Why should you attend?
Join CeFPro® Events at Sustainable Finance Europe on June 10-11 in London. Ensure you stay ahead of the curve in a sustainability focused landscape by deep-diving into best practices to mitigate associated risks.
As we transition into a more sustainable future, explore the shift in ensuring a low-carbon economy through developing and adapting internal infrastructures. Sustainable Finance Europe is the must-attend summit to enhance your skills.
Gain insights from 25+ industry professionals as they discuss methods and challenges faced within sustainable finance. Join panel discussions and detailed presentations, split between 6 networking breaks and a complimentary cocktail hour to continue the conversation.
Key themes for the 2024 Summit
- REGULATIONS:
Stay ahead of the curve with the emerging regulations and effectively implementing them into sustainable frameworks
- GREENWASHING:
Managing uncertainties in mitigating greenwashing risks in a fast-evolving regulatory landscape
- TRANSITION FINANCE:
Navigating the risks and opportunities within transition finance
- NATURE & BIODIVERSITY:
Effective practices to implement nature and biodiversity into sustainable frameworks
- GEOPOLITICAL RISKS:
Overlooking impacts of the geopolitical landscape and the impact on sustainable finance
- BAU:
Successfully implementing sustainability into BAU through prioritization
- SUSTAINABLE INVESTING:
Leveraging opportunities and best practice into sustainably investing
- DATA:
Managing lack of data and developing effective programs to manage data complexities
Hear from Sustainable Finance industry experts…
Join us for a timely and carefully curated agenda across 2 days.
Our agenda ensures a deep dive into timely and topical issues within Sustainable Finance. Through presentations, panel discussions, and live Q&As, we ensure quality facilitation of engagement and learning.
Learn from industry thought-leaders as they share their expertise.
By becoming more proficient in the topic, you can return to your department with newly developed ideas and skills. With our 25+ industry leaders, this is the perfect opportunity to maximize learning.
Continue conversations and connect with peers with 7+ hours of networking.
Take advantage of multiple networking opportunities across the two days, including a complimentary drinks reception; this is an excellent opportunity to grow your network and build meaningful industry connections.
Key speakers for Sustainable Finance
Marina Marecos
Head of Sustainable Finance EMEA
Mizuho
Celia Lambert-Alcantara
Head of Sustainable Finance/ESG Compliance
Credit Agricole
Myles McCarthy
Head of Sustainability
Close Brothers
Aleksandra Schellenberg
Global Head Legal Sustainable Finance
UBS
Phil Cliff
Director, Sustainable Investing
Fidelity International
Saad Malik
Sustainability Director
Lloyds Banking Group
David Carlin
Head of Climate Risk
UNEP FI
Vesselina Haralampieva
Head of Sustainable Fnance Governance and Regulations
EBRD
Tarunima Arora
Executive Director, Senior Risk Officer Sustainable Finance
Standard Chartered Bank
Hilde Nordbo
Director and Head of Sustainability
Handelsbanken
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Session previews and related insights
Get an insight of what to expect from the Congress with our past and present speaker session previews.
Nature risk and biodiversity: Integrating environmental sustainability into organizations
Nature risk and biodiversity: Integrating environmental sustainability into organizations Carl Moxley, Group Climate Director, Legal & General Below is an insight into what can be expected from Carl's session at Risk Evolve 2024. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+more+about+CeFPro%27s+Risk+Evolve+2024&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23001c64&outline_custom_hover_background=%23001c64&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Frisk-evolve%252F }} The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader as an individual, and are not
Reviewing the continued evolution of the regulatory landscape and the role of the regulator
Reviewing the continued evolution of the regulatory landscape and the role of the regulator Arthur Carabia, Director of ESG Policy Research, Morningstar Sustainalytics Below is an insight into what was spoken about in Arthur's session at ESG Europe 2024. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+about+CeFPro%27s+Sustainable+Finance+2024&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23001c64&outline_custom_hover_background=%23001c64&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Fsustainable-finance-europe%252F }} The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought
Reviewing changes within climate risk and inclusion within risk management practices and stress testing
Reviewing changes within climate risk and inclusion within risk management practices and stress testing Rocco Fanciullo, Head of Liquidity Risk Management, UniCredit SpA Below is an insight into what can be expected from Rocco's session at Risk Evolve 2024. {{ vc_btn: title=Find+out+more+about+CeFPro%27s+Risk+Evolve+2024&style=outline-custom&outline_custom_color=%23001c64&outline_custom_hover_background=%23001c64&outline_custom_hover_text=%23ffffff&link=url%3Ahttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cefpro.com%252Fforthcoming-events%252Frisk-evolve%252F }} The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought
Adhering to multiple disclosure requirements across different standards and jurisdiction
Adhering to multiple disclosure requirements across different standards and jurisdiction Vesselina Haralampieva, Associate Director, Senior Counsel, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Below is an insight into what can be expected from Vesselina' session at ESG Europe Summit 2024. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the thought leader as an individual,
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Agenda
8:00 – 8:50
Registration and breakfast
8:50 – 9:00
Chair’s opening remarks
9:00 – 9:40
REGULATIONS
Reviewing regulatory landscape and navigating complex requirements across jurisdictions
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- Managing timelines of regulatory landscape and reporting requirements
- CSRD, SFDR, EU Taxonomy, CSDDD
- Impacts of global disclosures what constitutes best practice
- UK SSDR regulations, U.S SEC disclosures on fund labelling
- Aligning regulatory requirements under EU Taxonomy
- Best practices and lessons learned in navigating the dynamic regulatory landscape
- Managing the risk of overlapping regulations from multiple jurisdictions
- Leveraging technology and innovation in streamlining regulatory compliance processes
- Navigating supply chains through CSDDD implementation
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David Carlin, Head of Climate Risk and TCFD, UNEP FI |
9:40 – 10:30
CSRD IMPLEMENTATION – PANEL DISCUSSION
Benchmarking CSRD implementation and streamlining industry standards
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- Double materiality assessments on sustainability
- Impact on the environment and society
- Managing internal challenges for CSRD implementation
- Expertise requirements and resources availability
- Applying double materiality to align current reporting standards
- Enhancing frameworks to meet CSRD requirements
- Benchmarking industry progress and framework for meeting CSRD standards
- Understanding the complexity to implement CSRD operationally
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Celia Lambert-Alcantara, Head of Sustainable Finance/ESG Compliance, Credit Agricole |
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James Leeson, Head of Finance Sustainability, DWS Group |
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Tanja Gihr, Head of Sustainable Banking Group EMEA, Barclays Investment Banking |
10:30-11:00
Morning refreshment break and networking
11:00-11:40
SFDR
Reviewing SFDR and managing challenges faced with implementation into frameworks
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- Ensuring products and investments align with EU Taxonomy targets
- Reviewing technical impacts and timelines
- Mitigating the challenges of adhering to SFRD
- Data, internal resources, and internal capacity
- Reviewing SFDR for transition finance labelling
- Engaging with SFDR amendment to stay ahead of the regulatory landscape
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Aleksandra Schellenberg, Global Head Legal Sustainable Finance, UBS |
11:40-12:20
SCALING UP
Developing internal infrastructures to comply to ‘scaling up’ requirements from regulators
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- Scaling up in a complex environment
- Identifying risks and complexities associated with scaling up
- Enhancing capacity internally for scaling up requirements
- Developing technologies in house
- Understanding role of blended finance in mitigating risks for scaling up
- Navigating efficient methodologies and practices
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Martin Spolc, Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, European Commission tbc |
12:20-1:20
Lunch and networking break
1:20-2:00
GREENWASHING RISKS
Managing uncertainties in mitigating greenwashing risks with increased regulatory pressure
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- Building robust frameworks to prevent greenwashing.
- Treated as a traditional risk vs part of risk assessment and appetite?
- Mitigating greenwashing outside of frameworks
- Raising awareness, changing culture, and embedding this into financial institution
- Increase of ‘green hushing’ and impact to financial institutions
- Enhancing transparency to reduce regulatory scrutiny
- Greenwashing – reputational, legal, or financial risk?
- Aligning with ECB requirements in ensuring risk assessments and controls are in place
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Javier Francisco Munoz, Global Head of Conduct, Reputational Risk & ESG, Santander Corporate & Investment Banking |
2:00-2:40
DATA
Developing a data program and managing the complexities of data requirements
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- Managing lack of data needed to meet regulatory requirements.
- Enhancing transparency and robustness around data requirements
- Anticipating CSRD Implementation for corporates
- Leveraging on emerging data utilities
- Exploring on large language models
- Standardizing definition of sustainability to ensure data quality.
- Leveraging client data to build in house ESG data
- Using this to build new process, tools, and architectures.
