Full Name
Christian Spano
Job Title
Director, Innovation and Climate,
Current Employer
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)
Speaker Bio
Christian started his career in Peru and Latin America in the forestry and energy sectors, before moving first to renewables and power and then, for the last ten years, to the mining and metals industry.

While working for ICMM member Anglo American, Christian gained experience of working on innovation in a socio-economic development context. This was followed by roles at World Economic Forum and Systemic where Christian focus on business model innovation, regulation and finance. He has also been exposed to impact investing where he has had the chance to support disruptive technologies entering the mining and metals space.

Christian is an economist with a MsC degree in International Development from the London School of Economics and a postgraduate diploma in Strategy and Innovation from the University of Oxford. Christian loves cycling and cooking and spending time with his family.
Christian Spano