Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of TBLI. His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." TBLI GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). TBLI GROUP™ makes connections for companies and individuals from the old to the new economy, by expanding, updating and utilizing its extensive global network. The focus is finance. Robert has been active in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fo...

Job Cohen

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Mayor, City of Amsterdam

Job Cohen (Marius Job Cohen) was born on 18 October 1947 in the city of Haarlem. After completing high school in 1966 (Gymnasium A) he studied Public Law at Groningen University, graduating in 1971. He took his PhD at Leiden University in 1981 (Law in relation to university studies). From 1971 to 1981 he was on the academic staff of the Educational Research Bureau at Leiden University, becoming senior faculty member (1981), professor (1983) and rector magnificus at Maastricht University (1991). ...

William McDonough

United States of America (Charlottesville, VA)

Architect, Founding Partner and Principal, William McDonough + Partners

William McDonough is an internationally renowned designer and one of the primary proponents and shapers of what he and his partners call 'The Next Industrial Revolution.' Time magazine recognized him in 1999 as a 'Hero for the Planet', stating that "his utopianism is grounded in a unified philosophy that-in demonstrable and practical ways-is changing the design of the world." Time Magazine again recognized Mr. McDonough and Michael Braungart as "Heroes of the Environment" in October 2007. In 199...

Anders Wijkman

Sweden (Stockholm)

Former Member of the European Parliament

Alfred Kool

The Netherlands (Abcoude)

Head Corporate Communications, Kool Baas & De Quelerij

Alfred Kool founded his own independent communication consultancy in 2005. Kool Corporate Communication is specialised in reputation management and positioning. The consultancy operates on strategic and operational level in a broad area with a focus on the pensions and financial world. Purposely small sized, Kool Corporate Communication works close together with an extensive network of highly eminent communication specialists. Prior to that Alfred has been engaged in various positions in communi...

David Creighton

Canada (Montréal Qc)

Chief Executive Officer, Cordiant Capital

David has accumulated over 20 years experience in the fields of international capital markets, fund management, financial engineering and securitization. His career has taken him to New York and London where, as Vice President and Director, he developed and managed the international fixed income sales team for BMO Nesbitt Burns. During his 13 years at the helm, offices were opened in Hong Kong, Singapore and Beijing. In 1999, he returned to his native Montreal to found Cordiant, a unique emergin...

Matthew Kiernan

Canada (Richmond Hill)

Head of Strategic Planning, Global Sustainability Solution, RiskMetrics Group

Dr. Kiernan is Head of Strategic Planning for Global Sustainability Solutions at RiskMetrics Group. Previously, he was the Founder and Chief Executive of Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., an investment research and advisory firm focused on “non-traditional” investment risk and return factors, including environmental, social, and strategic governance. Innovest was rated the #1 firm in the world in its field by the Thomson Extel survey of over 180 global institutional investors, with co...

Wolfgang Pinner

Austria (Vienna)

Head of SRI, Erste-Sparinvest KAG

Education: 1983 Graduation (from Austrian ‚gynasium‘, comparable to UK ‚A-levels‘), 1989 Degree of Mag.rer.soc.oec. from Vienna University of Economics and BA (comparable to ‚master‘ degree in UK) ongoing: Executive MBA University of Nottingham  Professional Background: 1988 Analyst at Erste Bank 1992 Head of Research Erste Bank 1996 Chief Strategist Investment Bank Austria (1997 merged with CAIB)1999 Head of Investor Relations Bank Austria2001 Chief Investment Officer VBV pension ...

Ronald Lubberts

The Netherlands (Bunnik)

Managing Director, Sustainalytics Netherlands

Ronald Lubberts is Managing Director of Sustainalytics Netherlands, an international and independent sustainability research provider to the financial sector. Ronald joined in 2006 and was appointed Managing Director in early 2007. Prior to joining the company he held research and managerial positions in the field of socially responsible investing at SNS Asset Management, which he joined in 1999. Ronald graduated in Geology (University of Utrecht) and he held several research positions at the De...

Karl-Henrik Robèrt

Sweden (Stockholm)

Founder and Director, Det Naturliga Steget - The Natural Step

One of Sweden's leading cancer scientists and a key figure in the worldwide sustainability movement. In 1989, Robèrt initiated a network of experts on the environment called The Natural Step. The Natural Step framework developed by Robèrt in cooperation with a growing network of scientists across the globe, sets out the system conditions for sustainability, plus guidelines to systematically approach compliance with the principles. The framework has been applied to fields as diverse as agricult...

