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Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, for sale online Conference B.V./for sale online Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of for sale online – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

Pavan Sukhdev

United Kingdom (London)

Founder and CEO, GIST Advisory UK Pvt Ltd.

Pavan Sukhdev is the Founder-CEO of GIST Advisory, an environmental consulting firm which helps governments and corporations discover, value and manage their impacts on natural and human capital. He has been awarded the 2011 McCluskey Fellowship by Yale University. Earlier, he was Special Adviser and Head of UNEP’s Green Economy Initiative, & lead author of their “Green Economy Report”, & also Study Leader for the G8+5 commissioned project on The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (�...

Paul Rose

United Kingdom (London)

Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society, Explorer, Broadcaster, paulrose.org

Paul is Vice President of the Royal Geographical Society and Chair of the Expeditions and Fieldwork Division. He is an expert polar, environmental, exploration and field science consultant. His new BBC documentary, Frank Wild: Antarctica's Forgotten Hero, has just aired on BBC ONE and BBC TWO. Paul's television presenting credits include; Britain's Secret Seas, Oceans, Voyages of Discovery, Take One Museum, Meltdown, Wind and Scrapheap Challenge. Paul's voice-over work includes making th...

Susanne Bergius

Germany (Berlin)

Independent Journalist, Sustainability Expert

Susanne Bergius is an independent journalist and moderator for Sustainability Management and Sustainable Investment. As an independent journalist she has been writing since 2004 in Berlin/Germany for different daily newspapers, print and online magazines as well as for books and specialized literature. Since 2008 she has particularly been committed to developing, organising and writing the monthly magazine “Handelsblatt Business Briefing Sustainable Investments”. It informs institutional...

Amy Domini

United States of America (Boston)

Founder and CEO , Domini Social Investments

Amy Domini is Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments. She is widely recognized as the leading voice for socially responsible investing. In 2005, Time magazine named her to the Time 100 list of the world’s most influential people. Also in 2005, President Clinton honored her at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative helping protect children and the environment. In 2006, she was awarded a Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa degree from Northeastern University C...

Valéry Lucas-Leclin

United Kingdom (London)

Director SRI & ESG & Sustainability, BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research

Valéry Lucas-Leclin is co-head of ESG and Sustainable Research at BofAML since 2010. He previously held the same positions at Societe Generale (2006-2010) and CM-CIC Securities (2004-2006), the French brokers. He initially started as SRI analyst in 1998 in AReSE, the first French SRI rating agency (known now as VIGEO), before moving in 2002 to Innovest (now part of MSCI ESG). With team mate Sarj Nahal he won several prizes and awards for SRI research (Extel + II Survey). He graduated fro...

Giampiero Grandi

Switzerland (Verbier)

Chief Executive Officer, Grandi & Partners S.A.

Senior international executive and entrepreneur with significant experience in banking, corporate turnarounds, start-ups and business development of financial, industrial and service companies, Piero Grandi assists project owners in bringing their plans to reality. Among others he is presently working on several projects related to biochar, in, Africa and Asia. Piero Grandi has a Cum Laude degree in Economics at Rome University (Italy). He made a banking career working for City Bank (R...

Toni Symonds

United States of America (Sacramento, CA)

Chief Consultant, Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy, California State Legislature Assembly

Toni Symonds has held a variety of senior-level public policy positions in Washington, D.C. and California during her 27-year career in government. Throughout her career, she has advocated for a greater examination of the overlapping roles of the private sector and government policy in providing for a sustainable global economy. Ms. Symonds is the former California State Deputy Controller for Investments and Corporate Governance serving as representative to boards of the California Publi...

Alexander Trentin

Switzerland (Zurich)

Journalist, Markets Desk , Finanz und Wirtschaft

Alexander Trentin covers for the Swiss newspaper "Finanz und Wirtschaft" investment topics such as macroeconomic trends, emerging markets and commodities. Before becoming a journalist he worked in finance with UBS in Zurich and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel.

Gloria Nelund

United States of America (Manhattan Beach, CA)

Chairman and CEO, TriLinc Global, LLC

Gloria spent 30 years on Wall Street as one of the most successful and visible executives in the international investment management industry. After retiring from Deutsche Bank as CEO of their $50 billion North America Private Wealth Management division, she co-founded TriLinc Global; a private investment company dedicated to creating impact investment products that will attract significant private capital to help solve some of the world’s most critical issues. TriLinc is currently launching...

Wendy Peter Abt

United States of America (Washington, DC)

Deputy Assistant Administrator , USAID Agency for International Development, Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment

Wendy Peter Abt joined USAID in 2010 as the deputy assistant administrator for the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment. Abt’s portfolio includes private sector engagement, entrepreneurship, inclusive finance and education. Abt has extensive experience in commercial and turnaround banking, bank management consulting and public policy research. She has worked in Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Lesotho and Ghana serving as adviser to ministers of finance and Central Bank governors ...

Masaru Arai

Japan (Tokyo)

Chair, Social Investment Forum Japan (SIF Japan)

Masaru Arai is the Chairman of Social Investment Forum Japan (SIF Japan) - a non-profit organization for promoting sustainable and responsible investment in Japan. He previously served as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. for seven years since 2003, subsequently assuming the offices of director (2006) and advisor (2011). He joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. in 1972 where he was in charge of overseas international institutional investors. He has been a member of...

Frédéric Surry

France (Paris)

COO Investments and Head of Investment and Business Solutions, BNP Paribas France

Martin Rapaport

United States of America (New York, NY)

Chairman, Rapaport Group

Martin Rapaport is Chairman of the Rapaport Group, a leading diamond and jewelry organization with over 12,000 clients in 82 countries. In 1978 he established the Rapaport Diamond Report the primary source of diamond price and market information. He also established RapNet - the world’s largest diamond trading network with daily listings of approximately US$5 billion of diamonds. The Group recently announced the introduction of the Rapaport Diamond Fund. Group activities also include informati...

