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Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, for sale Conference B.V./for sale Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of for sale – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...

Job Cohen

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Mayor, City of Amsterdam

Job Cohen (Marius Job Cohen) was born on 18 October 1947 in the city of Haarlem. After completing high school in 1966 (Gymnasium A) he studied Public Law at Groningen University, graduating in 1971. He took his PhD at Leiden University in 1981 (Law in relation to university studies). From 1971 to 1981 he was on the academic staff of the Educational Research Bureau at Leiden University, becoming senior faculty member (1981), professor (1983) and rector magnificus at Maastricht University (1991). ...

Wendell Potter

United States of America (Madison)

Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media & Democracy

Alfred J.M. Kool

The Netherlands (Abcoude)

Partner, Kool Baas & De Quelerij, Communication and Marketing

Alfred Kool founded his own independent communication consultancy in 2005, specialized in reputation management, positioning and pension communication. Since March 2008 he is one of the partners of KOOL BAAS & DE QUELERIJ, communication and marketing, a new consultancy he founded together with fellow communication professionals Jac Baas and Celeste de Quelerij. This concentration of strength offers more than 50 years of experience with pension communication. The consultancy operates on strategic...

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...

Ran Fuchs

United States of America (New York)

Head of ESG Business , MSCI Inc.

Ran Fuchs is the Global Head of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing at MSCI Inc. Ran started his career in the front office working as a derivative trader for Credit Commercial de France in Tokyo (now HSBC). Ran’s extensive global experience has focused on risk management and alpha generation for institutional investors. After leaving HSBC as Head of the interest-rate derivative desk, Ran joined JPMorgan as derivatives trader in Sydney, later establishing himself as an indepe...

Wolfgang Pinner

Austria (Vienna)

Head of Sustainable Investments, Erste Asset Management GmbH

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

Michael Jantzi

Canada (Toronto)

Chief Executive Officer, Sustainalytics

Michael Jantzi is the CEO of Sustainalytics. He was the founder of Jantzi Research and has been active in the responsible investment field since 1990. Michael is a thought leader on sustainability investment and corporate social responsibility issues and regularly appears in the global media. He is the co-author of The 50 Best Ethical Stocks for Canadians: High Value Investing, published by MacMillan Canada. Jantzi Research won the 2006 Capital Markets Award for Sustainable Investment & Banking,...

Karl-Henrik Robèrt

Sweden (Stockholm)

Founder and Director, Det Naturliga Steget - The Natural Step

One of Sweden's leading cancer scientists and a key figure in the worldwide sustainability movement. In 1989, Robèrt initiated a network of experts on the environment called The Natural Step. The Natural Step framework developed by Robèrt in cooperation with a growing network of scientists across the globe, sets out the system conditions for sustainability, plus guidelines to systematically approach compliance with the principles. The framework has been applied to fields as diverse as agricult...

Lewis Gordon Pugh

South Africa (Cape Town)

Environmentalist, Explorer, Swimmer

Ronald Lubberts

The 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...

Mitchell Lench

United States of America (New York)

Partner, Treetops Capital

Mitch has spent most of his career working with financial institutions in developing countries. He invested in, rated, and structured numerous transactions in Asia, Latin America, Eastern, Middle East, and Africa. Prior to forming Treetops Capital, Mitchell was a managing director at Credit Suisse where he headed global syndicate and primary trading in the structured finance group. Mitch was also a managing director in the Structured Securities Group at Bank of America in New York and ...

Peter F. Hinton

United Kingdom (London)

Chief Executive Officer, Summit Development Group

Peter Hinton, CEO of Summit Development Group (SDG), a Botswana based vehicle, which looks to make strategic investments in banks and financial institutions in Africa. SDG looks to add value to its investments and in particular transform them to focus on the missing middle - SMEs, the un-banked and affordable mortgage finance. SDG looks to provide an attractive return to investors (currently raising US$125m) and create 4m jobs over 7 years through successfully serving the missing middle. Pete...

Paolo Sardi

Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Founding Member and Chief Executive Officer, ECPI

Paolo Sardi is a founding member and the chief executive officer of ECPI in Luxembourg, a leadingan provider of rating and indexing solutions. From 2000 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., now ECPI. Paolo began his financial career in mergers & acquisitions at Merrill Lynch International in London, worked on debt and equity structured finance for ins...

Geoffrey Mazullo

Poland (Gdansk/Wroclaw)

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

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

Cyrille Arnould

Luxembourg (Luxembourg)

Head of GEEREF,an Investment Bank Group

Mr. Arnould became head of the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund in levitra . He previously was Senior Officer in thean Investment Bank’s African Caribbean and Pacific department where he specialized in financial sector operations. Prior to joining the EIB in November of 2003, Mr. Arnould was a Senior Investment Officer in the International Finance Corporation’s SME department, which he joined after four years with IFC’s Financial Markets Group, Sub-Saharan Africa Depar...

Sarita Bartlett

Norway (Oslo)

Investment Manager ESG, Norfund

Sarita has more than 25 years experience in working with responsible investing, corporate responsibility, and energy and the environment. She is currently an Investment Manager dedicated to social, environmental, and governance at Norfund, the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries. Prior to joining Norfund, she was responsible for KPMG-Norway's Sustainability Advisory Services from 2007 to levitra . In 2003, Sarita started IN2SRI, a consultancy that advises clients, including corporatio...

