With a background in political science, economics and international affairs, Celia joined the banking industry almost 10 years ago. She joined the French Group Crédit Agricole back in 2015 and, after holding several roles within compliance at CACIB, became Head of ESG Compliance in 2022. Her mission is to ensure that the Bank is compliant with the many European and international regulations on sustainable finance, addressing the greenwashing and ESG non-compliance risks through the implementation of supervision controls and effective advisory to the businesses. In order to address the ESG issues, the bank has launched a transversal ESG program, sponsored by the Top Management, that she is co-managing along with the sustainable banking business.

With private and public sector experience, I’ve been leading on Diversity and Inclusion strategy for over ten years now – since long before it became fashionable and considered a ‘proper job’! I am passionate about creating safe and inclusive workplaces which focus on trust and wellbeing. I love hearing stories which bring data to life and I feel so lucky to work in a field where I get to learn new things every day!

Marion is a 27 years old entrepreneur. She discovered entrepreneurship in Melbourne. Back in Paris for her master degree, she wanted to join a meaningful project.

Her path crossed with Grégoire Hug who had the project of revolutionizing finance towards sustainable practices.

She joined WeeFin’s adventure as a first employee, she has been a real all-rounder, convinced the first clients, onboarded the team (+ 60 pp), …  Through her ambition and vision, at 25, she associated with Gregoire and took over the product (SaaS).

Now Marion is part of the executive team and a board member. As part of 2024’s strategy and after raising 10M€ as series A fundraising, she’s in charge of the internationalization.

Michelle Auger advises on sustainability strategy for the Wells Fargo International entities with a focus on regulatory and policy matters. She has deep expertise in strategy and implementation planning to scale up sustainable investment activities on a cross-functional basis. Over the course of her career, she has advised investment teams on ESG and sustainable investing practices across diverse asset classes and strategies including equities, fixed income, hedge funds, supply chain finance, commercial real estate and infrastructure. Michelle Auger earned an LL.B. in Law from the University of Leicester and is a CFA charterholder. She has also completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Dr Rachael Barza is an economist specialising in systemic resilience, including both human system resilience to climate change and nature and biodiversity decline, and natural system resilience to climate change and human activities. At the EBRD, Rachael leads the climate adaptation and nature finance team, which supports all of the Bank’s investments in ensuring alignment with the Paris Agreement for adaptation, develops new investment opportunities for nature and resilience, and provides policy dialog and investment strategies on those topics across all of the Bank’s sectors and geographies.

Before the EBRD, Rachael worked in consulting across energy, financial markets, climate change adaptation, and disaster response. She has a PhD in economics from Harvard University and a BA in economics and mathematics from Barnard College.

Angus Bauer is Head of Sustainable Research and co-Head of European Equity Research at Schroders and has focused his thematic research activities on sustainable competitive advantage and human capital management. He joined the firm in 2021 and is based in London. Prior to joining Schroders, Angus was at Redburn Atlantic, where he was a partner. Having started as an equity salesperson at Redburn in 2013, he held roles in strategy and ESG research before becoming co-head of ESG in 2020. He started his career in 2010 at Mirabaud as an equity research analyst covering small and mid-cap industrial and real estate companies in the DACH region.

Venetia Bell is the Group Chief Sustainability Officer at Gulf International Bank (GIB), and Head of Strategy at GIB Asset Management.  Amongst other responsibilities, Venetia leads GIB’s drive to embed sustainability and responsible banking principles in everything it does.

Venetia is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.  She is a Chartered Governance Professional, a designated Climate Competent Director, a Certified Investment Fund Director, and the Chair of Trustees of several charities.  Prior to GIB, she had several roles at the Bank of England, and has published a range of policy-focused research.

As an ESG Solution Sales at SAP Fioneer, Benjamin brings over a decade of experience in Sales, Business Development, and Account Management in the Financial Services industry. His career includes work with Bloomberg, Macrobond leading macroeconomic platform, and climate tech SaaS startups, focusing on ESG solutions for Financial Institutions. He has experience in building strong client relationships and strategic market placement, especially at the intersection of finance and sustainability. His main strength is understanding and meeting the varied needs of different financial institutions, helping them grow and innovate in ESG.