Steve Howard

The Netherlands (Leiden)

Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA Group

Steve Howard is Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA and a member of its Executive Management Committee, a role he has held since January, 2011. He is responsible for the Company's sustainability strategy, environmental and social performance, the impact of its products. Steve believes that sustainability will be one of the mega-trends that shape society and the business landscape this century. He is committed to developing innovative ways to make sustainability attractive and affordable for eve...

Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, for sale online Conference B.V./for sale online Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of for sale online – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

Maxwell Drever

United States of America (Tiburon, CA)

Chairman, Drever Capital Management

Maxwell Drever, at the helm of Drever Capital Management and as a managing partner of Crossbeam Holdings, has been a visionary leader in countercyclical impact real estate investing for over four decades. Mr. Drever and his best-in-class team of asset, construction, and property managers have spent their careers improving high-performance fundamentals while expanding the parameters of “doing well by doing good.” The Drever Family’s real estate business and reputation have been built on...

David Kirkpatrick

United States of America (Durham, NC)

Managing Director, SJF Ventures

David Kirkpatrick is Managing Director and co-founder of SJF Ventures, a high growth, positive impact fund with offices in Durham, NC, New York City, and San Francisco. David has helped lead SJF’s capitalization of three funds totaling $90 million. SJF Ventures has invested in 35 portfolio companies. SJF invests in resource efficiency and reverse logistics, infrastructure technology, sustainable agriculture and food safety, health and wellness, education, digital media, and technology-enhan...

Leonard A. Freeke

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder of The Real Soda Company and FoodChain.org, The Real Soda Company

Leonard is the son of a veterinarian surgeon and a fashion designer. He grew up on the Dutch countryside and has earned academic degrees in Business Studies, Economics, Information Management and Accountancy. After graduating Leonard pursued a career as a corporate finance professional. In 2004 he decided to take a pro-active role in positively influencing the world as an LOHAS-entrepreneur. Leonard was the winner of the Dutch Sprout Challenger Award 2011. The Real Soda Company has started t...

David C. Stevens

United States of America (Craryville NY)

Chief Executive Officer, Ascending Markets Financial Guarantee (AMF)

David C. Stevens is CEO of Ascending Markets Financial Guarantee (AMF), a financial guarantee insurance company focused on developing nations. AMF is finalizing its capital raise with the expected support of six development banks in the United States,, Latin America and Africa and two large global corporations. It is expected to launch in early 2013. AMF’s core business is to provide financial guarantees on creditworthy essential infrastructure and public services financings, for the...

Kenneth J. Kelley

United States of America (San Diego, CA)

Chief Executive Officer, PaxVax, Inc.

Mr. Kelley co-founded PaxVax in early 2007 and serves as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman. Mr. Kelley brings to PaxVax thirty years of experience in biotechnology (IntraBiotics, Integrated Genetics), venture capital (K2 BioVentures, Latterell Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners), and strategic management (McKinsey & Company). During his career, Mr. Kelley has funded 36 early stage biotechnology and medical device companies, fifteen of which became publi...

Maria Bello

United States of America (Los Angeles)

Actress and Activist, We Advance

Maria Bello is an internationally renowned actor and women’s rights activist and the co-founder of We Advance (www.weadvance.org). We Advance is a women’s movement and NGO based in Cite Soleil, Haiti. The organization advocates for women throughout the country to have full political, economic, and social participation. Having starred in over 30 movies (including “Coyote Ugly,” “A History of Violence,” and “The Cooler”), Bello has had several nominations and wins for her acting, i...

Pippa Begg

United Kingdom (London)

Director, Board Intelligence

Pippa is a Director of Board Intelligence and joined the firm in 2009 to lead the development of the Board Practice division: to develop a service that enhanced board effectiveness and raised corporate governance standards. A respected voice in the field of corporate governance, Pippa is a member of thean Corporate Governance Institute and has contributed to the review of the UK Combined Code, the Walker Review and the EU Corporate Governance Green Paper. In 2010 she received an award ...

Kathelijne Marritt Alers

Switzerland (Zurich)

Regional Director, SAM Sustainable Asset Management AG

Kathelijne Marritt Alers is a Regional Director responsible for developing SAM Indexes’ business in. In addition, she is responsible for managing SAM Indexes’ institutional clients. Prior to joining SAM in 2009, she spent 2.5 years as a Relationship Manager at ABN AMRO Bank in Zurich, where she managed a portfolio of private clients and led the bank's sustainability activities in Switzerland. She began her career at Reuters, working in product management, strategy and account manageme...

Susan Blesener

Denmark (Copenhagen)

Managing Partner , The Art of Value

Susan Blesener is the founder and managing partner of The Art of Value, a consultancy that helps companies prioritize opportunities to create social and environmental value while maintaining or increasing profitability. She began working on integrated reporting at the private sector arm of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation, in 2006. From 2008 to mid cialis she headed up the integrated reporting team at one of the first companies to integrate financial and non-financial reportin...

Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore

France (Paris)

Chief Executive Officer, Novethic

Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore is Chief Executive of Novethic, the leading research center in France on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). As a founding member of Novethic, Anne-Catherine Husson-Traore led in 2001 the development of novethic.fr. In addition to defining the editorial slant of novethic.fr, Anne-Catherine is the Founding editor and publisher of L’Essentiel de L’ISR, a quarterly publication for the French-speaking financial community...

Bob Bragar

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Strategies for Impact Investors

Bob Bragar is a strategic consultant and international lawyer. He helps impact investors and practitioners develop strategies to promote growth and reduce risks, including systems to manage legal exposures. Bob Bragar is a thought-leader, acting as chair and speaker at international conferences on inclusive finance and poverty alleviation. He is the founder of the webinar series, www.LocalVoice4Development.org, dedicated to highlighting the achievements and challenges of local leaders on m...

Klaus Tischhauser

Switzerland (Zurich)

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, responsAbility Social Investments AG

Klaus Tischhauser is Co-Founder and CEO of responsAbility, one of the world’s leading asset managers for social investments. He has 25 years of professional experience in the financial sector, and since 2003 has been instrumental in leading responsAbility to become the internationally recognized investment company it is today. Prior to founding responsAbility Klaus worked for Credit Suisse and SAM Sustainable Asset Management, where he was involved in building up the company, executing the fi...