Alka Banerjee

United States of America (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...

Thomas Motsch

Austria (Vienna)

Fund Manager, Erste-Sparinvest KAG

Professional Background: since 2006 Senior Equity Fund Manager – ERSTE-SPARINVEST KAG / Vienna, 2005 Asset Manager – VBV Pension Fund / Vienna, 2004 Auditor – KPMG / Vienna Education: levitra CIIA (Chartered International Investment Analyst), 2004 Degree of Mag. (FH) from University for Applied Sciences of Taxation, Accounting and Finance / Vienna, 1998 Graduation (from Austrian "gynasium", comparable to UK "A-levels").

Amit Bouri

United States of America (New York)

Director of Strategy & Development, Global Impact Investing Network

Amit Bouri serves as Director of Strategy and Development for the Global Impact Investing Network. He focuses on strategic planning, program development, and external relations. His work in impact investing began when he was a strategy consultant with the Monitor Institute. At Monitor he was part of the team that produced the Investing for Social & Environmental Impact report (levitra ) and supported the business planning for the GIIN and several of its initiatives. Amit's other projects at the Mon...

Harry Hummels

The Netherlands (S-hertogenbosch)

Director, SNS Asset Management N.V.

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

Roger Frank

United States of America (Philadelphia)

Managing Partner, I3 Advisors LLC

Roger Frank is one of the pioneers in using the capital markets for social change. Prior to joining Benchmark Asset Managers, as a Partner at Developing World Markets, he was instrumental in both raising & deploying over $500 million of debt and equity  which provided investors market-rate returns and provided capital to microfinance institutions in the developing world. Before DWM, as an emerging markets veteran who has traveled to and worked in over 50 countries worldwide,  he introduced...

Hamid Tawfiki

Switzerland (Nyon)

Chief Executive Officer, Avenir Global Investment Advisory SA

Hamid Tawfiki has 20 years international experience with achievements in developing new business streams in Capital Markets, Wealth Management, Investment Management & Investment Banking. Hamid worked for Calyon as Global Head of Commodities Structuring & sales, and Global Head of Emerging Markets where he transformed the business from a narrow focus into one providing a broad range of risk management solutions and investment products. Prior to 2002, he was Regional Head of Corporate & Investme...

James Vaccaro

United Kingdom (Bristol)

Head of Investment Banking, Triodos Bank

James Vaccaro is Managing Director of Investment Banking (UK) at Triodos Bank, which specialises in ethical investment and was awarded the FT Sustainable Bank of the Year in levitra . He has worked for Triodos since 1998 and is a specialist in environmental and social finance. He is the Managing Director of Triodos Renewables plc (which invests in renewable energy projects), has worked on microfinance projects in Africa & Asia and has been lead advisor to a number of ethical PLCs for public share is...

William Russell-Smith

United Kingdom (London)

Managing Director, AQ Research Ltd

William Russell-Smith, Managing Director of AQ Research, is a former strategic consultant with Mars & Co. AQ Research is well known for its work in equity research, both in measuring performance of analysts and in hosting regular conferences on the industry. It has recently introduced the AQrex research procurement system. William has led a number of projects at AQ in the ESG area, many in cooperation with the Network for Sustainable Financial Markets. He holds an MBA from the London Business Sc...

Claudia Kruse

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Senior Governance & Sustainability Specialist, APG All Pensions Group

Claudia Kruse has worked in Responsible Investment since 2000. She joined APG All Pensions Group in April levitra as Senior Sustainability & Governance Specialist after spending 1 ½ years on the sell-side at JPMorgan heading up the environmental, social and governance Research team (EMEA). Prior to that, she was an Associate Director in the Governance & Sustainability Team at F&C Asset Management (2002-2007) which she joined from research house CoreRatings (now RiskMetrics Group). Ms Kruse has an ...

Raymond Van Ermen

Belgium (Brussels)

Director, EPE-European Partners for the Environment

Raymond van Ermen is the Executive Director of EPE and drives EPE's programmes. He also is Rapporteur of thean Forum of Civil Society and on the Board of the RIET Foundation, in Singapore (an EU-Singapore Initiative). Prior to joining EPE, he was Treasurer of the Environment Liaison Committee - Nairobi, Secretary General of thean Environment Bureau (EEB), and a member of the Belgian Council for Sustainable Development. In his various capacities, he has been inpermanent dialogue wit...

Stanislas Dupré

France (Paris)

General Director, UTOPIES©

Stanislas Dupre is the Executive Director of Utopies, the first French CSR consultancy, founded in 1993. After 10 years in the company, Stanislas now leads the team of 20 people providing services to international companies on strategy, stakeholder engagement & innovation, product design and green building. In the last few years, Stanislas authored studies about green marketing (Talk the Walk - UNEP/Global Compact/Utopies 2005), stakeholder engagement (Critical Friends - Utopies/AccountAbility 2...

Giulio Franzinetti

United Kingdom (London)

Member of the Advisory Board, Vigeo

Director of two charitable foundations and actively involved in Fair Trade projects in Africa. Giulio was formerly in banking and fund management and is now focussed on the activities of not for profit institutions and in particular religious institutions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of 3iG (The International Interfaith Investment Group) and a Director of aan Executive Search Company specializing in the financial field, as well as a Member of the Advisory Board of Vigeo.

