Neha Dutt
Founder and host
Neha has led country, sovereign and financial institution risk across Sub-Saharan Africa at Barclays and across Latin America and EEMEA at Deutsche Bank, where she was one of the youngest Vice Presidents. Her studies in Business Sustainability Management at Cambridge's Institute for Sustainability Leadership, deepened her understanding that the resilience of organisations and the Natural systems that underpin them are inseparable.
Today, Neha leads the UK Government's work on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), exploring how best to integrate financially material nature-related disclosures into UK policy and reporting. At Defra, she is head of policy on nature-related risks and opportunities. As a Non-Executive Director at Bright Tide, she is helping channel market energy towards financially viable technological solutions that positively impact/reduce harm to nature.
Neha's leadership has been recognised nationally, from being a finalist for Boris Johnson's Prime Minister's Award for Exceptional Public Service to receiving Michael Gove's commendation for her contribution to the UK's 25 Year Environment Plan. While pursuing her Bachelor's in Economics, she won India's prestigious and highly competitive Habitat Young Visionary Award and a Cambridge summer school scholarship.
Shivanghi Aggarwal
Strategy & design lead
Shivanghi is Head of Strategy and Design at rewiggle. Shivanghi has a multidisciplinary background in architecture, business and service design. She is passionate about creating meaningful impact across climate, nature and food systems. Her master's thesis explored UK farming and Natural capital, leading to a digital service connecting farmers with private investment for nature recovery. The project was selected for the prestigious Innovation (space) RCA Launchpad and shortlisted for the Terra Carta Design Lab.
Previously, Shivanghi worked as a Co-Design Manager at DEFRA, leading co-design for a £2 billion packaging reform programme. She now works as a Service Designer at NHSBSA, designing user-centred public services that improve access to financial support for NHS healthcare costs.
Jaya Banerji
Communications lead
Jaya has over two decades of multisectoral, multidisciplinary experience in communications, focusing on neglected diseases, fragile health systems and their impact on underserved populations. Her diverse roles have included advising scientists, boards and international bodies on communication strategies and risk mitigation.
Jaya's deep interest in people, planet and public health has guided her career decisions. She has worked with Medicins Sans Frontieres, a pioneering humanitarian organisation; McKinsey & Company, a management consultancy; and a couple of amazing research organisations working on drugs for neglected diseases. She holds a BA (Econ), University of Delhi; and an MPH, University of Liverpool.
Thomas Carey (Tom)
Producer
Tom brings together storytelling, video, and sound to shape each podcast conversation into a clear and engaging episode.
His background in international development, education and communications has shown him how easily urgent issues can become abstract, technical or over whelming. He is passionate about rewiggle because it focuses instead on people who are responding with imagination, courage and practical action.