Javier serves as Chief Financial Officer of Heathrow Airport Holdings since May 2016. He is responsible for leading the organisation financially to give passengers the best airport service in the World by enabling a growth strategy and transforming Heathrow’s approach to risk, cost and investment. He is accountable for all procurement strategies across Heathrow and leads the investment of its multi-billion capital plan in a safe, sustainable, affordable, and financeable manner while driving long term value generation to customers and shareholders. His accountabilities also include the management of Heathrow’s £14bn debt portfolio through a multi-rating, multi-currency funding platform and its £4bn defined benefit pension scheme. Javier is member of Heathrow Airport Holdings Board of Directors, Chairman of Heathrow’s Safety Committee, Chairman of Heathrow’s Investment Committee and Company’s Shareholder Representative at NATS Holding Limited Board of Directors.

Javier joined Heathrow in January 2008 and he has advised the Board and Chief Executive on establishing Heathrow’s current capital structure and positioning Heathrow as a strong credit in the financial markets, setting a robust financial investment appraisal capability and leading Finance to become a genuine strategic business partner.

Prior to joining Heathrow, Javier worked as senior manager with Ferrovial, a Spanish based world’s leading infrastructure provider and operator.

Javier is married with three sons.

Andrea Álvares is Chief Brand, Innovation, International and Sustainability Officer and member of the Executive Committee for Natura. Prior to Natura, she held General Manager, Marketing and Strategy roles at Pepsico and P&G. 

Andrea is a board member of the Executive Committee of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and emeritus advisor of the Conscious Capitalism Institute of Brazil. She is also a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), a founding member of Women of Brazil and is actively engaged in several female empowerment initiatives.

Andrea has been awarded Forbes Most Influential Women in Brazil, Advertising Age Women to Watch and Top 10 Female Executives by Valor Economico newspaper.

Main responsibilities

Steve has always been fascinated by the power of money to change the world. He has worked for Aviva Investors for the last 15 years where he founded its Global Responsible Investment team as well as its Sustainable Finance Centre for Excellence, which seeks to transform capital markets so that they become more sustainable. He also co-founded the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark, the World Benchmarking Alliance, and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative.

Steve started his career at WWF-UK in 1995, where he worked on its own ethical and environmental investment policy. He has subsequently advised the UK Government, the European Commission, the Financial Stability Board and the UN on the creation of sustainable capital markets. 

Experience and qualifications

Steve has a PhD in Sustainable Finance from the University of Surrey. He is an Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow at City’s Business School, University of London and a Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He has received awards from Brummell, the International Chamber of Commerce, the City of London, the United Nations Foundation, Yale and Harvard.

Fernando Tennenbaum, Chief Financial Officer of Anheuser-Busch InBev, is a 16-year veteran of the company. He most recently served as Vice President of Finance for the company’s South America Zone, as well as Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of its Brazilian subsidiary Ambev S.A., a publicly traded company listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange and NYSE. Fernando Tennenbaum has a thorough understanding of the company’s business and international experience developed through several positions in the finance function, including Treasury, M&A and Investor Relations. He played a key role in the combination with SAB, leading the funding of the deal and managing of the company’s debt profile.

Fernando holds a degree in industrial engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo and a corporate MBA from Ambev.

Rick Lacaille is executive vice president and senior investment advisor.  He also leads and coordinates the environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives at State Street.  In his current role, he provides enterprise leadership for our ESG program to ensure a well-coordinated and optimized approach to our ESG policies, products, initiatives and thought leadership.

Prior to his current role, Rick was the global chief investment officer (CIO) at State Street Global Advisors from 2008 to April, 2021.  He was also the global head of Quantitative Active Equities and European CIO.  Before joining State Street Global Advisors in 2000, he held various roles in Quantitative Fund Management and Research at Gartmore Investment Management, including the head of Quantitative Research and Structured Equities.