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Marie D’Argentre, Head of Data and Transformation, BNP Paribas CIB |
2:40-3:30
TAXONOMY – PANEL DISCUSSION
Managing the multitude of global taxonomies and impact on sustainable frameworks
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- Development of taxonomy in sustainable finance
- Technicalities of taxonomy
- How to implement and apply taxonomy into BAU
- Managing complex regulations involving multiple taxonomies
- Green asset ratio implementation and navigating requirements
- Increasing transparency of taxonomy
- Effectively measuring and translating financial data
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Gurprit Samrai, Associate Director, Sustainability and ESG Finance, Lloyds Banking Group |
3:30-4:00
Afternoon refreshment break
4:00-4:40
TRANSITION FINANCE
Navigating challenges associated with sustainable transition finance
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- Incorporating concept of sustainable transition into investments
- Identifying KPI’s, measuring transition, and transitioning a business to be more sustainable
- Navigating open-ended transition finance approach to mitigate greenwashing.
- Role of blended finance in transition planning
- Managing multiple approaches to transition financing
- Standardizing a definition transition finance
- Opportunities and risks within transition finance
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Tarunima Arora, Executive Director, Senior Risk Officer, Sustainable Finance, Standard Chartered Bank |
4:40-5:30
TRANSITION PLANNING – PANEL DISCUSSION
Developing comprehensive transition plans and aligning across business functions
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- Aligning best practice for transition plan frameworks
- Going beyond net zero, emission reductions and looking at social transitions.
- Transition plans aligning with net zero goals and scope 3 emissions
- Creating efficient transition plans for clients
- Meeting KPI’S to implement effective transition plans
- Developing practical transition plans applicable across the banks’ balance sheets
- Ensuring transition plans are robust and avoid greenwashing
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Phil Cliff, Director, Sustainable Investing, Fidelity International |
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Vesselina (Vessy) Haralampieva, Head of Sustainable Finance Governance, and Regulations, EBRD |
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Panagiota Batziou, Associate – Green, Social and Impact Bonds, Goldman Sachs Asset Management |
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Myles McCarthy, Head of Sustainability, Close Brothers |
5:30-5:40
Chairs closing remarks
5:40
End of day one and networking drinks reception
8:00 – 8:50
Registration and breakfast
8:50 – 9:00
Chair’s opening remarks
9:00 – 9:50
NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY – PANEL DISCUSSION
Navigating nature based finance and establishing strategies beyond assumptions
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- Implementing nature and biodiversity into sustainable frameworks
- Understanding long term impacts of nature and biodiversity
- Incorporating nature and biodiversity considerations into portfolio
- Identifying which metrics to be used
- Ensuring policies are designed to reduce impacts.
- Cooperating with TNFD guidelines to develop KPI’s.
- Defining measurements of nature and biodiversity capital
- Quantifying nature and biodiversity
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Monica Filkova, Head of Climate and Nature Investment Strategy, Aviva |
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Pietro Stimamiglio, VP, Climate and ESG Capital Markets, Natwest Markets |
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Daniel Sacco, Investment Officer, Deutsche Bank |
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Hamid Asseffa, Head of EMEA Sustainable & Impact Investing, Invesco |
9:50 – 10:30
GEOPOLITICAL RISKS
Reviewing geopolitical landscape across jurisdictions and the impact on sustainable finance
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- Overcoming lasting implications of global issues
- Global wars, energy crisis and inflation
- Dissecting sustainability and reducing impact to developing countries
- Connection of geopolitical risks and the evolving landscape
- Reviewing geopolitical repercussions with links of sustainable products to modern day slavery
- Tackling conflicting interests with unsustainable oil and gas companies
- Reviewing complexity of geopolitical risks in line with environment
- Impacts of high interest rates on sustainable financing
10:30-11:00
Morning refreshment break and networking
11:00 – 11:40
BAU
Prioritizing sustainability and embedding into BAU in a continuously evolving landscape
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- Engaging internal teams to be more sustainable
- Training, upskilling, providing incentives.
- Climate change impacts to firms
- Proportionately upskilling team to navigate sustainability changes
- Understanding complexity of climate change and incorporating it in BAU
- g. Impact of floods to insurance premiums
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Daniel Kricheff, Director, Global Credit Risk, Sustainability, MetLife Investment Management |
11:40-12:20
SUSTAINABLE INVESTING
Leveraging opportunities and practices of sustainable investing
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- Exploring opportunities within sustainable investments
- Addressing the importance of transparency and responsible investment practices
- Investing in sustainable transport
- Electric cars, zero emission modes of transport, HGV’s and Trucks
- Risks and opportunities around decarbonization within investments
- Defining what classifies as a sustainable investment
- Shifting investments and asset management in attracting capital to green lending
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Mikael Down, Executive Director, Head of EMEA Sustainable Finance Solutions, Morgan Stanley |
12:20-1:00
SUSTAINABILIITY LINK PRODUCTS – PANEL DISCUSSION
Leveraging sustainability linked products to execute client expectations.
