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2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk

January 31, 2018 ... Key speakers info / FAQs on the 2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk

Burgess COMMENTARY
My experience over the past 60+ years suggests that climate risk is far bigger than widely reported. Management analysis systems don't take the future into account at all well. This is a critical problem that needs to be fixed!
Peter Burgess

Speakers
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Jane Ambachtsheer photo 2017.jpg JANE AMBACHTSHEER Partner and Chair, Responsible Investment Mercer Jane Ambachtsheer is a Partner and Chair of Mercer's Global Responsible Investment Business. She is responsible for overseeing the group's strategy, developing intellectual capital across a range of responsible investment topics, and advising investors in Europe and North America. Jane was consultant to the United Nations through the development of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which are now supported by nearly 1700 signatories. Jane is a member of the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a Trustee of CDP, and a member of the PRI Academic Working Group. Jane continues to produce new research and has been the author or co-author on a number of important papers and reports, including Mercer's Investing in a Time of Climate Change (2015). In 2011, Jane received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Social Investment Organisation. In 2014, she was named one of Canada's Clean 50 leaders in the field of sustainable capitalism. Jane is an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford Universitys Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto. She holds a Bachelor of Economics and English literature with honours from York University and a Master of Social Science from the University of Amsterdam.
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Rosina Bierbaum photo 2017.jpg ROSINA BIERBAUM Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy University of Michigan Rosina M. Bierbaum, PhD, is professor and former dean of the University of Michigan’s School of Environment and Sustainability. She also holds the Roy F. Westin Chair in Natural Economics at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the interface of science and policy – principally on issues related to climate change adaptation and mitigation at the national and international levels. She currently chairs the Science and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environment Facility. She served on President Obama's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology (PCAST), as an Adaptation Fellow at the World Bank, led the Adaptation Chapter for the Congressionally-mandated U.S. National Climate assessment, and was a review editor for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. She has served in both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. Government--as the Senate-confirmed director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Environment Division, and in multiple capacities at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Ecological Society of America, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Sharan Burrow photo 2017.jpg SHARAN BURROW General Secretary International Trade Union Confederation Sharan Burrow was elected General Secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) at its Second World Congress in Vancouver in June 2010. Previously President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) since 1992, she served as inaugural President of the ITUC from its foundation in Vienna in 2006, and of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (a predecessor organisation to the ITUC) from 2004. The ITUC is the world’s peak labour union body and represents 181 million workers in 163 countries and territories and has 340 national affiliates.
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Kathy Calvin Photo 2017 -1.png KATHY CALVIN President and Chief Executive Officer United Nations Foundation Kathy Calvin is President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Nations Foundation. Her career has spanned work in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. She is a passionate advocate for multi-sector problem-solving, U.S. leadership on global issues, and the inclusion of women at all levels and in all sectors. Kathy leads one of the most innovative organizations advocating for the UN and the creation of public-private partnerships. Her leadership brings together the largest network of supporters of UN issues in the United States and a global network of corporate, civil society and media partners. The UN Foundation was created in 1998 with entrepreneur and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic $1 billion gift to support UN causes and activities. The UN Foundation advocates for the UN and connects people, ideas, and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems. As a public charity with many partners, the UN Foundation's work is focused on decreasing child mortality, empowering women and girls, creating a clean energy future, using mobile technology for development, and improving U.S.-UN relations. Prior to joining the UN Foundation as Chief Operating Officer in 2003, Kathy served as President of the AOL Time Warner Foundation where she guided AOL Time Warner's philanthropic activities and was the chief architect of the company's corporate responsibility initiatives. She joined America Online in 1997 as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, and was responsible for the company’s brand, social responsibility, and external relations.
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Emily Chew photo 2017_213x213.jpg EMILY CHEW Global Head of ESG Research & Integration Manulife Asset Management Based in Hong Kong, Emily is Global Head of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) Research and Integration. As the primary lead on ESG, Emily has oversight over Manulife Asset Management’s ESG research agenda, works to engage with companies and portfolio managers on ESG issues, and sets the strategic direction for ESG investment for the firm. Before joining Manulife Asset Management, Emily was Head of ESG Research for Asia-Pacific at MSCI Inc., where she led a team of nine ESG analysts across the region, commencing her role in Beijing and later continuing in Hong Kong. Her team had oversight into research quality and issue identification for approximately 1,200 stocks, and under her leadership produced original research on the relevance of ESG to Asian and emerging markets, with a particular emphasis on China. Prior to that, she was a capital markets lawyer with Baker & McKenzie in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on funds management, capital raisings, and REITs. She is a member of the United Nations-sponsored Principles for Responsible Investment’s Listed Equities Integration Subcommittee, and chairs the Asian Investor Group on Climate Change’s Member Working Group.
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Laurent CLAMAGIRAND photo 2017.jpg LAURENT CLAMAGIRAND Chief Investment Officer AXA Group Laurent Clamagirand has been AXA Group Chief Investment Officer for the last five years, in charge of a team managing €500bn assets worldwide on behalf of the AXA General Account. As CIO, he transformed the CIO organization into a global team leveraging the size of the Group and the expertises across the world. During his 27-year career at AXA, he has occupied various responsibilities across AXA businesses: as AXA IM Chief Operating Officer, where he led the transformation of local support teams into global teams (2002-2007), and as AXA Corporate Solutions Chief Operating Officer in charge of large corporate risk underwriting for Continental Europe (1998-2002). He also held several positions within the AXA Finance team in Paris, New York, and as head of AXA Consolidation and reporting (2007-2011). Laurent graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique and the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l’Administration Economique (ENSAE) and from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) .
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Peter Damgaard Jensen photo 2017.jpg PETER DAMGAARD JENSEN Chair Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Since 2001 Peter Damgaard Jensen is the CEO of PKA. After graduating in 1981 from The University of Aarhus as a master of Political Science he joined the Association of County Councils in Denmark. In 1985 he moved to the Danish Nurses Organization in Denmark where he had different management positions. He left the Danish Nurses Organization in 2001 to join PKA. Peter is a member of the board in The Danish Insurance Association and has previously been chairman and vice chairman of the board. He is the vice chairman in Forca Ltd (a company in the pension fund and life insurance industry). Peter is a member of the advisory board of The Danish Climate Investment Fund for climate investments in emerging markets and member of the advisory board in Axcel Ltd (leading Danish private equity Company). Peter was a member of the board of Concito in 2008-2010 (CONCITO; Denmark's green think tank, founded September 2008. The purpose is to provide analyses and information on the best and most low-cost transition towards a climate-neutral society in Denmark and in other parts of the world).
