Driving the future of European sustainable finance
Responsible Investor’s 17th annual RI Europe conference is returning to London next June. The 2024 edition of the flagship event will discuss sustainable finance developments and industry best practices.
Gain insights from those leading the sustainable finance drive in Europe on topical ESG themes including accelerating net zero progress, the evolving EU regulatory landscape, getting to grips with biodiversity risk management, the future of ESG data strategy, and more.
Join over 600 leading investors and fund managers for two days of networking at the must-attend event for sustainable finance.
What can you expect at the forum?
Get real insight into the industry
RI Europe’s innovative programme gets straight to the point on what sustainability means for business and investment in the real world.
Build a long-lasting network
Our event attracts stakeholders from across the sustainable finance industry. Network in-person at our workshops, panels, private breakfasts, debates, and evening drinks reception.
Meet institutional investors
Hear from investors honing their sustainable finance strategy and creating real impact. Past investors include AP2, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Church of England, PKA Pension Fund, NEST Corporation, Brunel Pension Partnership, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, many more.
Connect with responsible investment investors at RI Europe
Global institutional investors that attended in 2023:
2023 speakers included:
Apply for a complimentary asset owner pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible asset owners to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, foundation, endowment, trust, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.
Connect with investors & ESG professionals
Responsible Investor Europe provides an opportunity to make connections with an exclusive audience of ESG and sustainable finance decision makers. Share your solutions, collaborate and network with senior-level executives through bespoke sponsorship packages to meet your 2024 business goals.
Our leading advisory board in 2023 included:
RI Europe will take place on 12- 13 June 2024.
For more information on the agenda, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@peimedia.com | +44 (0)20 3307 2474
Network at Europe's leading responsible investment event
Responsible Investor’s 17th annual RI Europe conference is back next June in London. Join over 600 leading investors and fund managers for two days of networking at the must-attend event for sustainable finance.
The in-person networking experience
Meet the ESG community
Network with the people and organisations leading the sustainable finance conversation, including investment professionals, regulators, academics, NGOs, and lawyers.
Plenty of time to network
Connect in-person with the ESG community at our interactive workshops, panels, private breakfasts, debates, and evening drinks reception.
Build valuable connections with European asset owners
Past attendees include AP2, Caisse des Dépôts, Church of England, PKA Pension Fund, NEST Corporation, Brunel Pension Partnership, Bayerische Versorgungskammer, many more. Download the past attendee list to see who usually attends!
Connect with active investors
Be recognised as driving the future of sustainable finance
Responsible Investor Europe provides an opportunity to make connections with an exclusive audience of ESG and sustainable finance decision makers. Share your solutions, collaborate and network with senior-level executives through bespoke sponsorship packages to meet your 2024 business goals.
Pre-Event Resources
For more information on speaking in 2024, please contact Boris Petrovic.
boris.p@peimedia.com | +44 (0)20 3307 2474
Speaker line-up in 2023 included:
James Alexander
Chief Executive, UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association
James Alexander joined UKSIF as Chief Executive in October 2020, with a strong vision and mandate to further enhance the organisation’s key role in promoting and expanding sustainable investment and finance in the UK. James has a background in intern… Read full bio
Cornelia Andersson
Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Investing, LSEG
Cornelia Andersson leads Sustainable Finance and Investing for the data & analytics division of the London Stock Exchange Group, driving growth and solving challenges for organisations across the world in close collaboration with customers and ma… Read full bio
Helen Avery
Director, Nature Programmes, Green Finance Institute
Helen Avery is a Director of Nature Programmes and GFI Hive within the Green Finance Institute. She leads the Institute’s work on UK nature finance, working across sectors to deliver an economy that values and invests in our natural environment. This… Read full bio
Kiran Aziz
Head of Responsible Investments, KLP
Kiran Aziz is Head of Responsible Investments at Norway’s largest pension fund. KLP has embedded ESG in the investment strategy for more than 20 years and is seen as a leading actor on responsible investments. In her role she monitors and assesses ho… Read full bio
Khalid Azizuddin
Senior Reporter, Responsible Investor
Khalid retrained as a journalist after working for a number of years in corporate strategy at Sime Darby in Malaysia. He focuses on sustainability data & disclosures, policy and developing markets. He is a former winner of the CFA UK Journalist o… Read full bio
Colin Baines
Stewardship Manager, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
Colin is the Stewardship Manager at Border to Coast Pension Partnership, the largest pooled local government pension scheme in the UK, representing 11 partner funds with combined assets totalling £60bn. Colin has 20 years’ experience working across a… Read full bio
