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The Team
Who We Are
Ian Liddel-Grainger
Chairman
Ian Liddell-Grainger brings three decades at the apex of public service and international governance to The Carbon Foundation. ​
A former UK Member of Parliament (2001–2024), he most recently served as Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee (2022–2024), the body linking ~180 parliaments and legislatures across the Commonwealth. ​
His track record spans energy policy, infrastructure oversight and cross-border institution building experience he now channels into accelerating high-integrity, compliance-grade carbon markets at global scale
Daniel Rodwell
Founder and CEO
aniel is a multi-award-winning entrepreneur and strategist with 15+ years of experience building regulated financial and climate-tech platforms. He founded UQG Limited, scaling it across four jurisdictions with 1000% revenue growth in 2024.
At The Carbon Foundation, Daniel leads sovereign partnerships, carbon registry infrastructure, and institutional strategy.
A national blockchain advisor and former MIT admit, he is shaping the future of high-integrity, compliance-grade carbon markets across the globe.
Daniel Huard
Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer
Daniel is a globally recognised sustainability architect and climate infrastructure expert. He delivered North America’s first net-positive government facility and advised U.S. federal agencies on carbon and energy life cycle analysis.
At The Carbon Foundation, he leads the development of AAA certification standards, MRV integration, and science-led governance—ensuring regulatory-grade integrity and measurable impact across all projects.
A.J. Merrifield
Chief Operating Officer
A.J. Merrifield is a U.S. military veteran and former senior executive with Fortune 500 companies, including logistics management at Amazon. ​
With a deep background in logistics, finance, and large-scale operations, he specialises in turning complex systems into high-performing, scalable frameworks. A trusted advisor to several nonprofit boards supporting Veterans and underserved communities, A.J. brings mission-driven leadership to every endeavour. ​
As Chief Operating Officer of The Carbon Foundation, he leads global operations across four jurisdictions—ensuring the seamless delivery of infrastructure, compliance, and platform support essential to the growth of sovereign-authorised carbon markets.
David Crammond is a cross-border capital-markets leader who has built and led businesses on four continents across structured credit, derivatives and carbon finance.
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He served as President & CEO of Intercapital (ICAP) USA, built global credit-derivatives, energy and EM bond desks, and contributed to early ISDA CDS documentation experience that now powers our financing architecture for high-integrity climate assets.
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He held senior roles at CIBC in London and New York, where he rebuilt trading franchises and managed multi-billion exposures, at ABN AMRO launching APAC and US structured-products platforms that executed >$6bn of transactions and at MARKIT he established the Asian offices from Singapore covering the Austrasia region.
Chief Commercial Officer