Carmen M. Reinhart is Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank Group. Assuming this role on June 15, 2020, Reinhart provides thought leadership for the institution at an unprecedented time of crisis. She also manages the Bank’s Development Economics Department. She is on public service leave from Harvard Kennedy School, where she is the Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System.

Previously, she was Senior Policy Advisor and Deputy Director at the International Monetary Fund and held positions as Chief Economist and Vice President at the investment bank Bear Stearns. She also serves in the Advisory Panels of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the International Monetary Fund.

Reinhart has been listed among Bloomberg Markets Most Influential 50 in Finance, Foreign Policy’s Top 100 Global Thinkers, and Thompson Reuters' The World's Most Influential Scientific Minds. In 2018 she was awarded the King Juan Carlos Prize in Economics and NABE’s Adam Smith Award, among others. She holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Caroline Le Meaux joined Amundi on July 1st, 2019 and takes the responsibility of the ESG Research, Engagement and Voting team. She was previously head of the long-term investment department at the pension division of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) which is the fiduciary manager of several French pension funds including Ircantec and RAVGDT. She was notably in charge of the SRI strategy, ESG and climate policy. Before that, she was director of investment at FRR Fonds de Réserves des Retraites from 2011 to 2014. She was formerly fund manager at BNPPAM, managing Small and Mid-Caps European equities and has been head of quantitative analysis for European equities.

Caroline Le Meaux began her career at Paribas Asset Management; she is a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and is a graduate of Paris IX Dauphine University.

Huang will be responsible for driving and managing the company’s sustainable finance solutions for corporations, financial institutions and investors with a focus on primary, asset finance and securitization.

Huang joins the company from Natixis, where she has served for nearly two years as first director and then executive director of green and sustainable solutions, Asia Pacific.

Prior to that, she worked as the head of business development, Asia at Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices for four years, and as a senior analyst at MSCI Inc. for another four.

Huang has also served as the vice president and secretary general for Hong Kong Green Finance Association, a platform that offers opportunities for green finance development in Hong Kong since September 2018.

In 2018, BNP Paribas invested around €6.3 billion ($7.10 billion) in green bonds worldwide, and was the third most active bank in the world for issuance of green bonds, according to Dealogic, a London-based financial markets platform.

Ms Ramon was appointed interim chief executive officer of AngloGold Ashanti with effect from 1 September 2020. Prior to that she served as AngloGold Ashanti’s chief financial officer and has been an executive director of the company since 1 October 2014. Ms Ramon has held senior financial management and executive positions in various companies. She previously served as chief financial officer and executive director of Sasol from 2006 to 2013. Prior to this, she was CEO of Johnnic Holdings, having previously served as financial director. She serves as a director of the World Gold Council and the International Council on Mining and Metals. She previously served on the boards of MTN Group, International Federation of Accountants, Rand Refinery, Lafarge SA (France), Transnet and Johnnic Communications.

Ms Ramon is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants. She was recently appointed on the Presidential Council for State Owned Enterprises in South Africa. She was nominated as a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in 2007. Ms Ramon previously served as the chairperson of the listed companies CFO Forum in South Africa and was awarded CFO of the Year in 2018. She also previously served as a member of the Standing Advisory Committee to the International Accounting Standards Board and as deputy chair of the Financial Reporting Standards Council of South Africa.

Curtis Ravenel is a Senior Advisor to former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, COP26 Finance Advisor and UN Special Envoy for Climate Finance and a founding member of the Secretariat for the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).  He also serves as a Distinguished Fellow in Sustainable Finance at ClimateWorks Foundation and as a Strategic Advisor to Context Labs BV.

Curtis founded the Sustainable Business & Finance Group at Bloomberg LP and served as its Global Head from 2007-2019. Under his leadership, Bloomberg integrated sustainability considerations into the firm’s operations globally and developed strategies to leverage Bloomberg’s Enterprise Products to evaluate sustainability-related risks and opportunities for its user base of finance professionals and other influential decision-makers.
  

Prior to his role as Global Head of Sustainable Business & Finance, Curtis served as Financial Controller for Asia, managing accounting, tax, treasury and audit services for 23 legal entities with combined annual revenues exceeding $1billion USD. This was preceded by leadership roles in the Capital Planning and Financial Analysis Groups.

Earlier in his career, Curtis co-managed a small real estate development group, founded a microbrewery and worked with the Recycling Advisory Council in Washington, D.C. conducting Full Cost Accounting and Life Cycle Analysis work.
  