Dr. Emma Berntman
Senior Engagement Specialist, FAIRR initiative
Emma joined the FAIRR Initiative in May 2022 and leads the collaborative investor engagements on AMR with animal pharmaceutical and restaurant companies. Prior to this, Emma worked as an engagement professional in EOS, the engagement and stewardship… Read full bio
Matteo Bigoni
Head of Taxonomies, Climate Bonds Initiative
Matteo is Head of Taxonomies returned to CBI having previously worked as Heads of the Certification. He managed the Climate Bonds Standard and Certification Scheme and worked with many green bond stakeholders including external reviewers, government… Read full bio
Phil Bloomer
Executive Director, Business ＆ Human Rights Resource Centre
Phil became Executive Director of Business ＆ Human Rights Resource Centre in 2013. Phil leads strategy and outreach globally working with 80 global team members and allies. Programmes are focused on transformation of business and investment models es… Read full bio
Steven Bullock
Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Methodology, S＆P Global Sustainable1
Steve leads the Research and Methodology Team at S＆P Global Sustainable1 developing the methodologies that underpin S＆P Global’s suite of sustainability-related datasets and analytical solutions that power the transition to a more sustainable future.… Read full bio
Alice Carr
Executive Director, Public Policy & JETPs, GFANZ
Alice Carr is Executive Director for Public Policy and Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) at the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), which is working at pace to ensure that the global financial system can deliver on commitments… Read full bio
Rui Chang
Advisor, Responsible Investment, PGGM
Rui Chang is a Responsible Investment Advisor at PGGM Investments. She is responsible for PGGM’s human rights program and represents PGGM in multiple collective engagement platforms, including the Platform Living Wage Financials (PLWF) and PRI Advanc… Read full bio
Claudia Chapman
Head of Stewardship, Financial Reporting Council
As Head of Stewardship for the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), Claudia is responsible for the UK Stewardship Code, a world-leading voluntary code which sets expectations for investors when looking after their clients’ and members’ capital. Claudia… Read full bio
Véronique Chapplow
ESG Investment Specialist, T. Rowe Price
Véronique Chapplow is an investment specialist focused on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) capabilities. She is a vice president of T. Rowe Price International Ltd. Véronique’s investment experience began in 2000, and she has been with T.… Read full bio
Patrice Cochelin
Global Head of Analytical Governance – Sustainable Finance, S＆P Global Ratings
Patrice Cochelin, based in the Paris office, heads up Analytical Governance for our Sustainable Finance practice. He oversees approval of Sus Fin methodologies and the quality of ESG, Green, and Social Evaluations and Opinions. From 2015 to Jan. 2021… Read full bio
James Coldwell
Head of Workforce Disclosure Initiative, ShareAction
James Coldwell is Head of the Workforce Initiative (WDI), a programme which improves transparency on how companies treat their staff and suppliers. The WDI is supported by over 60 investor signatories with $10 trillion in assets, and more than half o… Read full bio
Alex Cooper
Lawyer – Corporate/Finance and Climate Change, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
Alex Cooper is a lawyer specialising in climate change and corporate issues at the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, which examines corporate and financial decision-makers’ legal obligations in respect of climate change and other nature crises… Read full bio
Dalia Daou
Centre Manager, Centre for Climate Finance ＆ Investment, Imperial College London
Dalia Daou is the Centre Director for the Centre for Climate Finance ＆ Investment (CCFI) at Imperial College London, where she has managed the partnerships and strategic development of the centre and its research impact for five years. The CCFI aims… Read full bio
Craig Davies
CEO, Cadlas
Dr Craig Davies is the CEO of the sustainable finance advisory firm Cadlas, which works with investors, financial institutions, regulators and policymakers on climate resilience and physical climate risks. Prior to founding Cadlas, Dr Davies spent 16… Read full bio
Maria Elena Drew
Director of Research, Responsible Investing, T. Rowe Price
Maria Elena Drew is a director of research for Responsible Investing at T. Rowe Price. In her current role, Ms. Drew leads the Responsible Investing team, which serves as specialists for incorporating environmental and social considerations into the… Read full bio
Robert Edwards
Director of Product Management – EMEA & ESG Indexes, Morningstar Indexes
Robert Edwards, CFA, is a Director of Product Management on the Morningstar Index team based in London, where he leads Morningstar's ESG and European-based Index initiatives. He has spent the last five years launching and supporting the creation of n… Read full bio
Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Editor, Responsible Investor
Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker joined Responsible Investor as editor in 2022 from Euromoney magazine, where she was ESG editor. Prior to that, she was Euromoney’s editor for Central and Eastern Europe and contributing editor at GlobalCapital. She has covered… Read full bio
Gina Gambetta
Reporter, Responsible Investor
Gina joined RI in 2020 after graduating from Goldsmiths, University of London, with an MA in journalism. Since then, she has developed expertise in biodiversity and human rights.
