Responsible Investment Forum: Europe 2021

Graeme Ardus

Head of ESG, Triton Partners

Head of Environmental, Social and Governance, Triton Capital Partners
Graeme Ardus joined Triton in May 2013 as Head of Environment, Social Responsibility and Governance (ESG). Graeme previously held industrial roles as a Global Director of Occupational Health, Safety and Environment (OHSE) and Sustainability at Amcor, a multinational packaging firm, before which he was a Director of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and Sustainability at Alcan Packaging. Prior to this he spent ten years working for Environmental Resources Management, managing and undertaking a broad range of EHS projects. Graeme is a member of the EVCA Responsible Investment Roundtable.

Graeme holds an MA Hons, Geography Degree from the University of Glasgow and an MSc in Environmental Management in the Business Community.

Triton Capital Partners

Triton is a private equity investment firm investing in medium-sized businesses in northern Europe, Italy and Spain. We focus on companies with the potential to create sustainable, long-term value through changing economic cycles and we work closely with management to achieve that.

We are currently invested in companies in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, with combined sales of around €13 billion and more than 55,500 employees.

We have around 100 institutional investors, including top tier public and private pension funds, insurance companies, banks, family offices and asset managers*.

Stefano Bacci

Partner & ESG Manager, Ambienta

Stefano is a Partner and Ambienta’s ESG Manager. He joined Ambienta in 2012 and is based in London.
He has been involved in a number of transactions including Tower Light, Calucem, Oskar Nolte and IP Cleaning.
Prior to joining Ambienta, he was a Partner at Palamon Capital Partners (London) for nine years and spent eight years at the Boston Consulting Group (Milan, Stockholm, Helsinki), focusing on European industrial companies. He started his career at BASF in Basle, first in the R&D division and eventually in the stabilisation of recycled plastics.
Stefano graduated from Politecnico University of Milan with a degree in Chemical Engineering and holds an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics and MIT in Boston. He also completed Postgraduate studies in Physical Chemistry at the Technische Universität Darmstadt.

Jonathan Bailey

Head of ESG Investing, Neuberger Berman

Jonathan Bailey, Managing Director, is Head of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Investing at Neuberger Berman and Portfolio Manager for the US Equity Impact Strategy. He joined the firm in 2017 and is responsible for the integration of material ESG factors into investment processes firm-wide. Jonathan oversees the firm’s approach to proprietary ESG analysis and impact measurement. Jonathan chairs the firm's ESG Committee and sits on both the firm's Governance and Proxy Voting Committee and its Operating Committee. He also leads client engagement and thought leadership on ESG and impact topics. Jonathan holds an MBA (with high distinction) from Harvard Business School, an MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and an MA (Oxon) from the University of Oxford. Jonathan is a Chair of the Board of Instiglio, a developing market social impact bond advisory non-profit.

Neuberger Berman

Neuberger Berman was founded in 1939 to do one thing: deliver compelling investment results for our clients over the long term. This remains our singular purpose today, driven by a culture rooted in deep fundamental research, the pursuit of investment insight and continuous innovation on behalf of clients, and facilitated by the free exchange of ideas across the organization.
As a private, independent, employee-owned investment manager, Neuberger Berman is structurally aligned with the long-term interests of our clients. We have no external parent or public shareholders to serve, nor other lines of business to distract us from our core mission. And with our employees and their families invested alongside our clients—plus 100% of employee deferred cash compensation directly linked to team and firm strategies—we are truly in this together.
From offices in 36 cities across 25 countries, Neuberger Berman manages a range of equity, fixed income, private equity and hedge fund strategies on behalf of institutions, advisors and individual investors worldwide. With more than 600 investment professionals and approximately 2,400 employees in total, Neuberger Berman has built a diverse team of individuals united in their commitment to client outcomes and investment excellence. Our culture has afforded us enviable retention rates among our senior investment staff and has earned us citations as first or second (among those with 1,000 or more employees) in the Pensions & Investments “Best Places to Work in Money Management” survey each year since 2014.

Rami Bibi

Head of EMEA Global Impact, KKR

Rami M. Bibi (London) joined KKR in 2014 and is the Head of Europe for KKR Global Impact, the firm’s private market investing platform focused on businesses that promote solutions associated with sustainable living, climate change, lifelong learning, and inclusive economic development. He serves as a member of the Global Impact Investment Committee and Portfolio Management Committee, and co-leads KKR’s ESG taskforce in Europe. Mr. Bibi is currently on the Board of Citation Group. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Morgan Stanley in London and New York. He is on the Global Steering Committee of Human Rights Watch, an international non-profit. Mr. Bibi graduated from Tufts University with degrees in Quantitative Economics, Physics, and History.

KKR

KKR is a leading global investment firm that manages investments across multiple asset classes including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit and hedge funds. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world‐class people, and driving growth and value creation at the asset level. KKR invests its own capital alongside its partners' capital and brings opportunities to others through its capital markets business. References to KKR's investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds. For additional information about KKR & Co. L.P.(NYSE:KKR), please visit KKR's website. www.kkr.com

Emma Bickerstaffe

Managing Director, ESG & Sustainability, MJ Hudson

Emma Bickerstaffe leads the ESG & sustainability practice at MJ Hudson offering both software solutions and advisory services to private market fund managers and investors globally.

Emma’s main focus is to help mangers comply with relevant regulation, integrate ESG across their investment processes, and identify material sustainability risks and value creation opportunities within their portfolios. Emma is passionate about helping clients to understand the impact of their investments on the environment and broader society, and ensure managers adopt responsible investment practices.

MJ Hudson

MJ Hudson Spring supports investors in the design and implementation of responsible investment strategies, ranging from negative screening to impact, throughout their investment process. With over 10 years of experience in ESG and RI, we assist a wide array of funds, including private equity firms, asset managers, institutional investors, and family offices. We build upon strategy and business experience across a range of industries and geographies, combined with specific and up-to-date knowledge of sustainability and ESG topics. Our international team of highly skilled consultants can develop responsible investment strategies that fit your investment philosophy and equity story. We can aid you in the integration of these strategies into your core operations.

Maarten Biermans

ESG & Investor Relations, Prow Capital

Adam Black

Partner, Head of ESG & Sustainability, Coller Capital

Adam has had a career in ESG and sustainability for over 30 years. He holds a BSc (Hons) Environmental Science, MA Environmental Law and a post-graduate in Occupational Health and Safety. Adam is also a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (FIEMA), Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv), and Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (CMIOSH).

During his career, Adam has worked across most industry sectors and in over 60 countries worldwide. His first in-house private finance role was in 2008 (at multi-national private equity, venture capital and real estate manager Doughty Hanson). As one of the first dedicated ESG leads for the asset class he implemented one of the first sustainability focused value creation programmes in private equity. He has worked in-house ever since, across private equity buy out, real estate, infrastructure and venture capital, as well private markets secondary investments of all types (debt and equity). Adam left Doughty Hanson as Partner and Head of Sustainability in 2016 to join Coller Capital (global private markets secondaries). As a Partner in the Investment Team (CIO Office), he has responsibility for ESG integration across all investment decision-making and management processes, as well as various initiatives applicable across the wider business.

Prior to 2008, Adam worked at KPMG Europe (sustainability advisory business lead), ERM (global sustainability consultancy) and ERM CVS (ISO certification), and at Halliburton (oil and gas focused multi-national). He is a frequent speaker and contributor to publications on responsible investment, ESG and sustainability within finance, and has delivered ESG training on behalf of Invest Europe, the BVCA, IEMA and academia (including MSc and MBA programmes).

Coller Capital

Coller Capital, founded in 1990, is one of the world's leading investors in the secondary market for private assets – and widely acknowledged as an innovator at the complex end of secondaries.
The firm provides liquidity solutions to private markets investors worldwide, acquiring interests in private equity, private credit, and other private markets assets. With headquarters in London, and offices in New York and Hong Kong, Coller’s multinational investment team has a truly global reach.
In January 2021, the firm closed Coller International Partners VIII, with committed capital (including co-investment vehicles) of just over $9 billion and backing from over 200 of the world’s leading institutional investors.

Nicolas Bourdier

Partner, Sustainability, PwC

Nicolas is a Partner within the PwC's Sustainability Team in France. He co-leads the PwC EMEA Sustainability and ESG efforts for the Banking industry and also provides advisory services to large corporate C-Suite executives on Sustainable & Responsible Investments while conducting ESG Due Diligences for private equity companies on various sectors and industries.

He has 15+ years' experience as an advisor in the financial services industry both in Europe and North America. He specializes in complex strategic and transformation projects where cross competencies are needed (strategy, advisory, legal, tax).

Nicolas holds a Master from ESCP Europe and received an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he studied Climate Change.

PwC

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 155 countries with over 284,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory and tax services. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com.

Douglas Bryden

Partner, Head of Risk & Operational Regulatory, Travers Smith

Doug is Head of Risk & Operational Regulatory, specialising in UK, EU and international environment, regulatory, governance and trade law.
Doug's practice focuses on a range of ESG and business human rights compliance, risk and liability management issues. Be it advising on regulatory licensing, ‘long-tail’ environmental and safety liabilities through to guiding boards and investors on corporate transparency, governance, trade compliance and crisis response, Doug is recognised as a leader in his field.
Doug has particular expertise in managing the legal aspects of ESG and business human rights and ethics in corporate M&A and projects.
Regularly traveling abroad, Doug advises and talks on ESG matters and is helping develop a global network of leading ESG specialist lawyers. Doug is a member of International Environmental Law Network and speaks at industry conferences in Europe and North America.
Doug is ranked ‘Band 1’ in Chambers and Partners 2021, a ‘Hall of Fame’ in Legal 500 2021 and a ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ in Who’s Who Legal 2021.

Travers Smith

It's not just law at Travers Smith. Your business is our business. Independent and bound only by your ambitions, we are wherever you need us to be. Our clients know that we treat their business as our business, their dispute as our dispute, their challenges as ours. They know that wherever in the world they or their ambitions lie, we will work as one of their team to get things done. And they know that we do so in a straight-talking, thoughtful and open way.

Richard Burrett

Chief Sustainability Officer, Earth Capital

Richard is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Earth Capital and is also a member of the Investment Committee.

Richard has spent over 35 years in international banking. In his 20 years at ABN AMRO he worked in corporate and structured finance. As Global Head of Project Finance, he was involved in the creation of the Equator Principles, a market recognised standard for managing environmental and social risk issues. Latterly as Global Head of Sustainability, he chaired the group’s Sustainability Council.

He is currently an Independent Non-Exec Director of Triodos Bank UK, a Senior Adviser to the Earth Security Group and a Dutch Development Bank (FMO) nominated non-Exec Board Director of Union Bank of Nigeria. He is former Chair of the UNEP Finance Initiative. He is a Fellow of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and holds a BA and MBA from Durham University.

Earth Capital

Earth Capital is the global private equity investment group founded by Gordon Power and Stephen Lansdown, co-founder of Hargreaves Lansdown. The group managers are responsible for over $1.7 billion in sustainable and impact private markets investments.

Earth Capital’s mission is to raise and deploy capital in sustainable technology companies which address the challenges of Sustainable Development and are focused across the themes of energy, food, and water.

Earth Capital’s award-winning sustainable measurement tool, the Earth Dividend™, not only measures and manages the holistic sustainable development of a portfolio company, but by doing so has the potential to enhance value and support risk mitigation, thereby increasing returns on exit. The Earth Dividend™ has been developed by Earth Capital’s in-house Sustainability specialists following a detailed benchmark of international best practice approaches.

For more information, visit earthcapital.net and follow the company on LinkedIn.

