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Panagiota is a dedicated professional in the field of sustainable finance, currently serving as a Green, Social & Impact (GSI) Bond Associate at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Her responsibilities include ESG research of the Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds market, EU Taxonomy assessments, and active dialogue with labelled bond issuers. In the past, Panagiota held positions across the spectrum of sustainability, including corporate sustainability and ESG private equity investing. Panagiota holds a Master of Science degree in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a Bachelor of Science in Economics

David Carlin leads risk programming for UNEP- Finance Initiative (UNEP FI). He has worked with over 100 financial institutions on topics of climate scenarios, climate risk assessments, and sustainability regulation. He and his team support financial actors across the world to develop best practices for managing environmental risks and identifying environmental opportunities.
He currently advises UNEP FI’s Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). He has also been a technical advisor to the Glasgow Financial Alliances for Net Zero (GFANZ).
He is the founder of Cambium Global Solutions, which helps governments, corporations, and financial institutions address the most pressing environmental challenges and thrive in a changing world.
He is also a contributor to Forbes, where he writes about climate change and leadership and a senior associate at Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
David has worked as a Principal in Finance, Risk, and Public Policy for Oliver Wyman and in Model Risk Management for PNC Bank. His background is in quantitative modeling and decision science.
He conducted research in financial decision-making at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College.

He currently advises UNEP FI’s Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA). He has also been a technical advisor to the Glasgow Financial Alliances for Net Zero (GFANZ).
He is the founder of Cambium Global Solutions, which helps governments, corporations, and financial institutions address the most pressing environmental challenges and thrive in a changing world.
He is also a contributor to Forbes, where he writes about climate change and leadership.
David has worked as a Principal in Finance, Risk, and Public Policy for Oliver Wyman and in Model Risk Management for PNC Bank. His background is in quantitative modeling and decision science.
He conducted research in financial decision-making at Carnegie Mellon University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College.

Phil has recently joined Fidelity to enhance the firms climate strategy and transition plan, driving forward the firm’s commitment to halve emissions across its investment portfolios by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050. He will also ensure the firm’s reporting strategy is aligned with actions to integrate climate considerations in its investment process and Fidelity’s own journey to achieve net zero across its corporate operations by 2030.

Previously, he was Chair of the Climate Financial Risk Forum for Asset Management under the FCA/Bank of England, and Head of Climate at M&G Investments, where he spearheaded the climate strategy and transition plan, including the creation of the firm’s net zero investment framework, portfolio analytics tool, scenario modelling and climate reporting. He has over 20 years’ of investment experience, including as an equity fund manager who integrated ESG in 2016, and having previously worked at firms including Threadneedle and Skandia where he worked across other asset classes including sovereigns and corporate debt.

Ben is Head of Impact Strategy at M&G Investments, leading the firm’s impact investment strategy and covering sustainability issues such as climate change, circularity and Impact Measurement and Management. Ben co-founded M&G’s Equity Impact team and is the Impact Lead on the team’s funds including the M&G Positive Impact and Climate Solutions Funds. He plays an active industry role as a member of impact-oriented initiatives such as the GIIN’s Listed Equities impact working group, the GIIN Acceleration Leadership Committee, UK Climate Finance Accelerator’s Steering Group and the PRI Circular Economy Reference Group. He has an honours Degree in Classics from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and a Certificate in Impact Measurement from the Said Business School at Oxford University.

Mikael is Head of EMEA Sustainable Solutions at Morgan Stanley, where he partners with the Firm’s Institutional Securities and Investment Management businesses to scale sustainable finance across the EMEA region. He is also heavily engaged with Firm initiatives to promote diversity and inclusion as a member of the Diversity Action Council and Inclusive Ventures Lab Investment Committee.

Mikael started his career as an economist at HM Treasury before taking up a diplomatic posting to the EU in Brussels. On return to the Treasury in 2009, he led multiple post- financial crisis reforms, before being appointed Deputy Director for financial sanctions, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing and Head of the UK Delegation to the Financial Action Task Force. In 2013, Mikael joined the Financial Conduct Authority where he led a major programme of conduct and governance reforms in financial services. Mikael left the FCA in 2015 to help establish the Banking Standards Board where he was Executive Director and member of the Board.

