Robert Rubinstein

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

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

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

Anthony E. Malkin

USA (New York, NY)

President, Malkin Properties

Anthony E. Malkin received a B.A. degree cum laude from Harvard College in 1985. That year, Mr. Malkin joined Chemical Venture Partners, L.P., a recently formed venture capital and leveraged buyout affiliate of Chemical Bank (now CCMP Capital). In 1989, Mr. Malkin joined Malkin Holdings. He is now president of this firm and of its affiliates, including W&H Properties. Altogether, these firms comprise the real estate acquisition, management, construction and marketing arm of the Malkin ...

David Kennedy

UK (London)

Chief Executive, Committee on Climate Change

David Kennedy is the Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change. Previously he worked on energy strategy at the World Bank, and design of infrastructure investment projects at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He has a PhD in economics from the London School of Economics.

Nicholas Vantreese

France (Paris)

Sustainable Development Manager, La Banque Postale S.A.

Roger Urwin

UK (London)

Global Head of Investment Content, Towers Watson Limited

Prior to joining Watson Wyatt in 1989, Mr Urwin headed the Mercer investment practice and led the business development and quantitative investment functions at Gartmore Investment Management. He is the author of a number of papers on asset allocation policy, manager selection and governance, and is on the Board of the CFA Institute and INQUIRE (the Institute for Quantitative Investment Research). He has been a member of the MSCI Editorial Advisory Board since its inception in 1998. Mr Urwin ...

Anne Kvarn

Norway (Oslo)

Head of Corporate Governance, Norges Bank Investment Management

Donald Mcdonald

UK (London)

Trustee Director, BT Pension Scheme

Appointed: 1 May 1998. Donald MacDonald retired from the CWU in 2004. He had been the Union’s Telecom Recruitment Officer, and was formerly President of the Union. A Post Office and BT telecommunications technician for many years, he previously served as a Director of BT Quest Ltd (BT Qualifying Employee Shares Trust) as an employee representative. Donald is a member of the CWU and of UNITE (formerly the National Federation of Post Office and BT Pensioners), and Chairman of United Nations Prin...

Michael Mainelli

UK (London)

Director, Z/Yen Group Limited

Professor Michael Mainelli FCCA FCSI co-founded Z/Yen, the City of London’s leading commercial think-tank, in 1994 to promote societal advance through better finance and technology. Michael began his career as a research scientist in aerospace (rocket science) and computer graphics which led to him starting companies in seismology, cartography and energy information for a Swiss publishing firm. In the early 1980’s Michael created a multi-million dollar oil industry consortium which culminate...

Claudia Langer

Germany (Munich)

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Utopia AG, Utopia Foundation

Claudia Langer is a Serial Entrepreneur since the age of 19. Well before she graduated from highschool she set up her first company, Avantgarde, which organized fashion shows, events and promotions and is currently ranked number two for live-communication in Germany. In 1992, Claudia and her husband founded .start advertising, which soon turned into one of the leading creative places in advertising. Looking for new challenges, she sold .start in 2004 and fully devoted herself to her family. Dur...

Peter Johnson

USA (Darien)

Partner, Developing World Markets

Since 2003 Peter and his DWM colleagues have raised or advised some US$800 million of debt and equity capital for microfinance institutions in developing countries and now manage over $600 million in debt and equity investments in microfinance institutions. Prior to DWM, Peter spent 14 years with Bankers Trust, focused exclusively on emerging markets. As an investment banker in London with Middle Eastern institutional clients, he helped restructure their direct investments in Asia, Latin Amer...

Jack Lowe

Switzerland (Nyon)

Chairman, Avenir Global Investment Advisors SA

Jack LOWE is Chairman of Avenir Global Investment Advisors S.A which he co-founded with the purpose of developing a holistic and multi-asset approach to "Sustainable Development Investing" Jack has over 40 years in business development experience acquired through his entrepreneurial activities and as a manager of businesses and a management consultant. Jack began his career in the Asia-Pacific region in the 1960s. In 1969, he opened the McKinsey & Co. office in Tokyo together with Japanese...

Tammy E. Newmark

USA (Arlington VA)

President, EcoEnterprises Fund

ammy E. Newmark, a leader in impact investing for 20 years, has served as President of EcoEnterprises Fund (www.ecoenterprisesfund.com) since 1998. Newmark is currently launching EcoEnterprises Fund II, the next generation instrument. Before managing EcoEnterprises Fund for The Nature Conservancy, Newmark led Technoserve, Inc.’s environmental business advisory services in Latin America and Africa. Prior to that, she was a founding officer of Environmental Enterprises Assistance Fund, the first...

Steven Evers

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director, Triple Jump

Steven is currently a director at Triple Jump, a Dutch investment manager focusing on microfinance and other responsible investments. As a co-founder of Triple Jump, Steven has played an important part in driving the company forward. Today, Triple Jump manages over USD 250 million of investments in 132 MFIs in 51 countries. Before entering the field of microfinance, Steven gained extensive experience in various positions in banking and strategy consulting most notably with KBC and ING. Ste...

Rodney Schwarz

UK (London)

Chief Executive Officer, ClearlySo

Rodney is the CEO of ClearlySo (www.clearlyso.com), the global marketplace for social business & enterprise, commerce and investment. Clearlyso provides social entrepreneurs (1500+ on the site from over 40 countries) with access to capital, people, services, publicity and information - all with one purpose; to help them succeed. Begun in the UK, the company has expanded to Canada and is expanding to other developed and developing markets (starting with India). It also hosts an annual Social Busi...