Deborah Gilshan
Founder, The 100% Club
Deborah is the Founder of The 100% Club, a networking alliance and advisory business on investment stewardship, ESG integration and diversity. She is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Governance Institute, serves on the Advisory Panel of the UK Financial… Read full bio
Chandra Gopinathan
Senior Investment Manager, Sustainable Ownership, Railpen
Chandra Gopinathan is a Senior Investment Manager covering multi-asset credit, energy transition investing, climate strategy and stewardship at Railpen. Chandra has two decades of experience across investing and portfolio management, credit structuri… Read full bio
Lois Guthrie
Senior Technical Advisor, IFRS Foundation
Lois Guthrie pursued a career in taxation, first at PwC and then at Zurich Insurance Group until 2016. Having joined the Carbon Disclosure Project (now CDP) in 2004, she simultaneously developed a career in climate and natural capital corporate repor… Read full bio
Dimitri Gvindadze
Director, Climate Strategy and Regional Delivery, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Dimitri Gvindadze is Director, Climate Strategy and Regional Delivery at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). During his career at the EBRD he served as Lead Economist for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region and as the EBRD… Read full bio
Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee
Investor Engagement Strategic Lead, World Benchmarking Alliance
Nikki leads the World Benchmarking Alliance’s investor engagement strategy. In this role, she works with asset managers, asset owners and actors across the investment ecosystem to tackle systemic sustainability challenges and push for better corporat… Read full bio
Emma Henningsson
Manager Active Ownership, AP7
Emma is responsible for active ownership at AP7, the Seventh Swedish AP Fund. She coordinates and implements tools such as voting, engagement and investor collaborations for the fund and spearheads a project to develop and refine these activities. AP… Read full bio
Owen Hewlett
Chief Technical Officer, The Gold Standard Foundation
Owen is the Chief Technical Officer at the Gold Standard Foundation, leading the technical team on all aspects of standard and methodological development as well as R&D and innovation. He is also a member of the SBTi Technical Council and Greenho… Read full bio
Laura Hillis
Director of Climate and Environment, Church of England Pensions Board
Laura is the Director of Climate and Environment at the Church of England Pensions Board and leads climate stewardship, policy and targets for the Pensions Board as well as key strategic projects such as corporate climate lobbying and biodiversity. S… Read full bio
Karine Hirn
Partner, Board chair, Chief Sustainability Officer, East Capital Group
Karine Hirn, based in Hong Kong since 2013, is one of the founding partners of East Capital Group and Chief Sustainability Officer. Between 2010 and 2013, she was based in Shanghai as East Capital’s Chief Representative in China. Karine is the chairp… Read full bio
Andreas Hoepner
Full Professor of Operational Risk, Banking ＆ Finance, University College Dublin (UCD)
Professor Andreas G.F. Hoepner, Ph.D., is a Financial Data Scientist working towards the vision of a Conflict-Free Capitalism. While the vision is unlikely to be fully achievable, Andreas' view is that anyone can strive to make a regular contribution… Read full bio
Ingrid Holmes
Executive Director, Green Finance Institute
Ingrid Holmes is the Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute and Chair of the UK’s Green Technical Advisory Group, which is advising the Government and Minister John Glenn on designing and implementing a green taxonomy in the UK. Ingrid has… Read full bio
Catherine Howarth
Chief Executive Officer, ShareAction
Catherine Howarth OBE joined ShareAction as Chief Executive in 2008. ShareAction’s mission is to define the highest standards of responsible investment and to promote those standards across the world. Working closely with investors in many jurisdicti… Read full bio
Aled Jones
Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions, FTSE Russell / LSEG
Aled Jones is Head of Sustainable Investment Solutions for FTSE Russell, and was previously Head of Sustainable Investing, Europe. Aled joined from Mercer’s Investment Consulting business where he was a Principal in the Global Responsible Investment… Read full bio
Mirtha Kastrapeli
Sector Head for Consumer in Corporate Ratings, ISS ESG
Mirtha Kastrapeli is Executive Director at ISS ESG and Sector Head for Consumer in Corporate Ratings. Mirtha is an accomplished sustainable investment leader with a track record in developing cutting-edge research in the ESG space. She is also a Fell… Read full bio
