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...

David Blood

UK

Partner, Generation Investment Management LLP

David Blood Managing Partner Generation Investment Management Working title of speech to TBLI: "Why mainstream investment managers should embrace the principles of SRSI" David Blood is the Managing Partner of Generation Investment Management.  Generation is a new investment management firm integrating rigorous traditional fundamental equity analysis with cutting edge sustainability research to create a new approach to long-term investing. Prior to co-founding Generation, David served as the co...

Mike Page

Netherlands

Associate Dean, RSM

Prior to Dr. Mike Page's appointment from Dean Academic Affairs to the Dean of the RSM Foundation in August 2003, he was Len Abrahamse Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town (South Africa). In addition to his position at RSM, Mike holds professorial appointments at Henley Management College (UK), the Graduate Sch...

David Ladipo

UK

Co-Founder & Director, Lintstock Limited

David Ladipo Co-Founder & Director Lintstock Limited David Ladipo is a partner and co-founder of Lintstock, a London-based corporate advisory firm. The analysis it conducts enables companies to strengthen their governance systems, measure and demonstrate their social responsibilities, and improve their communications with investors. Recent publications include "Added Values? Measuring the 'Value Relevance' of Sustainability Reporting". David holds a BA in PPE (Oxford), an MPhil in International ...

Glenn Frommer

People's Republic of China

Sustainability Development Manager, MTR - Mass Transit Railway Corporation

Glenn Frommer Sustainability Development Manager Mass Transit Railway Corporation Dr. Glenn Frommer is the Sustainability Development Manager for the Mass Transit Railway Corporation where he has worked since 1992. He has the responsibility for implementing MTRC’s sustainability and environmental policies in the design, construction and operation of the Corporation’s railways, properties and associated activities, and reporting on these achievements through the MTRC’s web-based Sustainabi...

Andreas Knörzer

Switzerland (Basel)

Head Of Sustainable Investment Group, Bank Sarasin & Cie Ag

Andreas Knörzer, 1960, Senior Vice President, is Head ofSarasinSustainable Investment and member of the board of the InstitutionalBanking Division and the investment management committee of the SarasinGroup. He is with the bank for 16 years in various functions.He graduated from the University of Applied Science, School ofEconomics, in Berne and earned in addition a diploma from the SwissBanking School. He has 18 years capital market experience thereof 10years as fund manager. He is the founder...

Dwight W. Justice

Belgium (Brussels )

Advisor , ICFTU

Dwight W. Justice has Served On The Staff Of The ICFTU Since 1990 Where His Main Responsibilities Are In The Areas Of Multinational Enterprises, Industrial Relations And Trade Union Organising. He Has Served As The Advisor To The Workers’ Group On Var Dwight Justice ICFTU Dwight W. Justice has served on the staff of the ICFTU since 1990 where his main responsibilities are in the areas of multinational enterprises, industrial relations and trade union organising. He has served as th...

Rene Willemsen

Netherlands

Chairman, VBA - Vereniging Van Belegings

IBS - Voordat Ik Mijn Eerste Stap Zette In De Financiële Wereld Ben Ik Een Aantal Jaren Medewerker Geweest Van De Vakgroep Economische Geschiedenis Aan De UvA, Waar Ik Mijn Proefschrift Heb Geschreven. In 1987 Ben Ik Begonnen Als Analist Bij GAK/PVF En Later Rene Willemsen IBS Voordat ik mijn eerste stap zette in de financiële wereld ben ik een aantal jaren medewerker geweest van de vakgroep economische geschiedenis aan de UvA, waar ik mijn proefschrift heb geschreven. In 1987 ben ik...

Warren Evans

Unknown

Sector Director Environmental Department, World Bank

Warren Evans Sector Director World Bank Environment Department Warren Evans is the Sector Director of the World Bank Environment Department. His main responsibilities include oversee the implementation of the Bank's Environment Strategy, in particular, for mainstreaming environmental objectives in lending and non-lending operations; and provide leadership to the global environment agenda with internal constituents and external stakeholders including the expansion and strengthening of global envi...

Pamela Flaherty

USA

Senior Vice President, Citigroup Inc.

Pamela Flaherty Senior Vice President Citigroup Inc. Mrs. Flaherty has responsibility for Citigroup’s corporate citizenship activities in the more than 100 countries in which Citigroup operates.  In that capacity, she focuses on relationships with stakeholders including non profits, particularly dealing with the challenges of globalization and the environment.  She has had a number of line business and staff responsibilities during her 35+ year career with the company including management of...

Paul Hohnen

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Strategy Director, Paul Hohnen Consulting

Amsterdam-based, Paul Hohnen is an independent consultant on sustainabledevelopment and CSR issues. A former diplomat, he has worked as aninternational civil servant, Policy Director of Greenpeace International,Strategic Director of the Global Reporting Initiative(GRI), and now asconsultant to the government, business and non-profit sectors.Paul consults, writes and speaks on a range of global sustainabledevelopment issues, with a focus on how companies can integrate these intotheir core busines...

