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...

A. Karim Ahmed

USA (Washington)

Secretary-Treasurer and Director of International Program, National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE)

A. Karim Ahmed, Ph.D. Dr. Karim Ahmed is a founding Board Member, Secretary-Treasurer and Director of International Program of the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE) in Washington DC. He is also the President of the Global Children's Health and Environment Fund (GCHEF), a non-profit international organization specializing on children's environmental health issues in both developed and developing countries. Dr. Ahmed is an internationally recognized expert in environme...

Stewart Armer

Germany (Frankfurt a.M.)

Head of SRI, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Stewart Armer is Head of SRI at BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Stewart leads a 13 person dedicated specialist SRI team based in Paris and Frankfurt. This highly international team provides in-depth proprietary environmental, social and governance analysis that are used in a wide range of sustainable investment products including equity, bonds, money markets and multi-asset portfolios. An experienced fund manager, Stewart is currently responsible for the management of a number of global and Asi...

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...

Hitoshi Takezume

Japan (Tokyo)

Assistant Director Welfare Policy Divison, Japanese Trade Union Confederation 日本労働組合総連合会

Name : Hitoshi Takezume 1969 Born 1991 Graduated from Faculty of Economy, Keio University 1991 Entered Tokyo Electric Power Company, Ltd. 1998 Chief, Electricity Demand Survey Division 2001 Secretary General, HONTEN Branch, Tokyo Electric Power Union 2003 Section Chief, Industry Policy Division, Federation of Electric Power Related Industry Workers Unions of Japan 2005 First Secretary, Economic Division, Japan Embassy in Thailand 2008 Assistant Director, Welfare Policy Division, Japan...

Hiroaki Uemura

Japan (Tokyo)

Chairman, Nihon Keizai Shimbun Pension Fund

Mr Uemura is Chairman of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (日本経済新聞, lit. Japan Economic Times) Pension Fund. Nihon Keizai Shimbun is usually abbreviated to Nikkei (日経). Mr Uemura joined Nihon Keizai Shimbun as a financial correspondent 1970, and was staff correspondent at Nihon Keizai Shimbun's New York office from 1985 till 1988. He moved on as a Deputy Editor at the Nihon Keizai Shimbun London office from 1988-1990 and from April 2009, he was appointed Chairman of Nihon Keizai Shimb...

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...

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...

Haruo Funabashi

Japan (Tokyo)

Visiting Professor, Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo

According to Prof. Funabashi's book titled “Timeless Ventures: 32 Companies that Imbibed 8 Principles of Longevity”, an estimated 20,000 of the 1.24 million companies in Japan have been operating for more than a hundred years. About 200 companies have a history of more than 200 years and about 600 companies, more than 300 years. About 30 companies have survived for more than 500 years and five, for more than a thousand years! Prof. Funabashi researched 32 long-lived companies in Japan and ...

Hikaru Kobayashi

Japan (Tokyo)

Vice Minister, Ministry of the Environment

Date of Birth: 17 November 1949 Education: 1973, Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Economics Job Experience: 1973 Joined the Environment Agency(EA) 1978 Dispatched to the Urban Research Institute in the Graduate School of Paris ⅩⅡ University 1993 Senior Policy Coordinator, Personnel Division, Minister’s Secretariat Dispatched to the East West Center in the United States as visiting fellow 1998 Director, Budget and Accounting Div., Minister’s Secretariat 2001 Director...

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, 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...

Stephen Bohn

Japan (Tokyo)

International Market Director, KGA Koyosha Graphics of America, Inc.

Stephen Bohn currently leads the Tokyo office of Koyosha Graphics of America, (KGA), a San Francisco-based marketing and advertising company that provides state-of-the-art communication methods. Currently, KGA focuses on mobile, believing it to be both the most efficient and “eco”-friendly way for it’s clients to reach their customers (“eco” meaning both eco-nomical and eco-logical). But beyond the medium, KGA believe that creating relevant messages is the key to using resources most e...

Bruce Jenkyn-Jones

UK (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

USA (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...

Kiyoshi Fukuwatari

Japan (Tokyo)

Executive Research Officer, Research & Development Department, Sompo Japan Risk Management Inc.

