Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

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

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

Mary L. Schapiro

United States of America (Washington)

Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Stewart Armer

Germany (Frankfurt a.M.)

Head of SRI, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Stewart Armer is Head of SRI at BNP Paribas Investment Partners SA. He sees his role as driving innovation in SRI process and product in order to provide clients with funds that perform both from the sustainability and financial point of view.  Stewart leads a 10 person dedicated specialist SRI team based in Frankfurt, Germany. This highly international team manages a range of sustainable investment products including equity, bond, balanced and specialist global sustainability funds. An experie...

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...

Jean Laville

Switzerland (Geneva)

Director, Ethos

Jean Laville (1958) is Ethos Foundation's and Ethos Services' Director. He is responsible for asset management and environmental ans social research. In 1980, Jean Laville graduated in economics, majoring in political economy, from the Higher Business School (HEC) in Lausanne. After collaborating with several research programmes for the Swiss National Fund for Scientific Research, Jean Laville followed the doctorate programme of the University Institute of Higher International Studies (Institut ...

Robert Kelly

United States of America (New York)

Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Bank New York Mellon

Doris M. Schönemann

Switzerland (Zurich)

Director, Investor's Dialogue™ GmbH

Doris M. Schönemann, Dr.rer.pol. After studying Economics in Freiburg, Germany, and in Zürich, Switzerland, Doris M. Schönemann acquired a doctorate with Professor Dr. F. A. von Hayek, Nobel Laureate in economics. Her working experience includes financial editor, Education Programs with the University of St. Gallen. She was heading the private banking division of Bank Leu Ltd between 1991 and 1993 and director of economic research and marketing of Zürcher Kantonalbank between 1985 and 199...

Pavan Sukhdev

United Kingdom (Cambridge)

Study Leader – TEEB & Project Leader - Green Economy, UNEP-WCMC

Yasuhiro Sakakibara

Japan (Tokyo)

Chairman, Blue Economy Holding

Luke Poliszcuk

Japan (Tokyo)

Chief Executive Officer, eQualC Sustainability Communications, 合同会社eQualC

Luke is CEO of eQualC Sustainability Communications, a Tokyo-based firm specializing in international CSR, environment and sustainable corporate communications. He fullfils many roles in Japan’s burgeoning Green Business movement including: Co-President of Net Impact Japan; Content Director of Greenz.jp, Japan’s leading bilingual green new media site; communications consultant for eco+waza magazine; positions on the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan’s (ACCJ) CSR and Environment committ...

Douglas Woodring

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

Co-Founder and Director , Project Kaisei

Doug has worked in Asia for the past 18 years in a number of industries which have been at the forefront of technology within their sectors. Doug is the Co-Founder and Director of Project Kaisei, a recently established (2008) non-profit organization based in San Francisco and Hong Kong. The goal is to increase the understanding of the scale of marine debris, its impact on our ocean environment, how best to prevent future waste, and how to accelerate efforts to clean-up this vast and growing chal...

Satoshi Nimura

Japan (Tokyo)

President, Nimura Genetic Solutions Co., Ltd.

Satoshi Nimura was born in 1963 and graduated from the Agricultural Department at Meiji University. Mr Nimura relocated to Malaysia in 1989 and founded a traditional knowledge database company there in 1994. In 2000, Mr Nimura established Nimura Genetic Solutions Co., Ltd., Tokyo Japan and a wholly owned subsidiary, Nimura Genetic Solutions (M) SDN. BHD., to develop biological prospecting business. At present he lives in Malaysia and visits Japan every month.

Chiew Y. Chong

Switzerland (Gland)

Managing Director, WWF / Living Planet Fund Management Company S.A.

Mr Chiew Y. Chong is the Managing Director of the Living Planet Fund Management Company (www.livingplanetcompany.com), a subsidiary of WWF International. He was Director of Finance and Administration at WWF International, the global conservation organization* for 17 years. His experience included acting as a Board Member of TRAFFIC** International. Having spent multiple years in conservation, his current activities includes acting as a Trustee of WWF-Malaysia. Of Chinese origin, Chiew is a Sw...

Michael V. Galante

Germany (Offenburg)

Global Conservation Standard Administrator, biocarbon consult

Michael Victor Galante is an international forestry consultant specializing in the development and realization 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 (FSC & PEFC) and carbon forestry incentive mechanisms through the Kyoto Protocol and the Voluntary Carbon Market....