Richard Burrett

UK (London)

Head of Debt Finance, Earth Capital Partners

After graduating in 1982 Richard joined the International BankingDivision of National Westminster Bank. He was working at NatWestsProject Finance Group in London prior to joining AMRO Bank in1988. Following an initial spell as a Relationship Banker, he wasasked to set up a Project Finance Group in London for the Bank where hegained wide experience of working on UK and International projectfinancing particularly in the Emerging Markets. He was appointedas Head of Structured Finance in August 1...

Suellen Lazarus

USA

Senior Advisor, IFC - International Finance Corporation

Suellen Lazarus Senior Advisor IFC-International Finance Corporation Suellen Lambert Lazarus is the Senior Adviser to the Vice President of Operations at the International Finance Corporation (IFC). In this capacity she has responsibility for developing operational policies and for a range of priority initiatives including IFC'ss role in the Equator Principles. From 1997 to 2003, Ms. Lazarus was Director of IFC'ss Syndications and International Securities Department, with responsibility for mobi...

Foster Deibert

Germany (Düsseldorf)

Executive Director, Head of Sustainability Management, WestLB AG

Foster Deibert Executive Director, Head of Sustainability Management WestLB AG, Düsseldorf -  Over 20 years of banking experience encompassing leveraged finance, mergers and acquisitions and structured finance -  Joined WestLB in 1994 and worked on structured financings with concentration primarily on the energy sector, including oil and gas and power -  Significant experience in working with multi-/bi-lateral institutions on project financings worldwide -  Involved in WestLB´s efforts tog...

Andrew Vickerman

UK

Head Of Communication And Sustainable Development, Rio Tinto

Head of Communication & Sustainable Development - Rio Tinto, London Andrew Vickerman Has Overall Responsibility For Corporate Communications And Community Relations. Born In Wales, Andrew Has A BA, MA And PhD From Cambridge University. Prior To Joining Rio Tinto In London In 1991 He Worked As A Developm Andrew Vickerman Head of Communication & Sustainable Development Rio Tinto, London Andrew Vickerman has overall responsibility for corporate communications and community relations. Bo...

Johan Frijns

Netherlands

Coordinator, Banktrack

Johan Frijns Coordinator Banktrack Johan Frijns (Netherlands, 1965) coordinates BankTrack, a network of non governmental organisations monitoring the private financial sector. Prior to BankTrack, Johan Frijns was the coordinator of the International Financial Institutions programme of Friends of the Earth International. Johan Frijns holds a MA degree in political science / development studies at Nijmegen University, Netherlands.  

Jonathan Wootliff

Belgium

Director, Jonathan Wootliff Consulting

JONATHAN WOOTLIFF is an independent corporate responsibilityconsultant who specializes in helping multinational corporations tobuild productive relationships with NGOs, advocacy and activist groupsthrough effective engagement.He was formerly the Communications Director for GreenpeaceInternational, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands where he was a memberof the organizations Senior Management team. With overallresponsibility for a department of 40 professionals, Jonathan managedthe organization's...

Artur Runge-Metzger

Belgium

Head Of Climate Change & Energy Unit, DG Environment of the European Commission

Dr. Artur Runge-Metzger Head of Climate Change & Energy Unit European Commission Artur Runge-Metzger, Head of Climate Change and Energy Unit, DG Environment of the European Commission. He holds a doctoral degree in agricultural economics. He started his professional career at the University of Go?Nttingen, Germany in 1985. His main scientific topics were natural resources economics and development economics, which included extensive field research in West Africa. He joined the European Commissio...

Joerg Doppelfeld

Germany

Head of the Carbon Solutions Team, Hypo Vereinsbank AG

Joerg Doppelfeld Head of the Carbon Solutions Team HypoVereinsbank Joerg studied physics and economics in Bonn (Germany) and holds a PhD degree in atomic physics. He joined HypoVereinsbank 1996, where he started as a trainee. Thereafter, he worked 6 years for HVB´s Global Project Finance team. He has been responsible for numerous project financings worldwide, including the Arranger Mandates wind farms La Muela (Spain) and MVV Biomass Projects (Germany). Joerg is an experienced financial analy...

Daan Dijk

Netherlands

Associate director in the Sustainability and Social Innovation Department, Rabobank

Daan Dijk Associate director in the Sustainability and Social Innovation Department Rabobank Mr. Dijk joined Rabobank in 1998 where he is currently associate director in the Sustainability and Social Innovation Department. In this capacity he is responsible for product innovation and business development in sustainable energy and environmental markets. Mr Dijk has a.o. initiated Rabobank Carbon Procurement Department, Rabobank's Environmental Financial Products department,and New Values environm...

Jeff Cantin

USA

Vice President, Eastern Research Group

Jeff Cantin is an economist and environmental consultant with 17 years experience analyzing regulatory issues and designing and marketing voluntary partnership programs in the environmental area. He currently serves as an advisor to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program, helping demonstrate to the business and finance sector the value of industry participati...