Ritu Kumar

UK (London)

Senior Advisor, Environment, Social and Governance, Actis

Ritu has over 15 years of global experience working on environment and social issues, advising on value creation, management, networking, research and capacity building. Ritu is presently a Senior Advisor to the emerging markets private equity firm, Actis on environment, social and governance issues, where her work involves screening investments and advising portfolio companies according to Actis's environmental, social, health, and safety criteria. Ritu works closely with Actis's Real Estate...

Sethawat Srivirote

Thailand (Bangkok)

Director of Sustainability Development, Magnolia Quality Development Corp. Ltd.

Sethawat Srivirote, Architect based in Bangkok, is currently a Director of Sustainability Development at Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited and General Manager at d I designs Corporation limited, Thailand. Starting his architectural career as Researcher at Energy Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University in 2002, he has more than 10 years of integrated experiences in various facets of building sector and real estate business. He has a strong belief in creativity and ability o...

Laura Jockers

UK (London)

Senior Sustainability Consultant , Jones Lang LaSalle

Laura Jockers is a Senior Consultant for Upstream Sustainability Services, part of Jones Lang LaSalle’s Professional and Advisory Group. With a relevant postgraduate degree from Oxford University, Laura is responsible for managing accounts and project delivery teams for both UK and European property investors and developers. Through close collaboration and provision of first class advice, Laura has supported a number of her clients in developing sustainability strategies that have gained them ...

Jonathan F.P. Rose

USA (New York, NY)

President, Jonathan Rose Companies LLC

Jonathan F.P. Rose’s business, public policy and not-for-profit work all focus on creating a more environmentally, socially and economically responsible world. In 1989, Mr. Rose founded Jonathan Rose Companies LLC, a multi-disciplinary real estate development, planning, consulting and investment firm, as a leading green urban solutions provider. The firm currently manages over $1.5 billion of work, much of it in close collaboration with not-for-profits, towns and cities. The company’s missi...

Matt Christensen

France (Paris)

Executive Director, Eurosif - European Sustainable Investment Forum

Matt Christensen is the Executive Director for Eurosif (the European Sustainable Investment Forum) since 2002. Since Matt was recruited as Executive Director, Eurosif has grown into the premier European think tank and industry association for sustainable investment with more than 80 Member Affiliates that together represent assets totaling over €1 trillion. Recent activities of Eurosif include its EU Market Study, High Net Worth Individual Sustainability Report, and successful submissions t...

G. Benjamin Bingham

USA (Philadelphia)

Managing Director, Benchmark Asset Managers, LLC

Ben Bingham officially joined Benchmark at the start of 2007 after six years of mentorship with Sam Folin while developing a unique portfolio management strategy for socially conscious investors at Legg Mason and Citigroup/Smith Barney. He began by advising a network of social entrepreneurs and philanthropists who were dissatisfied with the lack of imagination and direct positive impact found in mutual funds or screened portfolios. Changing the emphasis to positive screening, Mr. Bingham has fou...

Amanda Young

UK (London)

SRI Officer, Newton Investment Management Ltd.

Amanda is the SRI Officer at Newton Investment Management. On behalf of Newton’s institutional, retail, charity and private clients, Amanda heads up SRI research and engagement, focusing on integrating responsible investment into the investment process. Amanda has over a decade of experience in investment research and SRI, having represented a wide range of clients from charities to institutional investors. Before joining Newton, Amanda was the Senior SRI Analyst at CCLA Investment Management...

Jay Vontobel

Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City)

Associate Director SRI, VietNam Holding Ltd.

Since 2009 Jay has implemented the SRI conversion goal at Vietnam Holding, a closed-end equity fund dedicated to Vietnam. Jay actively contributed to the fund’s value investment approach in his capacity as Financial Controller, where he was also involved in the fund’s engagement activities. During 2009 he conducted in-depth research on sustainability issues and investment themes in Vietnam. Jay is based in Ho Chi Minh City leading the Fund’s conversion to become Vietnam’s first integrate...

Philippe Spicher

Switzerland (Fribourg)

Chief Executive Officer, Inrate

Philippe Spicher is the CEO of Inrate. As CEO of Centre Info (1999 to spring 2010), he successfully developed the company by introducing new products and services and expanding the client base. He was instrumental in the foundation of SiRi Group in 2000, a coalition of leading local SRI rating agencies. Philippe Spicher started his career in the SRI field in 1994 when he joined Centre Info as an ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) analyst. As Head of Research (1996-1999), he set up a formal ...

Paul Simpson

UK (London)

Chief Operating Officer, Carbon Disclose Project

Paul Simpson is the Chief Operating Officer of the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), an independent non-profit organization providing primary corporate climate change information. CDP serves as a system through which organizations and businesses disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategies. CDP subsequently uses this data in order to help shape financial and policy decisions with the goal of motivating investors, corporations, and governments to prevent dangerous clima...

Richard Mattison

UK (London)

Chief Operating Officer , Trucost Plc

Richard Mattison is one of the founding directors of Trucost and is responsible for coordinating Trucost's partnership programme. He is a member of the UK Government's Sustainable Development panel and is a regular public speaker on environmental issues. Richard has a PhD in Neuroscience and a BSc (Hons) in Physiology from Edinburgh University.

Marietta Smid

Netherlands (The Hague)

Senior Advisor Sustainability , ASN Bank

Marietta Smid is Senior Advisor Sustainability at ASN Bank. In her job she advises the Board about the sustainable policies of the bank. Main focus is on sustainable investing at ASN Bank and ASN Investment Funds. Prior to joining ASN Bank she worked as an ESG Analyst at SNS Asset Management and as a portfolio manager. Marietta holds a bachelor degree in Business Administration and did the post graduate program Universalising Socio Economic Security for the Poor at the Institute of Social Studie...