Joana Castro

Principal and Head of Primary Fund Investing, Unigestion

Joana Castro is a Principal and Head of Primary fund investing at Unigestion. Joana is also responsible for ESG in the Private Equity team. She joined Unigestion in September 2016. Joana began her career in 2007 in investment banking at Goldman Sachs. In 2010, she joined the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as Senior Analyst focusing on private equity funds investments and became Principal at EBRD in 2013. Joana graduated in economics from Catolica Lisbon School of Business and Economics in Lisbon, Portugal.

Unigestion

Unigestion is an independent, specialist asset manager providing innovative, tailored solutions for investors worldwide. Since our creation in 1971, we have stayed true to our conviction that intelligent risk-taking is key to delivering consistent returns over time. Today, we manage USD 21.5bn across equities, private equity, liquid alternatives and multi asset. (Source: Unigestion, as at 31.03.2021)

Helping clients achieve investment success drives everything we do. We take the time to understand their requirements and work with them to create tailored solutions that meet their needs. We have decades of experience in running bespoke mandates, which today account for the majority of our AUM.

Our focus on understanding and anticipating risk as a means to outperform sets us apart. By taking risk in a measured, informed way, we aim to deliver superior performance for our clients. Risk management is part of our DNA, our culture and defines everything we do.

Headquartered in Geneva, Unigestion has a global presence that extends across Europe, North America and Asia.

Corinne Carr

Founder and Responsible Reward Consultant, PeopleNet Limited

Corinne Carr is a Remuneration Consultant based in London who specialises in Responsible Reward, the integration of remuneration and sustainability. She advocates that all responsible employers should align their Employer Value Proposition (base pay, incentives, benefits and pension) to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Corinne established the remuneration consultancy, PeopleNet Ltd, in 1998. Her clients are in financial services, energy, technology, retail and government. They want to be employers, investment opportunities and investors of choice.
Corinne runs masterclasses and workshops for remuneration and non-remuneration professionals. She also hosts the ‘PAYING FOR GOOD’ podcast where she invites guests every week to talk about Responsible Reward as a catalyst to achieve the UN SDGs by 2030.
Bilingual in French and English, Corinne started her career with Bank of America in 1990 and holds an MBA from the EUA, San Francisco. She is a Fellow of the CIPD. Further details can be found at www.peoplenet.ltd.uk.

Maria Carradice

Managing Director, Mayfair Equity Partners

Maria joined Mayfair in 2015 to work alongside portfolio companies to identify, quantify and unlock business process improvement activities. Maria’s expertise as both a former practitioner and consultant allows her to focus on opportunities to drive incremental value in areas such as tax, ESG and finance with the aim of supporting the teams Mayfair partners with to deliver their plans faster or with less risk.

Previous experience

Prior to Mayfair Maria worked at LDC where she advised LDC and its portfolio companies on a wide range of M&A structuring, tax, operational and accounting issues as well as advising on fund structuring and related investor issues. Prior to that Maria worked for both Deloitte and Arthur Andersen in their private equity and international M&A groups.

Education and qualifications

Maria is a qualified accountant, tax and treasury adviser, has a first-class honours degree in Chemistry from The University of Surrey, a PhD in Nanotechnology from Cambridge University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Maria is also a member of the British Venture Capital Association’s Tax Committee and Responsible Investing Advisory Group.

Mayfair Equity Partners

Mayfair Equity Partners is a buyout and growth capital investor providing capital to dynamic businesses in the TMT and Consumer sectors. Its primary focus is on building strong partnerships with exceptional management teams. Mayfair is an investor in a broad portfolio including OVO Energy, a high-growth tech-enabled challenger brand in the energy space, YO!, a multi-brand multi-channel sushi platform with operations across the UK, Canada and the US, Pixomondo, the VFX house behind the Emmy-winning HBO series Game of Thrones and the Oscar-winning 2011 film Hugo and GCI, one of the UK’s leading Converged ICT Service Providers, as well as nine other promising growth businesses.

Tim Clare

Director - ESG Advisory, Anthesis Group

Tim is Anthesis’ Director for ESG Advisory Services. Tim has over 25 years of experience in consulting; during that time, he has worked extensively with private equity, starting with M&A transaction support and more recently helping his clients as they have started and progressed on their ESG journeys.

In that regard Tim’s focuses have included developing new ways to monitor ESG performance and to enhance the assessment and mitigation of climate change risks, including in line with the TCFD. Tim is Anthesis project director for its input to the SBT Guidance for the Private Equity Sector.

Tim currently sits on the British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association’s (BVCA) Responsible Investment
Advisory Group

Anthesis

Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, companies, and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world. The company combines the reach of big professional services groups with the deep expertise of boutiques. Anthesis has clients across industry sectors from SMEs to corporate multinationals and extensive experience in private equity field where we have been a leader in ESG implementation. The company brings together 600 experts operating in 40 countries around the world.

Given our private equity and climate experience, Anthesis has been appointed by the World Resources Institute on behalf of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) to co-author the Science Based Target Guidance for the Private Equity Sector.

www.anthesisgroup.com

Nicky Crawford

Director, Sustainability and ESG, UK, PwC

Nicky is a Director in PwC’s Sustainability and Climate Change team specialising in sustainability work in the private equity sector. With 20 years’ experience in sustainability consulting, Nicky has a deep technical knowledge of sustainability issues and their importance within the responsible investment context. Nicky leads PwC UK’s ESG in Private Equity team who support PE clients and their portfolio companies on their ESG journeys, integrating ESG across the transaction lifecycle. Nicky has a diverse set of client experience across multiple sectors beyond PE, including energy, healthcare, consumer, manufacturing, TMT, transport, waste and real estate in both mature and emerging markets.

PwC

Prior to joining PwC, Nicky was a Partner at ERM where she was for 18 years. In 2016/17 Nicky was seconded to a renewable energy fund as their ESG Manager where she developed the ESG risk management systems and tools across the investment life cycle, and supported them during fundraising.

Nicky sits on the Responsible Investment Advisory Board of the British Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (BVCA), and the Responsible Investment Roundtable of Invest Europe.

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 155 countries with more than 284,000 people who are committed to delivering quality assurance, advisory and tax services. Supporting these teams is PwC’s global sustainability network, representing more than 800 experts in over 60 territories. PwC's Sustainability practice helps organisations plan, source, deliver, finance and measure their wider impact. We’re helping future-proof businesses by making them more resilient and sustainable. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com.
https://www.pwc.com/

Matthew Cvijan

Commercial Director, Carbon Intelligence

Matt leads our Financial Services proposition within private markets, working closely with our client base and providing industry insights into the latest trends in sustainability within Financial Services.

Matt has over nine years of experience in supporting client success and five years of experience in the zero-carbon economy. Matt is passionate about empowering clients to take action and partnering together to achieve bold ESG targets backed by robust reduction and removals pathways. His insight and support helps clients to fully embrace and embed their ESG agenda.

Carbon Intelligence

Carbon Intelligence helps some of the largest companies in the world set and achieve ambitious sustainability targets to tackle the climate crisis. We bring together a world-class team of strategists, engineers, technologists, data scientists and educators; sustainability people who bring fresh thinking to ESG. We’re based in London and work with global market-leading organisations across the world including Private Equity funds embracing ESG to increase long-term portfolio sustainability. Our data platform and expertise in cross-sector climate transition modelling drive measurable reductions in CO2 emissions. With a decade’s worth of experience, insights from 45,000 buildings in 60 countries and some of the finest minds in sustainability, we are redefining the carbon intelligent enterprise.

Sophia Damianou

Managing Director, Business Development (EMEA), Northleaf Capital Partners

Sophia Damianou is a Managing Director, responsible for Northleaf’s business development activities in the UK and Europe, including working closely with existing and prospective investors and investment consultants to design, develop and monitor their private markets portfolios.

Prior to joining Northleaf, Sophia was Director of Marketing at CapeView Capital where she had global sales coverage responsibility across all of CapeView’s products. Previously, Sophia was Vice President – EMEA Business Development for Mesirow Financial International where she was responsible for business development strategy for new markets in the EMEA region. Sophia began her career as an Associate on the Capital Introductions team at Credit Suisse.

Sophia holds a B.Sc. from University College London, an M.Sc., Law and Economics, from the London School of Economics and an MBA, Finance from Columbia Business School.

Northleaf Capital Partners

Northleaf Capital Partners is a global private markets investment firm with more than US$17 billion in private equity, private credit and infrastructure commitments under management on behalf of public, corporate and multi-employer pension plans, endowments, foundations, financial institutions and family offices. Northleaf’s 150-person team, located in Toronto, Chicago, London, Melbourne, Menlo Park, Montreal and New York, is focused exclusively on sourcing, evaluating and managing private markets investments globally. Northleaf’s portfolio includes more than 400 active investments in 40 countries, with a focus on mid-market companies and assets.

Phil Davis

Director of ESG & Impact, Helios Investment Partners

Phil joined Helios Investment Partners in August 2020, leading Helios’ ESG and Impact related activities across all of Helios’ strategies, including Helios’ Article 9 Climate Fund, CLEAR. He has 17+ years of relevant professional experience. He was previously Head of Sustainability for EMEA at The Carlyle Group, where he had oversight of regional ESG activities in Private Equity, Real Assets and Global Credit. He was also previously Assistant Director in the Sustainability and Climate Change Consulting team at PwC, providing ESG and climate related services to a range of financial services clients. In 2023, he joined the PRI’s Private Equity Advisory Committee.

Helios Investment Partners

Helios Investment Partners is the leading Africa-focused private investment firm, creating real impact on the continent since 2004. We have consistently delivered competitive returns for our limited partners by investing across a broad spectrum, from creating start-ups to providing established companies with growth capital and expertise.

We have become a leader by deploying an entrepreneurial business-building approach, leveraging our deep knowledge of Africa and our network of global and local relationships. Our portfolio companies have added value and positive impact in their countries of operation, and our reputation as a partner of choice means we continue to find unique opportunities to invest across the continent.

Allegra Day

ESG Director, Cinven

Allegra is a member of the Portfolio team.
Allegra was previously a Manager in the Climate Change team at CDC Group where she led ESG value creation projects with portfolio companies and implemented the firm’s climate change strategy with a focus on the just transition to a net zero economy. Prior to CDC, Allegra advised businesses and investors on their sustainability strategies at Social Ventures Australia and was a commercial lawyer with Herbert Smith Freehills and Norton Rose in Sydney, Australia.
Allegra has an MBA from University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Sydney.
She joined Cinven in 2021

Dr. Silva Deželan

Head of Impact & ESG, Forbion

Dr. Silva Dezelan is Forbion’s Head of Impact & ESG, responsible for its impact and ESG initiatives, strategy, and further implementation. Silva has over 15 years’ experience in ESG integration, sustainability, and impact investing, most recently as ESG Director at Stafford Capital Partners and before that as Director, Sustainability at Robeco - Private Equity. She started her career in responsible investing as an SRI analyst at the Institute for Investment Services Research in 2007. Prior to that, Silva was an Assistant Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia.

Silva contributes her knowledge of ESG best-practice to a number of professional organizations, including as the vice-chair of Invest Europe’s ESG Committee and a member of the NVP’s Responsible Investment Committee. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Abhisheik Dhawan

Sustainable Finance and Partnerships Specialist, United Nations Capital Development Fund

Abhisheik Dhawan is currently working as Sustainable Finance and Partnerships Specialist with UNCDF. In this role, he is responsible for creating innovative blended finance vehicles as well as lead partnerships efforts for UNCDF at a corporate level. As part of his efforts on creating

innovative blended finance vehicles, he has led the creation of Climate Insurance Linked Resilient Infrastructure Finance (CILRIF) multi-stakeholder working group over the last 36 months. Prior to joining UNCDF, he worked as Director, Cleantech Practice at Business

Development Bank of Canada. With 20+ years of experience in international markets and financial services, he has worked with banks and technology companies, including start-ups, in India and the United States, engaging with clients across continents. Over the last eight years, he has shifted focus to

sustainable development. Abhisheik started his banking career of over a decade with IDBI Bank at Bangalore, India’s tech capital, with a focus on the IT industry. Subsequently, he worked as Director at Standard Chartered Bank covering middle market and large corporate clients. Abhisheik has completed an

MPA with a concentration on Economic and Energy Policy and Finance from Columbia University in New York. He also holds an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM Kozhikode), CFA-Level II and a B.Tech. in Mining Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISMDhanbad).