Douglas Clayton

Cambodia (Phnom Penh)

Chief Executive Officer, Leopard Capital

Douglas Clayton is Founder and CEO of Leopard Capital, a pioneer investor in emerging frontiers such as Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Bangladesh, and Haiti through private equity and public equity funds. Douglas has 26 years of investment experience in Asia and Latin America, and earlier held senior management positions at CLSA, Credit Agricole Indosuez WI Carr, and Abacus Equity Partners. In addition to leading Leopard Capital's investment activities and global expansion, he serves as Technical Advi...

James Addo

The Netherlands (The Hague)

Senior Manager of Impact Investment, SNV, the Netherlands Development Organization

James is the Senior Manager of Impact Investment within SNV's Advisory Services practice. James is an experienced investment banker with a specialty in private equity and venture capital opportunities. He is a well-rounded Investment Banking Professional with broad experience in conventional and impact investments. James has multi-year experience in establishing and managing development finance programs in 6 sub Saharan African countries. He served until April 30 2010 as Group Chief Executive...

Sebastian von Stauffenberg

United States of America (Washington, DC)

Chief Executive Officer, MicroRate, Inc.

Sebastian von Stauffenberg is CEO of MicroRate, Inc. He manages the ratings services of all three regional offices as well as its investor services. Recently he helped launch Luminis – the first microfinance fund information platform for investors. Since joining MicroRate in 2003, he has served as the General Manager of the Latin American & Caribbean office in Lima, Peru. At the end of 2008, Sebastian returned to MicroRate’s headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area and was appointed as Mana...

Thomas Streiff

Switzerland (Zurich)

Chief Executive Officer, Sustainability Forum Zurich

Thomas Streiff is CEO of The Sustainability Forum Zurich, an international, multi-stakeholder oriented think-tank for the financial sector. He is also partner and member of the executive board of BHP – Brugger and Partners Ltd. He and his team are consulting and coaching private companies and public institutions at a national and international level in strategic, organizational and process-oriented matter. A major expertise comprises the design and implementation of sustainable business strate...

Larry Abele

United Kingdom (London)

Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Auriel Capital Limited

Larry Abele is one of the founding partners of Auriel and focuses his efforts on developing the equity market neutral program. Prior to founding Auriel Capital in 2004, Mr. Abele was a managing director at Deutsche Asset Management, where he pioneered a global investment program as Head of the Quantitative Strategies and Portfolio Engineering Group. Prior to joining DeAM in 2000, he worked as a researcher at Barclays Global Investors. Mr. Abele started his career at First Quadrant working as res...

Maria Custer

Switzerland (Zurich)

Executive Director, Global Equity Analyst , Vontobel Asset Management

Dr. Maria Custer is an equity analyst within the Global Equity Research Team. In her role, she is responsible for the coverage of the Global Health Care and Chemical sectors. Maria has over ten years research experience, focused on the Healthcare sector as well as four years experience working within the pharmaceutical industry. Before joining Vontobel, Maria worked for Swiss Re, as an analyst within the Global Equities Portfolio Team. Prior to this from 2001 to 2007 Maria was Head of the Gl...

René Nicolodi

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Sustainable Investment, Zurich Cantonal Bank

René Nicolodi is Head of the Sustainable Investment Department in the Asset Management of Zurich Cantonalbank (ZKB). Since he joined ZKB in 2002 he has covered the roles of senior analyst and deputy head of the sustainability research. He holds a PhD in sustainable pension fund engagement from the University Zurich and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA). René is a regular lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences for Business Administration Zurich (HWZ) and represents th...

Amanda Young

United Kingdom (London)

SRI Officer, Newton Investment Management

Amanda Young is the SRI Officer at Newton Investment Management, a London-based, global investment management subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. She is responsible for the research analysis and engagement on environmental and social issues facing the companies in which Newton invests. Amanda came to Newton from CCLA Investment Management, the specialist church and charity fund manager where she spent seven years analysing companies’ environmental, social and governance ac...

Tanja Havemann

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Director, BeyondCarbon GmbH

Born and brought up in Tanzania and Kenya, Tanja has witnessed first hand the impact of unsustainable land use on local communities and the environment. Her passion for developing sustainable solutions has driven her career, starting with a degree in Tropical Environmental Science (University of Aberdeen) and two masters, in Applied Environmental Economics (Imperial College London) and Environmental Law & Policy (University of Kent, Canterbury). Tanja has over a decade of experience with advi...

Zoltan Kun

Hungary (Győr)

Executive Director, PAN Parks Foundation

Shortly after joining WWF, Zoltán was appointed as regional coordinator for a project to set up a network of protected areas in. He became the conservation manager of the newly established PAN Parks Foundation in August 1999 and its Executive Director in March 2002. As director, Zoltán is responsible for not only managing the whole organisation, but he has a special focus on research and policy. His current focus is fundraising in order to secure funding for The Million Project aiming t...

Charles Frewen

Brazil (São Paulo, SP)

Director, ARBOREM & Instituto Genoma de Recursos Florestais

Charles Frewen, 53 with over 30 years experience in capital markets and starting new businesses. Frewen has a lifelong interest in plants and tropical forests. He recently lived for over 2 years in the middle of the Amazon establishing Wood 4 Life. He wrote and initiated an ongoing plant research project "Flora Toucan Cipo", which together with the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew has so far discovered 13 new species of plant. Frewen is a board member of The Tropical Forest Foundation in Washington, DC...

Bettina von Hagen

United States of America (Portland, OR)

Chief Executive Officer, Ecotrust Forest Management

Bettina von Hagen serves as CEO of Ecotrust Forest Management (EFM), a for-profit subsidiary of non-profit Ecotrust, based in Portland, Oregon. EFM provides forestland investment management services through its investment funds which are focused on acquiring and managing temperate rainforests in the US for high-quality timber, capital appreciation, job creation and ecosystem services. EFM also serves as the placement agent for Ecotrust’s New Market Tax Credit allocation which helps finance nat...

Petteri Seppänen

Unknown (Espoo)

Partner, Forestry Director, Dasos Capital Ltd.