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Brian Deese photo 2017CRopped.jpg BRIAN DEESE Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing BlackRock Brian Deese, Managing Director, is Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock. The Sustainable Investing team is focused on identifying drivers of long-term return associated with environmental, social and governance issues, integrating them throughout BlackRock’s investment processes, and creating solutions for our clients to achieve sustainable investment return. Previously, Brian worked in White House under President Obama where he was the President’s senior advisor for climate and energy policy, helping to negotiate the Paris Climate Agreement and other national and international initiatives. Early on in the Obama Administration, Brian was one of the key architects in the resurgence of the auto industry after the financial crisis. Brian also served as deputy director of the National Economic Council and deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Most recently, he has been providing advice to institutions interested in sustainable investing strategies and lecturing at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Brian earned a J.D. from Yale Law School, and a B.A. from Middlebury College.
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thomas dinapoli.jpg THOMAS DINAPOLI New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli is the 54th Comptroller of the State of New York who’s known for his integrity, independence and steadfast leadership. Since taking office in 2007, Tom DiNapoli has aggressively fought misuse of public resources, strengthened one of the nation’s top public pension funds, and consistently spoken out against fiscal gimmicks, imprudent actions and government inefficiency. His life of public service started when he was elected as a trustee of the Mineola Board of Education, becoming the first 18-year-old in New York State to hold public office. The New York State Comptroller manages the State’s $178.1 billion pension fund, audits the spending practices of all State agencies and local governments, oversees the New York State and Local Retirement System, critically reviews the New York State and City budgets, and approves billions in State contracts and spending. A diligent fiduciary of the State pension fund, Comptroller DiNapoli continues changing the way the fund operates to increase transparency and establish strong internal controls, ensuring the strongest investment performance and ethical operations. Comptroller DiNapoli examines State, city and local finances and provides an independent, credible analysis of government finances. In January 2013, he launched a Fiscal Monitoring System to rate communities on their fiscal condition, sending an early warning to those in trouble. Prior to becoming Comptroller, Tom DiNapoli represented the 16th Assembly District in northwestern Nassau County for two decades. During his tenure, he chaired the Local Governments Committee, the Consumer Affairs Committee, the Ethics Committee, the Governmental Operations Committee and the Environmental Conservation Committee; sponsored legislation that helped Nassau County to emerge from serious fiscal distress and restore fiscal responsibility; and earned a reputation as one of the State’s leading voices on environmental issues.
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jack ehnes.jpg JACK EHNES CEO California State Teachers' Retirement System Jack Ehnes is the chief executive officer of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System. Mr. Ehnes provides leadership for the largest educator-only pension fund in the world. CalSTRS administers a hybrid retirement system, consisting of a traditional defined benefit, cash balance and defined contribution plans, as well as disability and survivor benefits. CalSTRS serves more than 914,000 members and benefit recipients. The asset value of the investment portfolio was $213.7 billion as of August 31, 2017. CalSTRS administers retirement benefits for California’s public school educators in grades kindergarten through community college. Mr. Ehnes came to CalSTRS in 2002 from Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company (Denver, Colorado). Among his duties as vice president for corporate affairs, Mr. Ehnes served as the trustee/plan administrator for Great-West’s employees’ defined benefit and defined contribution plans. Prior to Great-West, Mr. Ehnes served as the Colorado Insurance Commissioner, deputy insurance commissioner and board trustee for the Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association, which included six years as chair and vice chair of the board. Mr. Ehnes is currently chairman of the FTSE Environmental Markets Advisory Committee and a member of the FTSE4Good Advisory Committee. He also serves on the boards of the National Council on Teacher Retirement, Ceres (a national network of investors and environmental organizations working to address sustainability challenges), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Foundation Board, and the Public Employees Board of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. As a recognized leader and public servant, Mr. Ehnes has served on high-profile national task forces throughout his career including those with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and on various healthcare and insurance commissions and advisory boards. He was also a board member of the National Institute on Retirement Security and board chair of the Council of Institutional Investors.
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Patricia Espinosa photo 2017.jpg PATRICIA ESPINOSA Executive Secretary United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Ms. Espinosa took office as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on 18 July 2016. Ambassador of Mexico to Germany since 2012 and from 2001 to 2002, Ms. Espinosa was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, bringing more than 30 years of experience at highest levels in international relations, specialized in climate change, global governance, sustainable development, gender equality and protection of human rights. As Mexico's representative on multilateral bodies and international organizations in Vienna, Geneva and New York, Ms. Espinosa has been engaged as leader in the global challenge to address climate change and its consequences, notably as Chair of the 16th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC leading to the adoption of the Cancun Agreements. Named by the UN Secretary-General to the High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post 2015 Development Agenda, she is a tireless supporter of multilateralism as a way to improve conditions for development in all regions of the world, understanding the inextricable link between the aims of the Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Elected Chair of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly (1996) she played a key role in the process leading to the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action at the 4th World Conference on Women. Previous Ambassador of Mexico to Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia and UN Organisations in Vienna (2002-2006), she was Chief of Staff to the Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1989-1991) and responsible for economic issues at the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN in Geneva (1982-1988).
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Christopher Flensborg photo 2017.jpg CHRISTOPHER FLENSBORG Head of Climate & Sustainable Financial Solutions SEB Mr. Christopher Flensborg joined SEB in 2003 and is Head of Climate & Sustainable Financial Solutions. As a pioneer in Green Bonds, working closely together with The World Bank, he has developed concepts and mechanisms enabling mainstream investors to address climate investments in their portfolios. As a thought leader, SEB works to enable access for mainstream investor’financial climate solutions across various financial mandates. In this capacity, Mr. Flensborg has been and is involved in climate investment strategies worldwide, from development to execution – from borrowers to investors. Mr. Flensborg spent over 28 years working in leading international financial institutions. He received his management training from international banks through schooling at Oxford, INSEAD, and Harvard. In 2017, as well as in 2011, Mr. Flensborg was named “Personality of The Year” by Environmental Finance magazine for his work in scaling up the Green Bond market. In 2015, Mr. Flensborg was named 'Overall Most Impressive SRI or Green BSRI Market Development - Banker' and “Most Influential Champion of the SRI Market” in 2016, by Global Capital. Mr. Flensborg is a frequent speaker and has addressed institutions like the UN General Assembly and the OECD – and has been invited as guest speaker at leading educational institutions globally.
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Jeremy Grantham photo 2017.jpg JEREMY GRANTHAM Co-founder and Chief Investment Strategist Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. Mr. Grantham co-founded GMO in 1977 and is a member of GMO’s Asset Allocation team, serving as the firm’s chief investment strategist. He is a member of the GMO Board of Directors and has also served on the investment boards of several non-profit organizations. Prior to GMO’s founding, Mr. Grantham was co-founder of Batterymarch Financial Management in 1969 where he recommended commercial indexing in 1971, one of several claims to being first. He began his investment career as an economist with Royal Dutch Shell. Mr. Grantham earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Sheffield (U.K.) and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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EmmaHerd_213.jpg EMMA HERD Chief Executive Officer Investor Group on Climate Change Emma Herd has been Chief Executive Officer at the Investor Group on Climate Change since August 2015. Emma has worked in climate change, sustainability, public policy and finance for almost twenty years. Prior to IGCC, Emma spent 15 years at Westpac Banking Corporation where she worked at the vanguard of climate change and finance. She held a range of roles across carbon finance and emissions trading, ESG Risk assessment, public policy and advocacy, sustainability strategy development and corporate affairs across Westpac Institutional Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation. She started her career working in Parliamentary Committees (Senate and House of Representatives) in Parliament House, Canberra. Emma is a Non-Executive Director of the Carbon Market Institute and a member of the Queensland Climate Change Advisory Council. She holds a Bachelor of Asian Studies (Thai) Hons.