Sergio Dias

Head of Key Account Management, RepRisk

Sergio Dias joined RepRisk in 2020 and is responsible for managing the team of key account managers in order to deliver high-quality services to clients globally. He and his team establish long-term relationships with key clients and develop mutual growth opportunities.

Prior to joining RepRisk, Sergio worked as a Strategy & Origination Manager at Swiss Re, where he led several global growth initiatives and implemented market strategies around the world. Previously, he worked as a Client Manager and Business Originator at Rothschild Private Banking and Credit Suisse, working mainly with high-profile clients.

Sergio holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland, and a professional football coaching certification – the UEFA A license.

RepRisk

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Switzerland, RepRisk is a pioneer in ESG data science that leverages the combination of AI and machine learning with human intelligence to systematically analyze public information and identify material ESG risks. RepRisk’s flagship product, the RepRisk ESG Risk Platform, is the world’s largest and most comprehensive due diligence database on ESG and business conduct risks, with expertise in 23 languages and coverage of 180,000+ public and private companies and 45,000+ infrastructure projects. For more than a decade, the world’s leading financial institutions and corporations have trusted RepRisk for due diligence and risk management across their operations, business relationships, and investments.

Peter Dunbar

Principal – Responsible Investment, StepStone Group

Peter Dunbar is a member of the Responsible Investing team at StepStone, focusing on ESG integration across asset classes and investment strategies.

Prior to joining StepStone, he was Head of Private Equity at the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), where he led the PRI’s work on private equity and venture capital.

Previously, he was a Senior Manager at Capital Group, working in its emerging markets private equity business, focusing on ESG and investor relations.

Peter received a BSc in Human and Physical Geography from the University of Reading.
StepStone Group
StepStone Group Inc. (Nasdaq: STEP) is a global private markets investment firm focused on providing customized investment solutions and advisory, data and administrative services to its clients. As of June 30, 2023, StepStone was responsible for approximately $640 billion of total capital, including $143 billion of assets under management. StepStone’s clients include some of the world's largest public and private defined benefit and defined contribution pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies, as well as prominent endowments, foundations, family offices and private wealth clients, which include high-net-worth and mass affluent individuals. StepStone partners with its clients to develop and build private market portfolios designed to meet their specific objectives across the private equity, infrastructure, private debt and real estate asset classes.

Martin Ewald

Managing Director, Allianz Global Investors

Martin Ewald is a Managing Director in the London office of Allianz Global Investors and heads the Impact Investment team of AllianzGI as Lead Portfolio Manager.

The team currently manages the Allianz Impact Investment Fund and AfricaGrow and is active in environmental and social impact investments in Europe and Africa.

He serves on several boards and Advisory Committees in the impact space and is active across several initiatives with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) but also the Global Innovation Lab for Climate Finance.

Martin holds a Master’s degree with merit in International Management from the University of Exeter and a Master’s degree with merit in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the University of Mannheim where he also is a lecturer in Finance covering Impact Investments.

Allianz Global Investors

As a leading active asset manager with over 800 investment professionals in 25 offices worldwide, Allianz Global Investors manages €557 billion in assets for individuals, families and institutions. Active is the most important word in our vocabulary. Active is how we create and share value with clients. We believe in solving, not selling, and in adding value beyond pure economic gain. We invest for the long term, employing our innovative investment expertise and global resources. Our commitment to active asset management is unambiguous. Whatever the asset class, geographic scope or investment style, we are always active. Our active offering encompasses equities, fixed income, multi-asset and alternatives, with convictions based on local and global market insight. Underpinned by strong data, vast experience and a culture of risk management, our broad offering translates into real choices to meet clients’ investment needs.

Melissa Ferraz

Managing Director, eFront Insight, BlackRock

Melissa Ferraz, Managing Director, is the Global Head of eFront Insight within BlackRock. eFront Insight is a private markets data and analytics platform. As global head, Melissa is responsible for the overall strategy of Insight as well as all sales, customer success, data operations, product and engineering activities within the business. Previously, Melissa was the Global Head of Client Development, Private Markets at IHS Markit. She was a member of the executive leadership team at iLEVEL where she led the launch of iLEVEL into the European and Asian markets. iLEVEL was subsequently acquired by Ipreo and later IHS Markit. Prior to that she spent 10 years building and developing teams at S&;P Global in a variety of leadership roles. Melissa holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa, an MBA from the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago and a Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago.

Sabrina Fox

Chief Executive Officer, European Leveraged Finance Association (ELFA)

Sabrina is the Chief Executive Officer for the European Leveraged Finance Association, an investor-only trade association comprised of European leveraged finance investors from over 60 institutional fixed income managers, including investment advisors, insurance companies, and pension funds. ELFA seeks to support the growth and resilience of the leveraged finance market while acting as the voice of its investor community by promoting transparency and facilitating engagement among European leveraged finance market participants.

Sabrina is a recognised expert in the European leveraged finance market focused on increasing transparency, improving disclosure standards, and educating market participants on the importance of lender protections in documentation.

Most recently, Sabrina was Head of European High Yield Research for Covenant Review. Prior to that, she was Counsel with DLA Piper in London.

For more information about ELFA, including our mission statement and member benefits, visit www.elfainvestors.com.

Manuela Fumarola

Director, EMEA Lead - ESG & Impact Value Creation, ERM

Manuela is Consulting Director at ERM, who specializes in driving value creation through ESG strategies within private equity firms and their portfolio companies. At abrdn Private Equity, she spearheaded the implementation of climate change strategies and led efforts under SFDR, launching an Article 8+ fund. Prior, at M&G Investments, she invested in primary and co-investment deals across Europe and Asia, shaping the firm's ESG strategy and launching its first Impact Fund of Funds. Her work in private equity influenced M&G's contributions to the ILPA ESG Assessment Framework. With a BSc (Hons) in Management from Bayes (Cass) Business School and ongoing studies in Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University, Manuela's research focuses on improving labour rights and scaling sustainable investments in the European Private Equity market. She also champions impact initiatives at the Conduit Club, fostering a community of purpose-led female leaders.

Philippa Gill

Director - EVORA Global

Philippa joined EVORA Global in January 2020 focussing on the expansion into Europe and Health & Wellbeing Services, and is the Board Sponsor for our Climate Resilience Services. Given her 15 years background in Private Equity and Real Estate, she brings deep knowledge of investment drivers and associated risk factors.

Philippa previously occupied several senior sustainability leadership roles across the building lifecycle within global Real Estate organisations like Tishman Speyer and Blackstone; prior to EVORA, she was the Head of Real Estate at Verdextra where she emerged as a thought leader in the Health and Wellbeing arena.

Philippa is a member of the WELL Faculty; a Fitwel Ambassador; a RESET Fellow and RESET Auditor. She has also served on a number of industry committees, including the BPF, INREV and GRESB and continues contributing to task groups and committees, in particular as part of property-related working groups within the European Commission.

EVORA

EVORA Global is a professional real estate sustainability consultancy. We support our clients in improving their sustainability performance through a unique combination of focused expertise, supported by our own proprietary software SIERA. By developing and implementing tailored strategies, we help make buildings and asset management processes more sustainable, resilient and environmentally responsible.

Since our inception ten years ago, we have grown from three founding partners to a team of over 100 passionate and empowered professionals operating globally. Through our common values and shared passion, we support one another as a cohesive team, in turn enabling us to provide customised solutions and services to our clients. Our experts believe in creating lasting change that delivers value for our clients.

We are privileged to have worked with some of the largest real estate organisations, managing sustainability data and driving improvements for approximately 6000 assets across 28 countries. Based in London, with business fluency in 5 European languages, we have now expanded our European reach with offices in Germany and Italy.

Cornelia Gomez

Global Head of ESG, General Atlantic

Cornelia Gomez is the Global Head of ESG at General Atlantic. In this role, she oversees the firm’s strategy to advance environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts for its global operations and across its portfolio. Before joining General Atlantic in 2022, Cornelia was Head of ESG and Sustainability at PAI Partners, and she also served as the Global Coordinator for the International Climate Initiative, an industry group that is sponsored by the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Investment. Previously, Cornelia led the Social Compliance unit at Casino Group.

General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm with more than four decades of experience providing capital and strategic support for over 445 growth companies throughout its history. Established in 1980 to partner with visionary entrepreneurs and deliver lasting impact, the firm combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to scale innovative businesses around the world. General Atlantic currently has over $73 billion in assets under management inclusive of all products as of June 30, 2022, and more than 215 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Stamford and Tel Aviv

Bryn Gostin

Managing Director - Head of Product Development & Strategy, Capital Dynamics

Bryn is a Managing Director on the Business Development team, where he is the Head of Product Development & Strategy and Chair of Responsible Investment Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to joining Capital Dynamics, Bryn worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Management Division where he served as the Head of Business Development for GP stake, secondary, and senior lending strategies. Earlier in his career, Bryn practiced corporate law at Skadden Arps and Jones Day. He holds a Bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Duke University, a Masters degree from Oxford University and a Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University. Bryn also served as a member of the New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

Capital Dynamics

Capital Dynamics is an independent global asset management firm focusing on private assets, including private equity (primaries, secondaries co-investments), private credit, and clean energy infrastructure. Created in 1988, the Firm has extensive knowledge and experience developing solutions tailored to meet the exacting needs of a diverse and global client base of institutional and private wealth investors. As of Q2 2021, Capital Dynamics oversees more than USD 15 billion in assets under management and advisement1, and employs approximately 160 professionals globally across 13 offices in Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia. Capital Dynamics is a recognized industry leader in responsible investing, receiving the highest marks from the UNPRI for its Strategy & Corporate Governance, and investment strategies. For more information, please visit: www.capdyn.com

1As of June 30, 2021. Assets Under Management are calculated based on the total commitments as of the final closing date for all funds currently managed by Capital Dynamics, including amounts that have been distributed. Assets Under Advisement includes assets for which Capital Dynamics provides services such as reporting, monitoring and risk management.

Fabian Gröene

Partner, EQT

Fabian Gröene is a founding Partner of EQT’s long-term Active Core Infrastructure Fund based in Munich. Before taking up his current role in 2021, he built and led EQT’s Infrastructure team across the Asia-Pacific region after starting in EQT‘s Private Equity team in 2008. Prior to joining EQT Partners, Fabian worked at Goldman Sachs in London, focused on core infrastructure investments. Fabian graduated from Oxford University with an M.A. (Oxon) degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics.

EQT

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization focused on active ownership strategies. With a Nordic heritage and a global mindset, EQT has a track record of almost three decades of delivering consistent and attractive returns across multiple geographies, sectors and strategies. Uniquely, EQT is the only large private markets firm in the world with investment strategies covering all phases of a business’ development, from start-up to maturity. EQT today has more than EUR 112 billion in assets under management including BPEA EQT across 45+ active funds within three business segments – Private Capital, BPEA EQT and Real Assets.

With its roots in the Wallenberg family’s entrepreneurial mindset and philosophy of long-term ownership, EQT is guided by a set of strong values and a distinct corporate culture. EQT manages and advises funds and vehicles that invest across the world with the mission to future-proof companies, generate attractive returns and make a positive impact with everything EQT does.