Rick has a Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree in operational research from Lancaster University and Master of Science degree in econometrics from London Guildhall University.

Rick is a member of the MSCI Advisory Council, the FTSE Russell ESG Advisory and Sustainable Investment Committee and is Chair of the Asset Management Committee of the Investment Association.  He is a writer and broadcaster on investment issues and speaks frequently at industry conferences.

Alain Deckers has over 20 years of experience in public service at the European Commission. He has been responsible for policy reviews and policy development in areas including trade in goods, environmental policy, public procurement and financial services regulation.

He currently heads a team of responsible for corporate reporting, including both financial and non-financial reporting; audit; and credit rating agencies as part of DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union.
He is also the Vice-Chairman of the European Lab@EFRAG Steering Group.

Alain graduated in physics and holds a masters in the economics of technical change, both from the University of Manchester (UK).

In her current capacity as Chief of Programmes, Lila Karbassi oversees the entire work programme of the UN Global Compact on environment, social, governance and finance issues.

Ms. Karbassi has been instrumental in the work of the UN Global Compact on the environment and climate change and has been responsible for the participation of the UN Global Compact in key UN conferences.

In her 13 years at the organization, Ms. Karbassi has lead numerous successful programmes that have driven businesses to engage with the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact worldwide.

In 2016, Ms. Karbassi worked in the Office of the Secretary-General to provide support and advice on business engagement on the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining the UN Global Compact, Ms. Karbassi held positions on policy regulation at Sanofi-Aventis.

Ms. Karbassi holds a Master of Business Administration from the Bocconi School of Management. She also holds a Doctorate in Biology from the University of Paris and a Master of Biology from the University of Grenoble.

Granville Martin is the Director of US Policy and Outreach at the Value Reporting Foundation where he leads engagement with American regulators, corporates and trade associations.

Prior to joining Value Reporting Foundation, Mr. Martin was Senior Vice President for Policy & Advocacy and General Counsel at the Society for Corporate Governance, where he led the Society’s advocacy efforts related to corporate governance, securities law and regulation and other related issues. He also led the Society’s ESG-related efforts including assisting members in navigating the increased demands for disclosure and engagement, creating dialogue among issuers, investors and other stakeholders and representing Society views in a variety of forums.

Prior to joining the Society, he was a Managing Director of Sustainable Finance for JPMorgan Chase & Co. where he led a range of ESG-related initiatives, including working with investment and commercial banking units to manage environmental and social risks, engaging with clients and external stakeholders and advising the senior management and the Board. Key sectors included oil and gas, mining, timber, prison services, firearms, and other sectors with significant environmental and/or social impact.

After graduating law school, he joined the Office of the Counsel to Governor George Pataki of New York working on environmental issues such as wastewater treatment, New York City watershed protection and green buildings. He also worked on local government and mental health issues and negotiated with the State Legislature. After leaving the Pataki Administration, Mr. Martin represented the Financial Services Forum prior to joining JPMorgan Chase in 2005.

Mr. Martin earned a B.A. from Boston University and a J.D. from University of San Francisco and is admitted to the bar in New York and California.

Paul Simpson is the CEO and co-founder of CDP, a global non-profit that drives companies, cities and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard water resources and protect forests.

Paul is a prominent thought leader on climate change, with a focus on natural resource protection and the actions governments, companies and investors must take to deliver the Paris Agreement and keep the world at no more than 1.5°C. He sits on the boards of We Mean Business, Science Based Targets, The Investor Agenda and CDSB. He is a council member of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), the Global Stranded Assets Advisory Council for the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford, Friends of Climate Action (FOCA).

Prior to CDP, Paul worked with Chesham Amalgamations & Investments Ltd, the International Society for Ecology & Culture and is a former director of the Social Venture Network. He was previously on the Board of EIRIS, a member of the Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability at the World Economic Forum and a High Level Panel Member for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Policy Dialogue.