Alongside his work at Morgan Stanley, Mikael is an Industry Professor at University College London, a Trustee of the Finance Innovation Lab, and a Fellow at the Forward Institute. He has an MA in Economics from the University of Cambridge and is studying for a PhD in AI and Ethics at the University of Leeds.

Marie d’Argentré | head of ESG Data & Digital for BNPP CIB
Marie d’Argentré is head of ESG Data & Digital for BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking. She leads the ESG Data strategy of CIB, ensuring relevant data acquisition, in particular on trends and topics where data offer is still less mature. She also ensures that data collected internally allows consistent ESG reporting, and fosters the development relevant ESG digital tools. Finally she aims at accelerating the use of data across Business Lines to accelerate client engagement on ESG and to fasten the positive banking transformation. She joined BNP Paribas in 2016 as Senior Manager at CIB Consulting & Transformation, leading several projects in the framework of CIB’s Sustainable Finance program to promote the positive role of finance and investment. Prior to joining BNP Paribas, she worked at Bain & Company strategy consulting firm, where she accompanied corporates on strategic planning, commercial and marketing strategy and process redesign.

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Javier is a dual qualified European Lawyer and English Solicitor with over 16 years Legal, Regulatory Compliance and Conduct experience across Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Sales & Trading. Javier is a seasoned Investment banking compliance SME and advisor combining in depth international regulatory knowledge with solid risk management skills. Javier is currently responsible for Global Conduct and Reputational risk at Santander Corporate & Investment Banking and is also the ESG compliance global lead. He has been instrumental in building a robust ESG Target Operating model for the management of ESG risk and compliance as well as supporting and advising the business and senior management in relation to ESG compliance and risk both at transactional and strategic level. Javier also a business ethics associate professor at the University of Navarre, currently teaching at the Masters in Banking and Financial Regulation including on ESG related matters.

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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.

Daniel Kricheff is a Director, Global Credit Research – Sustainability at MetLife Investment Management (MIM), and is co-head of sustainability research within Public Fixed Income, where he oversees research on a range of sustainability themes. In addition, he has led the development of the MIM transition strategy, an investment strategy designed to support energy transition while generating mainstream financial returns in fixed income portfolios. He was previously an academic researcher and has extensive experience working on economic development initiatives and research globally.

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.

Chris is the Head of Carbon Markets Development at Standard Chartered, building the bank’s environmental trading and financing business and growing its profile as a global leader in sustainable finance. This involves advising clients, supporting trade bodies, originating carbon related transactions and building the trading infrastructure. He supported SCB’s Group CEO, Bill Winters, in his role as Chair of the Taskforce for Scaling the Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM) and is now a board member of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC-VCM). He is also a board member of Carbonplace, a global carbon credit trading network, and a member of the Climate Impact X (CIX) Advisory Forum. Chris has been appointed as one of the leads for the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA), a joint initiative between the U.S. Department of State, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bezos Earth Fund to catalyse private capital to accelerate the transition from fossil fuel to clean power in developing countries.
Chris’ experience in the commodity markets spans over 30 years in origination, sales and trading. At Standard Chartered, he built the Bank’s energy risk management platform, originating deals with state-owned and merchant refiners, oil producers, airlines, utilities and shipping companies. Previously Chris was with Barclays where he was Global Head of Environmental Markets Sales and before that at Merrill Lynch where he traded power, gas and set up their carbon emissions trading desk. He was a founder member of the Carbon Markets and Investors Association (CMIA) and was the Chairman of Power Trading Forum a division of the Futures and Options Association (FOA). He also worked as a base metals trader for a number of years before moving to energy. Chris has a strong understanding of commodity deal structuring, trade finance and managing price risk

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Saad is an experienced sustainability professional and thought leader. At Lloyds Banking Group, he is responsible for driving the sustainability agenda in business and commercial banking, aiming to reduce the Group’s financed emissions and enhance sustainability and resilience for clients, with a particular focus on SMEs and mid-corporates.

Before joining Lloyds in July 2023, Saad was National Grid’s Group Sustainability Reporting Director, leading a best-in-class reporting strategy and overseeing adherence with major established frameworks, while also driving the Group’s sustainable financing strategy and target-setting agenda. Prior to that, he was a Senior Manager in PwC’s Sustainability Risk & Reporting Advisory team in London, where he supported clients across a wide range of industries in driving impactful sustainability strategies, identifying and addressing climate-related risks and opportunities, as well as developing good practice sustainability reporting.