Sharon Bloemendal joined ING in 2021 and became Global Head of Sustainability Management Treasury in 2022. She takes the lead in implementing ING’s sustainability strategy, where she navigates between regulatory ESG disclosures, securing sustainable funding, enabling and supporting business in developing sustainable products while minimising ESG risks. At her former employer, de Volksbank, Sharon developed a sustainable debt strategy with the objective of aligning with the Climate Neutral Balance sheet target and subsequently, became part of the initiation of PCAF focussing on mortgage-backed securities. In 2020 Sharon was responsible for the issuance of the first Green Tier 2 for a FI in Europe and was part of the top 50 of Woman in Sustainable Finance 2021 (NL).

Jeroen Bos, CFA, CAIA is Global Head of Equity at AXA IM Core with his portfolio of responsibilities including a range of Sustainable & Impact Investing solutions. Prior to joining AXA IM, he was Global Head of Sustainable Investing at Credit Suisse Asset Management, leading its Sustainability efforts across the firm. Before that Jeroen was Head of Equity & Responsible Investing at NN Investment Partners (NN IP) with previous roles at NN IP including Head of Global Equity Research as well as Senior Portfolio Manager on several Global Equity & Thematic Funds. Before joining NN IP, Jeroen was a Director at UBS in New York, a Vice President at JP Morgan in London and a Senior Equity Analyst at MeesPierson/Fortis in Amsterdam. Jeroen is also a Board Member of the AdoptRainforest Foundation and sits on the Advisory Board of Nyenrode SPO. In the past he has been a Board Member of CFA Society Netherlands and a member of CFA Institute’s Global ESG Committee.

Alexa is an ESG and Climate solutions specialist within Morningstar Sustainalytics’ Client Relations team. Focused on the UK market, Alexa works closely with Institutional Investors and Banks on the integration of Sustainalytics research to identify, understand, manage and report on ESG and Climate driven risks and opportunities.

Prior to joining Sustainalytics in 2019, Alexa worked for Accounting for Sustainability, an NGO established by HM King Charles III, whose mission is to inspire action by finance leaders to drive a fundamental shift towards resilient business models and a sustainable economy.

Passionate about the mobilisation of capital to support a more just and sustainable global economy, Alexa remains dedicated to advocating for responsible investment practices and holds an MA in Sustainable Development, Business, and Globalisation from the University of East Anglia.

Dan supports NatWest Markets clients with the structuring and execution of sustainable finance transactions, developing sustainable finance frameworks and strategies, and engaging with investors and other relevant stakeholders on ESG topics.

Dan joined the bank in July 2021.

Gustavo Heads NatWest’s Debt and ESG Advisory Businesses globally and has more than 22 years of experience advising global clients across various industry sectors on debt structuring, event financing and credit ratings.

For the past 5 years, he has advised clients on ESG issues including structuring sustainable financing, investor communications and ESG ratings. He has advised on over 300 mandates during his career, across multiple sectors across the Americas and in Western, Eastern Europe and Middle East. He is a regular contributor to forums and publications on his areas of expertise.

Gustavo has recently acted as ESG Advisor to global issuers in the Real Estate, Media, Transportation, Infrastructure and Telecommunications sectors. He has recently acted as rating/ financing advisor for major transactions and events in the following sectors Chemicals, Ports, Utilities, Energy from Waste and Telecommunications.

Prior to NatWest, he held the position of Director Debt Advisory at ABN AMRO and before that, Associate of Strategy Consulting within the Mitchell Madison Group.

Gustavo holds a BA in Economics from the London School of Economics and an MBA in Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.

With over 14 years’ experience in the sector, Arthur Carabia is the Director of ESG Policy Research for Morningstar Sustainalytics. He is in charge of identifying, analysing and engaging on proposed laws, rules, regulations and prescribed practices applicable to Morningstar Sustainalytics and its clients.

Prior to being with Morningstar Sustainalytics, he worked for the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) as Director of Market Practice and Regulatory Policy. Arthur has also worked for Walgreens Boots Alliance, Aviva, the French Asset Management Association (AFG), and the European Parliament.