Paul holds a BSc in Business and Finance from City University, London and an MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice at the University of Bath (with distinction).

Sandra Schoonhoven is Head of Sustainability. In this role she is responsible for developing the overall sustainability direction of ING, executing programmes to achieve this direction, reporting on progress (internally as well as externally) and managing the team (≈20 FTE) on a day to day basis. She and the experts working in the team are trusted advisors on multiple sustainability topics to the rest of the ING organization as well as many external stakeholders.

Prior to her current role, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra has taken on supervisory roles within the public domain. Her first role was president of the supervisory board of an after school care organization. Since 2017 she is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. Also, she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”.

Allison Herren Lee was appointed by President Donald Trump to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and sworn into office on July 8, 2019.

Commissioner Lee brings to the SEC over two decades of experience as a securities law practitioner. Most recently, she has written, lectured, and taught courses internationally in Spain and Italy on financial regulation and corporate law. Commissioner Lee served for over a decade in various roles at the SEC, including as counsel to Commissioner Kara Stein, and as Senior Counsel in the Division of Enforcement’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit. In addition, she has served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, was a member of the American Bar Association’s former Committee on Public Company Disclosure, and participated on a USAID project in Armenia, assisting in the drafting of periodic reporting and disclosure provisions for a comprehensive law of the Republic of Armenia on Securities Market Regulation.

Prior to government service, Commissioner Lee was a partner at Sherman & Howard LLC, focusing on securities, antitrust, and commercial litigation. A member of the Colorado bar, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Colorado and a JD from the University of Denver College of Law, where she was salutatorian, a Chancellor’s Scholar, and served on the Law Review.

Ms Minna Aila (b. 1966), Master of Laws, has nearly 20 years of experience in global B2B technology companies in different sectors and ten years of public sector service at the European Commission before her business career. She is currently Senior Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Affairs at Neste Corporation.

She has previously held senior leadership positions in listed global companies such as Nokia, Konecranes, Outotec and Elcoteq, where her responsibilities have included communications, government relations, corporate responsibility, marketing and investor relations.

Twitter: @MinnaAila

Jean Pierre Gomez is Head of Regulatory & Public Affairs at Societe Generale Securities Services in Luxembourg.

In this role, he is responsible for developing the business strategy and the visibility of SGSS in Luxembourg.

He has 25 years of experience in the investment funds industry. Prior to joining SGSS in 2009, Jean Pierre held several senior positions in collective investment, custody and fund administration, worked as consultant for 3 years and served as director for a number of fund management companies and funds.

He has substantial and extensive client management experience covering a broad range of fund administration services (including the core services of custody, fund accounting and transfer agency), compliance and funds corporate services.

Jean-Pierre contributes actively to ALFI and LPEA working groups, the Luxembourg funds industry trade associations aiming at promoting Luxembourg as main European Centre for investment funds.  He is also a lecturer at the Luxembourg Institute for Training in Banking (House of Training).

He is a regular speaker at international seminars and conferences and was involved in MiFID II workshops organized by Markus FERBER at the European Parliament in 2015 and 2016.

Marie Baumgarts is Head of Sustainability Regulatory Affairs and Sustainability Office at SEB and she was a member of the European Commission's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG). She believes the financial sector to be a key facilitator for reaching the Paris agreement, the EC Action Plan, the European Green deal and the SDGs by redesigning products and services and through brave business decisions. Prior to joining SEB Marie has had various consultancy roles and most recently served as Head of Corporate Responsibility at Tele2. Before starting at Tele2 Marie was heading EY Sweden's Sustainability Advisory Services team. She has been in the field for an NGO (Médecins sans frontiers) and she is well familiar with most international sustainability standards. Marie holds a MSc from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure.

Michel Madelain retired as vice chairman of Moody’s Investors Service in December 2018. He had spent over two decades at Moody’s, holding a range of positions, including as the company’s president and chief operating officer.