Bruce Jenkyn-Jones

United Kingdom (London)

Managing Director, Impax Asset Management Limited

Bruce is Managing Director and Head of Listed Equities for Impax Asset Management, the specialist asset manager in the environmental sector. He joined Impax in 1999 where he worked initially on venture capital investments before developing the listed equity business. His principal responsibility at Impax is to co-manage Impax Environmental Markets plc, Impax Environmental Markets (Ireland) Fund, the IFSL Impax Environmental Leaders Fund, and funds sponsored by ASN Bank (in the Netherlands), ABI...

Emily McAteer

United States of America (New York, NY)

Analyst, Climate Risk Management , RiskMetrics Group

Emily McAteer is a Climate Risk Management analyst at RiskMetrics Group. She is the co-author the January 2008 report, “Corporate Governance and Climate Change: The Banking Sector,” the December 2008 report, “Corporate Governance and Climate Change: Consumer and Technology Companies,” the March 2009 electric utilities sector report for the Carbon Disclosure Project, and the September 2009 Ceres/DEG report “Addressing Climate Risk: Financial Institutions in Emerging Markets.” RiskMet...

Lauren Compere

United States of America (Boston, MA)

Senior Vice President/Director of Shareholder Engagement, Boston Common Asset Management, LLC

Lauren is primarily responsible for working with clients invested in Boston Common subadvisory strategies and has day-to-day oversight of Boston Common’s sub-advisory relationships. Lauren also coordinates Boston Common’s international shareholder engagement initiatives has over 20 years of experience in the SRI field. Lauren received her BA in Environmental Studies from the University of Vermont, Cum Laude, and her MS in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University...

Seth R. Freeman

United States of America (Moraga, CA)

Global Chief Executive Officer & Chief Investment Officer, EM Capital Management, LLC

Seth R. Freeman, CIRA seth.freeman@emcapitalmanagement.com Global CEO & Chief Investment Officer EM Capital Management, LLC Chairman, EM Capital Management (Hong Kong) Limited Chairman, EM Capital India Master Fund Limited (Mauritius) Seth R. Freeman is the Global CEO and Chief Investment Officer of EM Capital Management, LLC, an U.S. SEC registered investment adviser and fund manager specializing in emerging and frontier markets with a long-term India-dedicated strategy, where it has bee...

Juerg Vontobel

Switzerland (Zurich)

Founder and Special Advisor, Vietnam Holding Asset Management Ltd.

Juerg Vontobel, founder of Vietnam Holding Ltd. (VNH), lived in Vietnam from 1992 to 1996. While he served as its General Manager, ING Bank was nominated in 1996 by Euromoney as the best foreign bank in Vietnam. His previous banking career included positions as General Manager of ING Bank in Geneva and 16 years with a U.S. bank, including three years as Country Manager in the Philippines and three as Regional Manager in Singapore. He continued to be involved in Swiss projects in Vietnam while s...

Joo Won Park

Korea (Seoul)

Executive Director, KOREA CSR Research Service (KOCSR)

KOCSR was launched as an affiliated research centre with CCSR (The Center for Corporate Social Responsibility) in June 2007. It became an independent ESG research company in July 2008 with four shareholders which are independent stakeholders from the SRI Market such as NGOs, CSR Institutes and religious Organizations. It is a sole research partner of EIRIS in Korea. Park is an executive director of KOCSR and his recent work has included “An Analysis of Human Rights Policies and Management ...

Peter Webster

United Kingdom (London)

Executive Director, Responsible Investment Research Specialists (EIRIS)

Peter Webster has been Executive Director of EIRIS since its foundation in the 1980s, and has been involved in the promotion and development of responsible investment in its various forms throughout the last 25 years. Peter is a regular conference speaker as well as advising clients on the creation or development of new approaches to responsible investment. His current interests in this field include how PRI signatories can implement the commitments they sign up to in ways that make a signifi...

Keiko Hosoyama

Japan (Tokyo)

Real Estate Planning Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Co., Ltd.

Keiko Hosoyama belongs to the Real Estate Division at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, which presently manages the largest volume of real estate entrusted from clients as a trustee in Japan. She is currently responsible for planning how to promote environmental enhancement and value-added practices for the trusted property cooperating with related parties such as beneficiaries, and property management companies. In addition, she is in charge of MUTB activities on UNEP FI PWG, encour...

Sethawat Srivirote

Thailand (Bangkok)

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

Patricia Bader-Johnston

Japan (Tokyo)

Representative Director and CEO, Silverbirch Associates k.k.