O. Sam Folin

United States of America (Philadelphia)

Managing Director, Benchmark Asset Managers LLC

Sam Folin is a Managing Director of Benchmark Asset Managers LLC. Along with a lifetime of professional investment experience Sam has shown a continuing passion to contribute to the health of mission driven organizations and to support individuals in seeking social investment options. For eleven years as an investment broker, he specialized in socially responsible investments. He spent eight years with the large-cap value manager, Newbold’s Asset Management, serving as portfolio manager ...

Chris Vincent

United Kingdom (London)

Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (Europe) Limited

Paavo Pöld

Estonia (Tallinn)

Partner, Limestone Investment Management

Paavo Põld is a partner and co-founder of the Limestone Investment Management, an investment manager dedicated to sustainable and responsible investment in Eastern. Limestone currently manages the pioneering New SRI fund. Since 1997 he has held several Easternan capital markets research related and executive positions. He has been also awarded the Euromoney Best Analyst of the year award. In 2001, after leaving Suprema Asset Management where he served as CEO, Mr Põld joine...

César De Brito

France (Paris)

Partner, Eco Responsible Capital Partners

César de Brito is founding partner of Eco Responsible Capital Partners, a fund management and advisory company dedicated to sustainable and green investments. He was one of the first dedicated socially responsible investment (SRI) Portfolio Managers in, integrating sustainability into core investment decision processes. From 2000 to 2007, he was a SRI Portfolio Manager at AXA Investment Managers in Paris where he co-developed their SRI expertise and funds. From 2007 to levitra he was Head o...

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...

Thomas W. Van Dyck

United States of America (San Francisco)

Senior Vice President, Financial Consultant SRI Wealth Management Group , RBC Wealth Management

Erol Bilecen

Switzerland (Basel)

Head Client Services Sustainable Investment, Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Erol Bilecen, 1971, Director, Head of Client Services, graduated in business administration and economics and also passed the final exam of an interdisciplinary course of studies called "Man-Society-Environment" at the University of Basel in 1997. Right after his graduation he joined the Sustainability Research team and worked as an analyst until April 2001. Since then is he responsible for the support of internal and external clients. Besides his work for Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd he is working on...

Anders Faijersson Ferguson

United States of America (New York)

Partner, Chief Strategist, Veris Wealth Partners

Anders brings 30 years of entrepreneurial experience in sustainability and well-being entrepreneurial experience to Veris. As former Chair of Uplift Equity Partners, Anders specializes in sustainable alternative assets, strategy, capital formation, and thought leadership. He co-built four companies in the sustainability field. Anders has been actively involved in the sale or purchase of a dozen firms in the sustainability field and has served as a partner/advisor to three investment banks and c...

Maritta R.v.B. Koch-Weser

Germany (Berlin)

Chair, Board of Trustees, The Global Exchange for Social Investment - GEXSI

Dr. Maritta Koch-Weser has a distinguished career in international development, as anthropologist and environmentalist, with field experience in Latin America, South & East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, parts of the Middle East, Eastern & countries of the Former Soviet Union. Ms. Koch-Weser worked for 20 years at the World Bank, where she held senior managerial positions. She subsequently served as Director General of IUCN -The World Conservation Union. As Founder/President of Earth3000 ...

Mel Young

United Kingdom (Edinburgh, Scholtland)

President, Homeless World Cup

Mel Young, 53, is recognized as one of the world’s leading social entrepreneurs by the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. In 1993 he co-founded The Big Issue in Scotland, with Tricia Hughes. The weekly magazine is sold by homeless people in the streets of Scotland and now has a circulation of 40,000. With the success of The Big Issue in Scotland, he helped set up the International Network of Street Papers, a global network of over sixty street papers sold in every continent, of whi...

Mark Campanale

United Kingdom (London)

Advisor, Halloran Philanthropies

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

Thierry Sanders

The Netherlands (Àmsterdam)

Founder and Director, BiD Network

BiD Network prepares emerging market entrepreneurs for investors. It was founded in 2005. BiD Network operates an online community with 26,000 members, it has supported 8,000 entrepreneurs in the writing of business plans. Over 300 SMEs have started through BiD Network in the last 4 years. Thierry’s career is a blend of development and business, with a dash of IT, carbon markets and finance. At NCDO he set up Dutch Design in Development, the BiD Challenge, the MDG Scan for multinationals. H...

Paul E. Metz

The Netherlands (Velp (Gld))

Managing Consultant, INTEGeR Consult

After studies in chemistry, economics, and environmental sciences and an adventurous life in and Latin America for a chemical company during 20 years, Paul started INTEGeR... Consult in 1995. It offersstrategic marketing and lobby expertise to help achieve \"integritythrough integration of sustainable development in the work and life of leaders in business and politics\". He advises directors and companies is a nonexecutive director of a technology company. Paul has chosen to work 2 days...

Jurgen Rigterink

The Netherlands (The Hague)

Chief Investment Officer / Member of the Management Board, Netherlands Development Finance Bank

Jurgen Rigterink is the Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Management Board of FMO. With an investment portfolio of over EUR 4.3 billion, FMO is one of the largest bilateral private sector development banks worldwide. FMO creates access to a full range of expertise, financial products and services to private sector enterprises with a focus on finance, energy, housing and private equity. Jurgen started his career at Bank Brussels Lambert working in Brussels, Chicago and New York before ...