Prior to joining Moody’s, Mr Madelain served as a partner of EY’s auditing practice in France.

He is a qualified chartered accountant in France and holds a Master’s degree from Northwestern University.

Andromeda “Andie” Wood is vice president for regulatory strategy for Workiva and will be bringing her knowledge of the technology and regulation landscape in Europe to help inform the EMEA strategy and support the region's growth.  She is an expert in data modeling, taxonomy design, and the role of technology in corporate reporting. 

Andie is an experienced data and semantic modeler and also contributes to the XBRL standard at the international level. She brings a wealth of knowledge and deep understanding of regulatory impacts to global firms emerging from the European Union's Transparency Directive and Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).  Andie also  serves as a member of the XBRL International Inc. Best Practices Board and is co-chair of the XBRL Entity-Specific Disclosure Task Force.

Previously, she was a senior technical manager for the IFRS Foundation helping to develop the IFRS Taxonomy and Standards. She served as a technical expert at global audit and consulting firm, Ernst & Young.

Andie is a frequent speaker on trends in technology for corporate reporting, and publishes various articles on XBRL, ESG, ESEF and digitally transforming corporate reporting. She has also written a column for Accountancy Today on technology and COVID impacts. She has a bachelor of arts in biological sciences from St Catherine’s College at Oxford University.

Ole Buhl has since 2009 been the Head of ESG at ATP, the largest Danish Pension Fund

ATP has for the last twenty years approached ESG from a double-materiality perspective based on ATP’s supervisory boards policies and CEO involvement through ATP’s committee on social responsibility  

Besides running ATP’s committee on social responsibility, Ole Buhl heads a team assisting ATP’s internal & external managers in integrating ESG across all asset classes: All voting and engagement activities are carried out internally at ATP with dedicated staff in the ESG team  in close cooperation with ATP’s internal portfolio managers.

He co-heads Value Reporting Foundation EU/UK investor work group, he is a former Chairman of the Danish Social Investment Forum and has been part of various international ESG initiatives in the last decade.

Bastian Buck is Chief of Standards at GRI, where he has worked in various technical capacities since 2006. Graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam with a Master in Business Administration Bastian has been responsible for all of GRI’s standard setting activities since 2013. He has presented and lectured on sustainability reporting in more than 50 countries and has vast experience in the facilitation of consensus-seeking processes and international multi-stakeholder expert groups.

Hilde Blomme joined Accountancy Europe in 2003 and has been Deputy CEO since 2011. Hilde provides regulatory and technical expertise in the areas of reporting, assurance, (sustainable) finance, tax and practice development and contributes to developing the Federation’s strategy as a Board member. Prior to this assignment, she spent nine years with PwC as an external auditor, consecutively in Brussels, New York and London dealing with both multinational and SME audit and assurance clients. Prior to joining PwC, she spent three years with local Belgian auditing firms serving SME clients. She started her professional career at Morgan Guaranty Trust in Brussels. She is qualified as a US Certified Public Accountant, Belgian Chartered Accountant, and member of the UK Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). She is a member of the Reporting Lab@EFRAG Steering Group.

David Craig is the former CEO and Founder of Refinitiv, one of the world’s largest providers of data, analytics and technology to financial markets, and Strategic Advisor to London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). He was previously a partner at McKinsey and Group Head of Strategy for Reuters plc.

He has been a leader in developing the data and infrastructure that markets need to mainstream sustainability and has a wealth of experience in forging partnerships between data, insight and technology providers and financial markets. David was also one of the driving forces behind the deal which transformed the LSEG into a leading data provider and orchestrated the buyout of Thomson Reuters with a private equity consortium led by Blackstone to form Refinitiv.

David is on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Banking Governors Board, and the WEF Digital Disruption and Innovation group. He co-chairs the India-UK Financial Services Partnership (IUKFP) between UK and Indian Banks, the UK HMT and the Indian Ministry of Finance.