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Lisa Jackson photo 2017.png LISA JACKSON Vice President of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives Apple Lisa Jackson is Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, reporting to CEO Tim Cook. Lisa oversees Apple’s efforts to minimize its impact on the environment by addressing climate change through renewable energy and energy efficiency, using greener materials, and inventing new ways to conserve precious resources. She is also responsible for Apple’s education policy programs such as ConnectED, its product accessibility work, and its worldwide government affairs function. From 2009 to 2013, Lisa served as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Appointed by President Barack Obama, she focused on reducing greenhouse gases, protecting air and water quality, preventing exposure to toxic contamination, and expanding outreach to communities on environmental issues. She has also served as Chief of Staff to New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine and as Commissioner of New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection. Lisa holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Tulane University. She serves on the boards of Princeton, Tulane, and the Clinton Foundation.
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john knox photo 2017.jpg JOHN KNOX Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager on the Private Placements Team Hartford Investment Management John is a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager on the Private Placements Team at Hartford Investment Management in Hartford, Connecticut. He joined the firm in 2010 and has 29 years of experience in the private placements market, including 17 years at ING Investment Management in Atlanta (now Voya Investment Management) and MetLife in Toronto. His areas of focus include Utilities, Energy, Project Finance Transportation and Infrastructure. John has been involved in project finance transactions domestically as well as in foreign jurisdictions such as Latin America, Asia and Canada. In Canada, John earned a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University and a JD from Queen’s University, Faculty of Law.
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Rachel Kyte_New.jpg RACHEL KYTE CEO SE4All Rachel Kyte is Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative, and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All. A leading advocate for sustainable development, Ms. Kyte is focused on affordable, reliable and sustainable energy as the key to combating both poverty and climate change. Ms. Kyte drives SE4All’s work to mobilize action towards its 2030 goals of ensuring universal access to modern energy services; doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix. At the same time, as Special Representative for the Secretary General she will act as a point person in the UN for action towards the recently agreed global goal on sustainable energy. Ms. Kyte served until December 2015 as World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, leading the Bank Group’s efforts to campaign for an ambitious agreement at the 21st Convention of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP 21). She was previously World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development and was the International Finance Corporation Vice President for Business Advisory Services. Recipient of numerous award for women’s leadership, climate action and sustainable development, she is a Professor of practice in sustainable development at Tuft’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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Hugh Lawson photo 2017.jpg HUGH LAWSON Global Head, Institutional Client Strategy Goldman Sachs Asset Management Hugh is a member of the leadership team for Goldman Sachs Asset Management(GSAM)’s Client Business with global responsibility for Institutional Client Strategy and the division’s Environmental, Social and Governance investing efforts. In addition, he leads GSAM’s efforts focused on Public Pensions in North America. Hugh was previously co-head of Alternative Capital Markets and co-head of Hedge Fund Strategies. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1997 and was named managing director in 2003 and partner in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, Hugh worked in New York for the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Boston Consulting Group. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves as a trustee and Investment Committee chair of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
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Mindy Lubber Photo 2017.jpg MINDY LUBBER Chief Executive Officer and President Ceres Mindy S. Lubber is the CEO and President of Ceres, a non-profit organization mobilizing the world’s largest investors and companies to take action on climate change, water scarcity, and other global sustainability challenges. She directs the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability a group of 120 institutional investors managing over $15 trillion in assets focused on the business risks and opportunities of climate change. Under Mindy’s leadership, Ceres launched The 21st Century Corporation: The Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability and The 21st Century Investor: Ceres Blueprint for Sustainable Investing, visionary guides highlighting environmental and social performance standards for companies and investors. In 2016, Mindy received the Climate Visionary Leadership Award from the Earth Day Network and the William K. Reilly Award for Environmental Leadership from the Center for Environmental Policy at American University.
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IMG_4888.JPG CYNTHIA MCHALE Director, Insurance Ceres Cynthia McHale Director, Insurance Ceres Cynthia is director of insurance at Ceres and is also the interim director for Climate Action 100+ Investor Engagement. She heads Ceres’ strategy for mobilizing U.S. insurance companies to address the myriad hazards and opportunities of climate change. In this capacity, she oversees Ceres’ research, as well as company and regulator engagement activities focused on insurers’ financial risks related to climate change. In her role, Cynthia leads Ceres’ effort to communicate climate change’s potential to cause increasingly destructive impacts on human safety and economic security. Cynthia has co-authored two reports on the connection between climate change and insurance company financial stability: Assets or Liabilities? Fossil Fuel Investments of the Top 40 US Insurance Groups and Stormy Future for Insurers: The Growing Costs and Risks of Extreme Weather Events. Cynthia frequently speaks at insurance industry gatherings and to the media on these topics. Prior to Ceres, Cynthia was the senior global program manager of the insurance practice at Accenture where she conducted research and analysis on business and technology trends, and their impact on company performance. Cynthia also consulted to U.S. and international companies and non-profits working on diverse issues such as financial literacy and sustainability.
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ÅúHiromichi_Mizuno213x213.jpg HIRO MIZUNO Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Mr. Hiro Mizuno has served as Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Japan’s US $1.4 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) since January 2015. Prior to joining GPIF, he was a partner of Coller Capital, a London-based private equity firm. He previously worked at Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. in Japan, Silicon Valley and New York. Mr. Mizuno is a member of the Board and Asset Owner Advisory Committee of PRI, a co-chair of the Milken Institute’s Global Capital Markets Advisory Council. He is also an executive adviser to Japanese cabinet on Healthcare and Medical Growth Strategy, a member of Japanese Government Strategic Funds Integrated Advisory Board, a member for Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan National University Evaluation Committee. A guest professor of Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, adviser to the Kyoto University’s Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, and a guest professor of Kindai University Global Economic Research Center, a senior fellow of Tel Aviv University Graduate School of Management and a member of the International Executive Committee for the Einstein Legacy Project. Awarded “Outstanding Individual Contribution” in RI Innovation & Industry Leadership 2017.
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Nancy Pfund Photo 2017.jpg NANCY PFUND Founder and Managing Partner DBL Partners Nancy E. Pfund is Founder and Managing Partner of DBL Partners, a venture capital firm whose goal is to combine top-tier financial returns with meaningful social, economic and environmental returns in the regions and sectors in which it invests. As a leading player in impact investing, DBL has helped to reveal the power of venture capital to promote social change and environmental improvement. Ms. Pfund writes and speaks frequently on the field of impact investing. Ms. Pfund currently sponsors or sits on the board of directors of several companies including; Farmers Business Network, The Muse, Advanced Microgrid Solutions, Off-Grid Electric, Primus Power, and, prior to their public offerings, Tesla Motors and Pandora Media. She also served on the board of SolarCity until its acquisition by Tesla in December 2016. Prior to founding DBL, Ms. Pfund was a Managing Director in Venture Capital at JPMorgan, having started her investment career at Hambrecht & Quist in 1984.