Mr Seppänen has 14 years of proven track record in sustainable forest management with focus on commercial forest plantations. Previously he has worked 10 years in Latin American pulp and paper industry in plantation management and four years in Indufor Ltd as Senior Forestry Consultant covering Latin America,, South East Asia, China and Africa (plantation feasibility studies, asset valuations and technical advice in management of biological assets). A partner and technical manager in a p...

Julia Balandina Jaquier

Switzerland (Zurich)

Founder and Managing Director, JBJ Consult

A seasoned impact investor and a recognized expert in this area, Dr. Balandina advises institutional investors, Swiss Government as well as leading global families and private foundations on the development and management of impact investment programs. Dr. Balandina is the author of the Guide To Impact Investing for Family Offices and High Net Worth Individuals. She teaches impact investing and social entrepreneurship at the University of St. Gallen, is a gest lecturer at Yale and a frequent spe...

Jaume Iglésies

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Values Based Investing, UBS AG

Jaume Iglésies is Head of Values Based Investing at UBS AG, responsible for advising on investment solutions that consider social and environmental values alongside financial returns. Prior to joining UBS in 2005, he worked for 11 years at Deutsche Bank SA in the financial planning unit, where he was responsible for product management. Jaume is a full member of the International Actuarial Association and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and Economy.

Erol Bilecen

Switzerland (Basel)

Head Client Services Sustainable Investment, Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Erol Bilecen, 1971, Director, Head of Client Services, graduated in business administration and economics and also passed the final exam of an interdisciplinary course of studies called "Man-Society-Environment" at the University of Basel in 1997. Right after his graduation he joined the Sustainability Research team and worked as an analyst until April 2001. Since then is he responsible for the support of internal and external clients. Besides his work for Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd he is working on...

Patrick Elmer

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head Responsible Investments & Philanthropy, Credit Suisse

Patrick Elmer is Head of Responsible Investments and Philanthropy Services at Credit Suisse Private Banking, advising clients on innovative investment solutions that combine financial and social returns. Before joining Credit Suisse in September 2008 as Head of Microfinance, Patrick has worked for many years in Mozambique, Tanzania and Madagascar, first managing the private sector development portfolio of seco (Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) and later establishing and managing mi...

Susanne Grossmann

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Partner, BTS Investment Advisors Ltd.

Susanne Grossmann holds a master’s degree in history and economics. Until 2004 she worked with the Swiss Government, with a focus on finance for small and medium sized companies in developing countries. From 2004-2007 she was in the management of a small organization assisting Swiss companies investing in developing countries, with a focus on Africa and South East Asia. Since 2007 Susanne has been working for BTS Investment Advisors, a private equity investor, where she focuses on fundraising ...

Suzanne Bodevin

France (Paris)

Assistant Professor of International Business Administration, American University of Paris, Department of International Business Administration

Assistant Professor in the International Business Department of the American University of Paris, Suzanne Bodevin is a lecturer for the Corporate Finance, International Financial Markets and Multinational Business Finance courses. Recently, Professor Bodevin has begun concentrating her research efforts on Finance and Sustainability, including the organization of a spring cialis study trip to Växjö, Sweden.

Florian Sommer

Germany (Frankfurt)

Senior Strategist, Union Investment

Florian Sommer is working at Union Investment since 2010 as Senior Strategist and is responsible for the sustainable investment research in different asset classes. He has more than 10 years professional experience as an investor, management consultant and policy advisor. In the asset management industry he led for 5 years the sustainability research for Fortis Investments and BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Before he advised multinational companies on sustainability while working at Forum f...

Balazs Magyar

Switzerland (Zurich)

Sustainability Analyst , Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Balazs Magyar is a sustainability analyst at Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd. He joined the bank in December 2000 as a freelancer of the Sarasin Sustainable Investment department. After graduating from the economics faculty of the University of Basel in summer 2005 (Master of Science in Business and Economics), he pursued his assistance activities to the Sustainable Investment team. Starting in September 2005 he supported the portfolio management and the sustainability research. Between 2006 and 2008 he ...

Estelle Mironesco

France (Bagnolet)

Director of Vigeo Rating , Vigeo Group

Estelle Mironesco has been managing the ESG research services of Vigeo since 2008. She was previously Director of SRI Research with Natixis Asset Management. Estelle graduated from ESCP and spent the first 10 years of her career in commercial banking, primarily in London, holding positions in corporate analysis as well as client relationship. She then worked for 10 years in asset management firms in Paris where she successively created and managed three buy-side analysis teams on the cre...

Cécile de Lasteyrie Scherk

France (Paris)

Head of SRI Development, Dexia Asset Management

Cécile de Lasteyrie is Head of SRI Development at Dexia Asset Management. She is the ambassador for Dexia AM's Sustainable and Responsible Investing expertise. Cécile de Lasteyrie has a diploma from Sciences Po (France). She started her career as an auditor with PriceWaterhouseCoopers before joining Barep AM, a Société Générale subsidiary, as Head of Internal Auditing and later became Head of Marketing and Communication. She joined Dexia AM in 2005 as Head of Consultants and RFP Desk and ...

Julia Balandina Jaquier

Switzerland (Zurich)

Founder and Managing Director, JBJ Consult

A seasoned impact investor and a recognized expert in this area, Dr. Balandina advises institutional investors, Swiss Government as well as leading global families and private foundations on the development and management of impact investment programs. Dr. Balandina is the author of the Guide To Impact Investing for Family Offices and High Net Worth Individuals. She teaches impact investing and social entrepreneurship at the University of St. Gallen, is a gest lecturer at Yale and a frequent spe...

Jorim Schraven

The Netherlands (The Hague)

Manager Financial Institutions Africa , Dutch Development Bank

Jorim Schraven is Manager of the Financial Institutions Africa Department at FMO. This department is responsible for taking Financial Sector risk in Africa through trade finance, senior debt and mezzanine transactions as well as for providing capacity development assistance. Previously Jorim Schraven was Head of Retail at Clear Capital Ltd., an equity research and advisory firm based in London. He also worked as Economist at thean Central Bank and held various positions at the Dutch C...