David joins the TNFD as one of the Co-Chairs to lead the way forward in helping financial firms and companies create a simple framework for managing nature related risks and shifting global financial flows toward nature-positive outcomes.

Ben Pott is Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs for EMEA at BNY Mellon. In this role, Ben leads a team that follows key policy and regulatory changes, connecting with external and internal stakeholders to anticipate, advocate and communicate relevant developments in European policy and legislation that may impact the Group's EMEA business. Prior to joining BNY Mellon in March 2019, Ben worked for ICAP/NEX as Group Head of Government Affairs, leading on MiFID II and Brexit amongst others. He also worked as Policy Expert at the European Banking Authority in the areas of recovery and resolution, credit risk and infrastructure services from 2012-2014. Ben started his career at the UK Financial Services Authority (now FCA) in 2005, where he spent 7 years in a variety of roles focusing on post-trade policy implementation and supervision. During that time, Ben spent a year on secondment at HM Treasury helping to negotiate the European Market Infrastructure Regulation

Amy Hepburn is the CEO of the Investor Leadership Network, a 2018 G7-born group of 14 asset managers and asset owners with over $8 trillion assets under management who are committed to sustainability and long-term growth.

Amy is a recognized impact investing expert and social entrepreneur with deep expertise on gender lens social investments and the care of children in crises. In this capacity, she has spent 20 years driving social change globally in the private, non-profit and public sectors through the creation of unique public/private partnerships and investing for high impact social returns.

Her partners include visionary leaders and influencers, governments, social entrepreneurs, non-profits, forward thinking companies, foundations and venture philanthropists seeking innovative solutions to persistent social issues.

Amy was a Delegate on the first G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council created by Prime Minister Trudeau, and an active member of the NationSwell Council and The Global Women’s Forum on Economy and Society.

She has Faculty appointments at Duke University and George Washington University where she teaches on social impact, gender equality, the care of children in crises, human rights and humanitarian action.

Ms. Niang, a dual Senegalese and French national, is the Practice Manager for East Asia and Pacific, covering Pacific Islands, Indonesia/Timor and Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia for the Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice at the World Bank Group. Since joining the Bank in 2004, she has held various positions working on long term infrastructure finance, climate finance, financial inclusion; firm capabilities and innovation; markets and technology; investment and competition, telecoms and digital development, with her most recent assignment being Lead Economist in the LAC Finance Competitiveness and Innovation team.

Niang’s prior positions at the World Bank Group before assuming her current position spent 6 years in the Latin America & the Caribbean region, as Lead Economist in Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global Practice and as Program Leader for the Caribbean countries. She held Country Sector Coordinator and Senior Economist positions in the World Bank’s Finance and Private Sector Development department, in South Asia and Africa.

Prior to joining the World Bank Group, Cecile was an Associate Manager, Business Development at France Telecom North America and a Director, Corporate Development at Juno Online, a US Internet Service Provider. Cecile holds graduate degrees in economics, business administration and information Systems from Columbia University, Paris Dauphine and Telecom Ecole de Management.

Shana Vida Gavron (MBA MBuSc MPhil AIEMA) has over 15 years' experience as an institutional equity analyst for leading Northern European institutions, with multiple Masters degrees in both finance and conservation. She has been developing a solution for the valuation of biodiversity since 2005, which has already led to the successful financial valuation of over 100 species internationally.

Pierre-Henri D’haene is Head of Sustainability at ELIA group, developing sustainable finance topics and leading the corporate ESG program. Reporting to the Group CFO and CCRO, Pierre-Henri’s mission is to embed sustainability into the main Finance functions and bring ESG issues at the highest strategic level in the organization, including the Board of Directors.

Pierre-Henri earned an MBA in Sustainable Finance at Cornell University in the United States and spent the last 12 years in the Energy and Consulting industries in Europe, always seeking to combine sustainability and profitability.