Michael Klaster
Portfolio Director, Legal & General
Michael Klaster has over 25 years of experience in the financial sector in various roles. He works since 2020 as Portfolio Director for Legal & General Capital. In this role he oversees the £4bln Shareholder Fund balance sheet and in particular i… Read full bio
Piet Klop
Head of Responsible Investment, PGGM
Piet Klop leads PGGM’s Responsible Investment team which is driving ESG integration, running its active ownership program and expanding its Sustainable Development Investments, including the measurement of real-world impact. Before joining PGGM Inves… Read full bio
Hilkka Komulainen
Head of Responsible Investment, Aegon UK
Hilkka heads up the Aegon Responsible Investment team in the UK. Hilkka is responsible for driving forward the responsible investment strategy across Aegon UK’s workplace and retail investment business, including Aegon’s net zero commitments and stew… Read full bio
Brenda Kramer
Senior Advisor Responsible Investment, PGGM
Brenda Kramer works as Senior Advisor Responsible Investment at the Dutch asset manager PGGM. At PGGM she currently leads the teams responsible for the implementation of the new EU Sustainable Finance Legislation (including SFDR and EU taxonomy) for… Read full bio
Simone Kramer
Head of Product, Net Zero Data Public Utility
Simone Kramer acts as the Head of Product of NZDPU where she is focused on the development of the Net Zero Data Public Utility beta pilot, an industry utility that will provide a centralized repository of key climate transition-related data. She prev… Read full bio
Elizabeth Lance
Assistant Chief Counsel, ICI Global
Elizabeth Lance is Assistant Chief Counsel of ICI Global. Before joining ICI Global, Elizabeth was Vice President and Legal Counsel for Legislative and Regulatory Affairs at T. Rowe Price where she was responsible for monitoring global regulatory dev… Read full bio
Anna Lehmann
Global Climate Policy Director, Wildlife Works
Anna has been involved in shaping carbon markets on both the supply and the demand sides for compliance as well as voluntary regimes for over 20 years. She started carbon project development in 2001, was investment advisor for two carbon market funds… Read full bio
Kate Levick
Associate Director, Sustainable Finance, E3G
Kate Levick leads E3G’s activities on Sustainable Finance, working with public and private finance sector stakeholders to support political decisions that enable financing of the global transition to climate safety. Kate is also the Co-Head of the Se… Read full bio
Sonya Likhtman
Associate Director, Engagement, EOS, Federated Hermes
Sonya Likhtman works in EOS, the stewardship and engagement team at Federated Hermes. She focusses primarily on engaging with companies across Asia and emerging markets. She is also the lead engager for the Biodiversity Equity Fund and the author of… Read full bio
Tom Lorber
Director, Head of Private Climate Finance, Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Tom is Director, Head of Private Climate Finance and leads CIFF’s global portfolio of grants working with the private finance sector to accelerate corporate emissions reductions in line with the Paris Agreement. Since joining CIFF in 2013 Tom has wor… Read full bio
Fiona Manning
Fund Manager, Premier Miton Emerging Markets Sustainable Fund
Fiona Manning joined Premier Miton in August 2022 following 17 years at Aberdeen Standard Investments where she was Senior Investment Director and lead manager of the firm’s emerging market equity sustainable strategies, including the Emerging Market… Read full bio
Mark Manning
Technical Specialist, Sustainable Finance and Stewardship, Financial Conduct Authority
Mark Manning leads the FCA’s policy work on sustainable finance and investor stewardship. In this role, he is responsible for several initiatives, including the FCA’s implementation of the TCFD’s recommendations and the FCA’s work with IOSCO on corpo… Read full bio
Sophie Marjanac
Senior Lawyer / Accountable Corporations Lead, ClientEarth
Sophie Marjanac is an internationally recognised expert in climate change law and litigation, human rights and corporate management of climate risk. She leads our Climate Accountability Initative, which focusses on strategic litigation and other lega… Read full bio
Michael Marshall
Head of Sustainable Ownership, RPMI Railpen
Michael Marshall is Head of Sustainable Ownership at RPMI Railpen (“Railpen”). As a member of Railpen’s Fiduciary Leadership Team, Michael is accountable for the integration of environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) factors into the fi… Read full bio
Innes McKeand
Head of Strategic Equities, USS Investment Management