Rodolfo Fracassi

United Kingdom (London)

Co-Founder and Director, MainStreet Partners

Rodolfo founded MainStreet Partners in 2008 aiming to create the first global impact investing arranger and placement agent. Prior to this he served as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, in charge of developing new business opportunities with institutional investors, distributors and consultants in severalan countries. Rodolfo covered a similar position at Franklin Templeton Investments, co–heading the Italian Institutional department. He also held positions...

Zina Sanyoura

Switzerland (Geneva)

Senior Investment Manager, Bamboo Finance

Zina Sanyoura is a Senior Investment Manager with Bamboo Finance. She is responsible for sourcing, developing, and managing investments in Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Eastern. Zina joined the team of the BlueOrchard Private Equity Fund in February 2010. Prior to joining BlueOrchard, Zina spent a year working with the World Economic Forum on a project to develop a framework for corporate governance and corporate social responsibility for a group of leading family-owned Arab-...

Marcello Balasini

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of the Asia-Pacific Division, First Climate (Switzerland) AG

Marcello Balasini is Head of the Asia-Pacific Division at Factor Consulting+Managing AG. Over his career, he has been involved in several projects linked to the EU ETS and JI/CDM chemes with particular focus on China and Africa. In his current position, Balasini has overseen the creation of a portfolio of ten million carbon credits (10M CERs). Mr Balasini is an environmental engineer with a postgraduate degree in business management and economics.

Marcus Malkmus

Switzerland (Zurich)

Chairman, FimpactT AG

Marcus Malkmus is Chairman of FimpactT AG, a Swiss technology consultancy. Since 2001 Marcus has specialised in in-depth contextual technology analyses in the following sectors: renewable energy, energy storage technologies, biotech and material science. Marcus is also founder and former CEO of CDoernemann Software Gmbh. Marcus holds degrees in Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics and Neuroscience from Universities of London, Braunschweig and Oxford. He was a visiting researcher to the U...

Matthias Fawer

Switzerland (Zurich)

Sustainability Analyst , Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Dr. Matthias Fawer, 1963, Director, joined Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd as a sustainability analyst in 2000. He is responsible for the renewable energies, oil & gas and utilities sectors. Since 2004 he is the main author of the annual solar energy study of Bank Sarasin. Matthias Fawer has a PhD degree in biotechnology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He then worked for the Ecology department of the Swiss Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute (EMPA) in St. Gall...

Marcus Pratsch

Germany (Frankfurt a/M)

Head of Sustainable Investment Research , DZ BANK AG

Marcus has been working in the banking industry since 1996. Since March 2009 Marcus is in charge for the Sustainable Investment Research of DZ BANK AG coordinating all SRI related activities in institutional equity research. He is also a member of the DVFA Commission Non-Financials. Marcus joined DZ BANK AG in 2006 being responsible for the coverage ofan telecom stocks. He was recognized by Starmine in 2009 as the No. 1 Earnings Estimator in the categoryan Telecommunication Serv...

Philipp A. Pausder

Germany (Berlin)

Co-Founder and Managing Director, FutureWatt GmbH

Philipp A. Pausder is the Co-Founder and MD of FutureWatt, the first end-to-end energy service firm, specialized on German midcaps, helping them to capitalize on the opportunities derived from the German Energiewende. He is also the founder of Clean Venture, a boutique M&A and transaction advisory firm for distributed energy deals. Since its inception in January 2010, Clean Venture has been advising on 14 distributed energy deals across 4 continents with a total value of more than $1 billion. Pr...

Giulio Franzinetti

United Kingdom (London)

Member of the Advisory Board, Vigeo

Director of two charitable foundations and actively involved in Fair Trade projects in Africa. Giulio was formerly in banking and fund management and is now focussed on the activities of not for profit institutions and in particular religious institutions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of 3iG (The International Interfaith Investment Group) and a Director of aan Executive Search Company specializing in the financial field, as well as a Member of the Advisory Board of Vigeo.

Pierre Lenders

United Kingdom (London)

Partner, Prius Partners LLP

Mr. Pierre Lenders. Mr. Lenders is a founding partner of Prius LLP, a London based consultant focusing on responsible investments through alternative solutions. Prior to this role, and until its integration into Rothschild and Cie Gestion in cialis , Mr. Lenders was CEO and Co-CIO of HDF Finance, a Paris based asset manager of funds of hedge funds. From 2008 to October 2010, Mr. Lenders was at La Fayette in London, as head of risk, portfolio manager and then Co-CIO. Before joining La Fayette in 200...

Markus Stierli

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Global Thematic Research, Credit Suisse

Markus Stierli is Head of Global Thematic Research at Credit Suisse Private Banking. His team focuses on strategic investment trends, including ESG and responsible investment, behavioral finance, corporate action, and long-term megatrends. Before joining Credit Suisse in 2010, he worked at the University of Zurich for more than eight years, most recently as a head of operations and lecturer at the Institute for Political Science. Prior to that he was a market risk analyst at UBS Warburg (current...

Michael Jantzi

Canada (Toronto)

Chief Executive Officer, Sustainalytics

Michael Jantzi is the CEO of Sustainalytics. He was the founder of Jantzi Research and has been active in the responsible investment field since 1990. Michael is a thought leader on sustainability investment and corporate social responsibility issues and regularly appears in the global media. He is the co-author of The 50 Best Ethical Stocks for Canadians: High Value Investing, published by MacMillan Canada. Jantzi Research won the 2006 Capital Markets Award for Sustainable Investment & Banking,...

Willem Appel

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, Roodhals Capital B.V.

Willem Appel is co-founder of Roodhals Capital, an investment manager with offices in Amsterdam and London and manager of the Branta Solutions Fund. His career of 22 years included roles in commodity finance and investment management of credit, equity and distressed portfolios in New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo and London. Willem holds a degree in business and economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Anna Barrat

France (Paris)

Independent Sr. Consultant, Barrat & Co.