Naomi Klein

Canada (Montréal)

Journalist, Syndicated Columnist and Author

Naomi Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist and author of the New York Times and #1 international bestseller, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Published worldwide in September 2007, The Shock Doctrine is being translated in 27 languages. It was a finalist for several prizes including the 2007 LA Times Book Award, New York Public Library Bernstein Award for Journalism, and the National Business Book Award (Canada). In 2008 it won the Canadian Booksellers A...

Michael Jantzi

Canada (Toronto)

President, Jantzi Research Inc.

Michael Jantzi, president and founder of Jantzi Research Inc., has beenactive in the social investment field since 1990. Subsequent tofounding Jantzi Research Inc. in November 1992, Michael developed theCanadian Social Investment DatabaseTM, the country’s first databasethat tracks the environmental, social and governance (ESG) performanceof Canadian corporations. In January 2000, Jantzi Researchlaunched the Jantzi Social Index®, a market capitalization-weightedcommon stock index consisting ...

Robert A. Annibale

United Kingdom (London)

Global Director Citigroup Microfinance Group, Citigroup

Helen Alexander

Germany (Frankfurt am Main)

Manager, ProCredit Holiding

Mitchell Lench

United States of America (New York)

Partner, Treetops Capital LLC

Mitch has spent most of his career working with financial institutions in developing countries. He invested in, rated, and structured numerous transactions in Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to forming Treetops Capital, Mitchell was a managing director at Credit Suisse where he headed global syndicate and primary trading in the structured finance group. Mitch was also a managing director in the Structured Securities Group at Bank of America in New York and ...

Geoffrey Mazullo

Poland (Warsaw)

Director, East-West Management Institute, Inc.

Geoffrey Mazullo possesses global corporate governance experience.  For more than 16 years, he has analyzed governance practices of listed companies in Canada, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), several European Union (EU) member states, other non-EU Western European countries, Japan, Russia and the United States.  He has been directly engaged in corporate governance developments in a number of transition economies in CEE, South Eastern Europe (SEE) and the Newly Independent States of the forme...

Cyrille Arnould

Luxemburg (Luxemburg)

Director GEEREF, European Investment Bank (EIB)

Jean-Claude Dufournet

Switzerland (Bülich)

President, Information System for Analysts - ISFA SA

Stefan Illmer

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Client Reporting, Credit Suisse Group

O. Sam Folin

United States of America (Baltimore, MD)

President and Chief Executive Officer, Benchmark Assets LLM

Angela de Wolff

Switzerland (Geneva)

Founder & CEO, ConSer Invest SA

Angela de Wolff is founder and managing partner of ConSer Invest, an advisory firm dedicated to sustainable and responsible investment. It provides financial professionals and asset managers with solutions integrating sustainable development aspects. Since 2008, she is President of “Sustainable Finance Geneva” A non-profit association which aims to promote responsibility and sustainability in Finance. From 2002 to 2006, she was Head of the SRI team at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. She...

Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter

Switzerland (Zurich)

Founding Partner, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-President of the Board, Forma Futura Invest AG

Stanley Fink

United Kingdom (London)

Former Chairman, Man Group plc

Niklas Zennström

United Kingdom (London)

Co-Founder, Atomico™

Maritta R.v.B. Koch-Weser

Germany (Berlin)

Chair, Board of Trustees, The Global Exchange for Social Investment - GEXSI

Dr. Maritta Koch-Weser has a distinguished career in international development, as anthropologist and environmentalist, with field experience in Latin America, South & East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Middle East, Eastern Europe & countries of the Former Soviet Union. Ms. Koch-Weser worked for 20 years at the World Bank, where she held senior managerial positions. She subsequently served as Director General of IUCN -The World Conservation Union. As Founder/President of Earth3000 ...

Mads Kjær

Denmark (Copenhagen)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MYc4

Matt Flannery

United States of America (San Francisco)

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Kiva

Giles Andrews

United Kingdom (London)

Chief Executive Officer, ZOPA

Gemma Crijns

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director, CSR Dialogue

Since 2007 Gemma Crijns is a self-employed researcher and adviser on sustainability and development cooperation. Until 1 October 2008 she also was the coordinator of the Dutch CSR Platform (an alliance of 32 NGOs and trade unions) Gemma Crijns has been Managing Director of the EIBE/Institute for Responsible Business at Nyenrode Business Universiteit from May 2001 until 1 October 2006. Prior to her position at Nyenrode, she was a staff member of the Dutch section of Amnesty International for...