Julie McDowell

UK

Head of SRI Research, Standard Life Investments

Julie McDowell SRI Research manager Standard Life Investments Julie McDowell is SRI Research Manager at Standard Life Investments. A US lawyer, she started her career on Wall Street as a litigation attorney with Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts She has served in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the US Department of State, specialising in international trade, and at IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust in New York, practicing corporate and banking law. She joined Standard Life Investments in September ...

Heather White

USA

President, New Standards Research

 Founder, and President New-Standards (2007);  a global network that works with pension funds, unions, pension funds, the SRI community and companies to foster a humane production workplace.  A team of 10 employees based in China, which conducts social monitoring and research regarding U.S. and European factories' compliance with local labor laws and international standards.  Offering programs in social monitoring, management and worker training. Heather has advised over 300 U.S. and Europea...

John Howchin

Norway

Senior Analyst, Norges Bank Investment Managment

John Howchin Research Director GES Investment Services John Howchin is Research Director at GES Investment Services and responsible for the coordination of analysis and client services. He has previously worked with environmental management for ABB and founded the analysis company Green Index AB, where he was also deputy managing director. He is currently a board member of the Association for Independent Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Research. John has studied environmental science...

Tensie Whelan

USA (New York, NY)

Executive Director, Rainforest Alliance

BIOGRAPHYTENSIE WHELANExecutive DirectorTensie Whelan serves as Executive Director of the Rainforest Alliance.She has been involved with the Rainforest Alliance since 1990, first asa board member, and then later as a consultant, becoming the executivedirector in 2000.Whelan served as the executive director of the New York League ofConservation Voters from 1992 until 1997, prior to which she was VicePresident of Conservation Information at the National Audubon Society.Whelan also worked as a jour...

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...

Angela de Wolff

Switzerland (Geneva)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ConSer Invest SA

Angela de Wolff is founder and managing partner of ConSer Invest, an advisory firm dedicated to sustainable and responsible investment. It provides financial professionals and asset managers with solutions integrating sustainable development aspects. Since 2008, she is President of “Sustainable Finance Geneva” A non-profit association which aims to promote responsibility and sustainability in Finance. From 2002 to 2006, she was Head of the SRI team at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. She...

Kerry Ten Kate

UK

Director, Investor Responsibility, Insight Investment

Kerry ten Kate Director, Investor Responsibility Insight Investment Kerry ten Kate started her professional life as a barrister. In 1990, she joined the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to work with Secretary-General Maurice Strong during the Earth Summit negotiations of the Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Convention on Biological Diversity and Agenda 21. Since then, she has conducted research and offered policy advice to governments, indust...

Diane Osgood

France

Director, Independent Consultant

Diane Osgood Director Independent Consultant Diane Osgood, PhD is an Environmental Economist and sustainable growth consultant. She works as a strategic advisor to large corporations to build business strategies that create value through delivering social and environmental solutions. Her work addresses the social acceptance and environmental ramifications of new technologies, how corporations can reach poor consumers worldwide, and management of scarce and undervalued natural resources. She beli...

Phil Cottle

UK

CEO, ForestRe

Phil Cottle CEO ForestRe Phil Cottle 54, is currently the principal and founder of ForestRe Holdings Company. Phil is in the process of setting up ForestRe to start trading in January 2005 as a new Syndicate in London. ForestRe will be a new insurance and reinsurance company designed to provide capacity to forestry, plantations and tree crops owners globally. Insurance capacity to the forestry sector had declined dramatically in the last five years. Phil has for 13 years provided full time fores...

Julie McDowell

UK

Head of SRI Research, Standard Life Investments

Julie McDowell SRI Research manager Standard Life Investments Julie McDowell is SRI Research Manager at Standard Life Investments. A US lawyer, she started her career on Wall Street as a litigation attorney with Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts She has served in the Office of the Legal Adviser at the US Department of State, specialising in international trade, and at IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust in New York, practicing corporate and banking law. She joined Standard Life Investments in September ...

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 ...

Christoph Butz

Switzerland

Sustainable Investment Specialist, Pictet & Cie

Christoph Butz Sustainable Investment Specialist Pictet & Cie Christoph Butz joined Pictet &Cie in 2002 as a sustainability expert. Prior to this,he was co-responsible for the development and application of sustai- nable investment concepts within Bank Sarasin &Cie AG. He has seven years' experience in sustainable finance. Before that, he had worked on several research projects in Canada, Switzerland and Brazil in the field of natural resources management. Christoph has graduated as a forest eng...

Tadashi Hayami

Japan (Tokyo)

Senior Fund Manager, Asahi Life Asset Management

Tadashi Hayami Senior Fund Manager Asahi Life Asset Management Senior fund manager in charge of "ASUNOHANE", Japanese equity SRI mutual fund, at Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd (ALAMCO). Before joining ALAMCO, worked for Nomura Asset Management as Japanese Equity and Convertible Bond fund manager, and was a sales representative of derivatives at Nomura Securities, Tokyo. Holds Bachelor of Laws from Waseda University, Tokyo.