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- Current regulatory landscape for reporting and importance of reporting financed emissions
- Setting targets in financial institutions and aligning to science based organisations
- Evolution of sustainable finance products and service to drive down financed emissions in line with net zero and 1.5 degree transition pathways
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- Sustainable finance
- Sustainability-linked finance
- Challenges to overcome, including greenwashing and policy / regulatory landscape
- Importance of stakeholder engagement and partnerships (including public / private or cross-sectoral)
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Saad Malik, Sustainability Director, Lloyds Banking Group |
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Ulrik Hallen Oen, Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, DNB Markets |
1:00-2:00
Lunch and networking break
1:00-2:40
CARBON CREDIT MARKET – FIRESIDE CHAT
Assessing the voluntary carbon credit market
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- Navigating lack of frameworks of carbon credits market
- Implications of a voluntary carbon credit market
- Bad credits and offsetting emissions
- Standardizing what ‘good’ looks likes in a carbon credit market
- Enhancing transparency and integrity to reduce risks
- Developing frameworks to manage carbon markets
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Chris Leeds, Head of Carbon Markets Development, Standard Chartered Bank |
2:40-3:10
COLLABORATION
Increasing collaboration across jurisdictions for standardization in sustainable finance
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- Emphasizing the need for continuous collaboration and dialogue amongst stakeholders
- Collaboration between regulators and policymakers to ensure strong frameworks
- Collaboration amongst multiple financial institutions to enhance transparency
- Enhancing competency in the market
- Attracting talents and attaining required skill sets
- Implementing a siloed approach towards sustainable finance
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Hilde Nordbo, Director and Head of Sustainability, Handelsbanken |
3:10-3:40
Afternoon refreshment break and networking break
3:40-4:20
CAPACITY BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT
Developing capacity internally to continuously evolve with sustainable ambitions and goals
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- Managing rapid growth of market and achieving net zero by 2050
- Attracting sustainable capital to ensure they meet ambitions of organization.
- Building capacity to deploy sustainable finance projects
- Enhancing consistency to build capacity.
- Reaching clear definitions standards and verifications
- Building on regulatory and legal frameworks
- Building capacity and deepening understanding of embedding sustainability internally
4:20-5:10
FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE – PANEL DISCUSSION
Reviewing the future of sustainable finance and impacts on a macro scale
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- Demystifying sustainable finance
- Building capacity to ensure decision making.
- Tackling conflicting interests with unsustainable oil and gas companies
- The role of blended finance in meeting sustainability standards
- Incorporating AI into sustainable finance frameworks to enhance efficiency.
- Using automation for assisting in transition plan guidelines
- Role of AI to support net-zero policies, taxonomies, and in-house initiatives.
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Marina Marecos, Head of Sustainable Finance EMEA, Mizuho |
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Ben Constable-Maxwell, Head of Impact Investing, M&G Investments |
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Aleksandra Schellenberg, Global Head Legal Sustainable Finance, UBS |
5:10-5:20
Chairs closing remarks
5:20
End of Sustainable Finance Europe
2024 Speakers
Hear from subject matter experts and industry thought leaders
Tarunima Arora
Executive Director, Senior Risk Officer, Sustainable Finance
Standard Chartered Bank
Tarunima Arora
Biography coming soon.
Hamid Asseffar
Head of EMEA Sustainable & Impact Investing
Invesco
Hamid Asseffar
Biography coming soon.
Panagiota Batziou
Associate – Green, Social and Impact Bonds
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Panagiota Batziou
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
Head of Climate Risk and TCFD
UNEP FI
David Carlin
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 Cliff
Director, Sustainable Investing
Fidelity International
Phil Cliff
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 Constable-Maxwell
Head of Impact Investing
M&G Investments
Ben Constable-Maxwell
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 Down
Executive Director, Head of EMEA Sustainable Finance Solutions
Morgan Stanley
Mikael Down
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’Argentre
Head of Data and Transformation
BNP Paribas CIB
Marie D’Argentre
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.
Tanja Gihr
Head of Sustainable Banking Group EMEA
Barclays Investment Bank
Tanja Ghir
Biography coming soon
Monica Filkova
Head of Climate and Nature Investment Strategy
Aviva
Monica Filkova
Biography coming soon.
Javier Francisco Munoz
Global Head of Conduct, Reputational Risk & ESG
Santander Corporate and Investment Bank
Javier Francisco Munoz
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.
