Concave Summit 2025 - Speaker

Leigh Madeira.

Co-founder & Head of Investments, Ponterra

Leigh Madeira is Co-Founder and Head of Investments at Ponterra, a carbon project developer that develops and operates the world's highest quality nature restoration projects.

As Head of Investments, Leigh leads all investor and buyer engagement, including closing a transaction last year with Microsoft, Rubicon, and Carbon Streaming to restore 10,000 hectares of biodiverse forest on degraded agricultural land in Panama.

Leigh started her career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse before moving on to become an investor at two different asset managers in California, managing a combined $50 billion. She then co-founded Blue Forest Conservation, a climate finance startup backed by the Rockefeller Foundation, where she developed and launched the innovative and highly successful Forest Resilience Bond. In total, Leigh has over 15 years of experience in investing, climate finance, entrepreneurship, and nature-based solutions.