Ella leads the development and implementation of the Nomura’s sustainability vision and goals, including: net zero transition, ESG risk management, and sustainable finance frameworks. She provides input to developing green and sustainable finance business opportunities and oversees non-financial disclosures and reporting on sustainability. Ella has over 20 years of experience in banking and capital markets, with senior roles in investment banking, sustainable finance, and reputational risk.

Ella is passionate about advancing the integration of impact considerations into business decisions and leveraging her expertise to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. She is an educator and speaker on sustainable finance and ESG. She holds an MBA from London Business School.

Anthony is Global Head of ESG Sales at FactSet and is responsible for the firm’s overall commercial strategy for ESG. Anthony came from Truvalue Labs, an AI/ML ESG data provider that FactSet acquired in 2020 and was one of the original employees to help build Truvalue Labs’ ESG business from the ground up. Anthony currently works with FactSet’s premier investment and financial service partners to execute on their overall ESG strategy by integrating ESG into FactSet’s industry leading products, using FactSet’s proprietary ESG data and collating the 40+ ESG data vendors that are integrated within FactSet to meet client requirements. Anthony has worked in the financial services industry for the last 13+ years, including several global banks focusing on fixed income sales and trading. He received a B.S. from Lehigh University as a Finance Major.

Andreas is managing partner at d-fine responsible for insurance and asset management solutions. He joined d-fine in 2004 after multiple positions in environmental sciences and sustainable development. At d-fine Andreas and his team support clients with their transformation journeys into digital and sustainable companies. Recently, Andreas has been strongly involved in large implementation projects concerning the integration of sustainability and sustainability regulation into organisation, processes, data, and IT. Besides sustainability Andreas is an expert in process automation and new data architectures.

I joined the banking industry more than 15 year ago. After holding several roles at Deutsche Bank in the Credit Risk, Treasury and Regulatory Risk space across different locations (London, Frankfurt Singapore, and New York), I joined UBS in 2015 in Zurich. I became Head of Retail Credit Risk Models Validation, leading an international risk management team and delivering for several regulatory purposes (Pillar I, CST, LPA, IFRS9, CCAR, CECL and Climate Risk).

In 2023 I was appointed as Head of MRMC Sustainability & Climate Risk at UBS, and continued to focus on S&CR. I am building a central S&CR validation function, responsible for the independent model risk management and approval for use in line with the bank’s Model Risk Appetite framework and model risk governance & control principles.

Vesselina Haralampieva is a Senior Counsel at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, UK. She leads the climate change and sustainability policy and law reform work at the EBRD’s legal department. Vesselina advises on matters relating to sustainable finance, ESG regulation and reporting, climate governance and energy transition. She has led key ESG policy initiatives with corporates and financial institutions, national authorities and capital markets in the EBRD region. Vesselina is the originator of the EBRD’s corporate climate governance facility, which supports private and public sector companies in strengthening their governance and management of climate-related risks and opportunities, and is central to the EBRD’s Paris agreement alignment approach.

Vesselina is a member of the Climate Change Working Group with the Law Society of England & Wales. She is a member of the legal working group under the Network for Greening the Financial Systems (NGFS) and also of the EFRAG’s technical working group on ESRS for Governance. Vesselina is admitted to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales and as a lawyer in Bulgaria. She holds law degrees from Harvard Law School and Sofia University.

Julius is Head of Audit at the Bank of New York Mellon (BNY Mellon) in London and in that role responsible for covering Risk Management, Compliance, Treasury, Capital Adequacy and Finance in the EMEA region, and Client Asset Safety globally. Before joining BNY Mellon in 2015 he worked at PwC in Luxembourg as Risk and Regulatory Consultant, specialised in Prudential Risk/ Basel III. Julius has a Master in Economics and Political Sciences, and holds both the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) as well as the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate.

Christian is a Principal at d-fine with more than 15 years of experience in business consulting. He heads an asset management consulting team with a focus on integrated front-to-back investment management processes for the buy side. Christian and his team have been strongly involved in many recent sustainability reporting projects and greenwashing risk assessments, for clients that include leading asset managers and institutional investors.