Carlos Joly

France (Paris)

Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Natixis Asset Management, Natixis Asset Management

Carlos Joly is the Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Natixis Asset Management. He was the founder and CEO of MiljøInvest AS, which developed a range of SRI funds; and Senior Vice-President of Storebrand, where he launched the Storebrand Environment Fund. He was a co-founder and the Chairman of UNEP-FI (UNEP-FI : United Nations Environment Program - Finance Initiative). He co-chaired the Experts Group which drew up the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. Carlos Joly is a visiting P...

Tony Campos

UK (London)

Senior Executive, Responsible Investment, FTSE Group

Tony joined FTSE in 2004 and supports the management of the FTSE4Good, FTSE Environmental Markets, and FTSE CDP Carbon Strategy indices. With a particular focus on the US market his responsibilities include business and product development, research partnerships and index management. He has also coordinated FTSE's global program of engagement with companies in the FTSE4Good Index Series, which features extensive work on corporate responsibility issues with some of the world's largest public c...

James Thier

Australia (Canberra ACT)

Executive Director , Australian Ethical Investment Ltd.

James has had academic experience as a researcher and has taught in the faculties of economics, environmental studies and geography at the University of New South Wales. He has held senior positions in local government and within peak bodies of the credit union movement. In 2007 James undertook a Churchill Fellowship to examine the mechanisms of shareholder advocacy. James is the company’s business development manager and is also a director of Australian Ethical Superannuation Pty Ltd.

Thomas Kuh

USA (Boston)

Managing Director, KLD Indexes, KLD Research & Analytics, Inc.

Thomas Kuh SVP, Business Development KLD RESEARCH & ANALYTICS, INC. Thomas Kuh is Senior Vice President, Business Development at KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., an independent investment research and index company specializing in the analysis of the social and environmental performance of corporations. He is a member of KLD’s Management Committee.  Dr. Kuh was a Research Analyst at KLD from 1992 to 1994, evaluating the social and environmental records of companies and consulting on related is...

Alka Banerjee

USA (New York)

Vice-President Global Equities, Standard & Poor's Indices

Alka Banerjee is Vice-President of Global Equities within Standard & Poor’s Index Services Group. Alka is responsible for the design and methodology governing these indices. She oversees the creation and management of Standard & Poor's global indices, focusing on creating new benchmarks for international equity markets and promoting their use amongst global clients. Alka was closely involved with the transition of the premier IFC’s Emerging Market Indices to Standard and Poor’s Index G...

Mark Goldsmith

UK (London)

Director, ESG, Actis

Mark is the Director responsible for leading Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues at Actis and has over 15 years of experience of advising on ESG issues. Mark joined Actis in 2002 and has specialist experience in the areas of climate change, safety & environmental management systems, contaminated land, air emissions and ethical issues. Mark is currently leading a Governance training initiative within Actis. Before joining Actis, Mark worked for Shell International and Arthur D Littl...

Alice Chapple

UK (London)

Director, Sustainable Financial Markets , Forum for the Future

Alice Chapple heads up the financial services sector work at sustsinable development charity Forum for the Future. She works with others in the sector to develop innovative financial instruments, more effective valuation techniques and enlightened strategies so that capital can increasingly be allocated to activities that support sustainable development. Since joining Forum in 2006, she has worked in a range of areas including forest investment, cleantech investment, microfinance, insurance, the...

David G. Creighton

Canada (Montréal Qc)

President and Chief Executive Officer, Cordiant Capital Inc.

In his capacity as President and CEO of Cordiant, David Creighton oversees the management of the firm's private equity and loan funds. As Chairman of the Management Committee and member of the Investment Committee of Cordiant, he has been directly involved with the analysis and approval of over 160 private sector investments in more than 55 emerging countries. With $2.4 billion in subscriptions, Cordiant manages five private equity and debt funds, and was most recently mandated to manage the G20...

Hang-Wah Man

Netherlands (The Hague)

Senior Investment Officer Private Equity, The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)

Hang-Wah Man (1963) is Senior Investment Officer Private Equity at The Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) where he is responsible for all Private Equity and Mezzanine projects in Asia. He has been managing emerging markets private equity capital on behalf of third parties and has lived and worked in Southern Africa, China and The Netherlands. During 15 years of working in the private equity industry (Man Management Consultants and FMO), he has built expertise in managing third party f...

Niclas During

UK (London)

ESG Manager , CDC Group

Niclas is the environment, social and governance (ESG) manager at CDC Group and works closely with the investment team in screening and managing investments and in advising fund managers on ESG risks as well as opportunities for the 65 fund managers and 794 investee companies in 71 countries. CDC Group's Development Review 2009 available on its homepage describes this work as well as the company's general approach to ESG in emerging markets in greater detail. Before joining CDC Group Niclas w...

Robert S. Earhart

France (Paris)

Director, TBLI Consulting Group, Sárl

Meg Brown

UK (London)

Climate Change Analyst , Citi Investment Research

Meg Brown is the Climate Change Analyst within Citi Investment Research, based in London. Her work involves liaising with fundamental stock analysts to incorporate carbon pricing into company valuations, commenting on Global and European Climate policy development and co-ordinating Citi’s cross-sector thematic climate change investment research. Meg joined Citi in 2005 from the UK Social Investment Forum where she undertook analysis into the potentially material social and environmental ris...

Seb Beloe

UK (London)

Head of SRI Research, Henderson Global Investors

Seb joined Henderson in 2008, as Head of SRI research. He leads on the identification and analysis of critical sustainability and responsibility issues with investment relevance for the SRI funds. In addition, Seb guides and oversees the research team’s communication and engagement with companies, the investment community, government and civil society to promote understanding of sustainability, corporate responsibility and SRI matters. Seb has expertise in helping businesses develop strateg...

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 of European telecom stocks. He was recognized by Starmine in 2009 as the No. 1 Earnings Estimator in the category European Telecommunication Serv...

