Last updated: May 2026
About the Banking Engagement Forum
The purpose of the Banking Engagement Forum (BEF) is to share information, co-ordinate, and discuss matters relevant to the banking arrangements for the Collegiate University and University-affiliated institutions with the intention of using their combined influence to help mitigate climate change.
The forum is chaired by the University’s Chief Financial Officer, and its membership includes representatives from the University, the Endowment, Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the Colleges, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and the student body.
The Banking Engagement Forum, in collaboration with the research team at Finance for Systemic Change, has been working for some time on a suite of projects that seek to address the financing of fossil fuel expansion.
Banking Engagement Forum Membership 2025/26
- Adrian Clark, Group Finance Director, Cambridge University Press and Assessment
- Anthony Odgers, Chief Financial Officer, University of Cambridge
- Augustin Denis, President (Postgraduate), Cambridge University Student’s Union
- Ellen Quigley, Director of Finance for Systemic Change, University of Cambridge
- Heather Davis, Head of Group Treasury, University of Cambridge
- Honor Fell, Senior Associate and Sustainable Investment Officer, University of Cambridge Investment Management
- Karen Whinney, Chief Operating Officer, University of Cambridge Investment Management
- Lindsay Hooper, CEO, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
- Matthew Copeman, President (Undergraduate), Cambridge University Student’s Union
- Matthew Smith, Director of Group Financial Control, Cambridge University Press and Assessment
- Nina Seega, Director of Centre for Sustainable Finance, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
- Richard Anthony, Bursar, Jesus College
- Romane Thomas, Strategic Advisor to the Master, Trinity College
- Sam Sturge, Director of Private Assets, University of Cambridge Investment Management
- Thomas Vergunst, Programme Director of Finance Sector Education, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Banking Engagement Forum Updates
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Highlighted project: Cash and money market funds Request for Proposals
Since the beginning of 2024, led by a team of researchers at Finance for Systemic Change, the BEF has been overseeing an effort to catalyse a new market for cash products. As of 2026, seven banks and building societies have been identified as meeting the objectives of the RfP and a fund manager has been selected to create a quasi-money market fund, expected to launch in Q2, 2026.