Kay Hope is a managing director and leads BofA’s fixed income research effort ESG issues globally. She is also a corporate credit analyst focusing on emerging market names across sectors, mainly in the CIS, Sub-Saharan Africa and Israel. She has been a top-ranked analyst across her categories for multiple years. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Hope held emerging markets roles at Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse First Boston. She also spent several years at McKinsey & Company in Moscow, and a year in Almaty, Kazakhstan, working for an international aid organization. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a master’s degree in Soviet foreign policy from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and a bachelor’s degree in Slavic literature from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is based in London.

Grégoire Hug is a French entrepreneur, CEO, and co-founder of the company WeeFin.

He holds a master’s degree in econometrics and quantitative economics from Aix-Marseille University, as well as a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Ecole Centrale Marseille. Grégoire began his professional career in 2011 at BNP Paribas Securities Services as an analyst in the Risk and Performance department before becoming the head of the same department in 2016. In 2018, he embarked on an entrepreneurial adventure and founded WeeFin, a fintech company with the ambition to make sustainable finance more demanding and ambitious.

Additionally, Grégoire is responsible for the Portfolio Management course at Ecole Centrale Marseille and teaches Sustainable Finance at Aix-Marseille University.

Ilan joined Citi’s Global Government Affairs team in February 2015.
An expert in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) regulation and policy, Ilan regularly writes and speaks on ESG developments, creating Citi’s thought leadership and representing Citi at client, trade association and policymaker events.
Ilan is currently Vice Chair of the Sustainable Finance Task Force of the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union and Co-Chair of the International Regulatory Strategy Group’s (IRSG) Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Working Group.
Prior to joining Citi, Ilan spent over eight years in a variety of roles at GE, where he was responsible for Government Affairs and Policy for GE Capital across Europe.
Outside of work, Ilan is the Chair of Governors of Alma Primary, a local school in the London Borough of Barnet, where he lives with his wife and 2 daughters.

Michelle Leavesley is Group Head of Sustainability at Admiral Group Plc. offering extensive experience of FTSE organisational design and management of Sustainability Risk across Insurance, Asset Management (M&G Plc) and Wealth Management (Prudential). Prior to joining financial services she led a successful social impact agency, becoming a specialist in Reputational Risk, working on high profile behaviour change and digital engagement programmes across the Public Sector. She was a lecturer at Birmingham Business School for over a decade and is an Alumni of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership (CISL). She combines her passion for sustainability with her love of sport, appointed as the first female director of Cricket at Warwickshire CCC, Edgbaston.

Stefan co-heads sales at SAP Fioneer ESG Solutions, a product company specializing in developing holistic and integrated ESG software solutions for Financial Institutions. With an MSc in Finance, he began his career in corporate banking, servicing large industrial clients, before transitioning to fintech and climate tech SaaS startups. There, he developed go-to-market strategies and customer success models for integrating climate & ESG solutions into the banking sector.

Prior to the IFRS Foundation, Mardi spent over a decade leading the global ESG standard setter, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB). Under Mardi’s leadership CDSB published the first global capital market framework for reporting investor focussed information on climate, environmental and social matters to capital markets.  CDSB’s work notably underpins both the TCFD and the TNFD frameworks and became an influential foundational building block in the establishment the International Sustainability Standards Board, where Mardi also played an important leadership role in its establishment.

Mardi has enjoyed a vibrant career which involved her leading high profile flagship environmental campaigns, working in public sector policy advisory roles and public private partnership management. Originally qualifying as a forester and environmental scientist in Australia (Melbourne University) and agricultural economist (UK, SOAS), Mardi is a Board Member of XBRL International, a member of the UK Government Transition Pathway Taskforce Steering Group,  trustee of one of the oldest environmental NGOs in the world, the International Tree Foundation, a founding Board member of WOCAN – Women Organising for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management / W+ Standard,  a school governor and a member of the ICAEW Sustainability Advisory Committee. Mardi was awarded UK environmental campaigner of the year by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation in 2013 and in 2021 and was selected as one of the ESG Foundation’s ones to watch.

Sanna has a decade of professional experience in environmental engineering and strategic advisory with expertise in climate earth systems, land use change and climate adaptation.

At Carbon Direct, Sanna works closely with clients to advise them on high-quality carbon reduction and removal strategies and solutions, bridging science and impact-focused outcomes.  Sanna leads the delivery of corporate strategy and diligence services for clients across a range of sectors, including technology, financial services, and the automotive sector.