Christophe Churet

Switzerland (Zurich)

Analyst, SAM

Christophe Churet is an equity analyst in SAM’s research department covering the renewable energy sector. Before joining SAM, he worked as a researcher at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Christophe Churet holds a BA in development economics and political sciences from the University of London, as well as a MA in International Business from Grenoble Graduate School of Business. Joined SAM in 200...

Gudrun Timm

Germany (Cologne)

Vice President for Product Innovation, DEG - Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft

Gudrun Timm joined DEG in 2001 and contributed to building the African, Central and East Asian portfolio. She has led due diligence teams and executed investments with the financial secor, equity and agrobusiness team. She was responsible for concluding the first German equity investment into a Chinese bank and has served as a member of the board of directors. In the product innovation function Gudrun is adapting the match of the company´s focus and product set to the changing requirements of ...

Ivan Wolffers

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Professor in 'Health Care in Developing Countries', Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

In 1975 Ivan Wolffers graduated as M.D. from the State University in Utrecht and a year later he successfully finished the training for GP. In 1987 he got his PhD in medical anthropology and social medicine from the State University in Leiden. In 1989 he was appointed as professor in 'health care in developing countries' at the Vrije University in Amsterdam, and since that year he is running the department 'Health Care and Culture' in the Medical Faculty. He has been involved in several research...

Femke Markus

The Netherlands (Haarlem)

Managing Director, Access to Medicine Index

As Managing Director, Femke is responsible for the daily management of the Access to Medicine Index, focusing on building relationships with different stakeholder groups, further development of the Access to Medicine Index and establishment of a professional and sustainable organization. Over the years Femke has done several management and business development projects with a strong focus and interest on establishing new projects in the scientific and medical area. In the past three years she...

My-Linh Ngo

United Kingdom (London)

Associate Director SRI Research, Henderson Global Investors Limited

My-Linh Ngo is Associate Director SRI Research in the Sustainable & Responsible Investment (SRI) team at Henderson Global Investors, a leading fund management company. My-Linh has responsibility for sustainability and corporate responsibility (CR) analysis and engagement for Henderson SRI funds. Her sector and theme responsibilities includes healthcare, as such she has led and continues to lead on Henderson’s various engagement initiatives with the pharma industry including with the Pharmaceu...

Wendell Potter

United States of America (Madison)

Senior Fellow on Health Care, Center for Media & Democracy

William C. Osborn

United States of America (Brookline, MA)

Managing Partner, Commons Capital LP

William Osborn is the founding General Partner of Commons Capital LP and the Massachusetts Green Energy Fund, both Boston-based high social impact venture capital funds investing in healthcare, education and cleantech companies.  In the last two years, Mr. Osborn and his partner Elizabeth Bailey have been working under a Gates Foundation grant to explore financing mechanisms for using a venture capital model to invest in sustainable businesses addressing healthcare problems the developing world...

Lisa Conte

United States of America (South San Francisco)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Napo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Lisa has been a pioneer in the biotech/emerging pharmaceutical industry for 20 years. Prior to founding Napo, she founded Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a natural product pharmaceutical company, in 1989. As CEO, she has raised >$250 million (including leading two IPOs). 1987 to 1989 Ms. Conte was a Vice President at Technology Funding, Inc., a venture capital firm. From 1985 to 1987 she conducted risk and strategy audits for start-up companies at Strategic Decisions Group. Lisa received her AB in...

Ronald Lubberts

The 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...

Steven A. Falci

Ireland (Dublin)

Head of Strategy Development Sustainable Investment, Kleinwort Benson Investors

Steven Falci oversees the development of Kleinwort Benson Investors sustainable investment products and strategic priorities. He joined Kleinwort Benson Investor’s predecessor firm KBC Asset Management in 2008 in the newly created position of Vice President – Sustainable Investment. He is a senior investment professional with over 20 years of broad experience overseeing investment teams and managing assets at a large pension fund, an institutional asset manager and a mutual fund company. ...

Kajetan Hetzer

The Netherlands (Utrecht)

Sustainability analyst, SR Investment consultant, SNS Asset Management / SNS REAAL Water Fund

Mr. Kajetan Hetzer – Sustainable Investment Analyst - Kajetan has 11 years experience in asset management. Previously he was responsible for several projects for universities where he studied. He joined SNS Asset Management in 1998 as Sustainability Analyst and analysed companies and supranational organizations (IFIs) on environmental and social performances for investment decisions of various funds. Meanwhile he is working here for the SNS REAAL Water Fund, which he initiated in 2006 and is a...

Amanda J. Sauer

United States of America (Washington DC)

Senior Associate, World Resources Institute

Amanda Sauer is a Senior Associate in the Markets and Enterprise Program at the World Resources Institute. For 10 years, Amanda has specialized in research and analysis on the financial impacts of environmental issues on major industries and their supply chains. Her current work assesses water scarcity risks facing food & beverage and power companies in emerging Asia. Amanda has authored and co-authored numerous publications at WRI, including most recently Rattling Supply Chains: The effect of e...