Prior to ELIA, he held several positions at Capgemini Engineering Belgium, from consultant in the Energy sector to Chief Technology Officer and member of the management committee. Pierre-Henri started his career at EDF Luminus in the Energy Trading department.

Before leaving to the United States, Pierre-Henri was representative of his company at the Brussels Chamber of Commerce and member of the Energy Technology Club of AGORIA, the Belgian Federation for the Technology Industry. He has recently been selected to be part of the first ever Belgium’s 40 Under 40 community where he will help Belgium being at the forefront of sustainable finance by working on sustainability corporate governance.

Pierre-Henri is a guest lecturer on ESG topics in the MBA Program at Cornell University in the US, the University of Exeter in the UK, and the Vlerick Business School in Belgium. He holds a Master degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCL, Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium.

Subramanian (Subi) Kuppuswami is the Global Head of Sustainable Banking & Investments for TCS BFSI business group. Subi has over 25 years of sales, solution development and technology experience in Banking & Financial Services. With passion for Sustainability, Subi enjoys working in the intersection of sustainability & ESG, business and technology championing TCS’ efforts in externalizing its sustainability capabilities and crafting differentiated solutions to address the rapidly emerging needs in this space. Prior to this, Subi has been responsible for leading large sales opportunities for multiple Banking & Capital Market customers across Europe and UK.

Karl-Oskar Olming is Head of Sustainability Strategy and Policy at SEB Group and member of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. Mr. Olming’s role within the Platform is to advice on an extended EU Taxonomy. Mr. Olming has 20 years’ experience from working with sustainability in the areas of international standard setting, due diligence, international trade finance in banking, government and the UN.

Geraldine Matchett (1972, British; French; Swiss) is Co-Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Managing Board of Royal DSM. She joined DSM’s Managing Board and became CFO in 2014, and was additionally appointed as Co-CEO in February 2020, alongside Dimitree di Vreeze.

Before joining DSM, Geraldine worked with the SGS Group, where she held various positions including Senior Vice President Group Financial Controller, before being appointed Global Chief Financial Officer in March 2010. In this role, she was voted CFO of the year in Switzerland for large companies. Before joining SGS, she worked for Deloitte in Switzerland and for KPMG in the UK, obtaining her Chartered Accountant qualification while working in London.

Geraldine holds a bachelor's degree in Physical & Human Geography from Reading University (UK) and a master's degree in Sustainable Development from Cambridge University (UK).

She currently holds a number of wider positions: Non-Executive Director of ABB; Board member of Catalyst Europe;Member of HRH the Prince of Wales’ A4S (Accounting for Sustainability) CFO Leadership Network Europe; Board member of FCLT Global; and Member of the Foundation Board of IMD Business School.

Carmel Giblin is the President & CEO of the ICTI Ethical Toy Program and has been with the organisation since February 2015. She is responsible for the overall success of the Ethical Toy Program globally.

Carmel believes passionately that businesses globally have a duty to behave responsibly, at all times protecting the rights of their workers, the communities in which they operate and the environment in which they live and work and is proud to be part of the world’s leading initiative committed to improving the lives of workers involved in toy and juvenile products production.

Before joining the Ethical Toy Program, Carmel was the CEO of Sedex for five years – an organisation that, under her leadership, grew to become the largest technology and services company operating in the responsible sourcing sector globally.

Carmel’s earlier roles include: Head of Corporate Responsibility & Accessibility at Sky, Europe’s leading entertainment company, Buyer at retailers Somerfield, Waitrose, and Exxon Mobil and in supplier organisations Britvic Soft Drinks and Allied Domecq in roles that included customer management, risk management and organisational design and effectiveness reviews.

Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran is the Chief Executive Officer of Minderoo Foundation’s No Plastic Waste initiative, a campaign aiming to eliminate the negative impacts of plastic on people and the planet.

Prior to becoming the CEO of No Plastic Waste in July 2021, Ramesh was Principal at MEGVIN Advisors LLC in 2020.