Alice Chapple

UK (London)

Director, Sustainable Financial Markets , Forum for the Future

Alice Chapple heads up the financial services sector work at sustsinable development charity Forum for the Future. She works with others in the sector to develop innovative financial instruments, more effective valuation techniques and enlightened strategies so that capital can increasingly be allocated to activities that support sustainable development. Since joining Forum in 2006, she has worked in a range of areas including forest investment, cleantech investment, microfinance, insurance, the...

Mark Campanale

UK (London)

Advisor, Four Elements Capital

Mark Campanale worked overseas as a development economist in the not-for-profit sector and entered the sustainable investment management sector in the late 80's. Mark’s area of interest is in the finance of clean tech companies, sustainable asset management and ecosystems services, principally forests. Recruited as one of the Europe’s first specialist, sustainable investment analysts in 1989, Mark is a co-founder of the sustainable investment businesses firstly at Jupiter Asset Management wi...

Rhamis Kent

UK (Torpoint, Cornwall)

Co-Founder and Consultant, Permaculture Sustainable Consultancy Pty Ltd. - Australia

Rhamis Kent is a consultant with formal training in mechanical engineering (University of Delaware, B.S.M.E. '95) and permaculture-based regenerative whole systems design. He has previously worked for the renowned American inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen at DEKA R & D for almost 3 years, with subsequent engineering work ranging from medical device research and development to aerospace oriented mechanical design.

 After taking an interest in the design science of Permaculture, he soug...

Ricardo Bayon

USA (San Francisco)

Co-Founder and Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners c/o Wolfensohn & Co

Ricardo Bayon is a Partner and co-founder of EKO Asset Management Partners. Previously, he helped found and served as the Managing Director of the "Ecosystem Marketplace," a web site and information/analysis service covering these emerging environmental markets. In that capacity he co-authored a number of publications on voluntary carbon markets, including "The State of Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007: Picking up Steam" and "Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide to What They Ar...

George Starcher

France (Chambéry)

Founder and President, EBBF

George Starcher received a bachelor of Arts Degree, Magna Cum Laude, in Mathematics from Yale University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School, with Distinction (Baker scholar). After twenty years with McKinsey & Company, a leading international management consulting firm where he was a Senior Partner in the Paris and Milan offices, he founded his own management consulting practice. He is a member of the Board of Directors of, and consultant to, the Eu...

Tom Rippin

UK (London)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer , On Purpose

After some years of working in cancer research, Tom wanted to work in the social sector. Dubious of the training, development and career opportunities he would be able to access there, he decided instead to go into management consulting with McKinsey & Company. After five years, he did eventually transition into the social sector, first as an advisor on private sector matters to the CEO of Comic Relief and then at (RED), the business founded by Bono and Bobby Shriver to help eliminate AIDS in Af...

Olivier de Guerre

France (Paris)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Phitrust

Chairman of PhiTrust Partenaires social investment company, investing in social businesses run by social entrepreneurs. Olivier is founder of PhiTrust asset management company in France, developing responsible investment through ESG shareholder engagement and social investments.

Geoff Woolley

USA (Palo Alto, CA)

Managing Director, Huntsman Gay Capital Impact

Mr. Woolley has a long track record of success in the for-profit and non-profit sectors. Founder of the venture leasing concept, he raised and managed more than $1.5 billion in cumulative assets, providing financing for more than 500 emerging growth companies. Geoff is a leader in the microfinance industry, where he sits on the board of Unitus, SKS (India’s largest microfinance bank) and Samhita. Geoff played a founding role at each of the following funds/companies: • Dominion Ventures ...

Patrick Yves Berger

UK (London)

Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Equity Research, UniCredit Corporate & Investment Banking

Patrick Yves Berger is Head of UniCredit’s Environmental, Social & Governance Equity Research team. He joined UniCredit in April 2005 as an Equity Research & Strategy Analyst. Prior to joining UniCredit, Patrick worked for JP Morgan's Asset Management and Private Banking divisions in London and Geneva. He is a CFA charterholder.

Matthias Boenning

Germany (Munich)

Head of Research , oekom research AG

Matthias Boenning was born in 1972. Two year training as a banker at Bank Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie., Cologne. University degree in business administration after studies at Western State College of Colorado, U.S.A. and University in Cologne. Work experience at former Bayer subsidiary EC Erdölchemie, Cologne. From 1998 to 2000 analyst at oekom research AG, Munich. Since 2001 Head of Research. Member of the Executive Board of oekom research AG since 2003. Since 2004, Matthias Bönning is a visitin...

Jean Rogers

USA (San Francisco, CA)

Principal, Arup

Jean Rogers, PhD is a Principal with Arup in San Francisco. She leads the management consulting practice in the Americas Region and works with global clients in a broad array of industries to integrate sustainability into their projects and operations. She recently co-authored a paper with the Initiative for Responsible Investing at Harvard University on Industry Based Sustainability Reporting on Key Issues. Jean is a registered Professional Engineer and a former Loeb Fellow at Harvard Universit...

Mark Tulay

USA (Vienna)

Vice President, IW Financial

Mark Tulay has over 15 years experience in the sustainability movement. He was the first employee of CERES, the non-profit that launched the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the de facto sustainability reporting standard used by over 1,500 companies worldwide. Mark served as the head of the ESG business for IRRC, ISS and RiskMetrics before leaving to start Sustainability Risk Advisors. Mark has written extensively on the investor response to the BP spill. He advises asset owners, asset manager...