Huong Thi Thu Vu

Vietnam (Hanoi)

SE Asia and Corporate Responsibility Advisor, Vectra International

Vectra International is an independent organization and we work through a network of CSR experts in over 20 countries. Vectra International provides innovative implementation of social responsibility strategies to both the public and private sectors to achieve a responsible competitive advantage. Huong's regional expertise focuses on Asia, specifically Southeast Asia. Huong brings in Vectra team her experience and expertise in management change, promote corporate culture; helping factories’...

Sophia Tiickell

United Kingdom (London)

Executive Director, SustainAbility

Sophia Tickell Executive Director tickell (at) sustainability.com Expertise Advocacy, Campaigning and Media work, Engaging Senior Decision Makers; Public Speaking, Research and Writing; Management and Governance; Constructive challenge. Previous Experience * Director, Pharma Futures Scenario Planning Project * Oxfam Senior Adviser on Private Sector Strategy including, extractives, pharmaceuticals, coffee commodities, retail * Author including: Antibiotic Innovation St...

Steve Hoffman

United States of America (Plano, TX)

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, WaterTech Capital

Peter Webster

United Kingdom (London)

Chief Executive Officer, Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) Ltd.

Peter Webster, Chief Executive Offer of EIRIS has been Executive Director since the formation of EIRIS in 1983. He is responsible for the strategic development of EIRIS and divides his time between management and development issues and external affairs. A regular conference speaker, Peter also acts as a client adviser on ethical investment strategies. Peter is Treasurer of the UK Social Investment Forum. Peter is Treasurer of the UK Social Investment and Finance (UKSIF)

Bernd Schanzenbächer

Switzerland (Zurich)

Partner, EBG Capital AG

Leo Johnson

United Kingdom (London)

Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Leo Johnson is a Co-Founder of Sustainable Finance Limited, specializing in environmental and social risk management for thefinancial sector. On behalf of the International Finance Corporation,Leo Johnson pioneered the Competitive Environmental Advantage Workshopprogram, an intensive three-day workshop for senior managers offinancial institutions. He has advised and delivered capacity building workshops to private financial institutions across Africa,Asia, Latin America and Europe. Recent clien...

Oliver Jaeggi

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Director; Chairman , ECOFACT AG

Olivier Jaeggi has more than ten years of experience in the management of environmental and social issues that present financial and reputational risks for financial institutions. Prior to founding ECOFACT in 1998, Olivier Jaeggi worked in credit risk control at a leading Swiss bank where he was in charge of environmental risks. He graduated in environmental engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.

Amanda Haworth-Wiklund

Sweden (Stockholm)

Director, Carbon Disclosure Project Scandinavian Secretariat

Amanda Haworth-Wiklund, M.A. Hons, established an office for CDP in Stockholm, to cover the Nordic countries. She is Secretary General of Social Venture Network (SVN) Sweden andf former Director of the Board of Social Venture Network Europe. Amanda has organised serveral international Social Venture Network conferences. She is also a Trustee of the Swedish ethical bank Ekobanken. Amanda is married and has a daughter.

James Gifford

Australia (Toowoomba)

Executive Director, UNPRI

James Gifford is lead project manager for the Principles forResponsible Investment, a joint project of UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact. He was a member of the Global Reporting Initiative Working Group on Environmental Indicators for the Finance Sector. He has worked in law, information technology and environmentalprotection and has degrees in commerce and law and a master's degree inenvironmental management. He is currently completing a PhD in Economics at the University of Sy...

Fares Mourad

Switzerland (Basel)

Head of Islamic Finance, Bank Sarasin & Cie AG

Richard Sandor

United States of America (Chicago, IL)

Chief Executive Officer, CCX-Chicago Climate Exchange

Laurent Milliat

Belgium (Brussels)

Sustainability Analyst, Dexia Asset Management

Laurent joined Dexia AM in October 2005 and covers the Energy and Utilities sectors, focusing on Environmental, Social and Governance aspects affecting the long-term value of companies. Prior to joining Dexia AM, Laurent worked at ABN AMRO Rothschild as Equity Capital Markets analyst and at CoreRatings as Sustainability analyst. Laurent holds an MSc in Management from EMLyon Business School and a BA in Political Sciences from Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Grenoble. He also studied at the Inter...

Venancio R. De los Reyes, Jr.