Anne Barrat is an independent consultant in Corporate, Financial and Sustainability Reporting for listed companies and privately owned businesses. She spent ten years in the leading global exchange NYSE Euronext in charge of stakeholders' relation, Corporate Social Reporting and Corporate Reporting Management. In this position Anne contributed to fostering a group CSR strategy, developing CSR best practices and awareness across borders and building partnerships to promote Environment Social Gov...

Genevieve Ferone

France (Paris)

VP Sustainable Development, Veolia Environnement

PhD in Law and graduated from Business School, Genevieve FERONE worked in various international institutions such as IEA, OECD and UNHCR. From 1992 to 1996, she worked in California in a firm specialized in pension funds and socially responsible investment. In 1997, she created the 1st French extra-financial rating agency, ARESE. From 2006 to 2008, she was Director Sustainable Development for the Group Eiffage and she is currently working in Veolia Environment as Senior Vice-President Sustainabl...

Luciana Lima

Peru (Lima)

Director of Strategic Partnerships , Grupo Ciudad Saludable/Healthy Cities Group (HCG)

As an interim Director of Strategy Alliances, Luciana Lima is responsible for the international expansion of Healthy Cities Group (HCG), a social enterprise based in Peru. HCG works alongside the public and private sectors in Latin America and South Asia to implement an inclusive model of integrated solid waste management that incorporates informal waste collectors into municipal waste management systems. HCG has received international recognition by Ashoka, Avina, Schwab Foundation and Skoll Fo...

Barbara Toorens

Belgium (Brussels)

Business Development and External Relations, WorldLoop

Barbara Toorens is responsible for business development and external relations at WorldLoop, an international not-for-profit organization committed to reducing the negative impact of electric and electronic equipment (EEE) throughout the entire product lifecycle by turning e-waste into sustainable, human and economic resources. WorldLoop provides developing countries with resources and professional mindshare to enable the creation of a100% sustainable e-waste management system, from collection a...

Marina Martin Curran

Switzerland (Geneva)

University Researcher, Geneva University

Dr Marina Martin Curran is currently a researcher at the University of Geneva's Human Ecology Group working on climate change issues in the Arctic and Alpine regions. She holds a PhD from the University of Edinburgh, on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance. Marina has been interested and involved in various ways in ESG investing since 2001, in research for a SRI asset manager and as an advisor on a fund in Singapore. She attended the early for sale online confe...

Axel Hesse

Germany (Hannover)

Managing Director, SD-M® GmbH

Dr Axel Hesse (SD-M®) has been advising asset owners, investment managers and politicians since 2001 with respect to performance-enhancing sustainable asset management. He has more than 18 years of experience in the area of sustainable investment, e.g. launch of the first investment product worldwide based on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, with HVB Group in October 1999. Hesse has a graduate degree in business administration with a focus in asset management, accounting and controlling,...

Tobias Jung

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Research, Inrate Sustainable Investment Solutions

Tobias Jung heads the research team and has been working for Inrate since 2006. From 2005 to 2006, he was an analyst at Caregroup where he analysed the ecological and social sustainability of global sustainability funds for a "Global Sustainable Fund of Funds". Prior to this, Tobias was the project coordinator for the strategic reorientation process of the foundation pro juventute. From 2000 to 2003, he undertook a programme at Zurich Financial Services and as strategic assistant and controller ...

Franz Knecht

Switzerland (Basel)

Founder and Managing Partner, Connexis Sustainability & ESG Advisory

Swiss citizen, born 1953, Master in Law of the University of Basel, additional education in legal practice and proceedings, economics, banking, marketing and communication, environmental management systems (lead auditor ISO 14001), and sustainability reporting. Professional experience: 2 years as lawyer, 4 years as VP for business associations, 12 years several management positions as VP in banking, 13 years founder and managing partner sustainability consulting company for finance, manufacturin...

Maria Bello

United States of America (Los Angeles)

Actress and Activist, We Advance

Maria Bello is an internationally renowned actor and women’s rights activist and the co-founder of We Advance (www.weadvance.org). We Advance is a women’s movement and NGO based in Cite Soleil, Haiti. The organization advocates for women throughout the country to have full political, economic, and social participation. Having starred in over 30 movies (including “Coyote Ugly,” “A History of Violence,” and “The Cooler”), Bello has had several nominations and wins for her acting, i...

Joanne Sawicki

United Kingdom (London)

Founder and Director, Ceres Communications

Joanne is a media entrepreneur with over twenty years experience at the top of international media. An award-winning journalist and television producer, Joanne has held senior management positions in News International, Channel 9 Australia, BBC, and at Sky TV (as Head of News Features and Head of Programme Development). Joanne has worked with leading presenters including David Frost, Nick Ross, Selina Scott, Adam Boulton, and Gloria Huniford, producing interviews with world leaders in their fie...

Suzanne Bodevin

France (Paris)

Assistant Professor of International Business Administration, American University of Paris, Department of International Business Administration

Assistant Professor in the International Business Department of the American University of Paris, Suzanne Bodevin is a lecturer for the Corporate Finance, International Financial Markets and Multinational Business Finance courses. Recently, Professor Bodevin has begun concentrating her research efforts on Finance and Sustainability, including the organization of a spring cialis study trip to Växjö, Sweden.

Matthew Weatherley-White

United States of America (Fort Worth , TX)

Founding Partner, The Caprock Group

Matthew Weatherley-White is an emerging impact thought leader, specifically as it relates to portfolio integration and “catalyzing impact” investments. He has presented and participated in panel discussions at leading conferences, including SALT, SoCap, Play Big, Take Action! and SRI in the Rockies. Most recently, he was a contributor to “A New Foundation for Portfolio Management”, published by RSF Social Finance and Portfolio 21 which challenges conventional assumptions around risk, gro...

John Cusack

United Kingdom (Bath)

Head, Financial Services Risk Management, Maplecroft

John Cusack heads Maplecroft’s Financial Services Risk Management team in Bath in the UK, where he leads the continued expansion of Maplecroft’s ESG, climate, company and sustainability risk services and tools to investors, fund managers, insurers and financial institutions. Specifically, John helps clients to minimise their global ESG risk exposure, to identify promising investment opportunities, and to screen asset portfolios to evaluate compliance with internal/external ESG guidelines and...