Geoffrey Mazullo

Poland (Gdansk/Wroclaw)

Adjunct Professor School of American Law, Principal, Emerging Markets ESG

Geoffrey Mazullo is Principal of Emerging Markets ESG (www.emergingmarketsesg.net) and Adjunct Professor of the School of American Law (SAL) in Gdansk and in Wroclaw, Poland. He is a Member of the International Advisory Council of TBLI Conferences and Chair of the Baltic Market Awards Committee, an initiative of the Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius NASDAQ OMX Stock Exchanges to promote excellence in investor relations. From 2001-2009 he directed the PFS Program (www.pfsprogram.org), a regional financi...

Tamzin Ractliffe

South Africa (Cape Town)

Chief Executive Officer, NeXii South Africa (Pty) Ltd

Anne-Kathrin Kuhlemann

Germany (Ahlen/Berlin)

Chief Executive Officer, NExT SSE

Anne-Kathrin Kuhlemann is Managing Director of Konvergenta InterZero, a communication agency for ethical and ecological change. As founder of NExT Social Stock Exchange she offers a platform for growth capital for sustainable businesses and as Executive Chair of Social Stock Exchange Association e.V. networks similar initiatives. She is a visiting lecturer at Fachhochschule Münster. After her studies of "European Business" the doctoral candidate gathered experience both in the private as wel...

Paul Abberley

UK (London)

Chief Executive Officer, Aviva Investors Global Services Limited

Steven A. Falci

Ireland (Dublin)

Vice President Sustainable Investment, KBC Asset Management Limited

Steven Falci joined KBC Asset Management in the newly created position of Vice President – Sustainable Investment in May 2008 where he oversees the development of KBCAM’s sustainable investment business, products and strategic priorities to position KBCAM for leadership in this growing market segment. He has over 20 years of broad experience overseeing investment teams at a large pension fund, an institutional asset manager and a mutual fund company. Prior to joining KBC Asset Management, St...

Neil Brown

UK (London)

Chief Operations Officer, Earth Capital Partners LLP

Neil Brown is COO. Neil has 27 years City experience as a trader, broker, management consultant and risk manager. He has worked at such leading firms as James Capel & Co, Hoare Govett, Lloyds Bank, HSBC and Credit Suisse. Previously he was Global Head of Risk Management for Credit Suisse Asset Management and HSBC Asset Management.

Matthew J. Kiernan

Canada (Toronto)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Inflection Point Capital Management

Dr Kiernan is founder and Chief Executive of Inflection Point Capital Management. In 1992, he had founded Innovest Strategic Value Advisors (“Innovest”), the #1-rated firm in the world in sustainable investment research, where he also served as Chief Executive. While leading Innovest, Dr Kiernan was instrumental in both the design and implementation of a number of innovative, “sustainability-enhanced” investment products – across a number of different asset classes and geographies. ...

Sabine Doebeli

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Sustainability Management , Bank Vontobel

Sabine Doebeli has been Head of Sustainability Management at Vontobel since 2006. In this position she is responsible for developing sustainable investment products as well as the coordination of sustainability issues on a group level. After setting up Sustainability Mandates in Private Banking she moved to Asset Management in 2008 where she was responsible for the launch of several sustainability funds and now provides the sustainability research for these products and cooperates with several e...

Rein Ojavere

Estonia (Tallinn)

Head of Research , Limestone Investment Management

Rein Ojavere is responsible for heading the research process at Limestone Investment Management.Rein started as an equity analyst in Suprema Securities in 1997 and moved later to corporate finance, where he worked as a Director until 2006, participating in a number of landmark M&A transactions, privatization deals and public offerings in the Baltic region. In 2006 Rein joined Hansa Investment Funds to overhaul equity research process and took over the management of Hansa Central Asia Equity Fund...

Michael V. Galante

Germany (Offenburg)

Global Conservation Standard Administrator, Global Conservation Standard Oversight Organization

Michael V. Galante is an international forestry professional specializing in the development and implementation of Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) through the utilization of internationally agreed International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) Principles and Criteria (P&C) primarily through production based controls involving Reduced Impact Logging (RIL), forestry certification and ecosystem service incentive mechanisms (including carbon). Michael is the Administrator to the Oversigh...

Michael Dutschke

Germany (Offenburg)

Chairman, Global Conservation Standard Oversight Organization

Dr. Michael Dutschke has been a policy advisor on the design and implementation of flexible compliance mechanisms in international climate policy since 1997, being observer at all relevant meetings of the Climate Convention. Before founding his company biocarbon consult in 2007 at Offenburg/Germany, he worked at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics, for GFA Envest, and at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is co-author of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standard, a...

David K. Boren

UK (London)

Fund Manager, Carbon Credit Farming PLC

David joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shortly after it was formed to analyse country risks in East Europe and the former Soviet Union. He subsequently joined Salomon Brothers International in London to focus on the emerging debt markets in the same region and gradually expanded his focus to include parts of Africa and the Middle East. As Executive Director of Daiwa Europe in London he assumed responsibility for global emerging markets, supported by a research team ...

Agus P. Sari

UK (London)

Chief Executive Officer Conservation, Carbon Credit Farming PLC

Christian Schoen

Austria (Vienna)

Member of Executive Board, Erste Asset Management GmbH

Christian Schön is member of the executive board of Erste Asset Management GmbH and responsible for the institutional fund business in Austria, Central/Southeastern Europe and international markets. Before joining EAM, Christian Schön was the managing director and CEO of DWS (Austria) Investmentgesellschaft mbH and co-head of European Institutional Distribution at Deutsche Asset Management. Before this, he worked in various management positions at Pioneer Investments Austria, Schoellerbank ...

Andrea Ferch

Switzerland (Zurich)

Senior Fund Analyst, LGT Capital Management Ltd.