Lisa Hayles

United Kingdom (London)

Head of Client Services (North America), EIRIS

Lisa Hayles is Head of Client Services (North America) at EIRIS. Founded in 1983, EIRIS provides research on corporate environmental, social, governance (ESG) and other ethical performance indicators to more than 150 institutional investors around the world. EIRIS’ clients range from those who use our research for stock selection or exclusion, to pension funds and other institutional investors applying an engagement or sustainability overlay to their investment strategy. In her current role,...

Christopher Greenwald

Switzerland (Zurich)

Head of Sustainability Application and Operations, SAM Sustainability Asset Management

Christopher Greenwald is Head of Sustainability Application and Operations at SAM, where he manages the research process underlying the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Previously, he served as Director of ESG Data Content as ASSET4 - Thomson Reuters, where he headed the research department and the overall integration strategy of ESG content at Thomson Reuters. Christopher has an MBA from HEC Lausanne, Switzerland as well as the FAME Certificate from the Swiss Finance Institute. He holds a Ph.D. ...

Estelle Mironesco

France (Bagnolet)

Director of Vigeo Rating , Vigeo Group

Estelle Mironesco has been managing the ESG research services of Vigeo since 2008. She was previously Director of SRI Research with Natixis Asset Management. Estelle graduated from ESCP and spent the first 10 years of her career in commercial banking, primarily in London, holding positions in corporate analysis as well as client relationship. She then worked for 10 years in asset management firms in Paris where she successively created and managed three buy-side analysis teams on the cre...

Giulio Franzinetti

United Kingdom (London)

Member of the Advisory Board, Vigeo

Director of two charitable foundations and actively involved in Fair Trade projects in Africa. Giulio was formerly in banking and fund management and is now focussed on the activities of not for profit institutions and in particular religious institutions. He is a member of the Advisory Board of 3iG (The International Interfaith Investment Group) and a Director of aan Executive Search Company specializing in the financial field, as well as a Member of the Advisory Board of Vigeo.

Juergen Habichler

Switzerland (Zurich)

Founding Partner, Mountain Cleantech AG

Juergen Habichler is the founding Partner of Mountain Cleantech AG, which manages Cleantech Invest AG (www.cleantech-invest.ch), a Cleantech growth capital fund focusing on and the German speaking Cleantech market. Prior to setting up Mountain Cleantech AG in 2007, Juergen has worked for Atlas Venture's Technology / Cleantech team, where he was spearheading the establishment of Atlas' Cleantech practice. Prior to becoming a Venture Investor in 2004, Juergen Habichler worked in management ...

William C. Crerend

United States of America (Norwalk, Connecticut)

President and Chief Executive Officer, EACM Advisors LLC

As Chief Executive Officer, Bill has overall management responsibility for EACM and is a member of the Investment Committee.  Bill joined EACM in 1994, initially as senior analyst responsible for the event driven and short selling areas, and internal counsel for nontraditional business matters.  Previously, he was a corporate attorney specializing in mergers and acquisitions and securities law at Hughes Hubbard & Reed (’88-’93).  Bill received a BA from Princeton University and a JD from ...

Erik Eidolf

Sweden (Stockholm)

Executive Director, Harcourt Investment Consulting

Erik Eidolf has been engaged in the hedge fund industry the past 10 years. Apart from working with hedge funds for a Swiss asset manager during his studies at Zurich University in 1997/98, Erik's academic research in hedge funds has been acknowledged in media on several occasions. Prior to Harcourt, Erik attended the Global Management Program of ING Group N.V., where he during 1999-2001 held various positions within ING's banking and insurance operations. Erik holds a Master's Degree in Finance ...

Leo Johnson

United Kingdom (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...

Oliver Jaeggi

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Partner/ Chairman , ECOFACT AG

Olivier Jaeggi has more than ten years of experience in the management of environmental and social issues that present financial and reputational risks for financial institutions. Prior to founding ECOFACT in 1998, Olivier Jaeggi worked in credit risk control at a leading Swiss bank where he was in charge of environmental risks. He graduated in environmental engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.

Lorenzo Saà

United Kingdom (London)

Assessment and Training Manager, Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative

Lorenzo manages the PRI's annual signatories' assessment. He is also responsible for identifying and providing solutions for the signatories' training needs. Prior to joining the PRI, between 2004-levitra , as a project manager in UniCredit Group, he oversaw microfinance initiatives and advised on responsible investments. Before this Lorenzo specialized in assessments and evaluations both as an independent consultant for development organizations such as the World Bank and IFAD as well as a senior f...

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

Robert Rubinstein is Founder and CEO of for sale . His motto is: "The World will benefit when economy supports well being." for sale GROUP™ is a knowledge broker, specializing in Triple Bottom Line Investment and ESG (Environmental and Social Governance). for sale 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...

Michael Gassner

Switzerland (Zurich)

Vice-President, Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd

Michael Gassner is Vice President Islamic Financial Engineering at Bank Sarasin & Co. Ltd. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the ‘International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management’ and Advisory Board Member of the ‘Dow Jones Islamic Market Index Newsletter.’

Hans Visser

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Professor Emeritus of International Economics and Money and Banking, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Dr Hans Visser (1943) is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Economics and Business Management, VU University, Amsterdam. He taught international economics, monetary theory and money and banking. His research interests also include the history of economic thought. His publications include Islamic Finance, Financial and Monetary Studies 22:3, Amsterdam: NIBE-SVV 2004; Islamic Finance: Principles and Practice, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar levitra .

