Team – Climetrek

Vinod Kumar Ramachandran

HEAD OF OPERATIONS & MARINE ADVISOR

Vinod has been an integral part of ClimeTrek since its inception, initially serving as a Marine Advisor before assuming the role of Head of Operations. With a strong background in conducting environmental compliance & safety audits and managing large-scale projects for ships and shore-based organizations, he brings a wealth of experience to the field of environmental management. His dedication to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and the pursuit of innovative solutions makes him a valuable asset in navigating the complexities of the voluntary carbon market, compliance markets like the EU ETS, and the requirements of organizations in three critical areas: environmental impact, social responsibility, and governance practices (ESG).

vinod.kumar@climetrek.com

Joao Farinho

GLOBAL HEAD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Academically I have a masters degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Algarve in Portugal, and a further masters degree in Climate Change from King’s College London. I have joined ClimeTrek in 2021, working in business development, mainly in project sourcing.
I’ve always been very enthusiastic about Environmental issues, specially climate change, and have experienced first hand its impacts in my hometown in the Algarve, where years of severe draught it’s seriously impacting the life in the region. So for me its very motivating to be involved in the projects that ClimeTrek is developing.

joao.farinho@climetrek.com

Leena Balian

HEAD OF TRADING

Leena has been a member of ClimeTrek Ltd since its inception. She has over 12 years of experience in office management, accounting, and trading. She oversees company policies and procedures, managing financial and accounting processes, analysing market trends, and facilitating carbon trading transactions that drive positive environmental impact. Leena holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Business studies and a Master’s degree in English Literature. In her free time, she enjoys watching Netflix and reading novels.

leena@climetrek.com

Capt. DK Balian

CEO

DK Balian is the Founder and CEO of ClimeTrek Ltd, a leading climate change and sustainability consultancy and carbon project developer. He has over 27 years of experience in the energy sector and is a sought-after speaker on sustainability and maritime issues. With his Master’s in Maritime Law and practical experience, he is uniquely positioned to advise on climate change impacts from both regulatory and practical perspectives. Through his work, DK Balian is committed to creating a sustainable future for generations to come.

dk.balian@climetrek.com

George Potter

MANAGING DIRECTOR

George has spent most of his career in and around oil and gas trading. He feels that his work with Climetrek is some attempt to make amends for his earlier career by undertaking projects to protect the environment rather than continue to destroy it. As a committed family man George enjoys spending time at home but is always curious to travel and experience the lives of others. He has a first degree in Accounting and an MBA.

george.potter@climetrek.com

Anuran Khan

GLOBAL HEAD, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

In his role at ClimeTrek, he manages the Business Development team around project origination with key focus in Asia and Africa around technical and commercial feasibility, as well as devising the business strategies of ClimeTrek. In his spare time, he avidly watches football, and dons on a chef’s hat.

anuran.khan@climetrek.com

Yucel Kirtman

MANAGER – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Yucel Kirtman is a qualified engineer with several years of diverse experience working on different projects for energy efficiency, biomass power plants, ORC turbines (Turboden). He worked as an engineer for the last field tests before production of all the tires which are either modified or newly designed in Turkey as well as the approval authority of the reclaimed defected tires. He later moved on to work for Borusan Makine which is the exclusive distributor of Caterpillar and Michelin off road tires in Turkey wherein his responsibilities included managing a team of sales people in different regions, setting the sales target, giving technical support to the team, prepare technical material in Drive train spare parts and Michelin off road tires. In 1998, he started to work for Kordsa which was a JV between DuPont and Sabanci Holding. He was responsible for Nylon 6.6 production, maintenance and utilities
He also started his own company, Kırtman Enerji, which is sales agent of Thermal Energy Inc, Ca.
He was also the director of Hayat Inovasyon which was a startup company established by Hayat Holding managing a marketing team performing service of CNG conversions of diesel truck and buses for big fleets.

yucel.kirtman@climetrek.com

Jayshree Jamliya

DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL SALES

Jayshri is passionate climate change and sustainability professional with 15+ years of experience in successfully delivering a wide range of climate change, sustainability, and green energy consulting services. She is experienced in developing leads and complex technical projects with multinational companies and organizations such as the World Bank, UNFCCC and UNIDO.

jay@climetrek.com

Banu Sinmaz

EXECUTIVE – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Banu Sinmaz is Environmental Engineer (MSc) with extensive experience in project management, design of water and waste water treatment plants and solutions, feasibility studies for environmental projects.In her previous roles, she was engaged as an Environmental Engineer, in World Bank Project, Sustainable Cities Project Component – A Consultancy Services for Preparation of Integrated Urban Water Management Plan for Selected Cities for Group 2 (Antalya). She was taking care of comprehensive data collection activities, preparation of IUWM plans and strategies within scope of this project.