Patricia Bader-Johnston is President of Silverbirch Associates and a Ministry of Education and Science-approved Professor with the Kenichi Ohmae Graduate School of Business MBA in Globalization - where her course is currently the most popular on offer. With extensive Fortune 50 corporate experience as Director of Communications for IBM Japan, Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs BAT, Head of Corporate Affairs AP for Standard Chartered Bank and global experience as a VP and Head of People D...

Mariko Kawaguchi

Japan (Tokyo)

Senior Analyst, Daiwa Institute of Research

Received bachelors degree in public finance from HitotsubashiUniversity in Japan in1983. Received Masters degree in applied economics from Hitotsubashi University Graduate School in 1986. Joined Daiwa Securities in 1986, worked as researcher and securities analyst. Transferred to Daiwa Institute of Research in 1994 and have worked as securities analyst, consultant of environmental management, now engaging in research and study of CSR and SRI environmental and reporting sustainability reporting. ...

Kazuhiro Kimura

Japan (Tokyo)

Corporate Governance Officer, Nissay Asset Management Co, Ltd

Andy Gebhardt

South Korea (Seoul)

Director, Solability Ltd.

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

Willem Appel

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, Roodhals Capital B.V.

Roodhals Capital B.V. is an investment management company with a particular focus on investment in sustainability. Roodhals launched the sustainability themed Branta Solutions Fund in 2009. Prior to founding Roodhals Capital, Willem was a Managing Director at ING Bank, London, where he was a member of the management team of the bank’s global proprietary multi-strategy trading platform. He joined ING in 1990 and spent most of his career investing for the company’s account, initially from New...

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...

Jérôme Tagger

United States of America (New York)

Chief Operating Officer, UN PRI

Jerome, a French national, has been active in the responsible investment space for 10 years. As Chief Operating Officer, Jerome oversees the day to day implementation of the PRI strategy. Previously, Jerome was Head of Research at Eurosif and has prior experience in the life insurance sector at BNP Paribas Group Jerome is a graduate of ESSEC Graduate School of Business, France.

Laurie J. Spengler

United States of America (Chicago, IL)

President and Chief Executive Officer, Shorebank International

Laurie serves as the President and CEO of ShoreBank international, a company that focuses on small business finance, microfinance and housing finance by working with the financial institutions (and their funders) that are growing their institutions with partial or total focus on financing entrepreneurial and housing investments in underbanked markets around the world, including Africa. Before joining ShoreBank, Laurie founded, and is the former CEO of the Prague-based Central European Advisor...

David Orr

Denmark (Copenhagen)

Portfolio Manager, Sparinvest Fondsmæglerselskab A/S

David has been with Sparinvest since October 2007, and works as a Portfolio Manager on the Value Equities team – which manages Sparinvest Ethical Global Value Fund, among others. Prior to this, David spent four years at Daiwa Securities London, specializing in researching and broking Japanese stocks to institutional investors throughout Europe. He previously lived and worked in Japan for three years, and holds degrees from Oxford University (law) and Sheffield University (Masters in Advanced J...

Thomas Jakobsen

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Ho Chi Minh City)

Head of Sustainability, Anpha Capital

Thomas Jakobsen is Head of Sustainability for Anpha Capital. Prior to his role at Anpha Capital, Mr. Jakobsen founded Gate to Asia, a Viet Nam focused consulting company specializing in Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance issues. Prior to that, Mr. Jakobsen was Director at Tropicdane, a group of 3 factories in the furniture and home decorations industry in the Binh Duong, Viet Nam. Before moving to Viet Nam in 2006, Mr Jakobsen led the loudspeaker manufacturer Bowers and Wilkins in De...

Alka Banerjee

United Kingdom (London)

Vice-President Global Equities, Standard & Poor's Index & Portfolio Services

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...

Eric Borremans

France (Paris)

Head of SRI Research and Development, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Eric is Head of SRI Research and Development at BNP Paribas Investment Partners. He joined BNP Paribas Investment Partners in 2002 and has over 18 years experience in the field of sustainable development. Based in Paris, he leads the development of SRI product offering and heads a team of analysts conducting research on corporate governance, environmental and social responsibility as well as exercise of voting rights for a range of institutional mandates and open-ended funds. Prior to joining B...

Tomohiro Matsuoka

Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)

Executive Director, Research, SIRIS

Tomohiro Matsuoka is Executive Director and Head of Research at SIRIS. Tomo coordinates a team of over 15 research analysts working on various SRI research covering Australia, Japan and other markets in Asia and Oceania region. He is also involved in SRI database and product developments in collaboration with SIRIS’ global business partners. His work at SIRIS is inspired by his interest in social equity and welfare and his personal experience as a father of a child with a disability. Outside h...