He was awarded a David Rockefeller Fellowship with the Partnership for New York City in 2011, appointed by the Obama Administration to serve on the US chapter of the G8 Advisory Board on Impact Investing in 2013 and received the Columbia Business School Exemplary Leadership Award in 2016. In 2018-2019, he served as the only non-European appointee to the European Commission’s Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance. Curtis holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in History from Davidson College.

Dan Draper is Chief Executive Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), responsible for all aspects of the index business globally. 

Dave Fernandez joined Singapore Management University in 2018. He has a joint appointment as Director of the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics and as Professor of the Practice of Finance at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business.

Prior to returning to academia, Prof Dave worked in the private sector for 20 years as chief economist and market strategist covering Asia for JPMorgan and then Barclays. Earlier, he was an Assistant Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University’s international studies school (SAIS) in Washington DC. Dr Fernandez started his career in the public sector, serving as an economist in the administration of President George H.W. Bush and at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Prof Dave holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University where he completed his dissertation under the guidance of Ben S. Bernanke. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Pennsylvania where Robert S. Mariano was his mentor.

David Hone works for Shell International Ltd. and is the Chief Climate Change Adviser in the Shell Scenarios team. He joined Shell in 1980 after graduating as a Chemical Engineer from the University of Adelaide in South Australia. He initially worked for Shell as a refinery engineer in Australia and The Netherlands, before becoming the supply economist at the Shell refinery in Sydney. In 1989 David transferred to London to work as an oil trader in Shell Trading and held a number of senior positions in that organisation until 2001.  In that year David took up the role of Group Climate Change Adviser. 

David was Chairman of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) from 2011-2013, a global business organisation of some 140 companies and remains a Board member. The Association focuses on the development of carbon markets. He is also on the Board of the Washington based Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the Board of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute (GCCSI) in Melbourne, Australia.

David is a regular climate blogger and is the author of a 2017 book on climate change, ‘Putting the Genie Back: Solving the Climate and Energy Dilemma’. 

Divya Mankikar is Global Head of ESG Market Engagement. She brings over 15 years of sustainable investment experience to S&P Global. She is responsible for leading S&P Sustainable1’s efforts to engage with policy makers, regulators, standard setters, multi-lateral agencies, trade bodies and key market participants.

She joined S&P Global from CalPERS as Head of Sustainable Investment and Climate Strategy in the office of the CEO. Divya is a co-founder of Climate Action 100+ - a global initiative supported by investors representing over $54 trillion that seeks a low-carbon transition through collaborative engagement of systemically important carbon emitters.

She holds a BA/MA from Boston University in Energy and Environmental Analysis, an International MBA in finance from IE Business School in Madrid, and an MA in Law and Diplomacy focused on business and human rights law from Tufts University’s Fletcher School.

Doug Peterson has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of S&P Global since 2013. He joined the company in 2011 as President of its credit ratings business.

Through a mix of organic investments and strategic transactions, including the successful integration of IHS Markit in 2022, Mr. Peterson has repositioned S&P Global to realize its vision of “Powering Global Markets” with data, analytics, and benchmarks. His commitment to the company’s people, customers, and partners, and his focus on international expansion, cutting-edge technology, AI, innovation, and sustainability services are the cornerstones of the company’s strategy.  

Mr. Peterson is a leading voice on sustainability and energy transition. He serves on the Board of the UN Global Compact, and in 2021 he led a workstream of the G7’s Impact Taskforce to mobilize private capital through consistent global standards to measure, value, and account for sustainability.

Before joining S&P Global, Mr. Peterson was the Chief Operating Officer of Citibank, Citigroup’s principal banking entity. Over his 26 years at Citigroup, he served as CEO of Citigroup Japan, Chief Auditor, and in leadership roles in Latin America.

Mr. Peterson chairs the U.S.-Japan Business Council and is a member of the Boards of Directors of the Japan Society and National Bureau of Economic Research. In addition, he serves on the Advisory Board of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s Systemic Resolution Advisory Committee and as a Trustee of Claremont McKenna College and the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

Born and raised in New Mexico, Mr. Peterson received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College.

Emily is Executive Vice President and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Calvert Research and Management. She is responsible for overseeing Calvert’s Research and Engagement departments, and works to develop and support Calvert’s strategies in data and technology, client solutions, thought leadership, and product development execution. She co-chairs the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Sustainability Council, and previously served as Global Head of Sustainability for Investment Management.

Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2020, Emily was Global Head of ESG Research and Integration for Manulife Investment Management in Hong Kong and Boston, where she built an ESG investing program for public markets investments encompassing research, investee stewardship, thought leadership and thematic product development. Previously, Emily was Head of Asia-Pacific ESG Research for MSCI Inc. Emily is a member of the CFA’s Technical Working Group to develop a new global ESG disclosure standard for investment funds, and formerly served as rotating chair of the Steering Committee of the Climate Action 100+ investor engagement initiative, and chair of the Asian Investor Group on Climate Change. She holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, and Bachelors of Laws and Arts (honors) from the University of Melbourne.

François Millet is Head of ETF & Index Product Development, overseeing Lyxor’s business strategy and development in ETFs, passive solutions and ESG on a global basis. He joined Lyxor in 2009 as Head of Index and Quantitative Fund Development. Prior to Lyxor, he was Director of Index Funds & ETFs at Societe Generale Asset Management AI, where he developed the index management business including passive funds, ETFs, index-enhanced and alternative beta products since 2004. He introduced in 2005 the first range of structured ETFs in Europe (leveraged, short and capital protected). Prior to this, he worked for 14 years with SG Corporate & Investment Banking, holding various executive and management positions within the Equity Capital Markets business line.

François holds a Masters in Economy and post-Masters degrees in Money & Finance from La Sorbonne and Assas universities (Paris). 

Mr. Shah leads the ESG practice at GMO and is responsible for building GMO’s ESG capability across investment product areas and asset classes. He was a member of the CFA Institute’s inaugural global ESG working group (FY20) which aimed to develop an industry standard for the classification and disclosure of ESG investment products and has subsequently been selected as a member of its ESG verification subcommittee (FY21).

Prior to joining GMO in 2017, he led a global team of analysts focused on ESG ratings and thematic research at Sustainalytics. Previously, he was an ESG Ratings associate at MSCI and, as a senior climate change consultant with Ernst & Young, has helped register a wide variety of projects with the UNFCCC under the Clean Development Mechanism defined in the Kyoto Protocol.
 

During 2015 and 2016, Mr. Shah was voted #1 “research firm analyst who understands the challenges & opportunities facing companies” in the global Independent Research in Responsible Investment (IRRI) Survey. He earned his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from University of Mumbai and holds a post-graduate diploma in management - e business (finance) from We School, Mumbai. Mr. Shah holds the Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting (FSA) credential issued by SASB, Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) credential by GARP, and the CFA charter.

Jaspreet Duhra is Managing Director and Head of EMEA Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). Jaspreet is involved in the design, methodology, and strategic direction of S&P DJI ESG Indices within EMEA, as well as working closely with the Global Research & Design, Sales, and Marketing departments to bring new indices to market. S&P DJI caters to a diverse spectrum of ESG investing needs, from best-in-class approaches like ESG Elite, to broad-market ESG alternatives to mainstream indices like the S&P 500® ESG Index. 

Before joining S&P DJI in 2019, Jaspreet worked as an ESG Product Specialist at ISS, as the Head of the UK office at oekom research, and in business development, account management, and analyst roles at Eiris.

Jaspreet holds a BSc in Geography and Geology from the University of Manchester and an MSc in Environmental Technology (Business & Environment) from Imperial College London.

Jessica Fries is Executive Chairman of The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S), established by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2004. She has led A4S since 2008, working with the finance community to catalyze a shift to a sustainable economy, with a focus on practical actions and targeted interventions capable of achieving global change. While at A4S, Jessica has been responsible for establishing the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), as well as A4S’s CFO Leadership Network and capital markets programme.

Previously, Jessica held a number of roles at PwC advising a wide range of companies, governments, investors and not-for-profit organizations. Jessica has written extensively on ways to integrate sustainability into business and finance, and has been a member of a number of International, European and UK Government Committees, including the UK Treasury’s Sustainability Reporting Steering Committee, the European Commission’s Expert Group on Non-Financial Disclosure and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Advisory Group.

She is currently a member of the IIRC Governance and Nominations Committee, the Smith School Global Sustainable Finance Advisory Council, the UN Global  Assessment Report Advisory Counciland the Global Reporting Initiative. Jessica is a chartered accountant, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Kamran Khan is Deutsche Bank’s Head of ESG for Asia Pacific. In this newly established clientfacing role, he is responsible for defining and executing the bank’s ESG strategy across all business divisions in Asia. He is a member of the Global Sustainability Council of Deutsche Bank.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank, Mr. Khan established Infra-Tech Capital, an impact fund investing in companies utilizing technology to provide infrastructure services and achieve UN Sustainable Development Goals. He was also appointed by the Obama White House to serve as the head of global investments and operations at the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, where he managed a USD 10bn portfolio and led a USD 1.5-2bn annual investment program globally.