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Andrew Plepler photo 2017.jpg ANDREW PLEPLER Global Head of ESG Bank of America Andrew Plepler is Bank of America’s Global Head of ESG. In this role, Plepler spearheads the company’s focus on environmental, social and governance factors. He engages with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including the company’s executive management committee, investors, consumer advocates and community leaders, to help inform and shape the bank’s strategies, policies, practices and programs. Bank of America’s commitment to responsible, sustainable growth, and to strong ESG practices can be seen in the way the company operates, the inclusive and supportive workplace it creates for employees, the responsible products and services offered to customers and the impact it makes around the world in helping local economies thrive. Plepler is responsible for a range of programs that embody the company’s ESG activities –including its $125 billion environmental business initiative, its 10-year, $1.5 trillion community development lending and investing goal and its 10-year, $2 billion philanthropic investment goal. Initiatives include financing the transition to low- carbon and other sustainable businesses, helping advance economic mobility for individuals and families in our local communities and ensuring strong ESG governance and oversight across the business. Plepler chairs the bank’s National Community Advisory Council, which for more than ten years has brought together public and private sector leaders to provide external perspective and advise the bank on responsible business practices. Prior to joining Bank of America, Plepler served as senior vice president of Housing and Community Initiatives with the Fannie Mae Foundation. Plepler previously served as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice in the Tax Division and on Capitol Hill as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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Curtis Ravenel - 2017 photo.jpg CURTIS RAVENEL Global Head, Sustainable Business & Finance Bloomberg LP As Global Head of Sustainable Business & Finance, Curtis Ravenel leads Bloomberg’s sustainability initiatives. The program integrates sustainability considerations into all firm operations and leverages Bloomberg’s Terminal to evaluate sustainability-related investment risks and opportunities for its user base of influential decision-makers. Curtis has worked for Bloomberg in multiple roles.He was the Financial Controller for Asia managing accounting, tax, treasury and audit services for 23 legal entities with combined annual revenues exceeding $1 billion USD. This was preceded by various roles in the Capital Planning and Financial Analysis Groups. Prior to his work with Bloomberg, L.P., Curtis co-managed a small real estate development group, founded a micro-brewery and worked with the Recycling Advisory Council in Washington, DC conducting Full Cost Accounting and Life Cycle Analysis work. He currently serves as a board member at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and as a member of the Secretariat for the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure. Curtis was awarded a David Rockefeller Fellowship with the Partnership for NewYork City in 2011 and Columbia Business School Exemplary Leadership Award in 2016. He earned an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA in History from Davidson College.
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Carol Lee - 140px Cropped.jpg CAROL LEE RAWN Director, Transportation Program Ceres Carol Lee Rawn is Director of the Transportation Program at Ceres. She is an environmental attorney with over twenty-five years of experience working with federal and state regulatory agencies, companies, investors and nonprofit organizations on a wide variety of environmental issues. She previously served as general counsel for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, as well as deputy legal counsel to Massachusetts Governor William Weld. Carol Lee was also an attorney with the Conservation Law Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council, and an environmental crime prosecutor with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. She earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law and her B.A. from Middlebury College. She is admitted to the New York and Massachusetts bars.
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Sue Reid photo 2017.jpg SUE REID Vice President of Climate and Energy Ceres Sue Reid is Vice President of Climate and Energy at Ceres, overseeing Ceres’ energy and climate work – including Electric Power, Transportation, Oil & Gas and Insurance – and coordinating across the organization to advance the Ceres Clean Trillion campaign. The Ceres Clean Trillion is a clean energy investment target intended to avoid the worst effects of climate change, requiring more than $1 trillion additional investment in clean energy globally each year. Sue has over two decades of experience as an attorney and specialist in clean energy and climate issues and policy. Prior to joining Ceres, she served as Vice President and Massachusetts Advocacy Center Director at the Conservation Law Foundation, where she successfully spearheaded efforts to secure some of the strongest climate and clean energy policies in the U.S. She also previously worked as an intellectual property litigation attorney at law firms in Silicon Valley and Boston, where she represented a broad range of high tech clients. She earned her law degree with honors from Boston University School of Law.
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Michael Sabia Photo 2017.jpg MICHAEL SABIA President and Chief Executive Officer Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec Michael Sabia is President and Chief Executive Officer of la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. Appointed in March 2009, Mr. Sabia is responsible for the strategic direction of the fund and the global growth of the organization. Before joining la Caisse, Mr. Sabia was with BCE, holding such positions as President and Chief Executive Officer, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Canada International. From 1993 to 1999, he occupied various roles with Canadian National Railway, including Chief Financial Officer. He spent the preceding decade working as senior official in the Government of Canada. Mr. Sabia obtained a Bachelor of Arts in economics and politics from the University of Toronto and holds graduate degrees in economics and politics from Yale University. Mr. Sabia is a member of the Canadian government’s Advisory Council on Economic Growth. He is a trustee of the Foreign Policy Association of New York and a member of the Canada-Mexico Leadership Group and the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council. Among many other community activities, Mr. Sabia currently co-chairs the capital campaign of Université de Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal and HEC Montréal.
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Ian Simm photo 2017_213x213.jpg IAN SIMM Founder and Chief Executive Impax Asset Management Group plc. Ian Simm is the Founder and Chief Executive of Impax Asset Management Group plc, an investment manager focused on the opportunities and risks arising from the transition to a sustainable global economy. Today, Impax manages or advises on approximately £7.6 billion in listed and private equity strategies, primarily for institutional asset owners. Ian has been responsible for building the company since its launch in 1998, and continues to head its investment committees. Prior to Impax, Ian was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company advising clients on resource efficiency issues. In 2013 he was appointed by the Secretary of State (Senior Minister) for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy as a member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK’s leading funding agency for environmental science. He has a first class honours degree in physics from Cambridge University and a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard University.
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Anne Simpson photo 2017213X213.jpg ANNE SIMPSON Investment Director, Sustainability California Public Employees’ Retirement System Anne Simpson was named investment director, Sustainability, in August 2016. She oversees CalPERS' sustainability strategy across the $330 billion total fund, working through partnerships to achieve advocacy, engagement, and integration objectives identified in CalPERS’ strategic plan on sustainable investment. Priorities include issues framed by CalPERS’ Investment Beliefs and Principles, including data and corporate reporting; manager expectations with a focus on climate change, diversity, and inclusion; research; and alignment of interests. Anne previously served in other leadership capacities at CalPERS, including investment director, Global Governance, and before that, senior portfolio manager, Global Equity, in the Investment Office. Prior to joining CalPERS, she also served as senior faculty fellow and lecturer, Yale School of Management; executive director, International Corporate Governance Network; head of the World Bank-OECD, Global Corporate Governance Forum; and joint managing director, Pensions & Investment Research Consultants, Ltd., where she was a corporate representative with the Investment Management Regulatory Organization and, earlier, the Financial Intermediaries, Managers and Brokers Regulatory Association. She is the author of 'The Greening of Global Investment,' published by the Economist, and the co-author of 'Fair Shares: The Future of Shareholder Power and Responsibility,' published by Oxford University Press.
