-founding Atlantic Rising, an award-winning climate education initiative backed by the Royal Geographical Society. Tim is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

The Fola Team

Our team is driven by a small, dedicated group with deep experience in sustainability, biodiversity, and business strategy. We combine scientific rigour with practical insight to help organisations navigate their relationship with nature and embed it into decision-making. Our team is united by a shared belief: that restoring and protecting nature is not only urgent - but achievable. With backgrounds across consulting, conservation, and policy, we work hands-on with our clients to deliver tailored, actionable, and credible support.

Theo Bromfield
Director

Theo’s background is in nature and biodiversity conservation. He started his career in the charity sector working with a variety of NGOs whilst simultaneously completing his MA in Environmental Law and Sustainable Development. Theo then joined PwC’s Sustainability team to build its nature proposition and launch their global Centre for Nature Positive Business.

Oliver Robinson
Director

Before Fola, Ollie was a senior leader in Deloitte’s ESG Advisory team. He started as a Chartered Accountant working on the audits of renewable energy companies before completing an MSc in Carbon Management and moving to sustainability consulting. At Deloitte, Ollie led a range of sustainability reporting and decarbonisation projects for some of the UK’s largest companies.

Laureen Missaire
Principal Consultant - Nature

Laureen brings seven years’ experience in corporate sustainability and nature strategy across organisations including Kering, Business for Nature, Accenture, and CDP. She has worked with leading frameworks such as SBTN, TNFD, and CSRD, and at Kering contributed to the group’s SBTN-validated freshwater target through basin-level action and regenerative sourcing initiatives.

Kudirat Olateju
Senior Consultant - Nature

Kudirat is an accomplished finance professional with nearly a decade of experience in global financial markets. She is a CFA Charterholder. Kudirat began her career at J.P. Morgan in London before transitioning to T. Rowe Price where she specialised in fixed income research, covering sovereigns and quasi-sovereigns. During her time at T. Rowe Price, she led the development of a differentiated approach to sustainable investing, earning recognition for her work through a Black Women in Asset Management “40 under 40” award for ESG & Sustainability.

Expert Advisors

Our Expert Advisors bring together leading voices from across nature and biodiversity. With expertise spanning conservation, environmental policy, human rights, science, and academia, the panel supports Fola in delivering rigorous, impactful work for our clients.

Edward Pollard
Expert Advisor

Edward is a renowned expert in the field of business and biodiversity with over 25-years' experience. He has led the development of corporate nature strategies for a wide range of large multinational companies from multiple sectors including food and beverage. Edward is a Director of the UK Business and Biodiversity Forum CIC, and on the board of Business for Biodiversity Ireland. He has published widely on topics ranging from Nature Positive, to Zero Deforestation and illegal logging and has spent nearly 15 years working on-the-ground on forest conservation initiatives in south-east Asia.

Tassilo von Hirsch
Expert Advisor

Tassilo is a natural capital specialist with nine years’ experience focusing on land use and nature-related impacts and dependencies for large multinational corporations. At PwC, he managed the Land Use model supporting Kering’s Environmental Profit and Loss (EP&L) account. More recently, as Legal & General’s Natural Capital Lead, he developed investment strategies in regenerative agriculture and forestry, collaborating with technical experts. He also served as Deloitte’s deputy delegate to the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD).

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