Paul Hodges

UK

Chairman, Innovension

Paul Hodges Chairman Innovension Paul Hodges, Chairman Senior industry experience with global and smaller companies, including direct management within ICI of growing businesses with a high degree of manufacturing and service content. Successful consultant to industry on implementation of business strategy since 1995. Recently developed strategic options for a ?400 million financial restructuring; and then advised on its negotiation through to completion.

Filip Corten

Belgium

Asset Manager, Dexia Asset Management

Filip Corten Asset Manger Dexia Asset Management 2000: Degree in commercial sciences (EHSAL Brussels) 2000: Asset Manager Cordius Asset Management 2003: Senior Asset Manager Dexia Asset Management 2004: participated in the level 3 CFA programm

Robert Haßler

Germany (München )

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, oekom research AG

Robert Haßler has been working since 1993 in the fields of Sustainability Rating. He is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of oekom research AG, a Munich-based Sustainability Rating agency providing research to a wide range of institutional investors and asset managers. He graduated in business administration at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich after a two year vocational training in an auditing company. After a six months engagement in the department of Environmental Economics at...

Alexander Barkawi

Switzerland

Managing Director, SAM Indexes GmbH

Alexander Barkawi Managing Director SAM Indexes GmbH Alexander Barkawi is Managing Director of SAM Indexes GmbH which together with Dow Jones & Company and STOXX Limited publishes and markets the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes. SAM Indexes is part of the SAM Group, an independent Switzerland-based and internationally active financial services group with an exclusive focus on sustainability. Established in 1995, SAM was among the first companies to specialize in sustainability investments an...

Ann Miles

USA

Manager of Financial Products and Services, Women's World Banking

Ann Miles Manager of Financial Products and Services Women’s World Banking Ms. Miles is the Manager of Financial Products and Services at Women’s World Banking, a nonprofit network of microfinance institutions based in New York, U.S.  She leads the development and delivery of advisory and brokering services to network members on securing commercial funding from local and international financial institutions.  She oversees due diligence and compliance monitoring of network members, and play...

Roland Dominicé

Switzerland

Executive Director, BlueOrchard Finance S.a.

Roland Dominicé Finance and Marketing BlueOrchard Finance s.a. Roland Dominicé is partner of BlueOrchard Finance s.a. - Mr. Dominicé has worked several years as a finance and IT consultant, first at PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland, launching a new service line for his region, and then in the California Bay Area for start-ups and multinational corporations. He previously had gained banking experience working in institutional asset management at UBS. Roland Dominicé holds a BA in internatio...

Frank Grozel

Switzerland

Director, The Equals Group

Frank Grozel was the Co-ordinator of UNCTAD's Microfinance Programme (UnitedNations Conference on Trade and Development) for 8 years. Thisprogramme was instrumental in the creation of the first commercial fundinvesting in microfinance, the Dexia Microcredit Fund (1998), and inthe creation of the MixMarket (2001), a virtual market for microfinanceinstitutions and investors in microfinance (www.mixmarket.org). He nowworks with a group of microfinance practitioners ("the Equals Group"),on the creat...

Pilar Ramirez

Bolivia

Director, FIE - Fondo Financiero Privado FIE S.A.

Pilar Ramirez Director FIE NAME: M. Pilar Ramirez DATE OF BIRTH: August 25, 1949 NATIONALITY: Bolivian ADDRESS: P.O Box 814 La Paz, Bolivia Phone: (591) 2- 710090 EDUCATION Master in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. USA, June 1984. Master of Arts, Psychology, The New School for Social Research, New York, NY, USA, June 1976. Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, USA, June 1972. Bachiller en...

Diana Propper De Callejon

USA

General Partner, Expansion Capital Partners

Diana Propper de Callejon General Partner Expansion Capital Partners Diana Propper de Callejon has been working in private equity and sustainability for more than ten years. Most of her work has focused on identifying investment opportunities that deliver financial returns and environmental benefits. She has written and spoken extensively on finance and sustainability. Diana is a General Partner at Expansion Capital Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in expansion stage, Clean Technolo...

Andrew Musters

Netherlands

Senior Investment Manager, Robeco Alternative Investments/private Equity

Andrew Musters Senior Investment Manager Robeco Alternative Investments/Private ?c Andrew Musters is dedicated to managing Robeco'ss global private equity funds-of-funds activities, including Robeco Sustainable Private Equity, the sustainable private equity initiative of Rabobank and Robeco. He is also the Fund Manager of Robeco Private Equity, a private equity fund-of-funds for retail investors listed on Euronext Amsterdam. Andrew is member of the investment committee of Robeco'ss private equit...

Gina Domanig

Switzerland

Head Of Private Equity, SAM Sustainable Asset Management.

Gina Domanig Head of Private Equity SAM Sustainable Asset Management. Ms. Domanig has over 15 years of international business experience including banking, M&A (mergers & acquisitions), strategic development, and venture capital. Currently she is the Head of Private Equity and member of the executive committee at SAM Sustainable Asset Management, an independent asset management company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Since joining SAM in 2000, she has launched the private equity business a...