Banu’s expertise include sustainable water, wastewater, storm water and solid waste management; water treatment, wastewater treatment, solid waste management solutions, sludge drying, energy from sludge and biomass, pure water demand for tribune line of the power plant, project management, procurement of environmental factories, field jobs of environmental facilities, permission of Environmental Ministry, preparation of feasibility of environmental plants, management of budget, import/export of treatment plant, second hand machinery export.

In addition, she is Occupational Safety Specialist, A-Class (2014).She enjoys travelling, sailing and scuba diving.

banu.sinmaz@climetrek.com

Veethika Jain

MANAGER- CARBON OFFSET TRADING

Veethika is a climate policy specialist managing ClimeTrek’s carbon offset trading desk in London. She has experience in community development implementation and systematic research on environmental certification and climate finance. She is passionate about market-based mechanisms and synergistic systems addressing environmental externalities. In her free time, she enjoys reading and traveling.

veethika.jain@climetrek.com

Sachin Malik

HR Generalist

Sachin holds a decade of progressive experience working in the HR domain with Industries like Business Process Outsourcing, Insurance, and Think tanks. His areas of expertise include recruitment, induction and orientation, attendance management, performance management, policy designing, employee benefits, and statutory compliances. He is compassionate, energetic, result-driven, and a creative thinker.

He did his master’s in Human Resource Management and Bachelor’s in commerce.

sachin.malik@climetrek.com

Jing Li

CARBON MARKETS INTERN

Jing is a part-time Carbon Market Intern at ClimeTrek’s London office. She is currently pursuing her MSc in International Social and Public Policy at LSE. Her dissertation focusses on the development of grassroots social businesses in China, with a particular emphasis on local public policies. Prior to this she studied Social Sciences at Waseda University, Japan.

She has experience with impact analysis of ESG and CSR projects from her past internships in China. Jing is interested in carbon offsetting markets and projects related to sustainable development and community benefits, especially in East Asia.

Her hobbies include learning new languages, baking and travelling..

jing.li@climetrek.com

Inigo Wyburd

CARBON MARKETS INTERN

Holding a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Climate, Change, Development and Policy from the University of Sussex, Inigo’s academic choices were inspired by his commitment to protecting the natural world and an awareness of the challenges it faces.

On the professional front, he has the experience of working as a Research Assistant focused on conservation, research, and environmental education of endangered species for Ecology Project International (EPI) at the Pacuare Reserve in Costa Rica.

inigo.wyburd@climetrek.com

Joel Gaadi

LEGAL COUNSEL

Joel is a Nigerian Qualified Lawyer, and an applicant to the Roll of Solicitors of England and Wales. He holds a post graduate specialist degree in International Commercial and Maritime law from Swansea University, Wales, UK. He has strong interests in, and over 18 years cumulative cognate experiences as a legal service provider in the areas of Contracts Management, Commercial Legal Advisory, Regulatory and Corporate Compliance and Litigation.

Joel is an avid reader, he also loves to watch and play football.

joel.gaadi@climetrek.com

Our Team

Meet The Team

Our Team

DK Balian

George Potter

Vinod Kumar Ramachandran

Leena

Joao Farinho

Inigo Wyburd

Joel Gaadi

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Vinod Kumar Ramachandran

HEAD OF OPERATIONS & MARINE ADVISOR

Joao Farinho

GLOBAL HEAD BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Leena Balian

HEAD OF TRADING

Capt. DK Balian

CEO

George Potter

MANAGING DIRECTOR

Anuran Khan

GLOBAL HEAD, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Yucel Kirtman

MANAGER – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Jayshree Jamliya

DIRECTOR, TECHNICAL SALES

Banu Sinmaz

EXECUTIVE – BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Veethika Jain

MANAGER- CARBON OFFSET TRADING

Sachin Malik

HR Generalist

Jing Li

CARBON MARKETS INTERN

Inigo Wyburd

CARBON MARKETS INTERN

Joel Gaadi

LEGAL COUNSEL