Real Assets – The Real Assets’ business segment comprises three business lines: EQT Infrastructure, EQT Active Core Infrastructure and EQT Exeter. The Real Asset segment has EUR 44.2 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.

Private Capital comprises six business lines: EQT Private Equity, EQT Future, EQT Ventures, EQT Life Sciences, EQT Growth and EQT Public Value. The Private Capital segment has grown rapidly and has EUR 68.2 billion in assets under management as of December 2022.

Christian Gückel

Chief Risk Officer, SEDCO

Christian Gückel is the Chief Risk Officer at SEDCO Capital and heads risk management and responsible investments. Christian is a member of SEDCO Capital’s Investment Committee, Management Committee, Risk and Compliance Committee and Cyclical Asset Allocation Committee. He joined SEDCO Capital as Head of Research in 2014. Prior to joining SEDCO Capital, Christian was head of the asset class hedge funds and portfolio manager for a single-family office in Zurich, Switzerland.
Christian has almost 20 years of professional experience in portfolio management, capital markets and risk management roles (Swiss family office, Man Group, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (now Commerzbank), Sparkasse). Christian holds a master degree from Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, an MBA from Colorado State University and completed the CFA, FRM, CAIA, FDP and ERP degrees.

SEDCO Capital

SEDCO Capital is a global, Shariah-compliant, and ethically led asset management and investment advisory firm. Our investment philosophy is underpinned by three Ps: principles, partnership, and performance. We provide clients with investment solutions through a dynamic asset allocation process across diversified asset classes that deliver strong risk-adjusted returns. By adopting a global view to investing while looking through the lens of our proprietary Prudent Ethical Investment (PEI) approach, an integration of Shariah-compliant and Responsible Investment principles, we provide our clients with unparalleled global access to investments across developed and emerging markets, including Saudi Arabia, in alignment with their investment objectives. In 2014 we proudly became the first Saudi company and the world’s first Shariah-compliant asset manager to become signatory to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (UNPRI) and we continue to be recognized for our commitment to responsible investments. SEDCO Capital oversees more than $5 billion in total assets under management (AUM) and is headquartered in Jeddah with offices in Riyadh, Dubai, London, and Luxembourg. Find out more at www.sedcocapital.com.

Simon Hallett

Managing Director, Endowment & Foundation Practice, Cambridge Associates

Simon joined Cambridge Associates in 2005 and has more than 30 years investment experience spanning governance and policy setting, asset allocation and manager selection as well as the management of listed equity portfolios.

Simon led the firm’s Endowment & Foundation practice in Europe until 2021 and directly advises a small number of large endowments. He has been discretionary CIO for clients including an Oxford College and, before focusing on non-profits, gave strategic advice to several sovereign wealth funds ranging in size from $2bn to more than $100bn.

In addition to working with clients, Simon contributes to Cambridge Associates’ research effort and has led development of the firm’s approach to ‘Carbon Net Zero’ from an investor’s perspective.
Before Cambridge hew worked in a variety of international investment roles including in Hong Kong as regional strategist for a Japanese Investment bank.

EDUCATION

MSc, Finance. London Business School
MA, Economics, University of Cambridge

Cambridge Associates

Cambridge Associates is a global investment firm. The firm aims to help pension plans, endowments & foundations, healthcare systems, and private clients implement and manage custom investment portfolios to generate outperformance so they can maximize their impact on the world. With more than 45 years of institutional investing insights, the firm has helped to shape and implement investment best practices and built strong global investment networks with the purpose of driving outperformance for clients. Cambridge Associates delivers a range of services, including outsourced CIO, non-discretionary portfolio management, staff extension and alternative asset class mandates.

Cambridge Associates currently maintains offices in Boston; Arlington, VA; Beijing; Dallas; Hong Kong; London; Munich, Menlo Park, CA; New York; San Francisco; Singapore; and Sydney. Cambridge Associates consists of six global investment affiliates that are all under common ownership and control.

Alison Hampton

Founder, Alma Verde Advisors

Alison is the founder of Alma Verde Advisors, which provides strategic consultancy and training services to private equity, venture capital and other investors on how to incorporate responsible investment into their investment decision-making and ownership engagement. She is the independent chair of the Risk & Compliance Committee at Asper, a renewable energy fund manager, and a tutor in sustainable finance on the Cambridge Masters in Sustainability Leadership course.

Alison is a lawyer with over 25 years’ experience. Originally a corporate lawyer specialising in M&A and private equity, she was a partner at Hogan Lovells and a consultant at Weil Gotshal before joining HgCapital, a European mid-market private equity firm, in 2008. Having been the firm’s General Counsel for four years, Alison headed up HgCapital’s responsible investment initiative until June 2017, putting in place an award-winning framework for incorporating ESG considerations into investment decision-making.

Alison sat on the BVCA’s Responsible Investment Advisory Board until December 2020. She co-chaired the PRI signatory working group to produce guidance on incorporating responsible investment into private equity fund terms. She is a contributing editor of “A Practitioner’s Guide to Private Equity”, and the author of the chapter on corporate governance in private equity.

Alison has an undergraduate degree in law from St John’s College, Oxford, and a Master’s degree in Sustainability Leadership from the University of Cambridge, writing her dissertation on how private equity investors can be more effective at engaging on ESG with their portfolio companies.

Alison has three daughters, two dogs and one husband, and in her spare time is a ‘Brown Owl’ (leader of a Girlguiding unit for 24 girls aged 7-10) and a trustee of Girlguiding UK.

Adam Heltzer

Partner, Head of ESG, Ares Management

Mr. Heltzer is a Partner and Head of the Environmental, Social and Governance Group, reporting to Ares' President and CEO, where he leads the Firm's environmental, social and governance efforts. He additionally serves as a member of the Ares Enterprise Risk Committee. Prior to joining Ares in 2020, Mr. Heltzer was the Head of ESG and Sustainability at Partners Group, where he focused on ESG integration across the investment platform, including the development of sustainable investment products. Previously, Mr. Heltzer was a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum (WEF), where he focused on facilitating partnerships among the Forum's agribusiness members and public and non-profit sector counterparts. Mr. Heltzer holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan in Political Science and U.S. History, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and an M.P.A. from Harvard Kennedy School.

Ares Management

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE:ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, private equity, real estate and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of June 30, 2021, including the acquisition of Black Creek Group which closed July 1, 2021, Ares Management Corporation's global platform had approximately $262 billion of assets under management, with approximately 2,000 employees operating across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

James Hilburn

Director - Financial Services, Carbon Intelligence

James Hilburn is a Director at Carbon Intelligence where he leads the firm’s Financial Services sector, partnering with financial services clients to turn sustainability into an area of distinct competitive advantage. Carbon Intelligence has a deep expertise in emission reduction – helping clients optimise their ESG approach - from upfront strategy and target setting through to emission reduction, ESG measurement and data analytics & reporting.

James brings a background of fund management - having run a sustainable investment fund investing across the renewable energy and low-carbon value chain, and strategy consulting - having worked at McKinsey & Co and in several leadership roles at Deloitte Consulting, including leading the Sustainability, M&A Due Diligence and Venture Capital Practices for Deloitte Africa.

James Holley

Partner, ESG Transaction Services & Private Equity, KPMG

James is a Partner in KPMG’s Deal Advisory practice, responsible for leading the ESG Transaction Services team and PE ESG strategy. James has a wealth of ESG experience from 20 years in the industry, both as a consultant and in-house Head of ESG for quoted PE fund manager, Bridgepoint, advising investors and portfolio companies on fundraising, due diligence, ESG strategy & value creation implementation, and reporting. James is a former member of PRI’s Private Equity Advisory Committee and currently is an active member of BVCA’s and Invest Europe’s ESG-focused committees.

KPMG

Around the globe, KPMG member firms have 10,000 professionals in 60 international jurisdictions serving investment funds. Our worldwide Alternative Investment member firm network is comprised of more than 10,000 Audit, Tax, and Advisory professionals, including 800 partners, who focus on serving alternative funds and their sponsors in all of the significant industry locations.

Kirk Hourdajian

Head of ESG and Impact, Vista Equity Partners

Kirk joined Vista Equity Partners in 2020. He oversees Vista’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) program, working with portfolio companies and deal teams to drive value creation initiatives that improve the environment, society and business.

Prior to joining Vista, Kirk was Senior Advisor at TPG, where he led sustainability initiatives that drove measurable business results and impact investment opportunities. Kirk was also the Director of Sustainable Business Solutions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he worked with leading corporations to help reduce costs and drive revenue through sustainability programs. Previously, Kirk worked for the Environmental Defense Fund where he built The Carlyle Group's first sustainability efforts.

Kirk also sits on the board of the MIT Sloan School of Management Impact Investing Initiative.

Education

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Marina Johnson

Associate, Sustainability, Actis

Marina joined the Actis Sustainability team in 2019, bringing over 10 years of experience consulting in Social and Environmental performance for infrastructure assets in developing markets. She was attracted to the fact that responsible investment is part of Actis’ DNA. The belief that strong ESG management presents not just risk mitigation for businesses but value enhancing opportunities is shared throughout the firm.

Before joining Actis, Marina was a senior sustainability consultant at ERM and prior to this a social performance consultant at AECOM. She undertook ESG due diligence and assessed the sustainability impacts of large-scale infrastructure, energy and extractive projects, driving compliance with international best practice and securing Sustainable Financing.

Marina holds an MSc in Geography from Oxford University, is a Chartered Environmentalist through IEMA and a Certified Expert in Sustainable Finance through the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management-UNEP.

Actis

Actis is a leading investor in growth markets with over US$13bn raised since inception and a growing portfolio of investments across Asia, Africa and Latin America. The firm identifies investment opportunities in response to two trends: rising domestic consumption and the need for sustained investment in infrastructure. Actis consistently and responsibly delivers competitive returns, through insights gained from trusted relationships and local knowledge, deep sector expertise and an unparalleled heritage, set within a culture of active ownership. Within private equity, Actis has invested over US$5.5bn and focuses on mid-market, high-growth companies across three sectors: consumer, financial services and healthcare. The business has completed over 150 transactions and 100+ exits across four fund vintages. Actis’ real estate business closed its third fund in 2016 - the largest private real estate fund targeting sub-Saharan Africa to date. The investment strategy focuses on the development of retail, office and industrial assets in some of the most dynamic cities in the region. Actis’ energy business invests in buy-and-build power generation and distribution businesses in Latin America, Africa and South Asia. The opportunity is driven by market growth, scarcity of electricity supply in growth markets and demand for private investment. The funds have invested over US$2.1 billion in more than 31 companies across 25+ countries generating 15GW of energy capacity and directly impacted 68 million consumers. Actis has been a signatory to the United Nations backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) since 2009 and in 2019 became a founding signatory to the IFC’s Operating Principles for Impact Management (OPIM).

Alan Kao

Principal and Global Director, ESG Services, Ramboll

Alan Kao is a Principal and Global Director for ESG Services at Ramboll. Alan has more than 30 years of experience in ESG and EHS due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, compliance auditing, and strategic regulatory compliance assistance. He works with financial, legal, and corporate clients to help them understand ESG risks and opportunities in M&A transactions. Alan assists companies with identifying priority ESG topics, evaluating the competitive landscape through benchmarking studies, setting targets that align with the companies’ ambitions, and defining implementation roadmaps and communication strategies to achieve their ESG objectives. He also works with clients to evaluate climate resiliency issues and assess physical and transition risks associated with climate change, as well as navigating the evolving landscape of sustainability reporting and disclosures (e.g., SFDR, CSRD, CSDDD).