Prior to Carbon Direct Sanna worked at SYSTEMIQ, a B-corp consultancy, where she was the Carbon Dioxide Removal Lead for the Energy Transitions Commission.

Sanna is based in London. She holds a Masters in Environmental Management from Yale School of the Environment, a BA of Political Philosophy and a BA(hons) of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She is a Fulbright Scholar.

Virginie Pelletier is a Director, Climate & ESG Solutions, at Moody’s Analytics.

With experience across corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainable finance, climate risk and ESG regulation, Pelletier is responsible for advancing Moody’s ESG & Climate solutions according to the individual needs of financial institutions – and supporting clients to integrate ESG and Climate risk monitoring across their value chain.

Prior to joining Moody’s in 2022, Pelletier oversaw the implementation of CSR policies at BNP Paribas’ Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) arm, having designed the bank’s Sustainable Finance program that promoted sustainability principles across every operational unit. Her pioneering team led the bank’s debut green bond issuance and sustainability-linked loan.

In addition to roles with Fortis Bank, Pelletier has also held roles in asset management where she worked on launching one of the world’s first index-linked green bonds supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. Her career began at Société Générale within its Global Markets division.

Pelletier is a trained economist with a PhD from Dauphine University in Paris.

Chris is a Senior Market Engagement Director with S&P Global Sustainable 1.  He represents S&P Global in sustainability leadership, shaping and influencing the evolving agenda and bringing insights back to inform how S&P Global frames its solutions across Index, Ratings, Market Intelligence and Commodity Insights.  He has more than 20 years’ experience.  Most of his earlier career was at the World Resources Institute and IUCN.  He has degrees from the University of Oxford and Durham.

Dr. Jan-Carl Plagge is Head of ESG Research, a role in which he focuses on the implications of the various forms of ESG investing for investor outcomes. Prior to assuming his current role, he was Head of Active-Passive Portfolio Research looking after index and active investing. Mr. Plagge has published in peer-reviewed journals and has presented his work at various practitioner and academic conferences.

Mr. Plagge has over 18 years of experience in the financial industry. Prior to joining Vanguard, he was Head of Research and Co-Head of Product at STOXX, working in Frankfurt, New York and London. He also held product development roles with Deutsche Börse AG where he was responsible for the development of international equity and strategy indices.

Mr. Plagge earned a PhD in Finance from the EBS – Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Wiesbaden / Germany and a MSc in Business Management from the University of Münster / Germany.

Rory is a managing expert at d-fine. He is responsible for driving the firm’s ESG strategy in the UK, including ESG factor model integration, climate stress test methodologies and sustainability reporting and disclosure.

His expertise lies in the financial and energy sectors, where his work has focused on credit risk modelling, AML/CFT risk assessment, and application software development for KPI and risk outcome monitoring.

Rory has a first class Masters degree in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.

Sonali has significant experience in the complex legal and policy landscape governing ESG. She advises on ESG matters in a multi-jurisdictional setting assessing the application of ESG regulations to global companies. Having worked within industry, she has a good understanding of how clients can apply ESG-focused regulatory and policy developments to mitigate risks and leverage business opportunities in a proactive and productive manner.

Sonali holds leadership positions in several ESG-focused industry bodies and is an active contributor to ESG-policy discussions. Amongst other commitments, she is a member of the ESG Advisory Committee convened by the UK FCA, a member of the City of London Law Society ESG Committee and a Board member of UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF).

Yaroslav Sovgyra is a Head of ESG Risk at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), responsible for embedding holistic ESG risk management into the Group’s credit process and oversight of a complex range of ESG activities across LBG’s Credit function.

Before joining LBG, Yaroslav was Associate Managing Director at Moody’s, where he managed a team of senior credit rating analysts covering financial institutions in EMEA. He also had various ESG-related responsibilities, included implementation of ESG rating methodologies and development of Net Zero and Sustainability-focused scoring tools and products.

Before Moody’s, Yaroslav worked in Global Corporate Reporting Group of PwC, where he advised the largest EU banks on valuation of financial instruments and derivatives, hedging strategies and M&A transactions.

Yarolav has Master degree in Finance from Kyiv National Economic University, is a CFA Charterholder (including CFA ESG Investing and CFA Climate Investing Certificates) and a US CPA.