Rina Kupferschmid-Rojas

Switzerland (Zurich)

Chief Executive Officer, ESG analytics

Rina is CEO of ESG analytics, a consulting firm focusing on the ESG integration on private equity markets. Before joining ESG analytics, she was responsible for the Global Business Development activities of Adveq, a leading FoFs based in Zurich. Prior to that she was part of the business development team at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Switzerland. Rina is part of the first attendees of the Innovating for Sustainability Certificate from the Harvard Business School. She is also member of the Privat...

Melchior De Muralt

Switzerland (Geneva)

Managing Partner, De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd.

Since April 2001, Melchior de Muralt is a Managing Partner of de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd (www.ppt.ch), an independent asset management firm based in Geneva. He is a member of the Investor Committee at Zurmont Madison Management AG (www.zurmontmadison.ch), a Zurich private equity firm. He is Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Blue Orchard Finance S.A. (www.blueorchard.com), a company specialized in investments in the microfinance industry. He is president of Cadmos...

Sabine Doebeli

Switzerland (Zurich)

Vice President, Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen

Sabine Doebeli is Vice President of Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG), the Sustainable Investment Forum for Germany, Austria and Switzerland and affiliate of Eurosif, coordinating Swiss activities, and is a Board Member of the Swiss Climate Foundation. Sabine is also Executive Director and Head of Corporate Sustainability Management at Bank Vontobel. In her role, she is responsible for the coordination of the theme "Sustainability“" at group level as well as for the integration of sustainabi...

Benjamin Firmenich

Switzerland (Geneva)

Executive Director, Kharmax Impact Monitoring System S.A.

After his master in environmental sciences at Wageningen university, Benjamin worked as a consultant for a civil engineer. In 2010 he joined Impact Finance Management S.A., a company specialized in value chain financing with a positive impact at the Base of the Pyramid. His task was to set up a reporting system. In 2011 he co-founded Kharmax Impact Monitoring System S.A., the affiliate company of Impact Finance Management dedicated to the provision of impact monitoring services.

Jody Rasch

United States of America (New York, NY)

Senior Vice President Social Performance Group , Moody's Analytics

Jody Rasch heads the Social Performance Group at Moody’s Analytics working on projects including microfinance and social investing. He also serves on various advisory board s including the Global Impact Investing Rating Service (GIIRS) , Women’s World Banking’s Gender Performance Initiative, the SMART Campaign’s Certification Task Force and Grameen Foundation’s Social Performance Advisory Committee. Prior to this Mr. Rasch worked at Moody’s Risk Management Services as part of the tra...

Tobias Reichmuth

Switzerland (Zurich)

Chief Executive Officer, Fund Manager SUSI Sustainable Euro Fund I, SUSI Partners AG

Professional background: Co-Founder SUSI Partners AG, SUSI Sustainable Euro Fund Manager; Strategy Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group; Director at the Foundation for Global Sustainability and Initiator of the ‘Enabling Finance for Renewable Energy’ practice; repetitive entrepreneur.

Nancy Pfund

United States of America (San Francisco, CA)

Managing Partner, DBL Investors

Nancy Pfund is a Managing Partner of DBL Investors. Ms. Pfund currently sponsors or sits on the board of directors of a number of private companies, including Primus Power, SolarCity, Solaria, Ecologic, PowerGenix, and BrightSource Energy. Ms. Pfund also worked closely with exited portfolio companies Tesla Motors and Pandora. Previously, Ms. Pfund was a Managing Director at JPMorgan. Ms. Pfund joined JPMorgan (then Hambrecht & Quist) in 1984 as a securities analyst and later joined its ventu...

Barbara Toorens

Belgium (Brussels)

Business Development and External Relations, WorldLoop

Barbara Toorens is responsible for business development and external relations at WorldLoop, an international not-for-profit organization committed to reducing the negative impact of electric and electronic equipment (EEE) throughout the entire product lifecycle by turning e-waste into sustainable, human and economic resources. WorldLoop provides developing countries with resources and professional mindshare to enable the creation of a100% sustainable e-waste management system, from collection a...

Andy Gebhardt

South Korea (Seoul)

Director, SolAbility

Andy is founder & director of SolAbility Ltd, a consultancy specialising in sustainable management strategy and sustainable investment research provision, founded in 2005. Prior to moving to Korea, he worked as analyst for the DJSI at SAM Research in Zurich and held several assignments as researcher on energy technology and energy market developments. In his earlier career, he was involved in humanitarian relief projects in the Balkans and Central America and served as Project Consultant. He hol...

Stephen Tong

Switzerland (Zurich)

Portfolio Manager, Managing Director, Vontobel Asset Management

Stephen Tong is Head of Emerging Markets Equity Portfolio Management in Zurich and a portfolio manager within the Vontobel Global Equities Team. In his role, Stephen has responsibility for the management of all emerging markets equity strategies. He is also the lead portfolio manager for the Vontobel Fund – Global Responsibility Asia ex Japan Equity. Prior to joining Vontobel in 2011, Stephen worked for AllianceBernstein, initially as an analyst in Singapore. From 2003 Stephen worked in To...

Robert Hauser

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Sustainability Research, IANR Asset Management, Zurcher Kantonalbank

Robert Hauser, Dipl. Natw. ETH, Executive MBA Robert Hauser is Head of the Sustainability Research of Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) which is part of the Sustainable Investments Department in the Asset Management. The team of seven analysts, together with the portfolio managers, provides the basis for Sustainable Investment Products. From 1999 to August 2006 he was deputy head of the department he now heads, having started his career at ZKB as an environmental analyst in 1998. Robert Hauser grad...

Linda-Eling Lee

United States of America (New York, NY)

Global Head of ESG Ratings Research - MSCI ESG Research, MSCI

Linda-Eling Lee is Head of Research for MSCI's flagship ESG ratings product (IVA). Prior to joining MSCI ESG Research predecessor Innovest, Ms Lee was the Research Director at the Center for Research on Corporate Performance, developing academic research at Harvard Business School into management tools to drive long-term corporate performance. She started her career as a strategy consultant with Monitor Group in and in Asia, where she worked with Fortune 500 clients in industries rang...