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Yngve Slyngstad photo 2017.jpg YNGVE SLYNGSTAD CEO Norges Bank Investment Management Yngve Slyngstad was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management on 1 January 2008. He joined the organisation in 1998 to head and build its equity management activities. He held the position of Head of Equities between 1998 and 2007. Prior to joining Norges Bank Investment Management, Mr Slyngstad held the position of Chief Investment Officer Asian Equities at Storebrand Asset Management. Mr Slyngstad holds a Master's degree in law from the University of Oslo and a Master's degree in business management from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He also has a Master's degree in economics from the University of California and a Master's degree in political science from the University of Paris.
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Scott Stringer Headshot.jpg SCOTT STRINGER Comptroller New York City Scott M. Stringer, the New York City Comptroller, serves as the City’s Chief Financial Officer. The Comptroller is responsible for safeguarding the fiscal health of the City, rooting out waste, fraud and abuse in City government, and ensuring the effective performance of City agencies in serving the needs of New Yorkers. Mr. Stringer is also the investment advisor, custodian, and trustee of the City’s $160 billion pension funds, and is responsible for protecting the retirement security of over 700,000 New Yorkers. During his time as Comptroller, Mr. Stringer has focused on bringing more accountability and transparency to the pension funds, and has launched initiatives to increase the participation of Minority and Women-Owned Businesses seeking to do business with the City. As part of this effort, the Comptroller issues an annual report grading each City agency’s spending with M/WBEs. He appointed the City’s first Chief Diversity Officer to develop innovative solutions that expand economic opportunity--not just in city government but in corporate America as well. Notably, Mr. Stringer and the NYC Pension Funds led a trailblazing effort to consider diversity when deciding whether to hire investment firms to manage pension funds, and he is leading the Boardroom Accountability Project--a nationwide campaign to give shareowners the right to nominate directors at U.S. companies using the company ballot, known as “proxy access.” This project, which can help diversify corporate boards, has had unparalleled success in making proxy access a reality.
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Terry Taminen photo 2017CROPPED.jpg TERRY TAMMINEN CEO Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation From his youth in Australia to career experiences in Europe, Africa, China and across the United States, Terry has developed expertise in business, farming, education, non-profit, the environment, the arts, and government. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and later Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, where Terry was the architect of many groundbreaking sustainability policies, including California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the Hydrogen Highway Network, and the Million Solar Roofs initiative.In 2010 Terry co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a new public-private partnership, bringing together sub-national governments; businesses; financial markets; NGOs; and academia to implement measurable, large-scale, low-carbon and climate resilient economic development projects that can simultaneously solve the climate crisis and build a sustainable global economy. Since 2007 he has provided advice to Pegasus Capital Advisors and numerous global businesses on sustainability and “green” investing. In 2016, Terry joined the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation as CEO. An accomplished author, Terry's books include “Cracking the Carbon Code: The Keys to Sustainable Profits in the New Economy”(Palgrave Macmillan). In 2011, Terry was one of six finalists for the Zayed Future Energy Prize and The Guardian ranked Terry No. 1 in its “Top 50 People Who Can Save the Planet.”
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Maria Tapia photo 2017.jpg MARIA TAPIA Lead Investment Officer IDB Invest An expert in debt capital markets and climate finance, Maria Tapia is a Lead Climate Change Specialist in the Climate Change Division at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Maria champions all efforts to bridge private sector capital to sustainable infrastructure projects and programs in Latin American and the Caribbean countries. Maria designed and structured an Energy Efficiency Securitization Program, one of the most innovative transactions for the IDB, recognized among others by the G20 Climate Finance Group for its innovative structure to unlocked financing for energy efficiency, and one of the first projects approved by the Green Climate Fund. Maria Tapia has 15 years of experience in the debt capital markets industry and has closed for the IDB over USD$1 billion in multiple transactions.
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Cyrus Taraporevala photo 2017_213X213.jpg CYRUS TARAPOREVALA President and Chief Executive Officer State Street Global Advisors Cyrus is president and chief executive officer of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation and a global leader with $2.7 trillion in assets under management. State Street Global Advisors provides disciplined investment solutions spanning both indexing and active strategies to many of the world's largest, most sophisticated investors. Cyrus is also a member of State Street Corporation’s Management Committee, the company’s most senior strategy and policy-making team. Prior to this role, Cyrus was Head of the Global Institutional Group at State Street Global Advisors, responsible for leading the global client-facing, product and marketing teams delivering SSGA's capabilities to institutional investors around the world. Cyrus has more than 27 years of experience in asset management. Prior to joining SSGA in 2016, Cyrus led Fidelity Investments’ Retail Managed Accounts and Life Insurance & Annuities businesses. Cyrus joined Fidelity from BNY Mellon Asset Management, where he was Head of North American Distribution. Previously, Cyrus helped to oversee Legg Mason’s Institutional business, directed business strategy for Citigroup Global Investment Management, and was a partner in the Financial Institutions practice of McKinsey & Company, based in New York and Copenhagen in the course of his 14 years at the management consulting firm.
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Maurice Tulloch .png MAURICE TULLOCH CEO International Insurance Aviva Maurice was appointed CEO International Insurance in January 2017, with responsibility for Aviva’s insurance operations in France, Canada, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Turkey, Spain and India, which accounted for 36% of Aviva’s 2016 operating profit. He was appointed Executive Director of the Aviva plc Board in June 2017. Maurice was previously Chairman Global General Insurance, leading Aviva’s largest general insurance businesses, a role he assumed in June 2016 after a period of almost 3 years as Chief Executive Officer of Aviva’s UK & Ireland General Insurance business. Maurice has been a member of the Group Executive Committee since July 2012. Prior to this, Maurice was Chief Executive Officer of Aviva Canada since November 2009 and previously has held several increasingly senior management positions in the Group since joining Aviva in 1992. Maurice has been an active industry voice both in the UK and Canadian market. He sits on a number of our subsidiary boards, the Pool Re Advisory Council, the Insurance Europe Strategic Council, the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and is Chair of ClimateWise, the global insurance industry’s leadership group to reduce the risks of climate change. Previously Maurice was Chair of the ABI General Insurance Council, Chair of the Insurance Institute of Canada, Property & Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation and Deputy Chair of the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Maurice is a Chartered Professional Management Accountant (CPA), and holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). He is an active supporter of the United Way and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and a member of the UK Catalyst Programme.