Niels Muller

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Tax Lawyer, Loyens & Loeff

Niels Muller, tax lawyer, is co-head of the Loyens & Loeff Islamic Finance team. Loyens & Loeff Islamic finance team members are based in all major global financial centres including Dubai, London and Singapore. In addition to Islamic finance, Niels mainly advises on the tax aspects of (structured) asset finance and (renewable) energy finance.

Kees Hooft

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Banking and Finance Lawyer, Loyens & Loeff

Kees Hooft, attorney, is co-head of the Loyens & Loeff Islamic Finance team. Loyens & Loeff Islamic finance team members are based in all major global financial centres including Dubai, London and Singapore. In addition to Islamic finance, Kees has significant experience in acquisition finance, corporate finance, asset finance and structured finance.

Paul E. Metz

The Netherlands (Velp (Gld))

Managing Consultant, INTEGeR Consult

After studies in chemistry, economics, and environmental sciences and an adventurous life in and Latin America for a chemical company during 20 years, Paul started INTEGeR... Consult in 1995. It offersstrategic marketing and lobby expertise to help achieve \"integritythrough integration of sustainable development in the work and life of leaders in business and politics\". He advises directors and companies is a nonexecutive director of a technology company. Paul has chosen to work 2 days...

Yoshimi Ichishima

Japan (Tokyo)

Deputy General Manager, Structured Finance Division I, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Co., Ltd.

Yoshimi Ichishima is a Deputy General Manager, Structured Finance Division I at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, which started emission business in October 2005, and started to sell “Emission Credit Trust” in December 2007. He is currently responsible for formation of emissions credits trust and marketing, i.e., leading a team to provide a stable supply of credits to meet all different types of needs, and best solutions for corporate customers. He joined the firm in 1986, an...

Laurent Milliat

Belgium (Brussels)

Sustainability Analyst, Dexia Asset Management

Laurent joined Dexia AM in October 2005 and covers the Energy and Utilities sectors, focusing on Environmental, Social and Governance aspects affecting the long-term value of companies. Prior to joining Dexia AM, Laurent worked at ABN AMRO Rothschild as Equity Capital Markets analyst and at CoreRatings as Sustainability analyst. Laurent holds an MSc in Management from EMLyon Business School and a BA in Political Sciences from Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Grenoble. He also studied at the Inter...

Maurits Groen

The Netherlands (Haarlem)

Director, Groen Milieu & Communicatie B.V.

Maurits Groen (born 1953) founded of one of the first Dutch consultancies specialized in nature and environment in 1982. He has over 25 years of experience in the field and has worked both in the Netherlands and abroad in line as well as project management capacities, for governmental, business and non-profit organizations.        MGMC performs a wide range of activities related to communication about environmental issues. Activities include strategic policy advice regarding sustainable de...

Francis Vorhies

Switzerland (Geneva)

Director, Earthmind

Dr Francis Vorhies is the Director of Earthmind. He has over 20 years of international experience as a sustainability economist. In Johannesburg, he set up Eco Plus, an innovative consultancy focused on business, economics and the environment. In Nairobi, he worked for the African Wildlife Foundation under a UNDP/GEF grant to build biodiversity economics capacity in the forestry sector in East Africa. In Geneva, Dr Vorhies established new global programmes on economics and business for IUCN - Th...

Neil McIndoe

United Kingdom (London)

Head of Environmental Finance, Trucost Plc

Neil McIndoe is the Head of Environmental Finance at Trucost, an environmental data and analysis firm. He has led major projects to develop and market investment products that take the environment into account working with Standard and Poor's, Legal and General Investment Management, GLG Partners, Virgin Money, and Euronext among others. Neil has advised corporate clients on environmental reporting requirements and written a number of reports including one for the UK Environment Agency which ana...

Annelisa Grigg

United Kingdom (Cambridge)

Project Director, Natural Value Initiative, Fauna & Flora International (FFI)

Annelisa Grigg is an independent consultant and project director of the Natural Value Initiative (NVI). The NVI aims to raise awareness within the private sector on the risks associated with corporate impacts and dependence and ecosystem services and to catalyse action to address them. A collaboration between Fauna & Flora International, UNEP Finance Initiative and Brazilian business school FGV, a key output of the NVI is the Ecosystem Services Benchmark. Developed in conjunction with investor...

Suneel Parasnis

Thailand (Bangkok)

Team Leader Clean Energy Finance, USAID Eco-Asia Clean Development and Climate Program

Suneel Parasnis works with International Resources Group, Bangkok as the Team Leader for USAID ECO-Asia CDCP’s “Regional clean energy Finance” initiative. USAID ECO-Asia has been engaged in addressing the climate change issues in China, India, and the ASEAN. Prior to the current assignment he served as the Country Director of New Ventures India, a “Global Development Alliance” (GDA) between WRI & CII-Sohrabjee Grren Business Centre, supported by USAID, as the Country Director sin...

Suwardi

Indonesia (Sulawesi)

Director, PT Selo Kencana Energi

Mr. Suwardi is the Director of Operations for PT Selo Kencana Energi. He has years of experience managing projects in the field of electrical, instrumentation and mechanical engineering for a variety of infrastructure projects under his belt. He is also involved in the construction of a hydro power facility prior to assuming his current role of developing the company's investment in small hydroelectric power plants in the region of West Sumatra. Suwardi holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engi...