Sandy Selman

Unknown

Managing Director, Asia West LLC

Sandy Selman Managing Director Asia West LLC Sanford J. Selman is the Founder and Managing Director of Asia West LLC (Westport, CT), manager of the Asia West Environment Funds. The Asia West Environment Funds invest in venture grade companies in N. America and Europe with environmentally beneficial technologies/services appropriate for both the developed and developing world. Asia West takes a global view toward technology deployment as a means of generating attractive financial and environmenta...

Andres Gut

Switzerland

Director, Precious Woods LTD.

Andres Gut Director Precious Woods LTD. Andres Gut, Chairman of Precious Woods Holding AG Born in 1945 in Switzerland. Medical doctor with his own surgery from 1975 to 2001. Helped Precious Woods to find shareholders since 1993. Elected to the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee in January 1997. Appointed as Chairman in June 1997. Currently responsible for the company'ss operations in Central America, for Investors Relations and for Public Relations. Precious Woods was founded 1990 in...

Vicky J. Sharpe

Canada

President & Ceo,, Sustainable Development Technology Canada

Michael Hopkins

UK

CEO, MHC International Ltd.

Michael is CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd.  (London & Geneva), a research and service company that specialises in social development issues for the public and private sector alike (see www.mhcinternational.com).  The company works in two main areas: Labour markets and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).  The company has worked on development and labour related issues with inter alia, the World Bank, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB),...

Franck Amalric

Switzerland (Zürich)

Head Of Research, CCSR - Center For Corporate Responsibility

Franck Amalric Head of Research CCSR-Center for Corporate Responsibility 14-04-2004: Dr. Franck Amalric is currently Head of Research at CCRS | Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability at the University of Zürich. A French national, Franck Amalric graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, and obtained a PhD in economics from Harvard University in 1995 in the area of sustainable development. He was a researcher at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute in Islamabad, Pa...

Jeffrey Leonard

USA

President, GEF - Global Environment Fund

Jeffrey Leonard President Global Environment Fund Dr. Leonard is the President and a founding shareholder of Global Environment Fund. He is also the Chairman for the Investment Committees of GEF's key private equity funds. With extensive experience in economic policy, private equity and project finance, and energy and environmental infrastructure, both domestically and in emerging markets, Dr. Leonard assumes primary oversight of GEF's investment management function. Under his direction, GEF's e...

Kyoko Sakuma

Belgium

Stock at Stake Senior Analyst, Sustainable Analysis & Consulting (SA&C)

Kyoko Sakuma (Stock at Stake Senior Analyst) Sustainability Analysis & Consulting Kyoko Sakuma is Founder and Executive Director of SA&C, Sustainable Analysis & Consulting sprl. The company was set up in Brussels in September 2003 to raise inter alia awareness of inter-cultural evaluation and research validity issues among the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) communities. SA&C provides organisations and companies with advice on CSR in Europe, socia...

Peter D. Kinder

Unknown

Director, Kld Research & Analytics, Inc.

Ole-Andreas Hafnor

Norway

Chairman Core Ratings, DNV

Ole-Andreas Hafnor Chairman CoreRatings 22-09-2004: Ole-Andreas Hafnor is Senior Vice President of Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV), responsible for Business Development. He is also from 1st October 2004 Chairman of the Board of CoreRatings. Hafnor has for the last three years been responsible for DNV’s certification business in North East Asia and Australia & New Zealand. He has almost 30 years of experience within DNV, mainly in various management positions related to certification and other int...

Ronald Lubberts

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Managing Director, Sustainalytics Netherlands

Ronald Lubberts is Managing Director of Sustainalytics Netherlands, an international and independent sustainability research provider to the financial sector. Ronald joined in 2006 and was appointed Managing Director in early 2007. Prior to joining the company he held research and managerial positions in the field of socially responsible investing at SNS Asset Management, which he joined in 1999. Ronald graduated in Geology (University of Utrecht) and he held several research positions at the De...

Diana Propper De Callejon

USA

General Partner, Expansion Capital Partners

Diana Propper de Callejon General Partner Expansion Capital Partners Diana Propper de Callejon has been working in private equity and sustainability for more than ten years. Most of her work has focused on identifying investment opportunities that deliver financial returns and environmental benefits. She has written and spoken extensively on finance and sustainability. Diana is a General Partner at Expansion Capital Partners, a venture capital firm that invests in expansion stage, Clean Technolo...

Marcel E. Brenninkmeijer

Switzerland (Zug)

CEO, Good Energies Inc.

Marcel E. Brenninkmeijer CEO Good Energies Inc. Marcel Brenninkmeijer, 46, is CEO of Good Energies, a private investment firm in solar photovoltaic companies and wind energy developers. Good Energies is a member of Cofra Holding AG, Zug and is represented through offices in Basel, Zurich, Los Angeles and Toronto. Good Energies currently holds investments along the solar PV value chain, from silicon feedstock supply to the wafer, cell and module production. Additional investments are held in wind...

