Elizabeth Beall

Managing Director

Elizabeth joined Finance Earth in 2022 and co-manages the business alongside Finance Earth’s two co-founders.

Elizabeth is a specialist in nature-based solutions and climate finance; she has worked in an advisory capacity providing insight on project design, feasibility, and investment models across a range of sectors and geographies for more than 20 years. At Finance Earth, Elizabeth has led recent engagement with the National Trust, the Crown Estate, the European Investment Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, and WWF-US, developing strategies for engagement in natural capital markets and designing innovative financing mechanisms to support climate and nature objectives. Elizabeth also oversees the Fisheries Improvement Fund and a range of other supply chain focused financing facilities.

Elizabeth has held a variety of roles focused on the nexus of investment and sustainable development, including within development finance institutions, the UN, and non-profit environmental organisations. Elizabeth has worked extensively across emerging economies in Africa, Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean; as well as in Europe and the U.S.

Elizabeth is a Fulbright Scholar and has published research on engaging local communities, including indigenous peoples, in climate finance and Nature-based Solutions. Elizabeth holds a Master’s degree in Commerce and Administration from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and a Bachelor’s in International Relations and International Business from Northeastern University. She speaks Italian and Spanish, with a basic level of understanding and communication in French. Elizabeth is also on the Executive Committee of the Coalition for Private Investment in Conservation.

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