Previously, Mr. Khan held senior executive roles at the World Bank and helped establish the World Bank Group regional hub in Singapore, comprising the World Bank, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Insurance & Guarantee Agency (MIGA). Prior to his time at the World Bank, Mr. Khan worked on M&A transactions and advisory mandates at JP Morgan and LEK. He also served as a US Foreign Service Officer with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), where he led operations for the project finance and guarantees facility.

Mr. Khan served as an Advisor on Infrastructure Finance to APEC, ASEAN, and the G-20. He is a member of the Senior Advisory Board at Fudan University Fintech Centre in Shanghai with a mandate to advise on Belt and Road Initiative projects. He has also served on the Board of Advisors at a variety of market-leading companies using technology to achieve ESG goals. He is a frequent speaker at events such as World Economic Forum, ASEAN Summit, APEC Summit, and in major international media.

Mr. Khan holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business at University of Chicago, and an MS in Applied Economics and Master of Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. He received his BS in Economics from George Mason University.

Larry Leva is the former Global Vice-Chairman - Quality, Risk and Regulatory for KPMG International, and served as an executive member of the senior leadership team. In this role, Larry led a team of outstanding professionals from around the world responsible for driving a culture focused on quality, compliance and the highest ethics across all of KPMG’s businesses and ensuring KPMG had trusted and respectful relationships with the regulatory community.

During his 40-year career with KPMG, Larry held numerous senior leadership positions and gained extensive international experience living and working outside the US. Before joining KPMG’s global leadership team, Larry previously served on the US firm’s Management Committee and the US Board of Directors. He was elected the US firm’s first lead director.
 

Larry also spent a significant part of his career working with clients and served as global lead partner and account executive responsible for some of KPMG’s largest global accounts. While based in London, Larry served as the first head of KPMG’s US Capital Markets Group, where he played a leading role in advising numerous European clients interested in listing or raising capital in the United States.

Larry has a degree in business administration from the University at Buffalo—State University of New York. Larry serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement USA.  Larry previously served as Chairman of Junior Achievement USA and served on the global board of JA.

Lauren is a senior leader and global expert in sustainable finance She leads a team committed to growing S&P Global’s ESG business with functional responsibilities for commercial strategy, go to market, product specialists, client engagement and marketing. 

Prior to joining S&P Lauren was a member of the board and senior management team of Trucost responsible for the successful sale of the business to S&P Dow Jones Indices in 2016 and integrating the Trucost business into S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2018. She was integrally involved in a number of major market innovations such as developing the world’s first portfolio carbon footprint and helped grow the Trucost business from being a start up to a market leader in climate finance. Prior to Trucost, Lauren worked in Equity Research in the fund management industry and was a consultant at the UK Government’s Department for International Development working on the Millennium Development Goals.

Lauren is a regular speaker and respected commentator on sustainable finance, quoted in publications such as the Economist, Investment Week, IPE and The Actuary. In 2019 she was a speaker in Davos at the World Economic Forum on, “The future of finance”. Lauren holds a BA & MA from Cambridge University in Archaeology & Anthropology and an MSc in Anthropology & International Development from the London School of Economics. 

Manjit Jus was a Former Managing Director and Global Head of ESG Research at S&P Global. 

 

Manjit led the ESG Ratings business at sustainable investment pioneer RobecoSAM prior to the acquisition of the business by S&P Global in January 2020. Manjit also oversaw the SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) and ESG Research powering the various S&P Global Divisions. He chaired the S&P Global CSA Methodology Committee and sat on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices Committee. 

 

Manjit held a number of roles in ESG research and technology, engaging with corporates and investors on ESG strategy and integration. Manjit also worked with other senior leaders across the S&P Global divisions to define and deliver the cross-division ESG strategy. Manjit managed a team of over 20 ESG analysts and specialists as well as over 150 analysts based in the Asia Pacific region. 

 

Manjit holds a bachelor's degree in International Management and Finance from SBS Swiss Business School and a certificate in Digital Strategy from MIT Sloan.

Marco Alverà, born in New York in 1975, has been the CEO of Snam, one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure companies, since April 2016.

Marco has more than 20 years of experience in Italy’s most relevant energy companies.

He holds a degree in Philosophy and Economics from the London School of Economics and began his career working at Goldman Sachs in London before moving to Enel and subsequently joining Wind. Afterwards, he moved to Eni, where he worked for over 10 years holding positions of increasing responsibility.

Since 2017 he has been non-executive Director of S&P Global, where he is also Chair of the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Board and of the Steering Committee of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, a member of the Board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford.

