David Saddington heads up the Sustainable Supply Chain team in the UK Governments new International Forest Unit – a joint team between the FCDO and BEIS. After leading the COP26 Nature Campaign and securing a historic commitments from heads of state and business leaders on halting & reversing deforestation David now leads the team to deliver commitments to green international trade in forest risk commodities like palm oil, soya and cattle. This includes overseeing the delivery of the Forest, Agriculture & Commodity Trade (FACT) Dialogue Roadmap which the UK co-chairs with Indonesia and business action on scope 3 emissions linked to land use. Prior to joining the UK Government David has worked for many years in international climate change as a consultant to help Government and businesses develop strategies to cut emissions, including working for the UNFCCC to develop the Paris Agreement. He is also a Goalkeeper for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UK Board member of Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation to support young changemakers and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.