He is a qualified chartered accountant (ICAEW), a GRI Certified Sustainability Professional and has a Master of Science in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment at UCL.

Marina is the Head of Sustainable Finance Solutions, EMEA, based in London. The Sustainable Finance Solutions team advises corporate clients and financial institutions across EMEA on a range of sustainable finance products.

Prior to her current role, Marina spent 6 years with Lloyds Bank as a Relationship Director, and, over the last 2 years, Marina supported Corporates with their sustainable finance strategy, leading coordination and structuring of several transactions. Prior to Lloyds, Marina spent over 15 years leading relationship teams and supporting Corporate Clients in Novo Banco.

Marina holds an MBA degree from ISG.

Myles, as Group Head of Sustainability at Close Brothers, drives the development of the sustainability agenda within the bank, integrating sustainability into the corporate culture, and embedding the consideration of sustainability in strategic, business and operational decision making.

Prior to this role, Myles joined the Carbon Trust at its inception, spending 20 years developing its programmes across sustainability, carbon management and emerging low carbon technology investments. During this period, the organisation established itself as an independent, expert partner of leading organisations around the world, helping them contribute to and benefit from a more sustainable future through carbon reduction, resource efficiency strategies and commercialising low carbon technologies.

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Jana, is currently the Head of CSRD policies and engagement for Zurich Group. Most recently she was the Head of Sustainability at Zurich Insurance Europe AG, leading sustainability strategy and vision for the organization, aligning it with the emerging regulatory frameworks and best practices in the industry. she has over 13 years of experience in sustainability, climate risk, and ESG consulting, working with financial services, technology, start-ups, and Fortune 500 institutions. She holds an MBA from Trinity Business School Dublin, Ireland and an MSc in Sustainable Development from Utrecht University, Netherlands – she also holds a GARP SCR certificate, and a PMP certificate, demonstrating my diverse and relevant qualifications and competencies.

Her mission is to achieve net zero without sacrificing bottom-line profit, and to drive positive change across business and management processes. She has a track record of delivering forward-thinking ESG and climate strategies that substantially improve ESG ratings, boost company credibility, and enable stakeholder engagement. Some of my key achievements include spearheading the EU taxonomy alignment for underwriting, delivering sustainability and climate risk programs, and lecturing on sustainable finance strategy and compliance. She is bilingual in German and English, and has a deep-seated passion for sustainability and innovation

Gurprit Samrai is an Associate Director in the Sustainability and ESG Finance team at Lloyds Banking Group. As Financial Services Industry Lead, her role is to support these clients on their transition journey – through structuring sustainable financing (use of proceeds and sustainability linked) and providing consultative services (ESG ratings and Sustainable Finance Frameworks). She has over 10+ years’ experience as a Sustainability and Investment Finance professional. In addition, she is also an accredited Chartered Management Accountant and holds the CFA ESG Investing Certificate

Daniel Sacco is a Senior Investment Officer at Deutsche Bank Private Bank. In his role, he covers ESG and Sustainable investments and analysis, ranging from energy transition to blue economy. He has been with Deutsche Bank since 2021 and holds a Master’s degree in Finance at Bocconi University and one in Economics from Keio University in Tokyo. During his career, he has worked for the National Bank of Canada in Dublin and joined Deutsche Bank after an experience at Mediobanca in the Private & Wealth Management division as part of front office coverage for Institutional Clients.

Aleksandra Schellenberg is a Head of Sustainable Finance Legal at UBS and is based in Zurich.
At UBS, Aleksandra, together with 10 brilliant lawyers she leads, provides legal advice on ESG risks across the bank’s operations such as Group sustainability strategy, ESG commitments, sustainable investing, sustainable lending, supply chain, greenwashing, ESG litigation to name a few.
In addition, Aleksandra promotes sustainability outside her business hours. She is a founder and a CEO of Speaktacular.Me (www.speaktacular.me), a free social media platform created for women to be 100% themselves, and where they can anonymously speak to each other on any topic without judgement, and to empower one another.

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Pietro is a Vice President in the Climate and ESG Capital Markets team advising NatWest Markets’ corporate clients globally on structuring sustainable debt instruments, formulating and benchmarking corporate sustainability strategies, and engaging with external ESG stakeholders. Pietro holds a MSc in Management and Finance from the University College London (UCL).

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