Elena Maksimovich is the Founder and CEO of the ClimateTech startup Weather Trade Net. Elena holds a PhD in Geophysics and Climatology and is also an Expert Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR6 WG1). She is passionate about climate modeling and satellite storm and flood monitoring. Before founding Weather Trade
Net in 2019, Elena worked for insurance and hedge funds as a Climate Data scientist, supporting climate risk management projects. She is aware that, with the more satellites launched, high resolution worldwide weather data and AI-based real-time hazard detection, the climate risk management now plays an important role in decision making.