Ramboll

Ramboll is a global sustainability, engineering, architecture and management consulting company, working with clients as their Partner for Sustainable Change. Our globally recognized ESG and sustainability practice has earned a reputation for technical and scientific excellence and innovation. A market leader in EHS and ESG due diligence, Ramboll supports investors throughout the buy-operate-sell cycle, completing hundreds of merger and acquisition transactions each year. We have a strong reputation for responsiveness and provide clear, commercially focused advice, which is built on our understanding of the processes, pace and language of transactions, as well as the differing requirements of representing acquirers, vendors and/or lenders. Our experts understand the traditional risks to investments – such as contaminated land – as well as the material areas around carbon, product safety and sustainability. Ramboll also provides services to support clients wherever they are on their ESG journey, from identifying ESG risks and opportunities to developing KPIs and targets, and implementing business-aligned ESG strategies.

Paula Langton

Partner, Campbell Lutyens

Paula joined Campbell Lutyens in 2006 and co-heads the firm’s fund placement activities in Europe as well as leading Campbell Lutyens’ sustainability practice.
Paula has over 16 years of fund placement experience. She has led well over 39 fundraisings for European and global private equity firms, representing almost $60 billion of capital commitments spanning a variety of product classes including buyout, growth equity, secondary and mezzanine funds.

Prior to joining Campbell Lutyens, Paula worked in the Private Fund Group at Credit Suisse in London, having initially started in Credit Suisse's Global Industrial Services Group. She has a first class degree in business studies from City University.

Campbell Lutyens

Founded in 1988, Campbell Lutyens is a global and independent private capital advisor, focused on fund placement and secondary advisory services. Its fund placement practice advises and raises capital globally for private equity, infrastructure and private credit managers. Its secondary transaction practice advises institutional and other investors on the sale or restructuring of portfolios of funds or direct investments within the private equity and infrastructure classes. It also advises managers on GP-led liquidity and fund restructuring transactions. The firm has a team of more than 160 operating from offices in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, Chicago, Los Angeles and Charlotte. https://www.campbell-lutyens.com/

Vincent Lecat

Impact & ESG Specialist, Development Partners International LLP (DPI)

Vincent Lecat is an ESG specialist with 10+ years’ experience working in Africa, Europe and South-East Asia on large investment projects with international fundings in the power, food and agriculture, transport, health, urban development and extractive sectors. During this time, Vincent specialised in environmental and social impact assessment, due diligence, stakeholder engagement, management system and international environmental and social standards. Vincent joined DPI in January 2020 as ESG Manager where he is in charge of the E&S Monitoring & Due Diligence process of prospective and current portfolio companies to assess and monitor environmental and social performance. He also participates in the development of the Impact investment methodology and implementation of the Impact and ESG Management system with a focus on gender balance, job quality and climate change. Vincent is part of the Gender working group at DPI and support the implementation of gender smart initiatives within DPI’s portfolio companies.

Development Partners International LLP (DPI)

Development Partners International LLP (DPI) is an impact-driven private equity firm with US$2bn in AUM. Since the firm’s founding in 2007, DPI has invested in 23 portfolio companies across 29 African countries and 17 industries. DPI portfolio companies employ over 49,000 people, and 18,000 jobs have been created during DPI’s investment.

DPI’s strategy is to build a diversified pan-African portfolio of private equity investments in established and growing companies benefiting from the continent’s fast-growing middle class.

As a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and to the IFC Operating Principles for Impact Management, DPI promotes high Impact & ESG standards and seeks to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

ADP III, its third fund, became the first 2X Challenge Flagship Fund, committing to integrate a gender lens to its investment process. DPI has a female co-founder and CEO, one-third of the partners are women, and over 45% of the firm are women.

Ana Lei Ortiz

Managing Director, Hamilton Lane

Ana is a Managing Director at Hamilton Lane, based in the firm’s London office, where she leads the Relationship Management Team in London and is responsible for all aspects of European client relations including portfolio construction and strategic planning. She also spearheads the firm’s ESG efforts as a member of Hamilton Lane’s Responsible Investment Committee, and recently served a term on PRI’s Private Equity Advisory Committee (2017-2019).

Prior to joining Hamilton Lane in 2008, Ana was an Associate Director in the Corporate, Investment Banking & Markets Division of HSBC, covering European Corporate and Institutional clients. Previously, she worked in HSBC’s Reserve Managers Sector in Hong Kong working with Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds.

Ana received a degree from the University of Edinburgh. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a member of the CFA Institute and the CFA Society of the UK.

Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ: HLNE) is a leading private markets investment management firm providing innovative solutions to sophisticated investors around the world. Dedicated exclusively to private markets investing for 30 years, the firm currently employs approximately 475 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. Hamilton Lane has $757 billion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $92 billion in discretionary assets and $665 billion in advisory assets, as of June 30, 2021. Hamilton Lane specializes in building flexible investment programs that provide clients access to the full spectrum of private markets strategies, sectors and geographies. For more information, please visit www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on Twitter: @hamilton_lane.

Jake Levine

Chief Climate Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation

Jake Levine serves as Chief Climate Officer of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, where he leads the agency's climate team, and is responsible for developing and implementing the DFC's climate finance agenda. He also serves on the DFC's Risk Committee, and works closely with DFC's Public Board agencies -- the U.S. Departments of State, Treasury, Commerce, and the U.S. Agency for International Development -- to coordinate administration policy in climate finance.

Mr. Levine is an attorney by training, and has represented clients in various climate, clean energy, and clean air matters. Mr. Levine previously served in government -- in the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change, where he developed innovative energy policies, including the most stringent fuel economy standards ever set and the first-ever greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks, and later as the successful campaigns to draft, design, and enact SB 32 (Pavley) and AB 197 (Garcia)— landmark climate and environmental justice legislation in California.

Mr. Levine also served as Chief of Staff to the President of Opower, a software firm (now Oracle Utilities) that uses big data and behavioural science technology to help consumers save energy.

Mr. Levine sits on the Board of Grid Alternatives of Los Angeles, a non-profit focused on creating jobs in the clean energy transition, and is an advisor to the California Climate Action Corps, a state wide service corps focused on climate resilience in underserved communities, which Mr. Levine helped to design and launch as a consultant to Governor Newsom. Levine holds a B.A. from Harvard College and a law degree from Harvard Law School.

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)

U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is the U.S. Government's developing finance institution. DFC partners with the private sector to finance solutions to the most critical challenges facing the developing world today. We invest across sectors including energy, healthcare, critical infrastructure, and technology. DFC also provides financing for small businesses and women entrepreneurs in order to create jobs in emerging markets. DFC investments adhere to high standards and respect the environment, human rights, and worker rights.

Elizabeth Lewis

Managing Director of ESG, Blackstone

Elizabeth Lewis is a Managing Director and Deputy Head of ESG, supporting Blackstone's corporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts.
Prior to joining Blackstone, Ms. Lewis was at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector part of the World Bank Group, leading engagement with investors, NGOs, governments, and other stakeholders on climate change and diversity. Prior to joining IFC, Ms. Lewis was a Partner and Director of Strategy and Business Development for Terra Alpha Investments. Prior to that, she established World Resources Institute’s Sustainable Investing Program and served as WRI’s Head of Sustainable Investing. Earlier in her career, Ms. Lewis was a Principal at Global Environment Fund, a private equity fund focused on clean energy and sustainable forestry. Ms. Lewis started her career at Booz Allen Hamilton, advising clients in their evaluation of alternative energy technologies and solutions.
Ms. Lewis holds an AB in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves as a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board and the Harvard Alumni Association Schools and Scholarships Committee and is Class Chair of the John Harvard Society. She also serves as a Trustee and Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee for the Maryland/DC Chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

About Blackstone

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $941 billion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

Caroline Löfgren

Chief Sustainability Officer - Hg

As Chief Sustainability Officer at PE firm Hg, Caroline covers all Environment, Social and Governance related topics at Hg and their portfolio. Caroline is part of Hg’s Portfolio team and is working actively with Hg’s businesses to reduce risk, share best practice and improve ESG performance. With Hg’s focus on technology and service businesses, Caroline and her team are specialised in the ESG in the tech sector.

Caroline is part of the BVCA’s Responsible Investment Advisory Group, Invest Europe’s Responsible Investment Affiliate Network, as well as the UK Operating Committee of initiative Climate International (iCI). Furthermore, she is a Board Trustee of the Hg Foundation, an independent charity with the goal to support skill development for the modern job market and contribute to improved, quality employment prospects for those who may otherwise experience barriers to access.

Before joining Hg in 2017, Caroline spent over eight years in strategy consulting and in-house sustainability roles across various industries, most recently as the global supply chain sustainability lead at GlaxoSmithKline. Caroline has a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Lund University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Value Chains from Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Hg

Hg is a leading software and services investor, focused on building SaaS champions and backing businesses that provide critical services for many thousands of businesses globally. Hg has led over 170 investments in this sector and is currently invested in over 45 software and technology transatlantic businesses, with its large-cap strategy, Saturn, now invested in the top three biggest software buyouts in Europe (Access Group, IFS and Visma).

Today Hg has over $55 billion in total funds under management, comprising $25 billion of new investible capital, which puts Hg in the top three software-focused buyout firms globally. Through deep sector specialization and dedicated operational support, Hg is helping to progress the digitization trend across various sectors, where businesses are adopting more technology to enhance what professionals within that industry can do.

To support this, Hg has deep technology expertise and vertical application specialization in the businesses it invests in, with an investment team of over 160 professionals, including a portfolio team of almost 60 operators, providing practical support to help its businesses to realize their growth ambitions. Hg has over 350 employees across Europe and North America, with offices in London, Munich, New York, Paris and San Francisco.

Blandine Machabert

Senior consultant, INDEFI

Blandine Machabert is a senior consultant at INDEFI, based in Paris. She advises clients on responsible investment strategies and developing methodologies to assess and support portfolio companies on sustainability and impact.
Before joining INDEFI, Blandine worked as a Senior sustainable finance consultant at KPMG, where she supported investors in integrating sustainability factors into their investment policy, with a focus on the EU Taxonomy. She also worked for the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and Caisse des Dépôts’ strategy department.
Blandine holds a Master’s in Management from ESCP in Paris and was a visiting MBA student at the University of Washington's Michael G. Foster School of Business. She is a certified ESG Analyst (EFFAS) and a member of the SFAF Impact working group. Blandine is fluent in French and English.

INDEFI

INDEFI, with headquarters in Paris and New York and a presence in London, Zurich and Dusseldorf , is a leading strategy advisor for the global investment management business. Independent partnership established in 2007, INDEFI helps asset managers shape their business strategies and build a sustainable competitive advantage. INDEFI’s clients are traditional and alternative managers as well as owners of asset management businesses (insurers, banks, sovereigns, multi-affiliates). The firm’s expertise spans institutional and distribution markets, public and private assets (including infrastructure, private credit and equity, and real estate), organic and non-organic growth strategies, ESG and sustainability investing. INDEFI has a team of 8 partners and over 60 dedicated consultants with international background and seasoned experience of the asset management industry. A pioneer in advising asset managers on ESG development and integration strategies, INDEFI is a PRI signatory. For more information, please visit www.indefi.com.

Carmela Mendoza

Senior Reporter, PEI

Carmela Mendoza is a senior reporter for Private Equity International based in London. She first joined PEI in Hong Kong in 2015 and covered Asia. A graduate of Ateneo de Manila University, she previously worked for a digital agency in Singapore focused on government websites and publications covering business, trade and industry, transport, and social development.

Anders Misund

Partner and Head of EQT Future Advisory Team, EQT Partners

Anders Misund joined EQT Partners in Oslo in September 2007. Anders is Partner and Head of Nordics.

Anders graduated with a M.Sc in Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration majoring in finance, with exchange studies at the MBA program on the J.L. Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Prior to joining EQT Partners, Anders was at TH Global plc as Executive VP of M&A and Partner in a management buy-out. Prior to this, he was working with business development in Kværner ASA as Executive VP. Anders started his career in Corporate Finance at Alfred Berg.