Ulrik Hallen Oen
Associate director, Sustainable Finance
DNB Markets
Ulrik Hallen Oen
Biography coming soon…
Vesselina (Vessy) Haralampieva
Head of Sustainable Finance Governance, and Regulations
EBRD
Vesselina (Vessy) Haralampieva
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
Director, Global Credit Risk, Sustainability
MetLife Investment Management
Daniel Kricheff
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.
Celia Lambert-Alcantara
Head of Sustainable Finance/ESG Compliance,
Credit Agricole
Celia Lambert-Alcantara
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 Leeds
Head of Carbon Markets Development
Standard Chartered Bank
Chris Leeds
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
James Leeson,
Head of Finance Sustainability
DWS Group
James Leeson
Biography coming soon
Saad Malik
Sustainability Director
Lloyds Banking Group
Saad Malik,
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 Marecos
Head of Sustainable Finance EMEA
Mizuho
Marina Marecos
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 McCarthy
Head of Sustainability
Close Brothers
Myles McCarthy
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.
Hilde Nordbo
Director and Head of Sustainability
Handelsbanken
Hilde Nordbo
Hilde will be speaking at our CeFPro’s Sustainable Finance 2024 Summit
Jana Platau-Wagner
Head of Sustainability
Zurich Insurance Europe
Jana Platau-Wagner
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
Associate Director, Sustainability and ESG Finance
Lloyds Banking Group
Gurprit Samrai,
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
Investment Officer
Deutsche Bank
Daniel Sacco
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
Global Head Legal Sustainable Finance
UBS
Aleksandra Schellenberg
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.
Martin Spolc
Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance
European Commission (tbc)
Martin Spolc
Biography coming soon.
Pietro Stimamiglio
VP, Climate and ESG Capital Markets
Natwest Markets
Pietro Stimamiglio
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).
Past Sponsors at our ESG and Climate Summits.
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Sustainable Capital Group
We are Sustainable Capital Group. A sustainable finance company for mid-market organizations that assist green financiers, impact investors and organisations in achieving their sustainability and financing objectives. For organisations, we operate in three phases. First, our financial analysts assess whether your plan, project or business is eligible for financing. Then, we determine the most suitable financing possibilities. Thereafter, we realise the necessary financing by matching your organisation to our growing network of green financiers and impact investors. In parallel, our sustainability experts assess whether your organisation is compliant with the European regulations and standards. For impact investors and green financiers, we provide EU Taxonomy compliant investment opportunities. We accelerate the sustainable finance transition by reorienting capital flows and directing investments towards your sustainable growth initiatives. It all starts with sustainable capital.
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1 America Square
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London
EC3N 2LB
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Frequently asked questions
Can I share my thought leadership at Sustainable Finance Europe?
Will there be opportunities to network with other attendees?
- Breakfast, lunch and refreshment breaks
- Drinks reception at the end of day-1
- Q&A, panel discussions and audience participation technology
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Where can I find the Summit documentation and speaker presentations?
* Please note that our speakers often have to gain permission from their relevant compliance departments to release their presentations. On rare occasions compliance may not allow presentations to be distributed.
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Are there any rules on dress code?
Business attire is requested. The Congress is a formal opportunity to network with like-minded professionals and to gain knowledge from the industry’s finest risk management experts.
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Early Bird Rate - Available until May 10
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🤝 Networking: 7+ hours
🍽️ Lunch + Refreshments
🍸 Networking cocktail reception
In addition – Post event 👇
📹 Video recording of panels and presentations*¹
🖥️ PPT slides/decks*¹
🎙️ Podcasts with industry experts
🎥 Videos and interviews from the event
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Registration includes
📚 Access to 50+ sessions – across 3 streams
🤝 Networking: 7+ hours
🍽️ Lunch + Refreshments
🍸 Networking cocktail reception
In addition – Post event 👇
📹 Video recording of panels and presentations*¹
🖥️ PPT slides/decks*¹
🎙️ Podcasts with industry experts
🎥 Videos and interviews from the event
📖 iNFRont magazine complimentary
🔗 CeFPro Connect membership
👥 Community network and engagement
📊 Market intelligence reports access
*¹subject to presenter approval
Registration includes
📚 Access to 50+ sessions – across 3 streams
🤝 Networking: 7+ hours
🍽️ Lunch + Refreshments
🍸 Networking cocktail reception
In addition – Post event 👇
📹 Video recording of panels and presentations*¹
🖥️ PPT slides/decks*¹
🎙️ Podcasts with industry experts
🎥 Videos and interviews from the event
📖 iNFRont magazine complimentary
🔗 CeFPro Connect membership
👥 Community network and engagement
📊 Market intelligence reports access
*¹subject to presenter approval
Early Bird Rate - Available until May 10
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