Clara Barby

Clara is Senior Partner at Just Climate. Previously, Clara was Chief Executive of the Impact Management Project (IMP) and led the IFRS Foundation’s project to establish the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), under the direction of the IFRS Foundation’s Trustees. Clara’s public interest work with the IMP was made possible through a secondment from her […]

Professor Rob Bauer

Rob Bauer is Professor of Finance (chair: Institutional Investors) and holder of the Elverding Chair on Sustainable Business, Culture and Corporate Regulation at Maastricht University School of Business and Economics in The Netherlands. His academic research is focused on pension funds, strategic investment policy, sustainable finance, responsible investing, shareholder activism and corporate governance. Rob is […]

Sandra Boss

Sandra Boss is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Investment Stewardship for BlackRock.  She is also a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee. Sandy is responsible for leading BlackRock Investment Stewardship in all its activities as it engages with companies to promote effective governance and create value for clients.  She is a former […]

Dr Ulf Erlandsson

Dr Ulf Erlandsson is the CEO and founder of the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute (AFII), a research institute and advocacy focusing on fixed income markets and the climate transition.  Launched in 2020 and backed by prominent climate philanthropies, AFII’s work is based on the team’s practical experience from fixed income market. Dr Erlandsson was previously […]

Desiree Fixler

Desiree is recognized as an advocate for change and impact in the practice of ESG investing and sustainability. As such, she is a frequent media commentator and works as a senior advisor to financial institutions and nonprofits on ESG matters. Her focus is on the challenges and detriment of greenwashing while addressing the fixes that […]

Adina Gillespie

Adina is responsible for GHGSat business development and expansion in Europe. GHGSat is a Canada/UK company using its own satellites combined with other data to deliver greenhouse gas monitoring services for industrial facilities around the world. GHGSat’s London office is focused on delivering emissions data for investor’s assets. Adina leads of European institutional engagement for […]

Vanessa Havard-Williams

Vanessa is leader of Linklaters’ global environmental and climate change group, a member of our crisis practice and co-ordinator of the firmwide ESG team.

Irene Heemskerk

Irene Heemskerk joined the European Central Bank in June 2021 to head the Climate Change Centre. She is responsible for shaping and steering the ECB’s climate agenda internally and externally. Irene also represents the ECB in the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and is as an observer to the […]

Catherine Higham

Catherine Higham is the Coordinator of the Climate Change Laws of the World project at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Catherine joined the Grantham Research Institute after nearly a decade of policy and advocacy work in the not for profit […]

Carine Smith Ihenacho

Carine Smith Ihenacho is responsible for the governance and compliance area, which includes ownership and responsible investment activities, control and operational risk, compliance and legal services. Carine Smith Ihenacho was appointed Chief Governance and Compliance Officer 6 October 2020. She joined Norges Bank Investment Management in August 2017 as Global Head of Ownership Strategies and […]