Andrea Ferch is Senior Fund Analyst at LGT Capital Management, focusing on sustainable investments. Her role involves selecting the universe of eligible funds for LGT’s sustainable multi asset class funds. Apart from that she carries out research and makes recommendations to LGT’s private banking business. Before joining LGT, Andrea was Head of Product Management of SEB Asset Management in Germany and in charge of the development, life-cycle-management and marketing of SEB’s mutual fun...

Till Jung

Germany (Munich)

Senior Analyst, oekom research AG

Wolfgang Pinner

Austria (Vienna)

Head of Sustainable Investments, Vinis GmbH

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

Aled Jones

UK (London)

Investment Manager - ESG, London Pensions Fund Authority

Aled Jones joined the LPFA's investment team in 2009. The LPFA is one of England’s largest local authority pension schemes with over 73,000 members and assets of £3.8 billion. As Investment Manager - ESG his role is to develop the Fund’s responsible investment strategy, ensuring that environmental, social and governance issues are integrated into the LPFA’s overall investment strategy. Aled has worked in the investment industry since 2001 on both the fund management and asset owner ...

Frank Curtiss

UK (London)

Head of Corporate Governance, Railpen Investments

Paul Lee

UK (London)

Director, Hermes Equity Ownership Services

Paul Lee is a Director at Hermes Equity Ownership Services, with overall responsibility for the operational performance of EOS's international activities in the areas of voting, engagement and public policy. This involves discussing issues of concern with board members of companies in client portfolios, with the aim of helping the companies to change and develop in ways which will add long-term value for shareholders. Paul chaired the working group which rewrote the overarching Principles of ...

Kris Douma

Netherlands (Rijswijk)

Head of Responsible Investment Support & Active Ownership, Mn Services

Kris Douma (1961) joined Mn Services as Head of Responsible Investment & Active Ownership in April 2007. Before that he worked 15 years at FNV Bondgenoten, the largest Dutch trade union. Between January 2003 and November 2006 he was a Member of Parliament for the Dutch Social Democratic Party (PvdA). Mn Services is the fiduciary manager for 15 Dutch and 2 UK pension funds and 2 insurance companies, with €65 AUM. The major clients of Mn Services are UN PRI signatories. At Mn Services Kris Douma...

Laurie J. Spengler

USA (Chicago, IL)

President and Chief Executive Officer, Shorebank International

Laurie Spengler serves as the President and CEO of ShoreBank International, a company that delivers a broad range of financial services to financial institutions and their funders globally within core sectors of small business finance, microfinance and housing finance. Ms. Spengler has over 20 years of experience as a strategy and transaction services professional, with significant experience in capital raising, M&A, and private equity transactions. Over the past decade, she has developed a part...

Steve Friedman

USA (New York)

Founder and Managing Partner , Eos Partners L.P.

Steven M. Friedman has served as a director of Eos since its formation. Steve is a Manager of the General Partner of the Onshore Partnership. Prior to co-founding Eos Partners in 1994, he was a general partner and co-head of the private investment business of Odyssey Partners. Before joining Odyssey, he was a vice-president at Citibank in leveraged finance. Steve has a BA and MBA from the University of Chicago (1976, 1977) and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School (1983).

Mariana Bozesan

Germany (Munich)

Founder and President, AQAL Investing

An impact investor, venture philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur, Dr. Bozesan, is an international authority on Integral Impact Investing. Together with a worldwide team of impact investors, Dr. Bozesan is significantly reducing the investment risk and increasing the social, cultural, environ- mental, as well as the happiness impact through her evolutionary Integral Impact Investment Model based on Ken Wilber’s Integral Framework. Educated at Stanford University and KIT (Karlsruhe Institute...

Steve Beck

USA (Malvern PA)

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer , SpringHill Equity Management, LLC

Steve Beck is co-founder & CEO of SpringHill Equity Management, a private equity fund manager investing in small growing enterprises in Africa. Steve is also Senior Advisor to the John Templeton Foundation, supporting the foundation’s enterprise-based solutions to poverty grant programs. Steve was previously CEO of Geneva Global – an international philanthropic advisory firm – and Managing Director of two strategy consulting firms: Monitor Company (Europe, Middle East, Africa) and Gemini C...

Russell Pullan

UK (London)

Director New Energy & Clean Technology Ventures, Nomura International plc

Pepukaye Bardouille

USA (Washington)

Strategy Specialist, Sustainable Energy and Water Market Development, International Finance Corporation

Pep Bardouille leads Energy Access and Climate Change Strategy activities within the Sustainable Business Advisory Department of IFC (International Finance Corporation). Prior to joining IFC, Pep spent several years in management consulting, and was a Senior Engagement Manager with McKinsey & Company's Social Sector Office in London, focusing on Economic Development and Opportunity Creation. She served private sector clients in the energy (power, oil & gas) and mining sectors across Africa, t...

Kristina Rueter

Germany (Munich)

Research Director, oekom research AG

Born in 1975. University degree (Diplom-Ingenieur) in environmental engineering. Studies at the Technical Universities of Hamburg-Harburg and Berlin, Germany, and the University of Aveiro, Portugal. Worked in research projects at the Institute of Environmental Technology of the Technical University Berlin, the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Berlin and at a state-run water and waste water company in Recife, Brazil. Since 2003 with independent Munich-based...

Glenn Kramer

USA (Woodbridge, NJ)

Director Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Hess Corporation

Bertrand Janus

France (Paris)

Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development, Total

Rosanna Bolzoni

Italy (Rome)

SRI Analyst, Eni SpA

Hakon Nordang

Norway (Trondheim)

Advisor Social Performance, Social Responsibility, Statoil ASA

Philippe Zaouati

France (Paris)

Head of Business Development , Natixis Asset Management

Philippe Zaouati began his career as a Quantitative Fund Manager with the Banque Internationale de Placement in 1990. Between 1993 and 1996, he was a Financial Engineer at CDC Asset Management before joining Sogéposte as Head of Product Offers. In 1999, he joined Crédit Agricole Asset Management (CAAM) where he was Head of Product Marketing and then Chief Executive Officer of CA Funds Investment Services in Luxembourg (now CAAM Luxembourg). In 2002, he became Director of Client Services before...