Toby Mitchenall

Senior Editor, New Private Markets

Toby Mitchenall is Senior Editor, ESG and Sustainability at PEI. He is the editor of New Private Markets, a new publication serving sustainable investors in private markets, from ESG to impact. Toby was previously responsible for PEI’s private equity coverage and is a regular contributor to its various publications. He was formerly a consultant advising private equity firms on marketing and public relations.

Philip Mitchell

Consultant, Carbon Intelligence

Philip is a consultant to the Financial Services Sector team, helping Carbon Intelligence better understand the challenges faced by clients engaged in ESG reporting, and adapting the offer to meet those needs. He is passionate that the private sector, and finance in particular, has a key role to play in reducing global emissions, and wants to help clients find practical solutions to achieve this.

Prior to joining Ci in 2020, Philip worked for five years as a Global Fund Manager at the Swedish Pension Fund AP1, generally regarded as being at the forefront of ESG integration into the investment process. Philip has over 24 years working in financial services, both in equity sales and as a fund manager, including stints at Schroders, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Citigroup. Most recently he was Managing Director for the non-profit Bankers without Boundaries, assisting the EU with Green Deal implementation. Philip recently completed the University of Cambridge course in Business Sustainability Management.

Carbon Intelligence

Carbon Intelligence helps some of the largest companies in the world set and achieve ambitious sustainability targets to tackle the climate crisis. We bring together a world-class team of strategists, engineers, technologists, data scientists and educators; sustainability people who bring fresh thinking to ESG. We’re based in London and work with global market-leading organisations across the world including Private Equity funds embracing ESG to increase long-term portfolio sustainability. Our data platform and expertise in cross-sector climate transition modelling drive measurable reductions in CO2 emissions. With a decade’s worth of experience, insights from 45,000 buildings in 60 countries and some of the finest minds in sustainability, we are redefining the carbon intelligent enterprise.

https://carbon.ci/

Mary Nicholson

Head of Responsible Investment, Macquarie Asset Management

Mary is the Head of Responsible Investment for Macquarie Asset Management (MAM). Supported by a global team of experienced sustainability professionals, Mary sets and guides implementation of best practice sustainability integration and measurement and communication of MAM’s impact and performance.
Mary joined Macquarie in 2002. Prior to taking on her current role Mary was the Chief Risk and Sustainability Officer for MAM’s private markets businesses, where she oversaw the management of environmental, social and governance risks and opportunities across MAM’s global portfolio of private markets investments as well as operational risk within MAM. Before that, Mary was Chief Financial Officer of the ASX-listed Macquarie Atlas Roads (now Atlas Arteria) and its predecessor Macquarie Infrastructure Group.
Before joining Macquarie, Mary worked in PwC’s financial services audit practice in London and Sydney. Mary holds an MA from Cambridge University and a Master of Finance from INSEAD.

About Macquarie Asset Management

Macquarie Asset Management is a global asset manager that aims to deliver positive impact for everyone. Trusted by institutions, pension funds, governments, and individuals to manage approximately €536 billion ($US582 billion) in assets globally, we provide access to specialist investment expertise across a range of capabilities including infrastructure, green investments, real estate, agriculture & natural assets, asset finance, private credit, equities, fixed income and multi asset solutions.

Macquarie Asset Management is part of Macquarie Group, a diversified financial group providing clients with asset management, finance, banking, advisory and risk and capital solutions across debt, equity, and commodities. Founded in 1969, Macquarie Group employs more than 20,500 people in 34 markets and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

All figures as at 31 March 2023.

Dr Andreas Nilsson

Managing Director and Head of Impact, Golding Capital Partners

Dr Andreas Nilsson is Managing Director and Head of Impact at Golding Capital Partners and responsible for impact investments. He joined the Golding team in 2021

Prior to joining Golding, Mr Nilsson was Managing Partner of Sonanz, an Impact-focused fund-of-funds which he founded in 2015. Before that, he worked as a private equity investor at EQT and UBS.

Mr Nilsson holds a PhD in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics and spent two years as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Business School. The topic of his doctoral dissertation was “The Financing of Nonprofits and Social Enterprises”. Mr Nilsson earned his MSc from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Golding Capital Partners

Golding Capital Partners is one of Europe’s leading independent asset managers for alternative investments, focusing on the asset classes infrastructure, private debt, private equity, secondaries and impact. With a team of more than 160 professionals at its offices in Munich, London, Luxembourg, New York, Tokyo and Zurich, Golding helps institutional investors to develop their investment strategy and manages more than €12 billion in assets. Its more than 250 investors include pension funds, insurance companies, foundations, family offices and ecclesiastical institutions, as well as banks, savings banks and cooperative banks. Golding became a signatory of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) in 2013 and has been a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) since 2021

Anna Olink

Business Development Director, EMEA, GRESB

Bringing 15 years of work experience, Anna joined GRESB from Kempen Capital Management, where she was a portfolio manager of the global real estate fund, and where she lead the implementation of ESG standards in the real estate investment process. Prior to Kempen, she spent almost 8 years at BNP Paribas as a fund manager in the global real estate fund, and a credit analyst. Anna holds MSc degree in Real Estate Investments from the University of Lodz, and MSc degree in development studies from the University of Edinburgh. She is passionate about finding solutions to poverty, inequality and underinvestment in low-income countries, and aspires to create demonstrable impact to fight climate change.

GRESB

GRESB is a mission driven and investor led organization providing standardized and validated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data to the capital markets. Established in 2009, GRESB has become the leading ESG benchmark for real estate and infrastructure investments across the world.
The 2021 real estate benchmark covers more than 1,500 property companies, real estate investment trusts (REITs), funds, and developers. Our coverage for infrastructure includes more than 700 infrastructure funds and assets. Combined, GRESB represents US $5.7 trillion in real asset value.
The reported ESG data is used by more than 130 institutional and financial investors to monitor investments across portfolios and understand the opportunities, risks and choices that need to be made as the industry transitions to a more sustainable future.

Eimear Palmer

Partner, Global Head of ESG, Pantheon Ventures

Eimear is a Partner and Global Head of ESG, with responsibility for overseeing and developing Pantheon’s established ESG strategy and range of initiatives. Prior to joining the firm, Eimear worked for 14 years in private equity-focused ESG roles, including most recently as Managing Director and Head of Responsible Investment at Intermediate Capital Group (ICG). Before that she worked at the Carlyle Group, where she implemented an enhanced ESG framework for Carlyle Europe Partners. Eimear is recognized across the industry for engagement with key industry stakeholders and previously co-founded the UK network of Initiative Climat International, an investor-led platform focused on climate action among leading global private market organizations, of which Pantheon is a signatory.

Introducing Pantheon:

We are experienced investors in private equity, infrastructure & real assets and private credit. As responsible stewards of our clients’ capital, we aim to source and execute the best possible private market opportunities.

Investing with confidence and conviction, we have a long-standing reputation from 40 years of investment experience in private markets. We invest with integrity and professionalism and follow a policy of active ownership and engagement. We listen to our clients, then aim to deliver investment solutions to meet their requirements.

We refuse to stand still. Heritage and innovation come together at Pantheon enabling us to learn from the past while at the same time look to the future. We are at the forefront of pioneering private equity initiatives for the Defined Contribution and Private Wealth markets.

We operate from offices in London, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Hong Kong, Seoul, Bogotá, Tokyo, Dublin and Berlin, with representation in a number of other key markets. We employ approximately 450 staff, over 140 of which are investment professionals.

Pantheon is owned by Pantheon Partners, alongside Affiliated Managers Group Inc.

Emmanuel Parmentier

Managing Partner, Indefi

Emmanuel Parmentier is a managing partner at Indefi since 2007. He has more than 15 years of experience providing strategic advice to asset managers and leads the ESG and sustainability advisory practice for financial investors worldwide.
In recent years, he has spearheaded Indefi’s work with leading GPs to innovate how private markets should address and integrate sustainability into their investment processes.
He is a thought leader in sustainable investing, publishing articles and speaking frequently at industry events.

Indefi

Established in 2007, and based in Paris and New York, INDEFI is a leading strategy advisor for the global investment management business. We help asset managers shape their business strategies and build a sustainable competitive advantage. The firm’s expertise spans public and private markets, including infrastructure, private credit and equity, and real estate. A PRI signatory, INDEFI also advises asset managers in developing and implementing differentiated ESG and Sustainability strategies. For more information, please visit www.indefi.com.

Wim Peeters

Vice President Business Development, EcoVadis

Wim Peeters has been with EcoVadis for 14 years and currently serves as the Vice President of Business Development and Sustainable Finance Lead. Wim has over 20 years’ experience in various finance and international business development roles at large multinational organizations, including Air Products and Oracle. He helped launch Ariba in the Benelux countries, France and Spain and then took on the role of regional director for Northern Europe, EEMEA and Asia Pacific. Wim holds an M.S. in International Politics and Economics from HU Brussels and an MBA from the Catholic University of Leuven.

EcoVadis

EcoVadis is the world’s most trusted provider of business sustainability ratings, intelligence and collaborative performance improvement tools for global supply chains. Backed by a powerful technology platform and a global team of domain experts, EcoVadis’ easy-to-use and actionable sustainability scorecards provide detailed insight into environmental, social and ethical risks across 200 purchasing categories and 160 countries. Industry leaders such as Johnson & Johnson, Verizon, L’Oréal, Subway, Nestlé, Salesforce, Michelin and BASF are among the more than 75,000 businesses on the EcoVadis network, all working with a single methodology to evaluate, collaborate and improve sustainability performance in order to protect their brands, foster transparency and innovation, and accelerate growth.

Aaron Pinnock

Impact Investment Analyst, Church Commissioners

Aaron leads on impact investment at the Church Commissioners for England, the £9.2bn endowment fund of the Church of England. Aaron’s responsibilities include identifying impact investment opportunities as well as portfolio impact measurement and management, with a particular focus on the fund’s alignment to its 2050 net-zero emissions goal. The fund was awarded IPE’s first award for best in Impact Investing in 2020, and a whitepaper outlining their approach can be found at http://cofe.io/RealImpact. Prior to the Commissioners, Aaron was an investment consultant at PwC, developing a specific focus on sustainable and impact investment following backing from the firm’s internal innovation incubator.

Vikram Raju

Head of Climate Investing, Morgan Stanley AIP

Vikram Raju is a Managing Director and Partner responsible for Climate Impact and Emerging Markets for AIP Private Markets where he also serves on the Investment Committee. He has 24 years of relevant industry experience. Prior to joining the firm, he was the Climate Funds Lead at the World Bank Group (IFC). Previously, Vikram was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company and a portfolio manager with Lazard Frères. From 2019-21, Vikram served as the Chair for the Impact Council at EMPEA (Emerging Markets Private Equity Association). He is currently a member of the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Sustainability Council and serves on the GenderSmart working group on Gender and Climate. Vikram received degrees in Economics and Finance from Bombay University and in International Affairs at Columbia University. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

Bettina Reinboth

Director of Human Rights and Social Issues, PRI

Bettina joined the PRI in August 2016. She is responsible for leading a team with deep expertise in social issues and their relevance to companies, investors and financial markets. Bettina is overseeing and providing direction on strategic initiatives on social themes and the development of research, analysis and guidance for investors across topics including human rights, labour practices, inequality, social dimensions of climate strategies, and diversity to name a few.
Prior to joining the PRI, Bettina worked for DNV in London, advising multinational companies on their sustainability strategy, stakeholder engagement, research and best practice, with a particular focus on labour and human rights and ways business can implement the UN Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights.
Bettina holds an MSc in Development Management from London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Geography from King’s College London.

