CEO Connect: An Exclusive Breakfast with Mike Berners-Lee

10/03/2025•8.30 am - 10.30 am GMT

Pomme d’Or Hotel, Jersey

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As part of our Sustainable Finance Summit, Jersey Finance is delighted to be hosting an exclusive event for our CEO Connect Members on Monday 10 March.

There will be updates from Joe Moynihan, Chief Executive Officer at Jersey Finance, followed by a presentation from Mike Berners-Lee, ending with an interactive Q&A session with guests.

Mike Berners-Lee is an English researcher and writer on carbon footprinting. He is a professor and fellow of the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University and director and principal consultant of Small World Consulting, based in the Lancaster Environment Centre at the university. His books include How Bad are Bananas?, The Burning Question and There Is No Planet B and he is a contributing author to The Climate Book created by Greta Thunberg. He is considered an expert on carbon footprints.

Mike Berners-Lee keynote on ‘Finance in the Meta Crisis’ will emphasise the importance of adopting a holistic approach to tackling climate change. He will argue that addressing climate issues in isolation is insufficient; instead, we must see the big picture by considering interconnected global challenges. Through this broader lens, he will provide insights into how systemic thinking can lead to more effective and sustainable solutions for the planet’s future.

CEO Connect is a ‘bolt on’ option to Jersey Finance membership and provides CEOs with timely and informative content, access to exclusive events, as well as a host of additional benefits. Finance firms in Jersey interested in finding out more about our CEO Connect programme, or for any queries relating to Jersey Finance membership, please get in touch via email.

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Joe MoynihanChief Executive Officer, Jersey Finance

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With a career in financial services spanning four decades, Joe has a strong commitment to the future success of the industry in Jersey.

Joe commenced his professional life in the banking sector, rising to the position of CEO of Jersey and the Isle of Man for a major bank, which included responsibilities for trusts and investments. In recent years, he expanded his focus as Director of Financial Services within the Government of Jersey, where he worked closely with industry and regulator to ensure the island’s position as a leading international finance centre. Before joining Jersey Finance in February 2019, Joe was working to establish high-reputation regulatory frameworks and business models for IFCs in the Middle East and Africa. He is a board director of the World Alliance of International Finance Centers (WAIFC).

Professor Mike Berners-LeeClimate Researcher and Author ‘There is No Planet B’

Mike Berners-Lee is an international keynote speaker on sustainability, climate change and on how we can each address this urgent and overarching 21st century challenge. His approach includes high level thinking about policy and best practices along with innovative views on how AI and other tech innovations can be a force for ‘net good’ in this work. In his talks, Mikes combines cutting edge science, pragmatic solutions to building a better world and he delivers always with enthusiasm, positivity and passion. Spring 2025 sees the publication of his latest book ‘A Climate of Truth: Why We Need It and How to Get It‘. In this book, Mike calls for radically-higher standards of honesty in politics, media and business as a catalyst to achieve change. He look at this challenge from new angles, to gain perspective, digging deeper under the surface to uncover the root causes, joining up every element of the challenges we face and learning from our failures so far.

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