Wal van Lierop

Canada

President & Ceo, Chrysalix Energy

Wal van Lierop CEO Chrysalix Energy As co-founder, President and CEO of Chrysalix Energy Limited Partnership, Dr. Wal van Lierop oversees the firm's operations and investments. Chrysalix is an early-stage venture capital firm providing fuel cell and related fueling technology companies with early-stage funding, as well as management assistance, technological knowledge and networking with industry players. Dr. van Lierop holds two part-time adjunct professorships: in the Faculty of Commerce & Bus...

Rob Wylie

UK

Director, WHEB Ventures Ltd.

Dr Rob Wylie is a Director of WHEB Ventures Ltd which focuses on investment in early stage clean technology companies. Rob has a PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge, spent 10 years in Shell in technology development, marketing and running business sectors, two years looking at environmental investment opportunities with Rothschild's Bioscience Unit, three years wo...

Alexander Schwedeler

Netherlands

Fund Manager, Triodos International Fund Management BV

Alexander Schwedeler Fund Manager Triodos International Fund Management BV Alexander has 9 years of experience in venture capital and started in 1999 at Triodos with the goal to build up a venture capital fund and business for Triodos. In 2001 the Triodos Venture Capital Fund was launched which invests since then in renewable energy, organic food and environmental businesses. The current portfolio consists out of 12 investments in various European countries. Out of those 5 investments are in th...

Nicholas Parker

Canada

Chairman, Cleantech Venture Network LLC

Nicholas Parker Chairman Cleantech Venture Network LLC Nicholas is Co-founder and Chairman of the Cleantech Venture Network, an international grouping of investors focused on clean technologies. He has fifteen years venture experience with OPG Ventures, Sustainable Asset Management, Environmental Capital Corporation and SB Capital International, as well as extensive advisory experience with agencies such as Sustainable Development Technologies Canada, Business Council for Sustainable Development...

Prakash Sethi

USA

President - University Distinguished Professor, Baruch College

Dr. Sethi is University Distinguished Professor of Management at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, The City University of New York. He holds a Ph.D. degree in business from Columbia University, New York. In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Sethi is the founder and President of International Center for Corporate Accountability Inc., (ICCA). ICCA is an independent non-profit think tank, which undertakes cutting-edge research and public policy advocacy in the area of ...

Adam Faruk

UK

Assistant Director, Ashridge Centre For Business And Society

Adam Faruk Assistant Director Ashridge Centre for Business and Society Adam joined Ashridge in June 2000 and is the Assistant Director of the Ashridge Centre for Business and Society. His interests include corporate governance, socially responsible investment, sustainability reporting, and changing relations between business, government and civil society. Recent work includes: • advising on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development'ss finance sector project • consulting to CDC ...

Ingeborg Schumacher-Hummel

Switzerland (Zollikon-zürich)

Director Responsible Investing, Kaiser Ritter Partner

Ingeborg Schumacher-Hummel Director Socially Responsible Investments UBS Global Asset Management Ingeborg Schumacher is responsible in the area of Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) for the construction of mandate portfolios complying with environmental and social standards. She also handles internal and external marketing and public relations duties for the launched funds. She represents UBS in the board of Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen and in the European organisation EUROSIF. Career at U...

Griet Vanhoutte

Belgium

CDO

CDO - Griet VANHOUTTE Is Engineer In Environmental Technology. She Worked In Environmental Education Programmes And As A Researcher In Applied Ecology. Currently, She Is Working On The Research Project OEEcological, Social And Environmental Aspects Of Integrat Griet Vanhoutte CDO Griet VANHOUTTE is engineer in environmental technology. She worked in environmental education programmes and as a researcher in applied ecology. Currently, she is working on the research project OEEcological,...

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...

Astrid Zwick

Germany

Sustainable Development Manager, Allianz

Astrid Zwick Head Allianz Group Sustainability Strat?c Allianz Since february 2000: in charge of the scientific project management of the Allianz Group strategy ?sustainable development" and Head of the Allianz Group Sustainability Office. From 1994 to 1996: post-doctorate grantholder and from 1997 to 2000 scientific officer at the Institute for Technological Prospective Studies of the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission in Sevilla, Spain: in charge of policy advice on the ana...

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...

Floris Lambrechtsen

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director, Double Dividend B.V.

Floris Lambrechtsen MBA is owner-director of Double Dividend, an independent advisory firm. Double Dividend works with institutional investors on responsible investment strategies, implementation and reporting. Double Dividend is signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). Prior to starting Double Dividend, Mr. Lambrechtsen worked for eight years as a management consultant with KPMG Global Sustainability Services in the Netherlands. In 2005 he was a member of the Expert Pane...

Glen Armstrong

UK

Co-Founder, Sustainable Finance

Glen Armstrong is a co-founder of Sustainable Finance ltd. He worksextensively with private sector financial institutions andmulti-lateral agencies providing guidance on international bestpractice in sustainable development issues. His principle skills are inthe application of environmental and social development standards toinvestments in emerging markets and in building capacity within majorfinancial institutions through management processes, decision supportand in the training of financial p...