Before this Ramesh was the President and CEO of the Kuwait-based EQUATE Petrochemical Company where he realised all-time high earnings of USD 2.12 billion and positioned the company to become the largest non-oil export firm in the country.

Previously, he led a global joint venture, MEGLOBAL International, where he leveraged his expertise in chemical products, financial operations and regulatory compliance to deliver an unprecedented EBITDA exceeding USD 700 million and pioneer the world’s first recycled PET product for the bottled water industry.

Formerly serving in key leadership roles at Dow Chemical Company in the U.S.A., Canada and India, Ramesh is highly skilled in developing and implementing comprehensive strategies based on evolving market environments, relevant geopolitical events and overarching organizational objectives.

Martina drives the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) CFO Leadership Network for Europe and is responsible for several technical projects that involve different A4S teams and key players in the corporate and financial services community. She provides technical guidance on embedding sustainability into the finance function of banks.

Martina has more than 11 years consulting experience in Finance and Financial Services, having worked for Ernst & Young (EY) where she was a Senior Manager in the UK CFO Advisory team. She has extensive experience in leading technical projects for banks in the reporting, regulatory and risk space, working with C-suite executives and senior finance professionals by managing cross border compliance and change programmes. Previously she worked as a banking auditor in EY Italy.

She is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) and qualified project manager (Prince2). She holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance and a Bachelor in Business and Economics from the University of Padua, Italy. 

Carlos Monreal is the Founder and CEO of Plastic Energy, one of the world’s leading chemical recycling companies, with industrial plants in operation for the last five years. He is an engineer by training and has been a serial entrepreneur for more than 30 years, focusing on developing disruptive technologies and innovative solutions in the sustainability sector. He is the founder of a wide range of companies whose activities include the development of GPS applications like precision farming and machine control of fleet management, as well as an EPC company on renewable energy. Carlos is also the founder and CEO of Greenland Capital, a company with the vision to identify and develop new technologies that provide sustainable and economical solutions to the growing challenges of waste and water management, and alternative energy management.

Jessica Fries is Executive Chairman of The Prince’s Accounting for Sustainability Project (A4S), established by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales in 2004. She has led A4S since 2008, working with the finance community to catalyze a shift to a sustainable economy, with a focus on practical actions and targeted interventions capable of achieving global change. While at A4S, Jessica has been responsible for establishing the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), as well as A4S’s CFO Leadership Network and capital markets programme. Previously, Jessica held a number of roles at PwC advising a wide range of companies, governments, investors and not-for-profit organizations. Jessica has written extensively on ways to integrate sustainability into business and finance, and has been a member of a number of International, European and UK Government Committees, including the UK Treasury’s Sustainability Reporting Steering Committee, the European Commission’s Expert Group on Non-Financial Disclosure and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Advisory Group.  She is currently a member the IIRC Council, the Smith School Global Sustainable Finance Advisory Council, the UN Global Assessment Report Advisory Council and Vice Chair of the Global Reporting Initiative. Jessica is a chartered accountant, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Helena is commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority (CNMV). She is also co-rapporteur of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance and a member of the EIB´s Climate and Environment Advisory Council.

Prior to the CNMV, Helena was Senior Policy Adviser on Sustainable Finance for BNP Paribas and Global Head of Stewardship and Policy for BNP Paribas Asset Management. She led on BNPP AM’S policy and stewardship activities (engagement with companies, proxy voting ) on Sustainability, including  engagement with policymakers.  She was a member of the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance whose role is to assist the European Commission in the development of EU taxonomy and the implementation of the EC Action Plan as well as to the AMF Comite de Climat et Finance Durable. She was a board member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), represented BNPP AM in the EFAMA committee on Stewardship and ESG, is, and sat on a number of additional committees, including the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Green Finance Advisory Group,  PRI Policy Reference Group and the Technical Advisory Group of the LSE-led Transition Pathway Initiative. 