He is Vice President of Fondazione Snam, Snam’s no-profit entity committed to the social development of territories, and co-founder of the Kenta Foundation, active in promoting gender balance and combating educational poverty.

Marco wrote the books ‘The Hydrogen Revolution’ (Hodder Studio) and ‘Zhero’(Salani) on hydrogen’s potential in the fight against climate change.

Mark Gough is the CEO of the Capitals Coalition, a global collaboration of business, governments and civil society that is transforming the way that decisions are made by including the value provided by nature and people.

Previously, Mark led the Natural Capital Coalition and was on the board of the Social and Human Capital Coalition. He championed and delivered the bringing together of these two communities, creating a unified, systemic, collaborative approach.

Mark has worked extensively in the private sector, leading programs and strategy for the Crown Estate and Reed Elsevier (now RELX), as well as advising many more. 

Among other board and advisory positions, Mark is on the Advisory Board for TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity),a member of the Steering Committee of the United Nations CEO Water Mandate an dan advisor on the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Martina L. Cheung is President of S&P Global Ratings. She has ultimate responsibility for all aspects of the business, including commercial, analytical, control, and operations functions.

S&P Global Ratings is regulated in many of the countries in which it operates, and Martina is a director of three of its largest legal entities, S&P Global Ratings Europe Limited, S&P Global Ratings UK Limited and Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC. Ms. Cheung also serves as the Executive Lead of S&P Global Sustainable1, supporting to drive the enterprise-wide growth strategy for ESG.

Ms. Cheung is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and served on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) subcommittee on Climate-Related Market Risk. Ms. Cheung has spoken on key industry topics covering ESG, cyber security, technology and diversity in the workforce across public forums that include the World Economic Forum at Davos, the Institute for International Finance membership meeting, and Politico Women Rule, among others.

Ms. Cheung joined S&P Global in 2010 as Vice President of Operations and went on to serve as S&P Global’s Chief Strategy Officer, where she was responsible for the execution and measurement of S&P Global’s continuing expansion of its global footprint. She also served as Head of Risk Services in S&P Global Market Intelligence, where she leveraged S&P Global’s significant risk intellectual property to serve clients in managing complex risk challenges. She most recently served as President of S&P Global Market Intelligence and Ms. Cheung formally served on the Board of CRISIL.

Ms. Cheung is the Executive Sponsor for the Women’s Initiative for Networking Success (WINS). She also has active involvement in other S&P Global People Resource Groups (PRGs) including Women in Technology (WIT) and S&P Global's LGBTQ+ & Friends PRG (Spectrum). Ms. Cheung’s philanthropic efforts include support for organizations such as Upwardly Global and YWCA.

Prior to joining S&P Global, she worked in the consulting industry, first in Accenture’s Financial Services Strategy group and later as a Partner at Mitchell Madison Consulting. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a master’s degree in Business Studies from National University of Ireland, Galway.

Mary is the Head of Impact for HESTA and has been with the fund since early 2013. She has held senior roles in financial services organisations for over 15 years and is passionate about progressing responsible investment practices. HESTA is one of Australia’s largest superannuation funds with $50bn under management and over 880,000 members.

Mary is a 2015 Churchill Fellow awarded for the completion of international research on equity for women in pension systems.

Mary is the Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Council for Gender Equality in the State of Victoria.  The Council’s role is to advise the Minister for Women on the Safe and Strong equality strategy.

Mary is also a councillor and former Mayor of the City of Glen Eira.  Mary is also a Board Member of The Emergency Services Telecommunication Authority and an advisory panel member for the State Government, she is a past Chair of Reclink Australia, a National Not For Profit organisation offering sports and recreation opportunities to break the cycle for disadvantaged Australians.

Mary holds a Masters of Finance (Corporate Advisory) and has three young children.

As Co-CEO, Mellody is responsible for management, strategic planning and growth for all areas of Ariel Investments outside of research and portfolio management. Additionally, she serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Ariel Investment Trust—the company’s publicly traded mutual funds.

Prior to being named Co-CEO, Mellody spent nearly two decades as the firm’s President. Outside of Ariel, Mellody is a nationally recognized voice on financial literacy. Her leadership has also been invaluable to corporate boardrooms across the nation. She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Starbucks Corporation. She is also a director of JPMorgan Chase. She previously served as Chairman of the Board of DreamWorks Animation until the company’s sale and was also a long-standing board member of the Estée Lauder Companies.