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Harald Walkate photo 2017.jpg HARALD WALKATE Global Head of Responsible Investment Aegon Asset Management Harald Walkate has a longstanding interest in sustainability issues and has been specializing in responsible investment and ESG since 2009, when he joined Aegon Asset Management (AAM) as Head of the Corporate Office. In this role, Harald reported to the CEO of AAM and was involved in a variety of initiatives around strategy and governance, including the implementation of a Responsible Investment Framework. In October 2011, Harald was appointed Head of Responsible Investment for AAM. Work on responsible investment has covered policy issues (including negative screening, stakeholder dialogues, NGO contacts), engagement and voting processes, working with portfolio managers in the different AAM geographies to integrate ESG in investment decision making, and becoming a signatory to the PRI. In addition, Harald has advised internal clients (the Aegon insurance and pensions companies), as well as external clients, on matters related to responsible investment. Since 2013 Harald has increasingly focused on impact investment and has been working with portfolio managers and analysts in the company to identify impact investment opportunities within different asset classes, including microfinance and clean energy. To further impact investments made by insurance companies Harald founded Insurers’ Investors on Impact Investment (IIII), an informal network of asset management companies affiliated with insurance companies. Harald is regularly invited to speak at conferences and seminars on the topics of responsible investment, impact investment and social enterprise; Harald has spoken on these topics at events hosted by such organizations as the Harvard Kennedy School for Government, the University of Chicago Social Enterprise Institute, Institutional Investor, Responsible Investor and the Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN). Harald combines his responsible investment activities with the role of SVP Strategy & New Business Initiatives at AAM.
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Jon Walker Headshot 2017.jpg JON WALKER Head of Transportation Policy Lyft Jon is the head of Transportation Policy for Lyft. Externally, Jon works closely with city and state transportation stakeholders to find mutually beneficial solutions to mobility and environmental issues. Jon is particularly focused on advanced city design, electric vehicles, and autonomous vehicles and how these three fields in concert can remake our cities. Internally, Jon works with Lyft’s research, operations, and product teams to help design and deploy new products, strategies, and services that meet the needs of cities and their residents. Most recently, Jon was a manager at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in Colorado where he ran RMI’s autonomous and electric vehicles program. At RMI, Jon authored Peak Car Ownership– The Market Opportunity of Electric Automated Mobility Services which projects that mobility services like Lyft, performed by electric, autonomous vehicles, will overtake personally owned vehicles in market share in the next decade. Prior to RMI, Jon worked as a design engineer and engineering manager in the aerospace and IT industries. Geisha Williams photo 2017.jpg GEISHA WILLIAMS CEO and President PG&E Corporation Geisha J. Williams is Chief Executive Officer and President of PG&E Corporation. She has more than three decades of experience in the utility industry. Williams joined PG&E, one of the largest and cleanest gas and electric energy companies in the country, in 2007 and served as Executive Vice President for Electric Operations and then as President, Electric, before becoming the CEO in 2017. She previously held officer-level roles with Florida Power & Light Company. Williams holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the University of Miami and a master's degree in business administration from Nova Southeastern University.
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Tim Wirth Photo.jpg TIMOTHY WIRTH Vice Chairman United Nations Foundation Timothy E. Wirth is the Vice Chairman of the Board of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund. Wirth previously served as the UN Foundation’s President from its founding in 1997 until his transition to Vice Chair in 2013. The UN Foundation and its sister organization, the Better World Fund, were founded in 1998 through a major financial commitment from Ted Turner and are designed to support and strengthen the work of the United Nations. Wirth began his political career as a White House Fellow under President Lyndon Johnson and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Education in the Nixon Administration. In 1970, Wirth returned to his home state of Colorado and successfully ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1974. He represented Denver suburbs from 1975-1987. Wirth was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 where he focused on environmental issues, particularly global climate change and population stabilization. Following these two decades of elected politics, Wirth was national Co-chair of the Clinton-Gore campaign, and from 1993 to 1997 served in the U.S. Department of State as the first Undersecretary for Global Affairs. The recipient of numerous awards and honorary degrees, he has also been elected as a member of the Harvard Board of Overseers. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was recently honored as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations Environment Programme.
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Ion Yadigaroglu photo 2017.jpg ION YADIGAROGLU Managing Partner Capricorn Investment Group Ion Yadigaroglu has been Managing Partner at Capricorn Investment Group since 2004, and is an early investor in iconic technology companies including Tesla, SpaceX, Planet, QuantumScape and Saildrone. Capricorn was born from the desire to demonstrate the huge investment potential that resides in breakthrough commercial solutions to the world’s most pressing problems, and as such is one of the original impact investors. Prior to Capricorn, Ion was a Director with Koch Industries, executing a range of acquisitions and investments. Prior to Koch, he was a founder and Chief Executive Officer at Bivio, a software startup in Colorado, and the second employee of Olsen & Associates, a foreign exchange analytics company. Ion was a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University and holds a Masters in Physics from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich in Switzerland and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Stanford University.
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Betty Yee photo 2017.jpg BETTY YEE California State Controller State Controller Betty T. Yee was elected in November 2014, following two terms of service on the California Board of Equalization. As Controller, she continues to serve the Board as its fifth voting member. Ms. Yee was first elected to the Board of Equalization in 2006 where she represented 21 counties in northern and central California. She was elected to her second four-year term in 2010. Now serving as the state’s chief fiscal officer, Ms. Yee also chairs the Franchise Tax Board and serves as a member of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) Boards. These two boards have a combined portfolio of nearly $500 billion. Ms. Yee also serves on the Ceres Board of Directors. Ms. Yee serves on dozens of boards and commissions with authority ranging from land management to crime victim compensation. As a member of the State Lands Commission (and chairperson in even-numbered years), she helps provide stewardship of public-trust lands, waterways, industrial wharves, marine terminals, pipelines, and resources through economic development, protection, preservation, and restoration consistent with the state’s environmental needs. The development and extraction of oil, gas, and geothermal resources are part of the Commission’s purview, as well. Through other financing authorities, Ms. Yee is dedicated to creating incentives that will increase the number of affordable housing units in California, given that demand consistently outpaces supply.
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TaoZ_213.jpg TAO ZHANG Deputy Managing Director IMF Mr. Tao ZHANG assumed the role of Deputy Managing Director at the IMF on August 22, 2016. He brings extensive international economic expertise and experience in policymaking, including with international financial institutions, from his previous appointments as the Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China and IMF’s Executive Director for China from 2011 to 2015. Prior to his position as the Deputy Governor, Mr. Zhang held a number of high-level positions in the People’s Bank of China: Director-General of the Legal Affairs Department; Director-General of the International Department; and, Director-General of Financial Survey and Statistics Department. Mr. Zhang also worked at the World Bank from 1995 to 1997 and at the Asian Development Bank from 1997 to 2004. Mr. Zhang holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in International Economics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, as well as a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Finance from Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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Ethan ZIndler Photo.jpg ETHAN ZINDLER Head of Americas Bloomberg New Energy Finance Ethan Zindler is Head of Americas and Policy at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), the definitive source of insight, data and news on the transformation of the energy sector. Zindler manages the company's analyst and commercial teams in New York, Washington, San Francisco, and Sao Paulo. He has also manages the production of Climatescope, a project to profile clean energy investment conditions in emerging markets underwritten by the Inter-American Development Bank, the UK Department for International Development, and the US Agency for International Development. Based in Washington, Zindler serves as BNEF's primary spokesperson in North America, has been quoted extensively in the media, and has testified multiple times on clean energy issues before Congressional committees, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, and elsewhere. Zindler is a Senior Associate (Non-Resident) at the Center for Strategic & International Studies Energy and National Security Program. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from Georgetown University.
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FAQs on the 2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk

The 2018 Investor Summit on Climate Risk will be the eighth time that Ceres, the United Nations Foundation, the United Nations Office for Partnerships have convened leading investors, businesses and other capital market leaders to discuss the risks of climate change and the opportunities of the global shift to the low-carbon, clean energy future.

NEW UN Security Protocol for 2018: THE CUT-OFF TO BE REGISTERED FOR THE 2018 INVESTOR SUMMIT IS FRIDAY JANUARY 26TH 12:00PM (EST) IN ORDER TO BE ON THE FINAL ATTENDEE LIST SUBMITTED TO THE UN SECURITY OFFICE.

ON JAN. 31ST, ALL ATTENDEES MUST PICK UP THEIR CREDENTIALS, IN PERSON, WITH A GOVERNMENT ISSUED PHOTO ID at the One UN Hotel, Manhattan Room (take escalator to 2nd floor from main lobby) BEFORE going through security at the UN’s Main Visitors Gate located at 1st Avenue between 42nd and 45th Streets. The registration desk at One UN Hotel, will be open all day - from 7:00am until 7:00pm - to accommodate those attendees who may arrive later in the day.

PLEASE NOTE: U.N. security will not allow luggage, backpacks or personal items larger than 14' (35cm) wide x 13' (33cm) high x 4' (10cm) deep into the UN Headquarters. It is strongly recommended that attendees check their bags at their hotel to be picked up later in the day. There will be limited luggage check available for attendees in the Manhattan Room (registration site).