Damayanti Ratunanda

Indonesia (Jakarta)

Head of Environmental Fund Division, Ministry of Environment

James Hawrylak

Japan (Tokyo)

Head of Asian Marketing and Operations, Glass, Lewis & Co.

Residing mostly in East Asia since 1986, James Hawrylak has extensive experience in investment banking and investor relations in Japan, Greater China, and Korea gained while working for firms such as Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette subsidiary DLJdirect; Mizuho Securities; and Taylor Rafferty Associates. In 2008, James moved to Glass Lewis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, where he is currently their Head of Asian Marketing and Operations. James began studying East Asia...

Hannes Valtonen

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Ho Chi Minh City)

Director of Risk and Compliance, VinaCapital Group

Mr. Valtonen, Director of Risk and Compliance, joined VinaCapital Group in April 2008 and is in charge of internal controls, audit, regulatory compliance, governance and risk management. He has eight years of professional experience in Asia and four in Europe, mainly in internal audit and operations management in multinational companies. Mr. Valtonen started his career in Japan with roles in machinery importing and financial news reporting, before spending a year in China on a European Union tra...

Akitsugu Era

Japan (Tokyo)

Equity Research Group, Equity Fund Management Department, Nikko Asset Management Co. Ltd.

Akitsugu Era is the Corporate Governance Manager at the Equity Fund Management Dept. of Nikko Asset Management, a leading Japan-based asset management group. He is in charge of corporate governance related operations, including exercise of voting rights and engagement with companies. Era is also an equity research analyst making use of his experience as a founder of a company, ELD net Japan, Inc _an internet web hosting service provider, at his younger age. He studied at London Busine...

Humbert Garreau de Labarre

People's Republic of China (Shanghai)

Senior Vice-President, La Compagnie Financière Edmond De Rothschild

Aged 52, Humbert Garreau de Labarre holds a master’s degree in management from Paris-Dauphine University (1983). Officer in the French Cavalry Reserves, he first started his banking career in 1983 at Neuflize OBC (ABN Amro Group) managing portfolios for high networth individuals. He joined La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild in 1988. As Senior Vice-President of the Private Banking department he develops “estate” consultancy (global strategies to achieve the right balance be...

Peter Johnson

United States of America (Darien, Connecticut)

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...

Taejun Shin

Japan (Tokyo)

Chairperson, Living in Peace (LIP)

Taejun Shin is the founder of Living in Peace ("LIP"), an NPO for economic development, composed of more than one hundred members with expertise in finance, accounting, law, IT, PR, etc. Mr Shin was born in 1981 in Japan, as a third generation Korean living in Japan. Having graduated from Korea University and Waseda Graduate School, he now works for Morgan Stanley Capital. Mr Shin established LIP inspired by "The End of Poverty" by Jeffrey Sachs and is the author of "Finance for 15 Year-olds...

Satoru Yamamoto

Japan (Tokyo)

Deputy General Manager, Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd.

Satoru Yamamoto is a Deputy General Manager of Product Planning Department at Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., a leading retail securities firm in Japan. He currently leads Daiwa’s Impact Investment initiatives, including IFFIm Vaccine Bonds (launched in March 2008, February 2009 and March 2010), World CO2LTM Bond (June 2008), IFC Microfinance Bonds (November 2009), World Bank Green Bonds (January 2010) and ADB Water Bonds (April 2010). The Microfinance Bonds was the very first microfinance investm...

Xin Zhuo 卓昕

People's Republic of China (Beijing)

Manager, Advisory Services 顾问咨询部主管, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) 商务社会责任国际协会

Xin Zhuo manages BSR China's work with the financial sector and joined BSR in 2008 with extensive public and private consulting experience, including law/regulatory reform, institutional capacity building, industry-focused diagnostics, and energy efficiency financing programs. Prior to joining BSR in 2008, Xin spent four years at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private arm of the World Bank Group. She holds a M.Sc. in Finance from the University of Aberdeen, and a B.A. in Econom...

Seiji Kawazoe

Japan (Tokyo)

Associate General Manager, Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd

Mr Kawazoe has ten years of professional experience as a fund manager and as senior fund manager for Global Equities for institutional accounts. He has been based in various locations (Tokyo, New York, London and Luxembourg) where he gained deeper insights into the global financial industry. He has recently taken on global business development, with a strong interest in ESG issues. Mr Kawazoe is a CFA charter holder and has obtained an MBA at London Business School.