Mellody’s community outreach includes her role as Chairman of After School Matters, a Chicago non-profit that provides area teens with high-quality after school and summer programs. Additionally, she is vice chair of World Business Chicago; co-chair of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art; and a board member of the George Lucas Education Foundation and Bloomberg Philanthropies. She also serves on the board of trustees of the Center for Strategic & International Studies, and of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Mellody is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, The Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees, and serves on the executive committee of the Investment Company Institute.

Mellody earned her AB from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy. In 2019, she was awarded the University’s highest honor, the Woodrow Wilson Award, presented annually to a Princeton graduate whose career embodies a commitment to national service. She has also received honorary doctorate degrees from Howard University, Johns Hopkins University, St. Mary’s College, and the University of Southern California. In 2015, Time Magazine named her one of the “100 Most Influential People” in the world.

Michala Marcussen assumed the role of Societe Generale’s Group Chief Economist in September 2017 and leads a team of over 30 economists and sector engineer’s in her role as Head of Economic and Sector Research in the Risk Division.
 

She is a member of Societe Generale’s Group Management Committee and has been with the Group since 1994.With over 30 years of experience in the financial industry, she is a frequent commentator in the economic debate.

Michala Marcussen holds a Master of Science in Economics from the University of Copenhagen and is a CFA charter holder. Michala Marcussen is also Vice President of the SUERF (European Money and Finance Forum) Council of Management.

Ms. Miyuki Zeniya is Head of Sustainable Finance at The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company whose AUM is about 35 trillion yen and is responsible for ESG integration and promoting sustainable finance. After she joined the Dai-ichi Life in 2013, she had been responsible for engagement and proxy voting since The Dai-ichi Life expressed the agreement with Japan’s Stewardship Code in 2014.

Prior to joining The Dai-ichi Life, she was a managing advisor for Polaris Capital Group and led a role to value up the investee companies as their board member. Prior to this she was Deputy President of Japanese regional bank, which was the first full-time female board member of banking industry in Japan. She also had an experience to lead IPO as CFO of HR consulting firm in 2000. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. She started her career at Nomura Research Institute.

She was a member of a Forum for Integrated Corporate Disclosure and ESG Dialogue by METI and a member of PFA 21 Task Force for ESG Financial Strategy by MOE. From April of 2019 she is a member of Working Group on the NAP on Business and Human Rights by MOFA. She is also a member of PRI Japan Network Advisory Committee.

Namtse leads business development for Financial Institutions in North America and manages key strategic relationships helping the financial community integrate environmental considerations into investment strategies.

Namtse’s sustainability work is complemented by almost 20 years of experience in financial services, working directly with Institutional Asset Owners, Sell-side and Buy-side market participants. She holds a Master of Science in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Management with a double concentration in Finance and Management Information Systems from Binghamton University, School of Management.

Nick joined the Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Nick leads the sustainable finance research team. The focus of his work is on how to mobilize finance for climate action in ways that support a just transition, promoting the role of central banks and regulators in achieving sustainable development and investigating how the financial system can support the restoration of nature.

Nick is the author of The Road to Net Zero Finance for the UK's Climate Change Committee and co-founder of the Financing the Just Transition Alliance. He leads the finance platform for the Place-based Climate Action Network, and is co-chair of the International Network for Sustainable Finance Policy Insights, Research and Exchange.

Before joining UNEP, he was Head of the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC. Prior to HSBC, Nick was head of Sustainable and Responsible Investment (SRI) funds at Henderson Global Investors. Nick has also worked at the International Institute for Environment and Development, the European Commission and the Business Council for Sustainable Development.

Paolo previously managed sustainability strategy for Frasers Property Australia, who is recognised as a global leader in the sustainability in the real estate sector. Prior to joining Frasers Property Australia in 2011, spent nine years at Lendlease in a range of sustainability roles, working on some of Australia’s leading green building projects.

Paolo is a Director of the Living Future Institute of Australia, Vice Chair of the International Living Future Institute, and a member of the Property Council of Australia’s National Roundtable.

Paul Gruenwald is the Global Chief Economist at S&P Global Ratings based in New York. He leads the economic research agenda and serves as the primary spokesperson on macro-economic matters for the company.

Before joining S&P Global Ratings in 2013, Paul spent almost five years at the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) as the Asia Pacific Chief Economist, where he was responsible for helping setand direct ANZ’s Asian and global economic research agenda, as well as building the bank’s economic research efforts and profile in the region. Previously, Paul worked at the International MonetaryFund(IMF) for nearly 16 years, where he led the team producing the IMF’s Asian regional outlook reports. He was also the IMF Resident Representative to Hong Kong and Korea, the Deputy Chief of the China Division, and did considerable work on both public (Paris Club) and private (London Club) debt restructuring issues.

Paul has a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics/Mathematics from the University of Texas.