WHEN IS THE SUMMIT? The Summit will be held on Wednesday, January 31, 2018. Registration and breakfast will open at 7:00 a.m. The Summit program will begin at 9:00 a.m. There will be a luncheon at 12:30 p.m., and afternoon sessions from 1:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. There will be a networking reception from 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m.

WHERE WILL THE SUMMIT BE HELD? The Summit is held at the United Nations Headquarters (1st Avenue between 42nd and 45th Streets) in New York, New York, USA.

WHO WILL ATTEND THE SUMMIT? Given space limitations at the UN, the Summit is by invitation only. Invitees will include selected asset owners, pension fund fiduciaries, state treasurers, state and city comptrollers, asset manager and financial services firms, insurers, foundation leaders, labor leaders, business executives and UN officials, among others.

WHO IS ORGANIZING THE SUMMIT? Ceres, the U.S.-based non-profit organization that coordinates the Ceres Investor Network on Climate Risk and Sustainability, is co-hosting the Summit with the United Nations Foundation and the United Nations Office for Partnerships.

HOW DO I REGISTER FOR THE SUMMIT? The Summit is by invitation only. Each person that is invited receives a link to register for the Summit. All participants are required to complete the online registration in order to attend the Summit. Questions should be directed to Rebecca Bar at Ceres. She can be reached by email: bar@ceres.org.

IS THIS INVITATION TRANSFERABLE TO ANOTHER PERSON? Given space limitations, the invitation is non-transferable without permission of the Summit Committee. Questions should be directed to Rebecca Bar at Ceres. She can be reached by email: bar@ceres.org.

HOW DO I INQUIRE ABOUT SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES? If you are interested in exploring sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kirsten Griebel at Ceres. She can be reached by email griebel@ceres.org or phone +1 617-247-0700 x149

WILL THE SUMMIT BE OPEN TO THE PRESS? Yes. For press-related questions, please contact Sara Sciammacco at Ceres. She can be reached by email sciammacco@ceres.org or phone: +1 617-247-0700 x172