1988 Joined Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (Former Sompo Japan Insurance Co. Inc) International Fund Department; 1990- Nagoya Corporate Account Production Department (Construction Section); 1994- Global Environment Office (The Nature Conservancy in US for 1 year, National Institute for Environment Studies for 3 years. IPCC Japan Office); 1998- 1st Corporate Account Production Department (Nonferrous metal Section); 2004- 4th Production Department (Energy Section); 2006- Corporate S...

Pascal Bello

France (Paris)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BMJ Ratings

Pascal Bello, PhD Management, is the CEO of BMJ Ratings, a leading European extra-financial rating agency which he founded in 1993. He conducts research activities related to the assessment of corporate strategy and the contribution of intangible assets, and is the author of several books and articles on these subjects. Conceptualizer of the rating tools DEEPP Model® and Climate Change Score®, he is seen as one of the best specialists in Europe in the field of corporate social responsibility. ...

Lauren Compere

USA (Boston, MA)

Managing Director, 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...

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

South 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

UK (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...

Seth R. Freeman

USA (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...

Reina Otsuka

Japan (Tokyo)

Founder / Chief Executive Officer, Ecotwaza Co., Ltd.

Reina Otsuka is the founder and CEO of Ecotwaza Co., Ltd., which manages an "online tradeshow" of otherwise-hidden Japanese green technologies and products. After graduating Hitotsubashi University and working at a media company in the real estate information division, she now acts as a gateway to Japanese green SMEs. www.eco-friendly-japan.com www.ecotwaza.com (Japanese)

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 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...

Takehisa Hirayama

Japan (Tokyo)

Chief Executive Officer, PS Company, Ltd.

1982 B.S. Industrial Engineering Rutgers University, NJ, USA, 2nd generation CEO in a family owned company, manufacturing custom design radiators for heating and cooling, and industrial humidification systems.

Erik Floyd

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

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

Erik Floyd, Joint Executive Director, ASrIA - Erik joined ASrIA following a career in investor relations, equity research, banking and government service. Beginning at the U.S. Treasury, Erik served in Washington and then the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. While in Washington, he established an Amnesty International group. After Tokyo, he joined JP Morgan's capital raising desk in New York, raising funds for both the bank and its Asian clients. Shifting to equity research, Erik covered the metals and m...

Marie Rosencrantz

UK (London)

Senior Advisor, ESG and Monitoring & Evaluations , CDC Group plc

Marie Rosencrantz is the senior advisor on ESG for CDC Group plc, the UK development finance institution. She has previously worked as a consultant with McKinsey and been the Swedish Trade Commissioner to Italy, Albania, Malta and Libya. Marie worked for two years on the start-up of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and malaria. She has also been employed at the World Bank, at CDC and as a diplomat within the Swedish foreign service. Marie has an economics degree from Stanford University, a Mast...

David Orr

Denmark (Copenhagen)

Portfolio Manager, Sparinvest Asset Management Ltd.

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...

Steffen Hörter

Germany (Munich)

Business Director, risklab GmbH

Dr. Steffen Hörter is a Director and member of the Senior Partner team of risklab GmbH, the specialist investment and risk advisor of Allianz Global Investors. Based on a rigid framework that aims at total portfolio returns, risklab creates long-term investment solutions which are built on strategic asset allocation and risk management. Per end of December 2009, risklab had EUR 8.5bn Assets under Supervision (ongoing advice) and more that EUR 100bn Assets under Consulting (consulting projects)....

Eric Borremans

France (Paris)

Head of SRI Research and Development, BNP Paribas Investment Partners

Eric Borremans leads the development of Sustainable Investment Solutions within BNP Paribas Investment Partners. This covers a range of "core" and "thematic" investment strategies for retail and institutional clients across various asset classes including equities, fixed income, balanced and alternative solutions. Based in Paris, Eric joined BNP Paribas in 2002 to set up a research team dedicated to environmental, social and corporate governance issues, including exercise of voting rights. P...

Patricia Bader-Johnston

Japan (Tokyo)

Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer, 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)

Head of CSR, Director of Social Investment Forum Japan, Daiwa Securities Group

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.