Christophe Person

France (Paris)

Social Business Funds Development Officer, IDEAM

Harry Hummels

Netherlands (S-hertogenbosch)

Director, SNS Asset Management N.V.

Harry Hummels is a professor of Ethics, Organizations and Society at Maastricht University, and joined ECCE in 2007. His teaching and research mandate focuses on the search for responsibilities in trade and industry, a significant development in the world of business. Professor Hummels combines his educational tasks with a job in a leading sustainable asset management company. His intention is to benefit from this combination and to use his practical experience when he transfers knowledge to sch...

Cedric Lombard

Switzerland (Geneva)

Founder and General Manager, Impact Finance Management S.A.

Cedric Lombard is a founder and manager of Impact Finance Management S.A., a fund management company focused on creating social, environmental and economic value with a particular focus on the BoP. He is a co-founder of BlueOrchard Finance S.A. and of Symbiotics S.A., two leading microfinance investments specialists. In both he was responsible for analysis and investments. He developed their assessment methodologies, including a social responsibility rating for Symbiotics. Over the last decade h...

Veronica John

Singapore (Singapore)

Chief Executive Officer, IDFC Capital

Jonathan Maxwell

UK (London)

Founding Partner, SDCL-Sustainable Development Capital Ltd.

Gert Andersson

Sweden (Örnsköldsvik)

Chairman, Nowaittransit AB

Julia Balandina Jaquier

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Sustainable Investments Group, AIG Investments

Julia Balandina Jaquier, PhD, CFA Dr. Balandina manages AIG Sustainable Investment Group, a private equity vehicle focused on investments in clean technologies, renewable energy and healthy living. Julia joined AIG in 2002 and prior to initiating Sustainable Investment Group, she was the Co-Head of Direct Investments Europe, responsible for development of the AIG Investments' European private equity business. Previously, Mrs. Balandina spent 7 years with ABB Financial Services - as Vice Preside...

Katie Gordon

UK (London)

Manager of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), Cazenove Capital Management

Katie Gordon joined Cazenove in 2000. She is the Manager of Socially Responsible Investment (SRI), focussing on the Social, Environmental and Ethical research process across Pan Europe, ethical restriction implementation and SRI marketing. Katie joined from the marketing company Swordfish where she was the founding account director. Katie graduated from Bristol University with a 2:1 in Geography, has a Diploma in Spanish from Madrid University, is a Board Director of (UKSIF), the UK Sustainable ...

Matt Christensen

France (Paris)

Executive Director, Eurosif - European Sustainable Investment Forum

Matt Christensen is the Executive Director for Eurosif (the European Sustainable Investment Forum) since 2002. Since Matt was recruited as Executive Director, Eurosif has grown into the premier European think tank and industry association for sustainable investment with more than 80 Member Affiliates that together represent assets totaling over €1 trillion. Recent activities of Eurosif include its EU Market Study, High Net Worth Individual Sustainability Report, and successful submissions t...

Guillaume Taylor

Switzerland (Geneva)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 4B Ltd

Prior to founding 4B Ltd, Guillaume Taylor was a partner from 2002 to 2010 at de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd (PPT) (www.ppt.ch) where he was in charge of sustainable finance for private clients. Guillaume previously worked from 1995 to 2002 as a private portfolio manager at Darier Hentsch & Cie Private Bankers (www.lombardodier.com). From 1989 to 1995, Guillaume was a credit analyst and treasury specialist at Intel Corporation (www.intel.com) in London and Paris. In 2007, he co-founded and...

Tatjana Greil Castro

UK (London)

Managing Director, Muzinich & Co. Ltd.

Tatjana has more than eleven years experience in managing corporate bonds portfolios. She came to Muzinich from Metlife Investments, where she served as an Associate Director of the High Return Unit. Earlier, Tatjana worked as Senior Portfolio Manager in European High Yield for Fortis Investments and as a portfolio manager and credit analyst at Legal & General Investment Management. She started her career as a high yield telecom analyst with Merrill Lynch. She has a PhD from the London School of...

Christopher Greenwald

Switzerland (Zug)

Director of Data Content, Asset4, ASSET4 - Thomson Reuters

Christopher Greenwald is Director of Data Content at ASSET4 – A Thomson Reuters Business, where he previously served as Senior ESG Analyst. Prior to joining ASSET4, Christopher was Head of Sustainability Research at Dr. Höller Asset Management in Zürich, Switzerland. He holds an MBA from the University of Lausanne as well as the Certificate in Financial Asset Management and Engineering from the Swiss Finance Institute. He has a Ph.D. in political science from Duke University and has taught a...

Geoffrey Mazullo

Poland (Gdansk/Wroclaw)

Adjunct Professor School of American Law, Principal, Emerging Markets ESG

Geoffrey Mazullo is Principal of Emerging Markets ESG (www.emergingmarketsesg.net) and Adjunct Professor of the School of American Law (SAL) in Gdansk and in Wroclaw, Poland. He is a Member of the International Advisory Council of TBLI Conferences and Chair of the Baltic Market Awards Committee, an initiative of the Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius NASDAQ OMX Stock Exchanges to promote excellence in investor relations. From 2001-2009 he directed the PFS Program (www.pfsprogram.org), a regional financi...

