Thomas Tayler, Senior Manager, Sustainable Finance Centre for Excellence, Aviva

Tom supports Aviva Investors’ work on sustainable finance, with a particular focus on market and regulatory reform. This has included contributing to the work of the EU High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, the UK Green Market Taskforce, the UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owners’ Alliance, and the UN Global Investors for Sustainable Development. He is currently seconded to the UN High Level Climate Champions’ Finance Team ahead of COP26. He has also worked with policymakers on key reforms including the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan, the DWP reform of pension trustees’ fiduciary duty, and the IOSCO Sustainable Finance Network. He is a member of the reference group for the UN PRI/UNEP Legal Framework for Impact project and is a qualified solicitor, holding an MA (Oxon) in Jurisprudence from the Queen’s College Oxford. He previously worked at Allen & Overy LLP, the Department of the Treasury Solicitor, Beachcroft LLP and the University of Law.