As Deputy Global Head of Sustainability, Helena played a critical role in the design, development and implementation of BNPP AM’s Global Sustainability Strategy. Helena had previously led the Sustainability Research team until 2019. She has eighteen years’ experience of working in responsible business and sustainable investment. 

Previously, Helena led Oxfam's advocacy work on responsible investment and engagement with institutional investors in support of poverty reduction.  She is the author of numerous papers and articles, including a book. She earned a BA in Economics and a postgraduate in Latin American Economics from the University of Barcelona (Spain), followed by an MSc in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Santosh has significant experience in defining and implementing sustainability strategies at Novozymes and is currently focused on integrating sustainability further in their commercial and corporate positioning. He has been leading Novozymes’s engagement with investors, customers and other stakeholders on sustainability topics and has led their sustainability reporting efforts for more than 5 years. He is leading Novozymes efforts to comply with TCFD, the EU taxonomy and other frameworks. In addition to sustainability, Santosh has over 15 years of experience as a Management Consultant, Entrepreneur and Engineer and holds an MBA in Strategy & Marketing.

Allen Witters (Managing Director). Over his 35-year career, Allen has helped shape modern business by founding and operating several leading services, manufacturing, and technology companies.

• Companies he has founded are still in existence today (20+ years) and have delivered billions in earnings and dividends to stakeholders.
• His companies have been bought by CenturyLink, Hewlett Packard, Di-Nippon, Harris Corp, Sumitumo, Souix Steel, and Pharmacia.
• Managed M&A across 50+ deals.
• Managed $400mm+ P&L, $3B+ CAPEX/OPEX Budgets.
• Generated contracts worth $25B+
• Cloud, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, M2M, IoT and Platforms of all flavors.
• Led private and public companies - from Early Stage to Successful Exit. Businesses representing diverse industries with operations and distribution in domestic and international markets. Brought major brand licenses to LED Lighting, Electronics markets.
• Managed operations in 135 countries. Familiar with business practices and social customs in Japan, China, South America, Europe, Middle East and Soviet Republic. Maintained political contacts/relationships within six major countries.
• Led multiple corporate development transactions and deals ranging in value - from $1 million to $9 billion (e.g., contracts, venture capital, M&A, IPO, convertible preferred stock, equity/debt financings, equipment financings, divestitures) - and managed several post-acquisition business transition and integration initiatives.
• Secured contract wins with 85 of Fortune 100 and 500+ of Fortune 1000 corporations.
• Built and led cross-functional, multinational workforces more than 2500 employees.
• Gained GSA vendor approval status in record time - 19 days from start to finish.
• Created and acquired several technology patents
• Earned 2000 Smithsonian Computerworld Award for outstanding achievement and design.

Former and current Advisor to: US Navy; NSA; NRO; DoD/Pentagon; GSA; US Air Force; US Marine Corp; DOE; Whirlpool Corp.; Rockwell International; Litton Industries; ITT; Gilfillan Bertlesman; AOL/Time Warner; Disney; Rocketdyne; 3M; GM/DELCO; TRW; Wagner Spraytech; Wal*Mart; Sears Roebuck; Warner Bros.; Paramount Studios; Sony; HP; Hitachi Corp.; RR Donnelley; Experian; SGI; Government of Belgium; Government of Germany.

Gabriel Thoumi, Head of Plastics Programme & Director of Financial Markets, Planet Tracker is a CFA and FRM qualified research manager in debt, equity, and commodity markets. He brings over 15 years of experience with extensive technical knowledge on integrating scientific and ESG data into financial models to determine pricing signals and asset allocation strategies. He has led many successful global investment research programs and engagement strategies. He has written extensively for many years on ESG integration and is a frequent global speaker. He has also achieved the Certified Ecologist certification from the Ecological Society of America and the LEED AP certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.