Ivo Knoepfel

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Director, onValues Ltd.

Ivo Knoepfel, Dr.Sc.Techn., CIIA Founder and Managing Partner, onValues (www.onValues.ch) Ivo Knoepfel is the founder and managing director of onValues Ltd., a leading independent investment consulting firm with a focus on responsible and sustainable investment strategies. With approximately 10 billion euro assets under advice, onValues supports a wide range of international clients including pension funds, family offices, foundations and HNWIs. Ivo is a member of the Swiss Financial ...

Lars Hassel

Sweden (Umeå)

SIRP Program Director, Member of PRI Academic Network Committee , Umeå School of Business

Lars G Hassel is the Öhrling’s PricewaterhouseCoopers professor of accounting and auditing at Umeå School of Business in Sweden. He holds a Dr.Sc. degree in accounting from Åbo Akademi University in Finland where he also is a professor of accounting. Hassel has had visiting positions at Virginia Tech and Massey universities and at universities in Estonia, France, Malaysia and Russia. He is an honorary professor at Khabarovsk State Academy of Economics and Law in Russia. Professor Hassel is...

Nadja Guenster

The Netherlands (Maastricht)

Assistant Professor of Finance, Maastricht University

Nadja Guenster is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, and Assistant Professor of Finance at Maastricht University. Her two main research areas are the intersection of corporate social responsibility and finance, and asset price bubbles. Her papers have been published in such journals the Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Asset Management, andan Financial Management. She received the 2005 Moskowitz Prize for the best quant...

Frank Figge

France (Marseille)

Professor of Sustainable Development and Corporate Social Responsibility, Euromed Management/Kedge Business School

Frank Figge is Professor of CSR at Euromed Management School/Kedge Business School (Marseille). Prior to joining Euromed he has held chairs at Queen’s University Belfast (Northern Ireland) and the University of St Andrews (Scotland). Professor Figge’s main research interests are Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Finance, Value-Based Sustainability Management and the Economics and Management of Diversity. In recent years most of his research time ...

Erna Karrer-Rueedi

Switzerland (Zurich)

Principal, Eos Entrepreneur Foundation

Erna Karrer-Rueedi, Co-Founder and Principal of Eos Entrepreneur Foundation (Eos Stiftung für UnternehmerInnen) is leading coaching initiatives and is providing working capital for social entrepreneurs in Latin America and in remote regions of Switzerland. Erna is an experienced financial services professional and held senior positions at firms such as Credit Suisse, Booz & Co. and Swiss Re in Switzerland and abroad. She has deep experience in sustainable, ecological and socio-economic deve...

Arman Vardanyan

Austria (Vienna)

Senior Fund Manager, Absolute Portfolio Management GmbH

Dr. Arman Vardanyan is senior fund manager of two “Dual Return Fund - Vision Microfinance” funds. Dr. Vardanyan has over 15 years professional experience in the area of financial market operations and risk management. His previous positions include Head of Investment Operations Department and Deputy Executive Director for Armswissbank as well as several senior positions in the Central Bank of Armenia, such as Advisor to the Chairman, Director of the Financial Operations Department and Head o...

Simone Balch

United States of America (Stamford, Connecticut)

Director, Investor Development, Developing World Markets

Simone joined Developing World Markets in 2005 and is the Head of Investor Development. She also served as Developing World Market’s Relationship Manager for microfinance investments in Southeast Asia between 2007 and 2010. Simone began her career at Goldman Sachs Equity Sales and Trading in Chicago covering institutional investors in the Midwest and later spent 4 years in Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management in Switzerland. During her graduate education, Simone worked with various m...

Isabelle Levard

France (Paris)

Deputy Chief Executive Officer, MicroCred Group

Isabelle Levard is a Member of the Management Board and has been Deputy CEO of MicroCred since December 2008. Isabelle joined MicroCred in 2006 as a Strategy and before joining MicroCred, Isabelle was working as a rating manager for Planet Rating. During the 3 years she worked there, she conducted more than 50 rating and training missions in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Eastern. She was deeply involved in Planet Rating’s spin-off process, offering her experience in Busines...

Stephanie Gerteiser

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Consultant, for sale online Consulting B.V.

Stephanie is a consultant with for sale online GROUP™. She is presently focusing her efforts on increasing for sale online ’s presence with the German-speaking ESG network with a view to the upcoming for sale online cialis for sale online taking place in Zurich for the next two years. Her cornerstone efforts will shift to supporting for sale online ’s current cooperation with GATE IMPACT, a unique technological platform designed for worldwide impact investment as well as related consulting work around the platform. Having spent ten y...

Kevin Franklin

United Kingdom (Bath)

Managing Director of Professional Services, Maplecroft

Dr. Kevin Franklin has a PhD in Business Studies from Warwick Business School with a focus on collaborative decision-making, stakeholder engagement and sustainability performance management. He has a strong practical background embedding sustainability performance management systems, assurance programmes and reporting processes in corporate and operational functions of multi-national businesses. Kevin has 10+ years experience advising companies on non-financial risks and corporate responsibility...

Silke Stremlau

Germany (Hannover)

Head of Investment Research, imug GmbH

Silke Stremlaul, Head of imug Investment Research and also shareholder of imug, manages the SRI Departement at imug - an independent consultancy and CSR rating agency, based in Germany. imug, founded in 1992, stands for Institute for Market, Environment and Society and is the German research partner of EIRIS. The main focus from imug is CSR ratings for investors with a clearly customized focus.

Patrice Schneider

Switzerland (Zurich)

Chief Strategy Officer , Media Development Loan Fund

Patrice Schneider is Chief Strategy Officer at Media Development Loan Fund. Patrice started his publishing career as a journalist reporting from conflicts in Central Asia at the end of the 1980s. Before being involved in media development, he held the responsibilities of Managing Director of Netscape overseeing it’san activities, Senior Adviser for the World Economic Forum (The Davos summit), Deputy Managing Director at Hachette Filipacchi Medias in France. Schneider has also wor...