Kazuhiro Kimura, CFA, has more than twenty years of professional experience as a securities analyst and a fund manager. He also has been responsible for proxy voting for ten years at Nissay Asset Management (NAM). His current responsibilities include planning and promoting ESG research and responsible investment funds that incorporate ESG consideration. Prior to joining NAM, Mr. Kimura built his investment career in Tokyo and in New York at Nippon Life Insurance Co., specializing in internation...

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...

Keith Olson

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

Director, Environmental Investment Services Asia Ltd.

Keith Olson, CFA, serves as Director of Environmental Investment Services Asia Limited. The company is Hong Kong's first independent fund manager specializing in the Asian environmental sector. Keith has over 25 years of experience as an investment manager of Asian equities. He was previously a Director of Bowen Capital Management, Senior Portfolio Manager at the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, and Manager at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Keith has lived in Asia for over 10 years spli...

Hugh Wheelan

France (Paris)

Managing Director, Responsible_Investor.com

Hugh Wheelan, Editor and co-founder, Responsible Investor (www.responsible-investor.com) Hugh has written on investment, corporate and sustainability issues for national newspapers including The Observer and The Financial Times. He won the respected Aon Consulting award for European Pensions and Investment Journalist of the Year in 2006. From 2004 to 2007 he was Paris Correspondent and prior to that Fund Management Editor at Financial News. Prior to that he was Political and Economic advi...

Willem Appel

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive, Roodhals Capital

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

USA (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.

Jan Piercy

USA (Chicago, IL)

Executive Vice President, Shorebank Corporation

JAN PIERCY is Executive Vice President of ShoreBank Corporation, which is the first and largest community development financial institution in the U.S. and a co-founder of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, launched in 2009. Jan has responsibilities for ShoreBank’s international programs and companies, which include an investment fund, capacity building non-profit and consulting firm. She is also engaged in senior recruiting and executive development for the ShoreBank companies. She c...

Erik Floyd

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

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

Erik Floyd, Joint Executive Director, ASrIA - Erik joined ASrIA following a career in investor relations, equity research, banking and government service. Beginning at the U.S. Treasury, Erik served in Washington and then the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. While in Washington, he established an Amnesty International group. After Tokyo, he joined JP Morgan's capital raising desk in New York, raising funds for both the bank and its Asian clients. Shifting to equity research, Erik covered the metals and m...

Thomas Jakobsen

Vietnam (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

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...

Sudariyono

Indonesia (Jakarta)

Deputy Minister for Capacity Building & Technical Infrastructure Development, Ministry of Environment

Mr. Sudariyono is a government official with 30 years of experience in the field of environment and sustainable development. He is working in the Ministry of Environment of Republic of Indonesia as Deputy Minister for Capacity Building & Technical Infrastructure Development. His responsibilities include development and running the center for Environmental Impact Control Facility Environmental Management, Center for training and education, environmental information & data, standarisation techn...

Ahdi Jumhari Luddin

Indonesia (Jakarta)

Managing Director of Compliance and Risk Management, PT Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero), Tbk.

Director of Compliance & Risk Management at PT. Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, abbreviated as BNI. Director of BNI since 24 March 2008. He previously held various positions at Bank Indonesia, held as Director Banking Supervisory 1, Bank Indonesia (2006-2007) and as Director Banking Supervisory 2, Bank Indonesia (2004-2006). Obtained his Bachelor Degree in Accounting from the University of Indonesia (1982) and Master of Science in Policy Economics, University of Illinois (1989).

Tomohiro Matsuoka

Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)

Independent SRI Research Consultant

Tomohiro Matsuoka has an extensive experience in SRI research and related product development, specializing in Asia and Oceania markets. Until recently, Tomo led a research team at Australian SRI research firm coordinating a team of over 15 research analysts working on various SRI research covering Australia, Japan and other markets in Asia and Oceania region. His work in SRI industry is inspired by his interest in social equity and welfare and his personal experience as a father of a child wit...

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

Vietnam (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)

Corporate Governance Manager Equity Research Group Equity Fund Management Dept., 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...

