Jonathan Thurling

Project Development Manager @Imperative

London, GB

Leading the end-to-end development of carbon projects across emerging markets, with current focus in South America. Responsibilities span the full project lifecycle — from in-country partnership management and field-level development through to funder negotiations, commercial structuring, and reporting to global leadership.Day-to-day this involves coordinating local development teams on the ground, engaging institutional funders and strategic partners, and translating project progress into clear commercial and carbon accounting narratives for international stakeholders. This includes hands-on financial modelling and carbon accounting work — bridging the technical and commercial sides of project development to support both internal decision-making and external funder due diligence.

University of Cape Town

Bachlor's, Philosophy, Politics and Economics

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

LSE-UCT Summer School, Challenges for African Economic Development

Tilburg University

Master's degree, Economics