Leo Johnson

UK (London)

Partner, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Leo Johnson is a Partner of PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team, and Co-Founder of Sustainable Finance Ltd, advisors since 2004 to over 50 international financial institutions around the risks and opportunities of sustainability, and now a part of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Group. Leo Johnson's expertise is making sense of sustainability. He pinpoints the trends - from climate change, oil price shocks and the rewiring of regulation to income inequality and reshaped consumer prefere...

Michael Hopkins

UK

CEO, MHC International Ltd.

Michael is CEO and Chairman of MHC International Ltd.  (London & Geneva), a research and service company that specialises in social development issues for the public and private sector alike (see www.mhcinternational.com).  The company works in two main areas: Labour markets and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).  The company has worked on development and labour related issues with inter alia, the World Bank, International Labour Organisation (ILO), Inter-American Development Bank (IADB),...

Frank Figge

UK

Professor, ADVANCE c/o University of St Andrews & SDRC

Professor Frank Figge holds the Chair of Corporate SocialResponsibility at the University of St Andrews and UHI MillenniumInstitute (both United Kingdom). Before joining academia full timeFrank has worked for asset managers in the field of SRI. He sits onseveral editorial and industry advisory boards.Sustainable Finance is one of his main research interests. Togetherwith Dr Tobias Hahn of the Institute for Futures Studies and TechnologyAssessment Frank has developed the Sustainable Value approac...

Eckhard Plinke

Switzerland

Head of Research, Bank Sarasin & Cie AG

Dr. Eckhard Plinke, 1959, Head of Sustainability Research, sustainability analyst with Bank Sarasin since 1999. Lead analyst for the machinery and electrical engineering/electronics industries. Eckhard holds an MSc in business engineering and a PhD in economics, where his thesis had an environmental theme. Before joining the Sarasin research team he gained experience as a research assistant at the University of Karlsruhe in energy planning and air pollution control. This was followed by a se...

Judy Kuszewski

UK

Associate Director, SustainAbility

Judy Kuszewski Associate Director SustainAbility Judy Kuszewski is an Associate Director at SustainAbility, an innovative hybrid think-tank/consultancy organization based in London and Washington, D.C. Judy provides strategic advisory services on corporate social responsibility, transparency, performance measurement and stakeholder relations to a range of corporate and other clients, including Shell International, Toyota Motor Europe, British Telecom, Microsoft, Cable & Wireless and Social Accou...

Paul Hohnen

Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Strategy Director, Paul Hohnen Consulting

Amsterdam-based, Paul Hohnen is an independent consultant on sustainabledevelopment and CSR issues. A former diplomat, he has worked as aninternational civil servant, Policy Director of Greenpeace International,Strategic Director of the Global Reporting Initiative(GRI), and now asconsultant to the government, business and non-profit sectors.Paul consults, writes and speaks on a range of global sustainabledevelopment issues, with a focus on how companies can integrate these intotheir core busines...

James Cameron

UK

Co-founder And Chairman Of The Advisory Board, Climate Change Capital

James Cameron Baker & McKenzie James Cameron is a founder of Climate Change Capital and head of Climate Change Policy Advisory and Chairman of the Advisory Board. He is Counsel to Baker & McKenzie and was the founder and until recently, the head of their Climate Change Practice. James is an international lawyer who has spent much of his career working on climate change matters. He was a founder director of CIEL and FIELD, he negotiated the UNFCCC and Kyoto Protocol as an adviser to the Alliance ...

Ariane van Buren

USA

Director Of Investor Engagement, CERES

Ariane van Buren Director of Investor Engagement Ceres Ariane van Buren is director of investor engagement at Ceres, a coalition of investment funds, environmental organizations and public interest groups. She serves as Ceres’ liaison to institutional investors through the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), a project of Ceres. She directs INCR’s work with the U.S. State Treasurers, Council of Institutional Investors, International Corporate Governance Network, and other investor organ...

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...

Rolf D. Häßler

Germany (München)

Director Business Development, Oekom Research

Rolf D. Häßler was born in 1964. He is a fully trained banker and holds a university degree in economics. He has ten years of professional experience in business consulting and research with a focus on environmental and sustainable management and reporting, issues management and Socially Responsible Investment (SRI). His professional activities included work ...

Angela de Wolff

Switzerland (Geneva)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ConSer Invest SA

Angela de Wolff is founder and managing partner of ConSer Invest, an advisory firm dedicated to sustainable and responsible investment. It provides financial professionals and asset managers with solutions integrating sustainable development aspects. Since 2008, she is President of “Sustainable Finance Geneva” A non-profit association which aims to promote responsibility and sustainability in Finance. From 2002 to 2006, she was Head of the SRI team at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. She...

Rajiv Pradhan

Nepal

Director, Lotus Opportunities

Rajiv Pradhan Director Lotus Opportunities Born October 1965 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepali citizen EDUCATION: B.E. (Mech), Aligarh Muslim University, India, 1989 Pre-University Course, Govt. College, Chandigarh, India, 1984 School Leaving Certificate, St. Xavier’s School, Kathmandu, Nepal, 1982 STRENGTHS: In the years after leaving my family company, Botanical Enterprises, I have developed or unearthed the leadership and motivation skills. This has been endorsed by my own employees and I ...