Innes Mcheand is Head of Strategic Equities at USS Investment Management, the investment management arm of the Universities Superannuation Scheme. He is responsible for all of USS's listed equities portfolios across developed and emerging markets and… Read full bio
Fiona McNally
Junior Reporter, Responsible Investor
Fiona joined Responsible Investor in 2021 after working as a reporter at Private Equity Wire. She has developed a particular interest in diversity, equity and inclusion and also covers the French market.
Véronique Menou Lieblich
Global Head of ESG Regulatory Solutions, MSCI
As Global Head of ESG Regulatory Solutions, Véronique helps investors with their ESG and Climate regulatory requirements globally. She is in charge of developing the strategy and the product development roadmap to foster adoption of ESG and Climate R… Read full bio
Alex Michie
Executive Director, GFANZ Secretariat and Mobilizing Capital, GFANZ
Alex Michie is the head of the GFANZ Secretariat and the Executive Director for Mobilizing Capital to Emerging Markets and Developing Economies. Previously, as Head of GFANZ in the COP26 Private Finance Hub within HMT, he was responsible for designin… Read full bio
Hugh Miller
Policy Analyst, OECD
Hugh works at the OECD as a Policy Analyst, focusing on biodiversity-related financial risks and critical minerals. He started out at the Bank of England where he worked in the Prudential Policy Department, working on Large Exposures and climate-rela… Read full bio
Sara E. Murphy
Chief Strategy Officer, The Shareholder Commons
Sara joined The Shareholder Commons in 2020 after 22 years working in sustainable investing and environmental and social advocacy. Sara began her career working for NGOs in the international development and disaster response fields. In 2001, she tran… Read full bio
Maria Nazarova-Doyle
Head of Pension Investments and Responsible Investments, Scottish Widows
At Scottish Widows, Maria is responsible for defining the investment offering across our pension business, and for incorporating responsible investment and active stewardship principles into the investment design. She has previously held senior DC in… Read full bio
Morten Nilsson
CEO, Brightwell
Morten joined Brightwell (formerly BT Pension Scheme Management) in September 2018 and was appointed to the Board in October 2018. He is responsible for leading all aspects of the business in its support of its clients and the workforce. Morten has s… Read full bio
Andrew Ninian
Director, Stewardship, Risk and Tax, The Investment Association
Andrew is responsible for representing The Investment Association members interests as institutional investors on stewardship and corporate governance matters. Andrew also has executive team responsibility for the IA’s Risk and Tax Unit focussing on… Read full bio
Carmen Nuzzo
Professor in Practice - Executive Director, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre LSE
Carmen leads on setting and delivering the strategy of the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre, as well as overseeing its research and operations. Established by some of the world's leading asset owners, the TPI Centre conducts independent, authorit… Read full bio
Aleksandra Palinska
Executive Director, Eurosif
Aleksandra Palinska is the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, the leading pan European Sustainable and Responsible Investment association advocating for a more sustainable financial system. It works as a partner… Read full bio
Rebecca Palmer
Director, Sustainable Finance Data, ICE
Becky Palmer joined ICE in Jan 2016 with the acquisition of Interactive Data by ICE, and is responsible for business development and content strategy for Sustainability products and services in EMEA. In this role, Becky supports the sales teams with… Read full bio
Ashok Parameswaran
President and Founder, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
Ashok Parameswaran is the President and Founder of the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (EMIA) and a member of the EMIA Board of Directors. Ashok has over 20 years of experience relating to emerging markets, mostly as an emerging market sovereign… Read full bio
Elza Holmstedt Pell
Deputy Editor, Responsible Investor
Elza is the deputy editor of Responsible Investor. She joined RI in 2019 and has a particular interest in sustainable finance regulation, Previously, she was a freelance journalist and conference producer for three years, covering sustainable finance… Read full bio
Valeria Piani
Head of Stewardship, Phoenix Group
Valeria Piani is Head of Stewardship at Phoenix Group. She joined the firm in September 2021 to lead the in-house stewardship team and collaborate with Phoenix’s Asset Management partners to influence ESG performance by investee companies. She has ov… Read full bio