 Paula Santilli is the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Latin America, leading the company’s food and beverage businesses for Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

Paula became the Chief Executive Officer of PepsiCo Latin America in May 2019. This is a business that earned $6.9 billion dollars in annual net revenue in 2020. LatAm supports over 70,000 direct jobs in 34 emerging and developing markets and has over 40 production plants and over 24,000 sales routes. She is a member of PepsiCo’s Executive Committee.

Previously, she served as the President of PepsiCo Mexico Foods (PMF), which includes the operation of Sabritas, Quaker, Gamesa, and Sonric’s and is one of the largest food companies in Latin America with over $3 billion dollars in sales. In this role, she was also President of the PepsiCo Mexico Foundation.

Prior to that, she was Chief Operating Officer (COO) of all business units of PepsiCo Mexico Foods, providing leadership for Sales, Marketing and Operations. Additionally, as COO, Paula helped guide strategy and played a leadership role in talent development for the business. Before that, as Vice President and General Manager for our Savory business in Mexico, Paula was responsible for Sabritas, Doritos, Cheetos, Ruffles and other leading snack brands.

In 2020, she received the “Exceptional Women of Excellence” award granted by the Women Economic Forum which recognizes the achievements and leadership of outstanding women in different areas of human endeavor, celebrating diversity and equity. She was also recognized as LinkedIn Influencer. In 2019 and 2020, she was featured in Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women International list and in Forbes’ 100 Most Powerful Women list.

Paula Santilli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She earned her degree in Communications and Advertising Sciences at the University of Salvador, in Buenos Aires. She completed her postgraduate degree in Marketing and International Studies in Miami University of Ohio, USA.

Paula VanLaningham is the Global Head of Carbon at S&P Global Commodity Insights. Previously she acted as the global Price Group lead for Energy Transition, where she helped to develop the Commodity Insights methodology on Voluntary Carbon Markets.

She has also been Managing Editor of the EMEA crude team, overseeing Commodity Insights’ North Sea, Russian, Mediterranean and West African crude coverage.

Paula has a BA in International Politics from the George Washington University and a MSc in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics.

Dr. Richard Mattison is Former President of S&P Global Sustainable1 and Chief Executive Officer of S&P Global Trucost.

S&P Global Sustainable1 is the single source of intelligence on sustainability. Our comprehensive coverage across global markets combined with in-depth ESG intelligence provides financial institutions, corporations and governments with an unmatched level of clarity and confidence.

S&P Global Trucost assesses and prices risks relating to climate change, water, pollution and natural resource constraints, enabling companies and financial institutions to understand exposure to environmental factors, inform resilience and identify the transformative solutions of tomorrow.

Richard is an expert in sustainable finance and over the last 20 years he has advised various UN bodies, governments, financial intuitions, companies and NGOs on how to integrate ESG, climate change and natural capital analysis into their decision making. Richard was a member of the EU High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance, providing key recommendations for Europe’s ground-breaking Sustainable Finance Action Plan. He has led numerous ground-breaking projects including creating the first portfolio carbon risk assessment for Henderson and the UK Environment Agency, launching the first carbon efficient index with S&P Dow Jones Indices, leading the first global assessment of corporate environmental externalities for the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment, and developing the world’s first Environmental Profit and Loss account for PUMA.

Richard is Chair of the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance Data Council, a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Oxford Smith School Stranded Assets Programme, the Scottish Forum on Natural Capital, and the Hong Kong Green Finance Association. He is an Advisory Board Member for IUCN Finance for Nature initiative and the Capitals Coalition. Previously, Richard was a strategy consultant and began his career as a neuroscientist. He holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Edinburgh and is an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Saugata Saha is President of S&P Global Commodity Insights and a member of S&P Global’s Executive Committee.

In prior roles at the company, Saugata was the Chief Financial Officer of two of S&P Global’s technology-driven, data, benchmarks, and analytics divisions, S&P Global Market Intelligence and S&P Global Platts. Prior to that, Saugata led financial planning & analyses (FP&A) and corporate strategy for the company; managed operations for the technology group; led the integration program for a large acquisition; and led the strategy team at S&P Global’s Ratings division.

Previously, Saugata was a consultant at McKinsey & Co.’s New York office where he led client engagements focused on strategy, M&A, corporate finance, and on improving operations across a range of industries, with particular emphasis on financial services.

Before joining McKinsey & Co., Saugata spent seven years at the Godrej Group, a $4 billion diversified conglomerate in Mumbai, India. At the Godrej Group, Saugata led sales teams and supply chain re-engineering projects and worked in the Office of the Group Chairman.