Hubertus Van Der Vaart

USA

CEO, SEAF

Hubertus van der Vaart CEO SEAF Hubertus J. van der Vaart, 47. Mr. van der Vaart is a Managing Partner of the Investment Advisor and has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SEAF since May 1997. Since his becoming President and CEO, SEAF has tripled the capital under its management to $ 200 million. After serving as SEAF'ss pro bono legal counsel from its foundation in 1989 as the CARE Small Business Assistance Corporation (CARESBAC), Mr. van der Vaart joined SEAF on a full time b...

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...

Jean Pierre Sicard

France (Paris)

head of sustainable department, caisse des depots

Daniel Lebègue

France

Former CEO, Caisse des Dépôts

Robin Edme

France

President, EuroSIF

Robin Edme President EuroSIF Robin EDME, who is 48, is the co-founder the French Social Investment Forum (“Forum pour l’Investissement Responsable᾿). He became President of the French SIF in July 2003, after two years as Vice-President in charge of international relations. He was appointed President of EuroSIF (European Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum) in February 2004, following in that position Emma Howard-Boyd (President of UKSIF, Head of the Jupiter Environmental Research ...

Pierre Bollon

France

Secretary General, AFG

Pierre BOLLON, 51, is the chief executive of AFG (Association Française de la Gestion financière), the French investment funds and asset managers trade association. AFG members manage around 2200 Billions euros on behalf of institutional and private investors, both through mandates and through investment (mutual) funds, including SRI funds and regulated hedge and private equity funds, making the French asset management industry one of the world leaders.AFG is very active in the field of corpor...

Marieke Chouchana-Riesmeijer

France

Program Manager, ORSE - Observatoire Sur La Responsabilité

Marieke Chouchana-Riesmeijer ORSE, Program Manager - Marieke Chouchana Joined ORSE, A French Multi Stakeholder Membership Based Study Center On CSR, In November 2003. She Is Responsible For International Relations And Works With Members From The Financial Services Sector On The Sustainable Development Issu Marieke Chouchana-Riesmeijer ORSE, Program Manager Marieke Chouchana joined ORSE, a French multi stakeholder membership based study center on CSR, in November 2003. She is responsi...

Jörn Keck

Belgium

Deputy Director General, Sustainability Analysis & Consulting

Joern Keck Director SA&C Born 24.05.1938 in Schwelm, Germany Joern Keck is economist by formation and a former official of the European Commission where he had for 25 years a distinctive career as trade negotiator, in EU-Japan affairs and in industrial and single market affairs. As such he was Director for Sectoral Trade Issues and Chief Textiles Negotiator of the European Union from 1989 till 1994, Ambassador of the European Commission in Japan between 1994 and 1998, and Deputy Director-General...

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...

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...

Jean Pierre Sicard

France (Paris)

head of sustainable department, caisse des depots

Tim Gardener

UK

Global Head Of Investment Consultants, Mercer Investment Consulting

Tim Gardener Global Head of Investment Consultants Mercer Investment Consulting Tim Gardener is Mercer Investment Consulting'ss Global Practice Leader in which role he is responsible for the strategic and technical direction of the Practice. Having joined Mercer in 1977, Tim has 26 years investment consulting experience. Tim is an influential figure in the institutional investment market and is a well known speaker at investment conferences. Tim sits on a number of investment committees and cont...

Genio van der Schaft

Netherlands

Managing Director, Loyalis

Genio van der Schaft Managing Director Loyalis Genio van der Schaft Managing Director, Loyalis Financial Services Genio van der Schaft is managing director of Loyalis Financial Services, a 100% subsidiary of Pension Fund ABP, the Dutch pension fund for civil servants and teachers. In 1991, Genio van der Schaft started to work in the securities industry as a Management Consultant for ABP Investments. From 1992 till 1998 he was Manager Operations. Also he was responsible for selecting and managing...

Antoine de Salins

France

Member Of The Executive Board, Fonds De Réserve Pour Les Retraites

Graduated from Institute of Political Studies (Paris) and the NationalSchool of Administration (ENA). Between 1986 and 2002 : variouspositions within The French Treasury ( privatisations department,financial markets supervision department , financial attaché inBrussels, private secretary of the Head of The Treasury, head of thedepartment responsible with monetary affairs and public debtmanagement, deputy head of the Treasury in charge of microeconomicissues, Financial counsellor at the French ...

Eli Lund

Norway

Executive Head of Secretariat, Council on Ethics

Eli Lund  is an economist and has been working in various positions in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance since 1989. From 1998 to 2005 she was working in the department for Asset management and her particular responsibility was the development of Ethical Guidelines for the Government Pension Fund.  Since January 2007 Eli Lund is head of the secretariat for the Council on Ethics for the Government Pension Fund - Global

William D. Crist

Unknown

Honorary Chairman of Calpers, Calpers