John Ploeg
Co-Head of ESG Research, PGIM Fixed Income
John Ploeg, CFA, is a Principal and Co Head of ESG Research for PGIM Fixed Income, based in London. Mr. Ploeg is responsible for the strategic integration of ESG research across all elements of the firm, including in investment decision making proces… Read full bio
Stephen Porter
Responsible Investment Lead, SCOTTISH WIDOWS
Dr Stephen Porter is the Responsible Investment Lead at Scottish Widows, incorporating ESG considerations into the investment design across the firm’s pension business through collaborations with internal and external stakeholders (such as investment… Read full bio
Tom Powdrill
Head of Stewardship, PIRC
Tom is a leading responsible investment practitioner with over 20 years’ experience of shareholder engagement, working with both pension funds and civil society. He has particular expertise in the S in ESG, focusing primarily on labour and workplace… Read full bio
Valentina Ramirez
Senior Investment Specialist for Public Markets, IIGCC
Valentina is the Senior Investment Specialist for Public Markets in the Investor Practices Programme, and is leading our benchmarks, sovereign bonds and derivatives work streams. Most recently she has worked as a climate finance consultant for Genesi… Read full bio
Clare Richards
Director, Social – Responsible Investment, Church of England Pensions Board
Clare Richards is Director, Social at the Church of England Pensions Board, where she has been a member of the Responsible Investment team since 2019. She leads on the Pensions Board’s approach to stewardship in support of a ‘just’ world, a remit whi… Read full bio
Jo Richardson
Head of Portfolio Strategy, Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Based in London, Jo leads the development and practical application of the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII)’s portfolio management techniques and products, designed to support fixed income investors in aligning their portfolios to net zero.… Read full bio
Hanna Roberts
Head of Stewardship Services, Morningstar Sustainalytics
Hanna is the Senior Vice President of ESG Products and is responsible for the entire suite of Sustainalytics’ Stewardship Services. Within her role, she leads an expanding team of Engagement Managers, oversees product development, and supports the de… Read full bio
Nick Robins
Professor in Practice - Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment
Nick joined the Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Nick leads the sustainable finance research theme. The focus of his work is on how to mobilise finance for climate action in ways that supp… Read full bio
Aldo M. Romani
Head of Sustainable Finance, Finance Directorate, European Investment Bank
A graduate cum laude in monetary and financial economics of Bocconi University, Milan, Aldo started his career at Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, and subsequently joined EIB, one of the largest multilateral issuers, as assistant to the Deputy Director Gen… Read full bio
Delilah Rothenberg
Co-Founding Partner and Executive Director, The Predistribution Initiative (PDI)
Delilah Rothenberg is a Co-Founding Partner and the Executive Director of the Predistribution Initiative (PDI), a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization designed to support investors in aligning their investment governance, financial analysis, and… Read full bio
David Russell
Head of Responsible Investment, USS Investment Management
David heads the RI Team of USS Investment Management. David is a former Board member of the PRI Association and an advisor to the Board of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change. He is also on the Board of the International Centre for Pe… Read full bio
Lorenzo Saa
Chief Sustainability Officer, Clarity AI
As Chief Sustainability Officer, Lorenzo is responsible for Clarity AI’s strategic engagements across the globe to enhance investor value and drive sustainable outcomes. Lorenzo joined Clarity AI after over 20 years of being at the forefront of susta… Read full bio
Joana Setzer
Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
Joana Setzer is an Assistant Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her main areas of expertise are climate litigation and global environmenta… Read full bio
Vian Sharif
Group Head of Sustainability, FNZ
Dr Vian Sharif joined FNZ in 2019 as Group Head of Sustainability. She is part of the team driving the development of innovative technology solutions to catalyse the shift to more sustainable capital allocations, alongside the firm’s own sustainabili… Read full bio
Lydia Sheldrake