Saugata holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics, with Honors, from St. Xavier’s College in Kolkata, India; a post-graduate diploma in Management from the Xavier Institute in Bhubaneswar, India; and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School, where he was a George F. Baker Scholar.

Sean Kidney is CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working to mobilize global capital for climate action. Projects include a green bond definitions and certification scheme with $34 trillion of assets represented on its Board and some 200 organizations involved in its development and governance; working with the Chinese central bank on how to grow green bonds in China; and market development programs in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Nigeria and East Africa.

He is a member of the European Commission's Platform on Sustainable Finance, and was a member of its predecessors, the 2017 EU High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance and the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance. He is also a member of green finance advisory groups in China, India, Mexico and Kazakhstan.

He has previously been a consultant on green bonds to the United Nations Secretary General, a member of the Peoples Bank of China Green Finance Task Force and a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Expert Committee on Climate Finance. Sean is also a Professor in Practice at SOAS University of London.

For the past three years he has been voted GlobalCapital magazine’s “Most Influential Champion” of the sustainable finance market.

Stan Guzik is the Chief Technology Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In this position, Stan is responsible for managing the global technology division that supports business growth, risk mitigation and compliance adherence for S&P DJI.

Previously, Stan was the Chief Technology & Innovation Officer of S&P Global Commodity Insights. Under his leadership, the organization transformed into a digital-first company, rewriting every software platform that produces price assessments and benchmark prices regulated by IOSCO and the European Benchmark Regulation. Prior to joining S&P Global Commodity Insights, Stan was Managing Director of Software Engineering at IPREO. Stan was Partner and Chief Technology Officer of an Internet startup company that Thomson Reuters acquired in 2005. Over his 10+ years at Thomson Reuters, he built a world class product development organization that built ONESOURCE from the ground up into the leading global tax platform servicing multi-national corporations and accounting firms.

Stan was appointed as a member of the CFTC Technology Advisory Committee, which advises the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission on technology-related issues and developments in the financial industry. He has served as a dedicated member of the Montclair State University Computer Science Academic Advisory Board for over ten years. He established the Cape Town, South Africa FinTech Meetup group. Stan is also a founding member of the OWASP Foundation (Open Web Application Security Project), where he served on the board and established the first chapter and the first OWASP AppSec conference.

Stan holds a Master of Science in information systems from the Stevens Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Montclair State University. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds several technology certifications.

Teresa Hartmann is the Lead for Climate and Nature at the World Economic Forum. Her work focuses on carbon markets and the intersection of net zero initiatives and natural climate solutions. Previously, Teresa led the World Economic Forum’s environment and sustainability programme across the Davos agenda, the Sustainable Development Impact Summit and regional gatherings.

Prior to joining the Forum, Teresa worked on sustainable finance and the SDGs at UNEP, the UN Secretariat and GIZ.

Teresa holds a B.Sc. in Environmental and Resource Management and a Master’s degree in International Studies with a focus on the Middle East and North Africa.

Victor van Hoorn is the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, the leading pan European Sustainable and Responsible Investment association advocating for a more sustainable financial system. It works as a partnership of European national Sustainable Investment Forums (SIFs). SIF members include institutional investors, asset managers, index providers and ESG research and analysis firms totaling over €8 trillion of assets under management, as well as other stakeholders such as NGOs, trade unions, think-tanks and philanthropic foundations. Eurosif is also a founding member of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, the alliance of the largest SIFs around the world.

Prior to Eurosif, Victor was Head of Financial Services at Hume Brophy, a leading EU public affairs consultancy, advising asset managers and asset owners on their engagement with EU policymakers. In that role he closely followed the EU sustainable finance since its inception.

Victor is and attorney-at-law admitted to the New York and Amsterdam bar. He holds the French and Dutch citizenship.

Lian Sim is Special Adviser at the Singapore Exchange (SGX) after 10 years as head of regulation and risk management. As regulator, she had charge of listed companies, member brokers and trading surveillance for a fair, orderly and transparent market. Risk management responsibilities covered financial risk of clearing and settlement and oversight of enterprise risk.

Before joining the SGX, Lian Sim was for many years at the Monetary Authority of Singapore in various roles including managing foreign reserves, responsibility for exchange rate and monetary policy and regulating the capital market. She was also seconded to Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited.

Lian Sim is a director of Shared Services for Charities Limited and has also served on the boards of various charitable organizations. She graduated with Honours from the University of Singapore and holds a Master degree from the London Business School. Lian Sim was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Gold) at the Singapore National Day Honours in 1994.