Principles for Responsible Investment

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), an investor initiative in partnership with UNEP Finance Initiative and the UN Global Compact. Institutional investors managing assets worth $34 trillion globally have already signed up to the principles and private equity cannot afford to sit on the sidelines.

Toby Robertson

Head of InvestorPortal, Greenstone

Having lived and worked in Hong Kong, Tokyo and New York, Toby has accumulated 20+ years of financial experience at major financial institutions. In addition, he has co-founded, supported and mentored numerous SaaS companies – some of which have now become market leaders in their sectors (mainly analytics and cybersecurity).

Currently based in London, Toby created and now manages Greenstone’s InvestorPortal software solution and works with PE firms to enable ESG data management across their portfolios. InvestorPortal is a purpose-built solution that provides centralised analysis of ESG data at portfolio, fund and portfolio company level. As well as simplifying the collection, management and analysis of standard and proprietary ESG data and documents, InvestorPortal enables location-based GHG emissions calculation (using Greenstone’s database of over 1million emissions factors), customised scoring and ratings, communications, and much more.

Greenstone provides software and services that enable its clients to advance their ESG reporting and become responsible businesses. It delivers this through its award-winning software, its externally recognised best-of-class customer service and its brand promise ‘data that talks to you’.

Greenstone was founded in 2007 and its solutions are currently deployed in over 100 countries across 15 industry sectors. Greenstone’s software enables the collection, management, analysis and reporting of data across an organisation, a supply chain or an investment portfolio.

Greenstone’s InvestorPortal software is a purpose-built solution that provides centralised analysis of ESG data at portfolio, fund and portfolio company level. As well as simplifying the collection, management and analysis of standard and proprietary ESG data and documents, InvestorPortal enables location-based GHG emissions calculation (using Greenstone’s database of over 1million emissions factors), customised scoring and ratings, communications, and much more.

www.greenstoneplus.com

Sonia Rocher

Managing Director, BlackRock

Sonia Rocher is a Managing Director in BlackRock Private Credit Strategies. She is a Lead Portfolio Manager in European Private Debt. She joined BlackRock in 2015 as a founding member of the European Private Debt platform. She is also leading ESG engagement and integration for Private Credit globally. Prior to joining BlackRock, Sonia was part of RBS Investment banking division where she spent 10 years in leveraged finance execution and origination.

BlackRock’s eFront is a leading technology solution for alternative investment management, covering the needs of alternative investment professionals end-to-end, and used by over 750 clients worldwide across all major alternative asset classes. From fundraising, fund administration and reporting to data services and analytics, the platform provides capabilities to support decision making and investment oversight.

As a part of BlackRock, eFront and BlackRock’s Aladdin® investment technology platform bring together public and private asset classes to create an industry-leading multi-asset investment technology solution for investment professionals globally.

Valeria Rosati

Senior Partner, Vantage Infrastructure

Valeria joined the business in 2006 and has two decades of relevant experience. Based in London, Valeria leads Equity asset management and is the portfolio manager of the NatWest Group Pension Fund’s unlisted infrastructure equity mandate. She is Chair of the Equity Investment Committee and a member of the firm’s global Executive Committee. She is also the firm’s ESG Champion and, within the Equity Investment Committee, the ESG due diligence lead member.

Valeria is a director on the boards of Phoenix Natural Gas, Australian Registry Investments, Ventus Investments and, previously, also Porterbrook, South East Water and AviAlliance Capital and has been involved in most of the acquisitions, disposals and mergers of the firm over the years.

Prior to joining Hastings, Valeria executed and advised on a large number of transactions at Gleacher Shacklock, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Business and Economics (Honours) from the University L.U.I.S.S. Guido Carli in Rome.

Vantage Infrastructure

Vantage Infrastructure is an independent infrastructure debt and equity specialist committed to delivering sustainable investment solutions as a long-term partner to our clients with $5.2 billion AUM (as at 31 December 2021).

The firm has a heritage as one of the world’s first infrastructure investment firms with a long track record of partnering with global clients to implement leading investment solutions within the infrastructure sector whilst aiming to protect our clients against downside risks. Fundamental to our approach is responsible investing and embedded ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) considerations in our process as a driver of value and risk.

Reflective of this, Vantage Infrastructure is a signatory to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), a supporter of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a GRESB Infrastructure Member and an Investor member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC). Through its managed investments, the firm contributes to 10 out of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
www.vantageinfra.com

Chloë Sanders

Head of ESG, CVC

Chloë Sanders is Head of ESG at CVC. Based in London, she joined CVC in 2010 having previously worked in Commercial Law and Technology at a private practice law firm. Chloë holds a Certificate in Business Sustainability Management from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, a BSc Degree in Chemistry and Law from the University of Bristol and is admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales.

CVC

CVC is a leading private equity and investment advisory firm with a network of 25 offices throughout Europe, Asia and the US, with approximately US$115 billion of assets under management. Since its founding in 1981, CVC has secured commitments in excess of US$163 billion from some of the world's leading institutional investors across its private equity and credit strategies. Funds managed or advised by CVC are invested in over 90 companies worldwide, which have combined annual sales of approximately US$100 billion and employ more than 450,000 people. For further information about CVC please visit: www.cvc.com.

Elizabeth Seeger

Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, KKR

Elizabeth Seeger joined KKR in 2009 to help oversee the consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues throughout KKR's investment process, including the management of KKR’s ESG-focused value creation programs for its portfolio companies. She is also a member of KKR’s Global Impact team. Ms. Seeger was previously a project manager in the corporate partnerships program of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Prior to EDF, she was a consultant with the Corporate Executive Board (CEB), where she advised companies from a broad range of industries in Europe and the United States. Before CEB, Ms. Seeger was an associate at the Environmental Law Institute, a non-profit organization focused on environmental law and policy research and education. She is a 2013 Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow and became a member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board in 2017. Ms. Seeger has close to 20 years of experience working on corporate environmental and social issues and earned a B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

KKR

KKR is a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions. KKR aims to generate attractive investment returns by following a patient and disciplined investment approach, employing world-class people, and supporting growth in its portfolio companies and communities. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR’s insurance subsidiaries offer retirement, life and reinsurance products under the management of The Global Atlantic Financial Group. References to KKR’s investments may include the activities of its sponsored funds and insurance subsidiaries.

Adinah Shackleton

Head of ESG, Permira

Adinah is Head of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) and is responsible for overseeing and further developing Permira’s ESG activities. Prior to joining Permira, Adinah spent eight years with a global sustainability consultancy, as a principal Consultant focusing on transaction services and ESG for private equity clients. Before that, she spent over a year in construction as an Environmental Coordinator.

Adinah is the former chair of the BVCA’s Responsible Investment Advisory Group. She continues to be a member of the group, and is also a member of Invest Europe’s Responsible Investment Roundtable and a member of the UK operating committee for Initiative Climate International.

Permira

Permira is a global investment firm. Founded in 1985, the firm advises private equity funds with a total committed capital of over €33bn and makes long-term investments, including majority control investments as well as strategic minority investments, in companies with the objective of transforming their performance and driving sustainable growth. The Permira funds have made over 250 private equity investments in five key sectors: Consumer, Technology, Industrials, Healthcare and Financial Services. Recent announced and completed investments from Permira VI include: Allegro, Alter Domus, Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions, Diversitech, Duff and Phelps, Cybersecurity and software distributor Exclusive group, I-Med Radiology Network, LSNE, La Piadineria and Schustermann and Borenstein.

For more information visit www.permira.com

Snehal Shah

Reporter, New Private Markets, PEI Media

Snehal Shah is a reporter for New Private Markets, PEI Media’s sustainability-focused publication. She covers ESG, sustainability and impact investments including investors’ allocations and policies; managers’ investment strategies and ESG and diversity credentials; new regulatory measures; and ways to measure, report and compare sustainability issues and initiatives. Snehal joined PEI in March 2021 and is based in PEI's London office. Snehal has written a book, Unhealthy Boundaries (out later this year), exploring the stories of UK residents shunning the NHS in favour of alternative medicine. She previously worked in social care for University of Bristol students. Snehal volunteers with a children’s charity providing weekly social and cultural activities and language classes. She is also interested in history and archaeology.

Christian Sinding

CEO and Managing Partner, EQT Partners AG

Christian Sinding joined EQT Partners in 1998 from AEA Investors Inc., a leading U.S.-based private equity firm. Since 1 January 2019, he is Managing Partner and CEO of EQT AB.
Christian also serves on various of the firm's investment committees, including as Chairman of the Global Investment Forum. He is Board Member of the EQT Foundation, as well as on the board of a leading Scandinavian Family Office.

Christian holds a Bachelor of Science (in Commerce) degree from the University of Virginia, which he received with Distinction in 1994. Prior to joining AEA, Christian was employed as a financial analyst with Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co. investment bankers in the U.S. Outside work, his interests include supporting the Basecamp Foundation in the Masai Mara region of Africa and its sustainable development.

EQT Partners AG

EQT is a purpose-driven global investment organization with more than EUR 71 billion in assets under management across 27 active funds. EQT funds have portfolio companies in Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Americas with total sales of approximately EUR 29 billion and more than 175,000 employees. EQT works with portfolio companies to achieve sustainable growth, operational excellence and market leadership

Carina Spitzkopf

Director - Private Debt & CLO's, Hermes Investment Management

Carina joined the international business of Federated Hermes in January 2019 as a Director in the Private Debt team, executing transactions across Northern Europe and the UK. Previously, she held leveraged finance roles at UBS and Barclays Capital in London. Carina started her career at Dresdner in Frankfurt, where she was involved in the bank’s loans and restructuring activity. She has over 13 years of experience in the loans and leveraged finance markets and holds a Master in Business Administration from Passau University, Germany and a BSc in Psychology from Birkbeck, London. Carina is also co-chair of the ELFA’s Private Debt Investor Committee

Hermes Investment Management

Federated Hermes is guided by the conviction that responsible investing is the best way to create long-term wealth. We provide specialised capabilities across equity, fixed income and private markets, in addition to multi-asset strategies and liquidity-management solutions. Through pioneering stewardship services, we engage companies on strategic and sustainability concerns to promote investors’ long-term performance and fiduciary interests. Our goals are to help individuals invest and retire better, help clients achieve better risk-adjusted returns, and to contribute to positive outcomes in the wider world. All activities previously carried out by Hermes Investment Management now form the international business of Federated Hermes.

Christopher Springham

Formerly VP - Communications and Sustainability, LM Wind Power GE Renewable Energy Business

Christopher Springham spent over a decade working at board level to build one of the world's most successful wind energy component manufacturers. LM Wind Power became the first global industrial business to achieve carbon neutrality in 2018. Together with colleagues, he achieved this while delivering significant savings - proving that green businesses become cleaner, leaner and more profitable. The business was sold to GE for $1.7 billion.

Robert Sroka

Partner, Abris Capital Partners

Robert joined Abris in 2018 and is a Partner and Head of the Value Enhancement Team. He is responsible for overseeing Abris’ comprehensive responsible investment policy and ESG areas. He has 15 years’ experience in sustainability, responsible investment, anti-fraud, business ethics, corporate governance, compliance, ESG reporting and human rights advisory.

Prior to joining Abris, Robert worked at EY in the Forensic & Integrity Department and was a member of the Climate Change and Sustainability Services team. Prior to this, he was a Project Manager at Crido Business Consulting and a CSR Manager at Grupa Zywiec, helping the company achieve a listing on the Respect Index of socially responsible companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

Robert was a member of the CSR Advisory Board to the Polish Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Working Group on Responsible Investment. In addition, he is an author of publications including: Guidelines for Investors in the Scope of Responsible Investing; Building Goodwill by Reporting Non-Financial Data; and Guidance for Companies on the Disclosure of Non-Financial Data.