Director of Policy and Partnerships, Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI)
Lydia is Director of Policy and Partnerships at the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). She joined from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and prior to that led Voluntary Carbon Markets policy and programmes in UK government… Read full bio
Murat Sönmez
Co-founder ＆ CEO, pulsESG
Murat is the co-founder and CEO of pulsESG™, a purpose-built SaaS platform to help companies define, capture, improve, and disclose their sustainability and ESG footprint. Founded in 2021, and with more than 350 companies on its platform, pulsESG has… Read full bio
Diandra Soobiah
Head of Responsible Investment, NEST - National Employment Savings Trust
Diandra Soobiah is Head of Responsible at Nest. She has been at Nest for 13 years and is responsible for the delivery and implementation of Nest’s Responsible Investment approach, ensuring it factors in material environmental, social and governance r… Read full bio
Martin Spolc
Head of Unit, Sustainable Finance, European Commission
Martin Spolc is the Head of the Sustainable Finance in the European Commission's Directorate General for Financial Services. Prior to his current role, he was the Head of the Capital Markets Union unit, the Economic analysis unit, Deputy Head of the… Read full bio
Georgia Stewart
CEO, Tumelo
Georgia is CEO of Tumelo, one of the UK's fastest-growing financial technology scale-ups. Georgia studied Natural Sciences at Cambridge and has experience across the sustainable investment sector, including equity investment analysis at Jupiter, clea… Read full bio
Rory Sullivan
CEO, Chronos Sustainability
Rory Sullivan is CEO of Chronos Sustainability, Visiting Professor in Practice at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics (LSE), and Chief Technical Advisor to the Transition Pathway Ini… Read full bio
Marcus Svedberg
Chief Economist, Folksam
Marcus Svedberg is chief economist at Folksam, one of the largest insurance and pension savings companies in Sweden. He is responsible for macro analysis and strategy across the group with a special focus on sustainability. He previously had a simila… Read full bio
Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand
Head of ESG, AP7
Charlotta Dawidowski Sydstrand is Head of ESG at AP7. Before joining AP7 in 2015, Charlotta held different positions within the Swedbank group for nine years, starting out as sustainability analyst at the asset manager Robur and later as climate stra… Read full bio
Peter Taylor
Head of Engagement, IIGCC
Peter is Head of Engagement for IIGCC’s Corporate Programme, supporting investor engagements with companies through Climate Action 100+ and the Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI). Previously, Peter worked as a senior portfolio manager for Aberdeen… Read full bio
Jakob Thomä
Managing Director, 2° Investing Initiative
Jakob Thomae is one of the leading global experts on sustainable finance and long-term risks. He co-founded the 2° Investing Initiative network in New York and Berlin and serves as Executive Director of 2° Investing Initiative Deutschland. Jakob led… Read full bio
Katsuki Tsuboi
General Manager - Senior Sustainability Specialist, Dai-ichi Life International
Katsuki is a sustainability and regulatory expert with experience in both industrial and public fields including the Japan FSA also the IAIS. He is currently taking a Co-Lead of GFANZ Mainstream Transition Finance workstream. At Dai-ichi Life insuran… Read full bio
Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson
Global Head of ESG, PGIM
Eugenia Jackson is the Global Head of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), based in London. Ms. Jackson is responsible for shaping and coordinating ESG strategy and execution across PGIM, chairing the PGIM ESG Council, engaging with key exte… Read full bio
Simone Utermarck
Director, Sustainable Finance International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
Simone Utermarck is a Director, Sustainable Finance at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) based in London. She is part of the Secretariat that supports the Principles, Secretary to the Advisory Council and the Global Sustainable Fina… Read full bio
Maria van der Heide
Head of EU Policy, ShareAction
Maria is ShareAction’s Head of EU Policy in Brussels and leads the advocacy work on sustainable finance. Maria has over ten years of experience working on policy and advocacy in the area of international development and human rights. Prior to ShareAc… Read full bio
Suzi van Es
Investor Engagement Manager, The Access to Medicine Foundation