Yuan Xiulan

Unknown (Beijing 北京)

General Manager 总经理 , Beijing CXTD Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (内蒙古泰达新能源项目管理有限公司)

Xiulan Yuan, who is the general manager and the corporate representative of Beijing CXTD Energy Technology Co., Ltd, is the senior economist and inducted in Xinhua news agency and the national development and reform commission. Involved in biomass and echo agriculture sector since 2005 and has studied the biomass generation technology and operation management for 4 years. Mastered the nationally available biomass recourse and collected vast advanced biomass generation technology and the relevant...

Zhao Xu 赵旭

Unknown (Nangjing 南京)

General Manager 总经理 , Nanjing Longterm Environmental Technology Development Co., Ltd. (南京朗顿环境技术开发有限公司)

Zhao Xu, General Manager of Nanjing Longterm Environment Technology Development Co. He used to work in Nanjing Residential Building Construction Co., and Cleanaway China—a Brambles Company, listed in Australia, and from August 2006, he started to be the general manager of Nanjing Longterm Environment Technology Development Co., and took leadership of several landfill gas utilization projects preparation and development, which are successfully pilot projects in China. His rich experiences cover...

Bob Mann

Canada (Toronto)

Managing Director, North America, Jantzi-Sustainalytics

BOB MANN, Managing Director, joined Jantzi-Sustainalytics in the fall of 2007. Bob has a Masters in Business Administration, specializing in Sustainability and Finance, from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Bob has worked as a sustainability consultant with Deloitte and York Sustainable Enterprise Consultants, providing consulting services to small business interested in improving their sustainability performance. Previously, Bob created and managed a real estate development f...

Kees Noorman

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Director Business Development and General Affairs, William McDonough + Partners EU

Kees Noorman, MBA MBI Director of Business Development Kees Noorman is the Director of Business Development for William McDonough + Partners EU operations, working from the Amsterdam office. He has extensive experience in real estate development, finance, and marketing. Prior to joining William McDonough + Partners, Kees was the Project Director for Delta Projectontwikkeling Park 20|20 in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. His expertise in community development and finance stems from executive ...

Magnus Furugård

Sweden (Stockholm)

President and Managing Director, GES Investment Services

Magnus Furugård is President and Managing Director, as well as one of the founders and owners of the company. He has a Master's degree in business administration from the Stockholm School of Economics, and is a trained marine officer from the Royal Swedish Naval Academy. Magnus has worked as a management consultant for a major consultancy firm in Stockholm, as well as a campaign leader for the environmental organisation Greenpeace. GES Investment Services was founded 1992. The business idea is...

Oliver Schneider

United Kingdom (London)

Director, Facility:Innovate

Oliver Schneider has a wealth of experience in process, production and technical management. He spent several years managing operations in the US, Caribbean, Latin America and China, which provided innovative solutions to the communications industry. Oliver studied photography and imaging at the University of Westminster and a Masters in Business Administration at Ross School of Business in Michigan.

Wendy Rowden

United States of America (New York)

Managing Director, Investments, Jonathan Rose Companies

Ms. Rowden leads the Investment Practice, drawing upon her 25 years of expertise in the real estate industry as a legal and investment executive. She has responsibility for all aspects of the Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund, including oversight of acquisitions, financing, asset management and investor relations. Prior to joining Jonathan Rose Companies, Ms. Rowden served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of The Rockefeller Group, the U.S. subsidiary of Mitsubishi Estate Co, o...

Bernd Jan Sikken

Switzerland (Geneva)

Associate Director, Financial Institutions Industries, Head of Project Mgmt, Centre for Global Industries, World Economic Forum

Raj Thamotheram

United Kingdom (London)

Senior Advisor, AXA Investment Managers Ltd

Raj joined AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) in June 2006 as Director, Responsible Investment (RI) and was responsible for leading the development of the “RI Inside” strategy, building the new RI team, overseeing the development of new funds (including the AWF Human Capital Fund) and design of the RI-Search research tool. After 3 years of this foundation building, he handed over the team leadership role to Melissa McDonald, an experienced business development professional, and now works part...

Kasper Jacobsen

Denmark (Taastrup)

Chief Portfolio Manager, Sparinvest

Kasper Jacobsen is Chief Portfolio Manager at Sparinvest Fondsmaeglerselskap, a cooperative asset management company owned by Danish savings banks and pension funds. He attributes his ability to identify undervalued companies to his work a credit analyst with KOB, one of Denmark’s leading credit rating agencies. After several years as a financial journalist for one of the leading Danish economic journals, Kasper joined Sparinvest in 2002. First working as a fixed income manager, he later switc...

Giuseppe van der Helm

The Netherlands (Culemborg)

Executive Director, Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)

Giuseppe van der Helm is the Executive Director of the VBDO. Before he joined the VBDO in 2006, he had already had a very successful career in the corporate world. He was President of Valvoline, and was responsible for Valvoline's activities in, Africa, and the Middle East. Before that, Giuseppe worked for DSM and Sigma Coatings. In 2002, he decided to make a change and began teaching. At this point in time, Giuseppe is completing a Masters in theology, and traded in the 'big mo...