Erwin Sanft

People's Republic of China (Shanghai/Beijing/Hong Kong)

Head of China & Hong Kong Equities Research, BNP Paribas Securities (Asia)

Erwin Sanft is Managing Director and Head of China and Hong Kong Research for BNP Paribas Securities (Asia). He joined the firm in July 2004 and currently heads the Bank’s China and Hong Kong research team of 25 analysts in the Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong offices. His recent work includes studies on China's shift from an investment-led to a services-led economy, the impact of the single-child generation on China’s consumption growth and the globalisation of China’s capital goods sect...

David St. Maur Sheil

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

Joint Executive Director, ASrIA - Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia

Megumu Murakami

Japan (Tokyo)

Senior Consultant, Climate Change Strategy Cluster, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.

Megumu Murakami has 8 years of experience in research and consulting at the Japan Research Institute, a group company of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. She is specialized in environmental finance, climate change strategy and policy. Her recent clients include Japanese governmental office, financial institutions and major companies. Before joining JRI, she worked as a project finance banker for wind energy, waste disposal and power plants.

Lucy Carmody

Singapore

Executive Director, Responsible Research Pte Ltd.

Lucy is Executive Director of Responsible Research and is based in Singapore. Her responsibilities include operational management, business development and research coordination of the highly respected independent Asian ESG research company which produces thematic research highlighting sector trends and sustainability performance in Asian listed companies. She was most formerly Director of The CSR Practice, a consultancy which advises on ethical investment, corporate philanthropy and governa...

Tomohiro Matsuoka

Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)

Executive Director, Research, SIRIS

Tomohiro Matsuoka is Executive Director and Head of Research at SIRIS. Tomo coordinates a team of over 15 research analysts working on various SRI research covering Australia, Japan and other markets in Asia and Oceania region. He is also involved in SRI database and product developments in collaboration with SIRIS’ global business partners. His work at SIRIS is inspired by his interest in social equity and welfare and his personal experience as a father of a child with a disability. Outside h...

Su Jeong Moon

Korea (Seoul)

Senior analyst , Eco-frontier Sustainable Finance Center

Kathelijne Marritt Alers

Switzerland (Zürich)

Regional Director, SAM Indexes

Paul Hoff

Japan (Tokyo)

Managing Director Asia Pacific, FTSE

Paolo Sardi

Luxemburg (Luxemburg)

Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner, ECP International SA

Paolo Sardi, CEO ECPI SA, Founding Partner ECPI, previous experience in Merrill Lynch International London and Real Estate financial advisory. Investment advisory solutions for institutional investors, set up of investment vehicles. Hybrid structured transactions: equity, fixed income and hedge funds. Lecturer at Corporate Finance and Real Estate Department, SDA - Bocconi School of Management.

Jamie Allen

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

Secretary General, Asian Corporate Governance Association Ltd.

Mr. Allen is the founding Secretary General of the Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA). He is a published author and has more than 20 years experience as a writer, editor and analyst covering Asian business, finance and economics from Hong Kong. Prior to the establishment of ACGA in mid-1999, Mr. Allen acted as a consultant for multinational companies, carrying out customised research on mainly finance-related topics, including corporate governance. From 1992-95 he worked for the...

Erik Breen

The Netherlands (Rotterdam)

Head of Responsible Investing, Robeco Group

Erik Breen (1972) is head of the Responsible Investing Department at Robeco. This department is responsible for entering into constructive dialogues with invested companies on corporate governance and sustainability and for exercising voting rights. Furthermore the team provides the portfolio managers with the sustainability ratings and issues per company. Erik began his career with Robeco in 1996 and held positions as senior Portfolio Manager at various teams at the investment department...

Kathy Matsui

Japan (Tokyo)

Managing Director and Chief Japan Strategist, Co-Director of Pan Asian Investment Research, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.

Ken Kobayashi

Japan (Tokyo)

Senior Analyst, Investment Research Dept., Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.

Ken Kobayashi, CFA, is a Senior Analyst at Tokio Marine Asset Management (TMAM) covering Japanese financial services sector. He is also Group Leader of Responsible Investment Group at TMAM in charge of ESG issues including proxy voting as well as a joint venture with Governance for Owners of U.K. in facilitating new Japanese-way relationship (engagement) investment strategies. He has more than 20 years of investment experience, including 11 years at TMAM. Prior to joining TMAM, Ken started hi...

David Baran

Japan (Tokyo)

Co-Chief Executive Officer, Symphony Financial Partners Co., Ltd.

Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

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

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