Suzi van Es is the Investor Engagement Manager at the Access to Medicine Foundation. Suzi leads the interactions with institutional investors, helps ensure the relevance of our findings for the investment community and manages the projects and events… Read full bio
Diana van Maasdijk
Co-Founder ＆ CEO, Equileap
Diana van Maasdijk is the Co-Founder ＆ CEO of Equileap, the leading provider of data and insights on gender equality in the corporate sector. Equileap researches and ranks 4000 public companies around the world using a unique and comprehensive Gender… Read full bio
Betina Vaz Boni
Manager, Governance, Principles for Responsible Investment
Betina Vaz Boni is a Manager in the Governance team at the PRI. In her role, she works with investors to address governance issues affecting the companies they invest in, such as executive pay and anti-corruption. She leads PRI work on responsible po… Read full bio
Paul Verney
Features Writer, Responsible Investor
Paul joined RI’s editorial team in 2017 and was recently promoted to features writer, taking deeper dives into the most topical issues in the responsible investment space. He has a particular interest in shareholder engagement, climate lobbying and t… Read full bio
Helena Viñes Fiestas
Commissioner of CNMV ＆ Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Spanish Financial Markets Authority (CNMV)
Helena is commissioner of the Spanish Financial Markets Authority (CNMV) and Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance. She is also a member of the UN Secretary-General High-Level Expert Group on Net Zero Pledges and of the EIB´s Climate and En… Read full bio
Faith Ward
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership
Faith Ward, Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership; Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change Faith is currently Chief Responsible Investment Officer for Brunel Pension Partnership and Chair of the Institutional… Read full bio
Kerrie Waring
Chief Executive Officer, International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
Kerrie is Chief Executive Officer of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN), a global governance organisation led by investors responsible for assets of $70 trillion, based in over 40 countries. She also serves as a Member of the Japan… Read full bio
Dominic Webb
Reporter, Responsible Investor
Dominic is a reporter for the ESG and sustainable investment news publication Responsible Investor, writing about sustainability in fixed income, as well as EU and UK regulatory issues and investment stewardship. Since joining Responsible Investor in… Read full bio
Janet Williamson
Senior Policy Officer, Rights, International, Social and Economics Trades Union Congress
Janet Williamson is a Senior Policy Officer at the TUC and leads the TUC’s work on corporate governance and capital markets. She has written widely on corporate governance, worker directors, executive pay, employee share ownership, shareholder engage… Read full bio
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Senior Director, Stewardship & ESG, GPIF
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ESG Lead, PGGM
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Asset owners at RI Europe
The Responsible Investor Europe provides an unrivalled platform for asset owners investing in ESG and sustainable finance.
A limited number of complimentary passes for the event are available for asset owners. Check out the benefits of joining the conference and learn who among your peers attends. Apply for a complimentary pass for you or your team now.
What to expect
Network with your peers
Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.
Gain expert insights
Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.
Stay aligned to developments and opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities and leverage ESG expertise focused on regulation, human rights, biodiversity, net zero and more.
Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with the biggest and best ESG managers in the market.
Asset owners at RI Europe 2024
The event is the largest meeting place for asset owners and top level corporates for two days of networking and insight sharing.
Check out the benefits of joining the conference and who among your peers you will be joining.
Asset Owner's that attended in 2023:
Apply for a complimentary asset owner pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible asset owners to join the event.
To qualify for a complimentary pass, you must meet the eligibility criteria in representing a pension fund, insurance company, sovereign wealth fund, foundation, endowment, trust, family office or corporate investment division.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will follow up with you to secure your pass.