Robert is a member of the Invest Europe ESG Committee and the European Business Ethics Network.
In his personal life, Robert enjoys walking and is passionate about new ethical challenges relating to artificial intelligence, as well as philosophical and sociological concepts.

Robert has post-doctoral degree in management from the Kozminski University (Warsaw, Poland). Robert was named the private equity industry’s ESG Professional of the Year 2022 by the Drawdown magazine. He is fluent in English.

Megan Starr

Global Head of Impact, The Carlyle Group

Megan Starr is the Global Head of Impact for The Carlyle Group. She is based in New York. In her role, Ms. Starr works to design and execute Carlyle's cohesive, long-term impact strategy. She also oversees the dedicated ESG team, which leads the firm's investment diligence and portfolio company engagement work on material ESG issues.

Prior to joining Carlyle, Ms. Starr was within Goldman Sachs' Investment Management Division, where she helped build the ESG and impact investing business. Previously, Ms. Starr served in roles at The JPB Foundation, a $3.8B private family foundation based in New York City.

Ms. Starr received an M.B.A. and a Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where she was an Arbuckle Leadership Fellow, and an A.B. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College, where she graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in field of concentration.

The Carlyle Group

The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with deep industry expertise that deploys private capital across three business segments: Global Private Equity, Global Credit and Investment Solutions. With $260 billion of assets under management as of March 31, 2021, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of its investors, portfolio companies and the communities in which we live and invest. The Carlyle Group employs more than 1,800 people in 29 offices across five continents. Further information is available at www.carlyle.com. Follow The Carlyle Group on Twitter @OneCarlyle.

Tomas Sys

Principal, UK M&A and ESG Advisory Lead, Ramboll

Tomas is a Principal and UK ESG and M&A Advisory Lead at Ramboll. Tomas helps financial sector and corporate clients to navigate and identify ESG risks and opportunities during due diligence process, assess means of incorporating ESG aspects into value creation plans and protect value at exit. Tomas has over 30 years’ experience in advising throughout the investment lifecycle on environmental, health & safety (EHS) risk identification, mitigation and transfer and ESG matters including strategic advisory across a broad spectrum of industrial sectors with assets located in over 40 countries worldwide. He has also worked with clients to assess matters relating to climate change resilience and physical and transition risks.

Ramboll

Ramboll is a global engineering, architecture and consultancy company employing 16,500 staff. Across the world, Ramboll combines local experience with a global knowledgebase to create a sustainable society where improved quality of life and economic growth is enabled by innovative and durable solutions to the most pressing needs, challenges and concerns for businesses, public institutions and people. Our globally recognised environmental and health practice contains 2,700 experts with a reputation for technical and scientific excellence, innovation and client service. We continually strive to be at the forefront of our fields: delivering innovative, inspiring and sustainable solutions that set new standards and make a genuine difference to our clients, the environment and society as a whole. A market leader in environmental and health & safety (EHS) and environmental, social and governance (ESG) due diligence, we support global investors throughout the buy-operate-sell cycle, completing hundreds of merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions each year. Our reputation is built on understanding the processes, pace and language of transactions as well as the differing requirements of representing acquirers, vendors and/or lenders. We have a strong reputation for responsiveness and provide clear, commercially focussed advice. We understand the traditional risks to investments such as contaminated land as well as the material areas around carbon, product safety and sustainability. In addition to ESG due diligence, we offer a range of services to support clients with their ESG management challenges. This includes ESG policy and strategy development, benchmarking, ESG integration, value creation, evaluating physical and transition climate risks, and ESG disclosures and reporting. Our Ramboll ESG Insights digital platform streamlines the process of collecting ESG data from portfolio companies and creating dashboards for identifying ESG gaps and priorities.

Myles Tatlock

Principal Consultant, Anthesis Group

Myles has over 10 years’ experience, focused on providing climate support to financial institutions, where he is globally at the forefront of defining best practice net zero and climate risk alignment. Myles was a coauthor of the ‘Science Based Target Initiative for the Private Equity Sector Guidance’ and the ‘Net Zero Investment Framework Component for the Private Equity Industry’.

Myles leads Anthesis climate services for financial institutions across EMELA, is a chartered atmospheric scientist and environmentalist with ESG experience from Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and an academic background in Climate Change and Risk Management.

Anthesis

Anthesis is the sustainability activator. Proud to be a B Corp, we seek to make a significant contribution to a world which is more resilient and productive. We do this by working with cities, companies, and other organisations to drive sustainable performance. We develop financially driven sustainability strategies, underpinned by technical expertise and delivered by innovative collaborative teams across the world. The company combines the reach of big professional services groups with the deep expertise of boutiques. Anthesis has clients across industry sectors from SMEs to corporate multinationals and extensive experience in private equity field where we have been a leader in ESG implementation. The company brings together 600 experts operating in 40 countries around the world.
Given our private equity and climate experience, Anthesis has been appointed by the World Resources Institute on behalf of the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi) to co-author the Science Based Target Guidance for the Private Equity Sector.

Jun Tsusaka

CEO, CIO and Chairman of ESG Committee, NSSK

He was formerly Partner of TPG Capital, Global Investment Committee
Member and Partner Selection Committee Member of TPG Holdings and TPG Capital. Former Partner and Managing Director of TPG Asia and Representative of TPG Japan.

MIT REAP (Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program) Tokyo Team, Team Co-Champion, Risk Capital Champion.

Member of Keizai Doyukai, President of Harvard Club of Japan.
Harvard College (B.A.), Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration (MBA), MIT (Advanced Certificate in Innovation, Sloan
School of Business)

Maaike van der Schoot

Responsible Investment Officer, AlpInvest Partners

Maaike van der Schoot is AlpInvest Partner’s Responsible Investment Officer and oversees the development and implementation of the Responsible Investment policy. She joined AlpInvest Partners in 2002. Prior to her current role, she was an investment manager in the Co-Investment team. She previously worked at Morgan Stanley in London as an investment banking analyst. Maaike is also the Chair of Invest Europe’s Responsible Investment Roundtable and a member of its Professional Standards Committee. Maaike received an MSc in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam.

AlpInvest Partners

AlpInvest, a core division of The Carlyle Group, is a large global private equity investor. We have deep, global experience managing primary fund commitments, secondary investments and co-investments. AlpInvest manages private equity investments for 425+ institutional investors worldwide through both commingled funds and customized strategic accounts. Leveraging decades of experience, our teams work closely together to build differentiated portfolios that deliver value for our investors. AlpInvest employs more than 180 people and operates globally with offices in Amsterdam, New York, San Francisco, London and Hong Kong.

Steyn Verschoof

ESG & Sustainability, MJ Hudson

Steyn Verschoof advises clients on responsible and impact investing, sustainability and energy transition strategies. Before joining MJ Hudson, Steyn helped develop client verification software for (amongst others) banks and M&A professionals during an engagement with Relian. Previously, he investigated the feasibility of integrating aquaculture within offshore floating wind farms during a research internship with a Swedish engineering house and assisted an energy start-up with business development. Steyn holds an MSc degree (cum laude) in Sustainable Energy Technology and a BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering, both from Delft University of Technology.

MJ Hudson

MJ Hudson’s ESG and sustainability team supports managers and investors in the design and implementation of responsible investment strategies, ranging from negative screening to impact, throughout their investment process. With over 10 years of experience in ESG and responsible investing, we assist a wide array of funds, including private equity firms, asset managers, institutional investors, and family offices. We build upon strategy and business experience across a range of industries and geographies, combined with specific and up-to-date knowledge of sustainability and ESG topics including regulations and standards. Our international team of highly skilled consultants can develop ESG strategies that fit your investment philosophy and equity story. We can aid you in the integration of these strategies into your core operations through our digital and advisory services.
https://www.mjhudson.com/

Simon Whistler

Head of Real Assets, Principles for Responsible Investment

Simon joined the PRI in 2018 and leads the organisation’s work on real assets. He works with real assets investors to support their understanding and implementation of responsible investment, including on issues such as climate change, human rights, and biodiversity.

Prior to joining the PRI, Simon worked for over 10 years at Control Risks, where he led a team providing political and social risk advisory support to investors and corporate clients in Latin America. This included carrying out due diligence for major investments and projects in the region, and developing appropriate social and governance risk management frameworks.

Simon holds a MSc in Latin American Politics from the University of London (Institute for the Study of the Americas) and a BA in Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from the University of Bristol.

PRI

The PRI is the world’s leading proponent of responsible investment. It works to understand the investment implications of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors and to support its international network of investor signatories in incorporating these factors into their investment and ownership decisions. The PRI acts in the long-term interests of its signatories, of the financial markets and economies in which they operate and ultimately of the environment and society as a whole. The PRI is truly independent. It encourages investors to use responsible investment to enhance returns and better manage risks, but does not operate for its own profit; it engages with global policymakers but is not associated with any government; it is supported by, but not part of, the United Nations.

Simon Witney

Senior Consultant, Travers Smith

Simon is a senior consultant at Travers Smith with over 25 years' experience in regulatory, transactional and fund formation disciplines. He also Chairs the firm's ESG and Impact Group. Having been a prolific writer and regular speaker on company law and corporate governance throughout his career, Simon is one of the market's best-known lawyers and one of the most prominent practitioners and thinkers in the field.

He has advised private equity clients, as well as the UK Government, on a wide range of fund and transactional matters. More recently, this has included providing advice on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the Taxonomy Regulation.

Simon has been a member of the BVCA Council, was chair of the BVCA’s Legal and Accounting Committee between 2010 and 2016, and has also chaired Invest Europe’s Tax, Legal and Regulatory Committee.

Travers Smith

It's not just law at Travers Smith. Your business is our business. Independent and bound only by your ambitions, we are wherever you need us to be. Our clients know that we treat their business as our business, their dispute as our dispute, their challenges as ours. They know that wherever in the world they or their ambitions lie, we will work as one of their team to get things done. And they know that we do so in a straight-talking, thoughtful and open way.

Dr. Serge Younes

Global Head of Sustainability, Investindustrial

Serge is the Global Head of Sustainability at Investindustrial, responsible for sustainability, responsible investing and sustainable growth. He leads a team of highly experienced sustainability experts to deliver tangible value and impact in the investment process and supporting portfolio companies.

Serge is very active in shaping sustainability in the private equity industry. He co-chairs the Private Equity Advisory Committee at the UN PRI, is a member of the SBTi Financial Sector and Private Equity Expert Advisory Groups, the InvestEurope Responsible Investment working groups and SMI’s PE task force. Within Initiative Climat International (ICI), he is the global chair and actively participates in various working groups.

Serge was previously a Director at Accenture Strategy and a Director of Sustainability Services at WSP Environment & Energy.

Serge is a Mechanical Engineer and has a PhD in Renewable Energy and Climate Science. He is a visiting lecturer on corporate sustainability, sustainable finance, responsible investing, impact investing, circular economy and renewable energy. He is a published author on subjects ranging from clean technologies/energy, low carbon infrastructures.

Investindustrial

Investindustrial is a leading European group of independently managed investment, holding and advisory companies with €15 billion of raised fund capital. Investindustrial has over 30-year history of providing mid-market companies capital, industrial expertise, operational focus and global platforms to accelerate value creation and international expansion. Certain companies of the Investindustrial group are authorized by, and subject to regulatory supervision of the FCA in the United Kingdom and the CSSF in Luxembourg. Investindustrial’s investment companies act independently from each other and each Investindustrial fund. Additional information is available at www.investindustrial.com

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Partner and Head of EQT Future Advisory Team, EQT Partners

Head of Responsible Investment, Macquarie Asset Management

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The Responsible Investment Forum: Europe will take place on 9-10 November, all timings are in GMT, UK time zone.

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