Tracey Banks

Programme Manager, BRC

Tracey leads on BRC’s Climate Action Roadmap work to galvanise and accelerate the retail industry’s commitment to deliver Net Zero by 2040.
Prior to BRC, Tracey founded a circular retail business which ran a refill delivery service to tackle the problem of grocery packaging waste. Previously, Tracey has spent most of her career in project / programme management roles in Retail, Banking and Consulting, leading ecommerce, digital and governance transformation.

Francesca Messeri

Senior Manager, Carbon Trust

Francesca is a Senior Manager in the Business Services team. She specialises in climate-related risk and opportunity assessment, including scenario analysis and TCFD-aligned disclosures. On these topics, Francesca worked with corporate clients in the mining and metals, agriculture, and retail sectors. Additionally, Francesca supports financial institutions on climate-related scenario analysis, through consulting, tool-building and trainings. 

Francesca also specialises in footprinting, with a focus on value chain footprinting for corporates and portfolio footprinting for financial institutions ranging from large retail banks to private equity and venture capital investors. 

Prior to joining the Carbon Trust, Francesca worked in the financial sector, focusing on M&A and private equity transactions. Francesca holds a MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge, with research on climate risk and stranded assets for the oil and gas sector.