Nami Matsuko

Japan (Tokyo)

Head of Corporate Citizenship Department, Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Ms. Matsuko is a head of Corporate Citizenship Department at Nomura Holdings, Inc in Japan in charge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and philanthropy of the group worldwide and pursuing the role of business in tackling global agenda. Before taking this mission, she has been in investment banking section providing corporate advisory services regarding M&A, finance and corporate governance. Her recent involvements with government include M&A Study Group (the Cabinet Office) and the Corpor...

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...

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...

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...

Laura Younger

Japan (Tokyo)

Deputy Executive Director, The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ)

Laura Younger is the Deputy Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). The ACCJ is focused on furthering the development of commerce between the United States of America and Japan, promoting the interests of U.S. companies and members, and improving the international business environment in Japan. In her role at the chamber, Laura is responsible for the chamber's finances and operations. Outside the chamber, Laura is the President of the Association for Women in F...

Jeremy Prepscius

People's Republic of China (Hong Kong)

Managing Director, BSR

Jeremy is in charge of serving and expanding the member base in Asia and integrating the work there into the BSR global approach, focusing on issues such as water, the next generation of social compliance work in the supply chain, the evolution of CSR with Chinese characteristics and the framing of CSR issues in Asia. Jeremy has extensive experience in supply chain management, business integration, external communications, government relations and compliance operations. Prior to joining BSR in...

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

ASrIA is a not-for-profit membership association dedicated to promoting corporate responsibility and sustainable investment practice in the Asia Pacific region. ASrIA's members primarily include investment institutions, however membership is open to any organisation which has an interest in sustainable investment. ASrIA acts as a regional sustainable investment forum (SIF) and is closely linked with other global SIF's. ASrIA's website, www.asria.org, is the primary resource for SRI in Asia...

Megumu Murakami

Japan (Tokyo)

Senior Consultant, Office for Green Growth & Business Integrity, 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...

Michiyo Morisawa

Japan (Tokyo)

Director Japan, Carbon Disclosure Project Japan

Dr. Michiyo Morisawa is Head of the CDP Japan office and has been guiding the initiative since CDP's global expansion in 2006. Dr Morisawa has been a lead author of the CDP Japan report. She has a PhD in Environment from Tokyo University. She is also a research member of the Hosei University for Low Carbon Policy of Local Government under the project of the Japanese Ministry of Environment. She has prior experience in international business development of financial services (amongst others at Ci...

Tomohiro Matsuoka

Australia (Melbourne, Victoria)

Independent SRI Research Consultant

Tomohiro Matsuoka has an extensive experience in SRI research and related product development, specializing in Asia and Oceania markets. Until recently, Tomo led a research team at Australian SRI research firm coordinating a team of over 15 research analysts working on various SRI research covering Australia, Japan and other markets in Asia and Oceania region. His work in SRI industry is inspired by his interest in social equity and welfare and his personal experience as a father of a child wit...

Paolo Sardi

Luxembourg (Luxemburg)

Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer, ECP International SA

Paolo Sardi is a founding member and the chief executive officer of ECPI, a leading European provider of rating and indexing solutions. From 2000 until its sale to Mittel S.p.A. (MIT.IT) in 2008, Paolo developed and managed, as board member and chief executive officer, the corporate finance and sustainability investment advisory business of E. Capital Partners S.p.A., of which ECPI is a member firm. Paolo began his financial career in mergers & acquisitions at Merrill Lynch International in ...

Kathelijne Marritt Alers

Switzerland (Zürich)

Regional Director, SAM Indexes

Su Jeong Moon

South Korea (Seoul)

Senior analyst , Eco-frontier Sustainable Finance Center

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

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...

Nicholas E. Benes

Japan (Tokyo)

President, JTP Corporation - Governor, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Nicholas Benes President, JTP Corporation Governor, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Representative Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan Nicholas Benes is President and founder of JTP Corporation, an independent financial consulting firm in Tokyo that advises Japanese and foreign clients on complex reorganizations, alliances and M&A transactions. Over the past ten years, Mr. Benes and his firm have advised clients such as Johnson Controls, Amazon.com, Cadence, Itoc...

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...

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...