Evgeny Tyurin is Head of ESG Finance and Corporate Bank Financial Planning & Analysis at Deutsche Bank. In this role he is responsible for sustainable finance reporting implementation across DB in view of upcoming regulatory requirements and on the back of DB’s own ESG volume targets. In addition to that, he manages the end-to-end financial planning process within Corporate Bank and oversees the delivery of its financial targets throughout the year. Evgeny joined Deutsche Bank in 2011 and worked in a variety of functions including Treasury and CFO office since then.

Mikko is Senior Manager in the Environmental and Social Policy and Risk (CES) Department at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), acting as the custodian and guardian of IFC’s Environmental and Social (E&S) policies and standards. CES serves as an independent “regulator” of IFC’s E&S risk management and enables IFC to successfully invest in a range of projects including those in high-risk environments by managing E&S risks on projects more effectively while maintaining compliance with IFC’s sustainability framework.

Mikko has nearly 30 years of hands-on and diverse operational experience in environmental and social compliance and risk management, sustainable finance and promoting sustainability as a business issue. Prior to IFC, Mikko was at the EBRD for over 21 years, managing EBRD’s E&S Policy framework, managing E&S risks on projects across sectors, linking sustainability considerations to the project risk, institutional reputation risks and the clients’ bottom line as well as developing approaches to promote impactful, green and sustainable finance involving Green and Sustainability Bonds, E&S impact reporting, impact investing, SDGs and sustainability initiatives.

Stefano leads the RBC’s UK and European Sustainable Finance efforts to deliver innovative ESG solutions for corporate and institutional clients. Stefano leverages on over 12 years of experience in renewable energy, project finance and debt capital market and sustainable finance. In his career, Stefano structured pioneering sustainable finance solutions in sectors such as Energy and Utilities, Infrastructure, Healthcare and Financial Institutions. Stefano holds a Master of Science degree from Bocconi University with a focus on finance and financial markets.

Adam is COO in the risk management function at ICBC Standard Bank, where he has primary responsibilities around all aspects of enterprise risk, risk appetite, cross-functional risk management and sustainability risk. He has been leading the implementation of sustainability risk considerations across the firm’s enterprise risk management framework, including strategy and disclosures. His 15+ year risk management career also includes roles at Standard Bank Group and Dresdner Kleinwort. Adam is a member of the risk advisory committee at the Association of Foreign Banks in London, and a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Stephanie Williams joined Schroders as a Sustainable Investment Analyst in November 2021. She is responsible for research within the theme of Natural Capital and Biodiversity, including topics such as deforestation and water. Stephanie previously covered the theme of human rights within the same team at Schroders. Before that, Stephanie worked at Future-Fit Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that creates resources for corporates and investors to guide sustainability strategy in line with planetary boundaries and social floors.

Gwen is Head of Nature and Biodiversity at JP Morgan. Prior to this she was a structurer in Global Markets where she integrated sustainability into Markets products across asset classes. She was a part of the leadership team in the informal workgroup that set up the TNFD and a member of the European Commission’s Platform on Sustainable Finance, which she still collaborates with as lead for the expert group on derivatives. Previously she was Head of Sustainable Business Strategy and Innovation at BNP Paribas where she set the bank’s global sustainable finance strategy, oversaw R&D projects in sustainable finance including the creation of a natural capital & local development impact fund, and built programmes to upskill all 200,000 employees on sustainability. Her previous experience includes working in North America and Asia providing market entry strategies, intellectual property valuation, corporate philanthropy, and brand management for clients in financial services, tech, FMCG, automotive, and pharmaceuticals.

Dr. Petr Zemcik is a Senior Director at the Moody’s Analytics London office who leads a focused applied research team of risk modelers and data scientists. His team currently concentrates on linking climate change scenarios to credit risk and on embedding macroeconomic scenarios across credit risk models and  contributes to the support of the Moody’s credit risk models such as  Corporate Expected Default Frequency (EDF)  and  Smart Business Projections. Petr previously worked at CERGE-EI, a joint workplace of the Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education of Charles University in Prague and the Economics Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He holds a PhD and an MA in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and an MSc in Econometrics and Operations Research from the University of Economics in Prague.