Roger Frank

United States of America (Philadelphia)

Managing Partner, I3 Advisors LLC

Roger Frank is one of the pioneers in using the capital markets for social change. Prior to joining Benchmark Asset Managers, as a Partner at Developing World Markets, he was instrumental in both raising & deploying over $500 million of debt and equity  which provided investors market-rate returns and provided capital to microfinance institutions in the developing world. Before DWM, as an emerging markets veteran who has traveled to and worked in over 50 countries worldwide,  he introduced...

Floris Lambrechtsen

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Managing Partner, 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...

Masja Zandbergen

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Double Dividend B.V.

Masja Zandbergen joined Double Dividend out of the shared conviction on capital and society. She has eleven years of experience in the investment industry managing portfolio’s of institutional as well as retail clients at Robeco. Ms. Zandbergen has been active in the sustainable investment area since 2003 and has experience in corporate governance (voting), sustainable investments and engagement. She is a member of the committee for sustainable investments of the Dutch association of investmen...

Ivo Knoepfel

Switzerland (Zurich)

Managing Director, onValues Ltd.

Ivo Knoepfel, Dr.Sc.Techn., CIIA Founder and Managing Partner, onValues (www.onValues.ch) Ivo Knoepfel is the founder and managing director of onValues Ltd., a leading independent investment consulting firm with a focus on responsible and sustainable investment strategies. With approximately 10 billion euro assets under advice, onValues supports a wide range of international clients including pension funds, family offices, foundations and HNWIs. Ivo is a member of the Swiss Financial ...

Amanda Young

United Kingdom (London)

SRI Officer, Newton Investment Management

Amanda Young is the SRI Officer at Newton Investment Management, a London-based, global investment management subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. She is responsible for the research analysis and engagement on environmental and social issues facing the companies in which Newton invests. Amanda came to Newton from CCLA Investment Management, the specialist church and charity fund manager where she spent seven years analysing companies’ environmental, social and governance ac...

Paul Clements-Hunt

Switzerland (Geneva)

Coordinator Finance Initiative, UNEP FI

Paul Clements-Hunt is the Head of UNEP Finance Initiative, the largest and oldest partnership between the United Nations system and the world of financial services dating back to 1992. More than 180 banks, insurers and asset managers are UNEP FI members. Clements-Hunt's has worked on environment and sustainability issues since the mid 1980s with periods in the media, business and lobbying before joining the United Nations in 2000. In the early 1990s, Clements-Hunt, based in Bangkok, launched one...

Laura Berry

United States of America (New York)

Executive Director, ICCR-Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility

Laura Berry is ICCR's Executive Director, and took up the position in June of 2007. Prior to joining ICCR, she was the Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Service for the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven. Before joining the Community Foundation, Laura served as Community Development Initiative Director for the New London Development Corporation. Prior to that, she managed a 0 million portfolio as vice president at SSB Citi Asset Management, relying on the synergy between faith and ...

Jermyn P. Brooks

Germany (Berlin)

Chair, Business Advisory Board, Transparency International

Jermyn Brooks is Chair of Transparency International’s (TI) Business Advisory Board and Chair of the Standards Board of AccountAbility. In 2000, Jermyn joined TI as Executive Director and CFO. He was a member of TI’s International Board of Directors from 2003 to 2006. In addition to overseeing the accounting and fundraising functions of the secretariat, Jermyn became involved in TI's private sector initiatives including the anti-money laundering standards of the Wolfsberg banking group; ...

George Muzinich

United States of America (New York)

Chief Executive Officer, Muzinich & Co., Inc.

George founded Muzinich & Co., Inc. in 1988. He started his investment career in 1971 with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., where he worked in that firm’s New York and Zurich offices and later opened and managed its Paris Office. From mid-1984 through mid-1988, George was President of Hoguet, Muzinich, Keller & Co., a securities firm that was subsequently sold to a majoran institution. He has a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.B.A. from New York University’s Graduate School of ...

Boudewijn de Blij

The Netherlands (The Hague)

Director, Fonds 1818

Boudewijn de Blij is executive director of “Fund 1818”, a community foundation based in The Hague which supports NGOs in and around The Hague, Leyden and Delft. Initially, Fund 1818 was a regional savings bank founded in 1818 with a social mission. De Blij has worked for several non-profit institutions as manager and executive director. His last position was director of the Netherlands Heart Foundation.

Annemieke Roobeek

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, MeetingMoreMinds

Chair for Strategy and Transformation Management, Business Universiteit Nyenrode (since 1989); focus on Interactive Strategy Development, Innovation and Intercompany Networking & Political Risk Management in a Global World Director-founder of MeetingMoreMinds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (since 1999) Director-founder of Open Dialogue, Amsterdam (since 1997) Initiator en founder of BLU-BluLifeUnlimited (since 2005) (health & lifestyle) Supervisory Board memberships / governance activities: ...

Robert Rubinstein

The Netherlands (Amsterdam)

Chief Executive Officer, for sale Conference B.V./for sale Consulting B.V.

Although born in Brooklyn, New York, Robert Rubinstein is a longtime resident of The Netherlands. So, back in 1999, when he founded a company to introduce the then-radical concept of sustainable investing, it seemed only natural to name it after his distant former hometown: Brooklyn Bridge – Connections to the Future B.V. (BB). The concept behind this company was the introduction of for sale – Triple Bottom Line Investing. From its early days, the aim of this small company was and is unabashed...