Greg Barker

Mauritius (Port Louis)

Co-Founder, Director and Head of Research, Sustainable Capital

PERSONAL DETAILS Date of Birth: 26 January 1976 Nationality: South African QUALIFICATIONS 2009: CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Charterholder 2004: MBA Degree, Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town 2001: MPhil (Sustainability), University of Cape Town (distinction) 1998: B.Tech Degree (Engineering), Cape University of Technology EXPERIENCE RECORD 07/08 - 07/10: Co-founder, Head of Research and Director of Sustainable Capital, Mauritius 03/05 - 06/08: Responsi...

Paul van Aalst

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director Europe, E+Co

Paul van Aalst is Director of E+Co Europe and prior to that was a member of E+Co’s Executive Board. E+Co is an investment company for modern energy enterprises in developing countries. Paul is leading the development of investment instruments and partnerships in Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. His primary focus is investor relations and developing investment products to finance E+Co’s investment activities. Over the last 25 years Mr. Van Aalst has been involved in developing investme...

Holger Rothenbusch

Germany (Cologne)

Senior Vice President, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH

Biography of Holger Rothenbusch Holger Rothenbusch is head of structured finance at DEG, one of the biggest European development finance institutes, based in Germany. He is responsible for risk capital investments in private companies and commitments to private equity and mezzanine funds, financial sector projects, sustainable development/environment as well as DEG's technical assistance program. Before joining DEG in June 2004, Holger was working with Actis (which emerged out of CDC), a pri...

Andreas Holzer

Switzerland (Zurich)

Analyst, Sustainability Research, Bank Sarasin & Cie AG

Degree in geography with the minor subjects chemistry and economics, University of Basel Professional career: 1997–1998 Environmental management department of UBS 1998–2004 Environmental and social analyst, Zurich Cantonal Bank Since 2004 Senior Analyst Sarasin Sustainable Investment

Estelle Mironesco

France (Bagnolet)

SRI Department Director, Vigeo Group

Estelle Mironesco joined Vigeo in Nov 2008. She was previously Director of SRI Research with Natixis Asset Management. Estelle graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP-EAP) and spent the first 10 years of her career in commercial banking, primarily in London, holding positions in corporate analysis and in sales. She then worked, for the following 10 years in asset management companies in Paris where she successively created and managed three buy-side analysis teams on the c...

Masahiro Kato

Japan (Tokyo)

Senior Manager, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.

Masahiro Kato is head of SRI at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, responsible for developing new initiatives in the field of SRI. He developed SRI fund for pension fund owners with the concept of materiality, focusing on the ESG activities that may have the significant impact on corporate earnings. Prior to the SRI fund for pension fund owners, he developed SRI mutual fund for individual investors with the focus on the demographic issues in Japan. He has more than 18 years experience...

Adam Seitchik

USA (Greenwich)

Managing Director, Auriel Capital

Adam Seitchik, Ph.D., CFA is Managing Director at Auriel Capital, a London-based institutional asset management firm. He is responsible for integrating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) signals into Auriel Equity's systematic investment platform. Previously Dr. Seitchik was Chief Investment Officer at Trillium Asset Management in Boston, where he oversaw $1 billion in investment portfolios integrating ESG and financial factors into a value-added stock selection process. Prior to special...

Yuslam Fauzi

Indonesia (Jakarta)

President Director, Bank Syariah Mandiri

Born in Jakarta, Mr. Fauzi graduated from the University of Indonesia, Faculty of Economics in 1986 and obtained his MBA in Finance/Investment Banking from Arizona State University, USA. Mr Fauzi started his career in Banking Industry at Bank Bumi Daya in 1983 with the last position as Head of Credit Division. Later, he was the Director of Risk Management of Bank Mandiri. His last position in Bank Mandiri was the Regional Manager Area IX Banjarmasin (January–June 2005). Since June 2005 he h...

Murat Ünal

Germany (Kronberg)

Chief Executive Officer, Funds@Work AG

Murat Ünal studied Business Administration and graduated from the University of Adelaide/Australia (with research in Asia/Pacific) with a Bachelors Degree in Commerce (B.Com). He worked for an international management consulting firm after his studies and joined the mutual fund/financial services business in 1998 acting finally as a Management Committee member for a local Asset Manager where he was mainly responsible for integrated marketing, sales and PR. As Head of Investment Marketing and ...

Rumman Faruqi

UK (London)

Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Islamic Banking & Insurance

Howard Pearce

UK (Almondsbury)

Head of Environmental Finance and Pension Fund Management, The Environment Agency

Howard has been Head of Environmental Finance and Pension Fund Management for the UK's Environment Agency since 2003. Prior to this he was Head of Corporate Planning. He has B.Sc in Zoology. He is responsible for the Agency's influencing work with the finance and business sectors, and the governance, administration and investment management of the Agency's £1.3bn (2bn Euro) Active Pension Fund,the 20th largest in the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), one of the most solvent (94%) in the L...

Mark Mansley

UK (Bristol)

Investment Director, Rathbone Greenbank Investments

Mark Mansley is an investment director at Rathbone Greenbank Investments, responsible for advisory services, strategy and specialist investments, including mission related investing. He started working in investment in 1983 but snce 1993 he has focused on socially responsible investment, providing independent analysis on integrating social and environmental factors into investment policy, and conducting research into issues such as climate change and health and safety. From 1999 to 2004 he ran C...

Philippe Desfossés

France (Paris)

Chief Executive Officer, ERAPF- Établissement de Retraite Additionnelle de la Fonction Publique

Tony Juniper

UK (London)

Director, Friends of the Earth

Tony Juniper is director of Friends of the Earth. He spends his days campaigning for a more sustainable society, both in the UK and worldwide. His environmental work spans more than twenty years and ranges from activities with primary school children on local conservation projects to helping the global campaign against the World Trade Organisation. He has been a leading figure in many of the main environmental campaigns of recent times, including the anti-road building protests of the 1990...

Robert Rubinstein

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

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

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