The Philippines (Laguna)

Partnership and Resource Mobilization Specialist, Asean Centre for Biodiversity, University of the Philippines

Ben has extensive experience in human resource management, corporate social responsibility, marketing and resource mobilization. Aside from his long-term involvement as a Training and Development Officer and Associate Professor at the De La Salle University, he was a Research Fellow on Corporate Social Responsibility at the Asian Institute of Management and served as a Consultant/Resource Mobilization Officer for the NORFIL Foundation. He is currently working on his PhD in Urban and Regional Pla...

Francis Vorhies

Switzerland (Geneva)

Senior Advisor to IUCN, Director Earthmind, IUCN - The World Conservation Union

Dr Francis Vorhies is the Director of Earthmind. He has over 20 years of international experience as a sustainability economist. In Johannesburg, he set up Eco Plus, an innovative consultancy focused on business, economics and the environment. In Nairobi, he worked for the African Wildlife Foundation under a UNDP/GEF grant to build biodiversity economics capacity in the forestry sector in East Africa. In Geneva, Dr Vorhies established new global programmes on economics and business for IUCN - Th...

Arief Wicaksono

Indonesia (Jakarta)

Forest Governance Advisor, Partnerships for Governance Reform in Indonesia

Specialist in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for natural resources related policy, plan and programmes in Indonesia. * Political works on reduced emission from deforestation through moratorium of carbon-rich forest areas in Indonesia towards Bali Climate Conference, December 2007 and beyond. * Sustainable environmental strategy for capacity strengthening of local government in the Province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia. * Strategic environmental assessment of Aceh rebuild...

Peter Scholten

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director, Scholten&Franssen Consultancy

Bob Mann

Canada (Toronto)

Director of Sustainability Services and Indices, Jantzi Research Inc.

BOB MANN, Director of Sustainability Services and Indices, joined Jantzi Research in the fall of 2007. Bob has a Masters in Business Administration, specializing in Sustainability and Finance, from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Bob has worked as a sustainability consultant with Deloitte and York Sustainable Enterprise Consultants, providing consulting services to small business interested in improving their sustainability performance. Previously, Bob created and managed a r...

Claire Chiang

Singapore (Singapore)

Managing Director of Retail Operations Banyan Tree Holdings and Chairperson of Banyan Tree Group CSR Committee, Banyan Tree Holdings

Lisa Galley

United States of America (San Francisco)

Founder and Managing Principal, Galley Eco Capital, LLC

Lisa Galley structures, arranges and executes commercial real estate debt transactions for domestic and international institutional real estate investors on behalf of HSH Nordbank's San Francisco Representative Office. She is a founding member of the bank's international real estate finance team and represents some of the banks largest global client relationships.  In her work as a lender, Lisa has helped build real estate finance platforms out Germany, New York and now San Francisco. Prior to ...

Oliver Schneider

United Kingdom (London)

Commercial Director, Facility:Innovate

Oliver Schneider has a wealth of experience in process, production and technical management. He spent several years managing operations in the US, Caribbean, Latin America and China, which provided innovative solutions to the communications industry. Oliver studied photography and imaging at the University of Westminster and a Masters in Business Administration at Ross School of Business in Michigan.

Floris Lambrechtsen

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director, Double Dividend B.V.

Floris Lambrechtsen MBA is owner-director of Double Dividend, an independent advisory firm. Double Dividend works with institutional investors on responsible investment strategies, implementation and reporting. Double Dividend is signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Prior to starting Double Dividend, Mr. Lambrechtsen worked for eight years as a management consultant with KPMG Global Sustainability Services in the Netherlands. In 2005 he was a member of the Expert Pane...

Ivo Knoepfel

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Director, onValues Ltd.

Ivo Knoepfel, Dr. Sc. Techn., CIIA Founder and Managing Partner, onValues (www.onValues.ch) Ivo is a Chartered International Investment Analyst and holds the degree of Swiss portfolio manager. He was previously Head of Rating and Index Research at SAM Sustainable Asset Management. In this function he was responsible for developing SAM\'s research and investment processes and of leading the research team in charge of the analysis of over 1,000 companies in 50 sectors world-wide for the Dow ...

Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, TBLI Conference B.V./TBLI Consulting B.V.

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of TBLI. His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." TBLI GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). TBLI GROUP™ makes connections for companies and individuals from the old to the new economy, by expanding, updating and utilizing its extensive global network. The focus is finance. Robert has been active in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fo...