Speaker Bios

Featured keynote speakers and hosts

Mike Bloomberg
Founder, Bloomberg LP & Bloomberg Philanthropies, and Chair, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Iris Bohnet
Member and Sustainability Lead of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Sustainability Advisory Committee, Credit Suisse, and Academic Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School

Mark Carney
Finance Adviser to the Prime Minister for COP 26, and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance

Marisa Drew
Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

Roger Federer
Philanthropist and Credit Suisse Global Brand Ambassador 

Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE
Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute, and United Nations Messenger of Peace

Thomas Gottstein
Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse

Sir António Horta-Osório
Chairman, Credit Suisse

Session speakers and moderators

Luis Felipe Adaime
Co-Founder and CEO, Moss.Earth 

Fabio Alperowitch
Partner and Co-Founder, FAMA Investimentos

Laura Barrowman
Group Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse

Dana Barsky
Global Head of Sustainable Finance, Credit Suisse

Doug Beal
Partner and Director, Sustainable Financial Institutions, Finance, and Investing, Boston Consulting Group

Avril Benchimol
Senior Finance Specialist, The Global Environment Facility

Pascal Besnard
Head Region Geneva, Credit Suisse

Aron Betru
Managing Director, Center for Financial Markets, Milken Institute

Jeroen Bos
Head of Specialised Equity & Responsible Investing, NN Investment Partners

Bonin Bough
Chief Growth Officer, Triller, and Co-Founder, Bonin Ventures

Elisabeth Brinton
Executive Vice President, Renewables & Energy Solutions, Shell

Paul Bulcke
Chairman of the Board, Nestlé S.A, and Co-Chair, 2030 Water Resources Group Governing Council 

Chantal Line Carpentier
Chief, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) New York Office of the Secretary-General

Benjamin Cliquet
Head of Second-Party Opinions, Vigeo-Eiris/Moody’s ESG

Lou Cooperhouse
President & CEO, BlueNalu

SoVonna Day-Goins
Global Head of Social Sustainability, Credit Suisse

Jennifer “JJ” Davis
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Dell Technologies

Professor Elroy Dimson
Chairman of Centre for Endowment Asset Management, Cambridge Judge Business School

Henry Fernandez
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MSCI

Dr. Andrew Forrest, AO
Chairman and Founder, Fortescue Metals Group, Fortescue Future Industries, Minderoo Foundation and Tattarang Group

Rodrigo Garcia, CTP®, AIF®
Deputy State Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, Illinois State Treasury

Dr. James Gifford
Head of Sustainable and Impact Advisory and Thought Leadership, Credit Suisse

Phineas Glover
Head of ESG, Asia Pacific, Securities Research, Credit Suisse

Jonathan Golub
Head of U.S. Equity Strategy and Quantitative Research, Credit Suisse

Jennifer Grancio
Chief Executive Officer, Engine No.1

Tom Greenberg
Co-Head of Global Energy and Infrastructure, and Head of ESG Advisory, Capital Markets and Advisory, Credit Suisse

Jessica Ground
Global Head of ESG, Capital Group

Arvind Gupta
Partner, Mayfield

Dr. Nannette Hechler-Fayd’herbe
Chief Investment Officer of International Wealth Management and Global Head of Economics & Research, Credit Suisse 

Florian Heeb
Researcher, Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth at the University of Zurich

Katie Hill
Global Director of Business Operations & Power Management, Liquid Telecom

Michelle Horsfield
Climate Transition Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative

Jingdong Hua
Vice President & Treasurer, World Bank

Betty Jiang
Head of US ESG Research, Credit Suisse

Dr. Lucas Joppa
Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft

Robert Kapito
President, BlackRock

Eugène Klerk
Head of Global ESG Research, Credit Suisse

Francine Lacqua
Anchor & Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg TV

Dan Levy
Head of US Autos & Auto Parts Research, Credit Suisse

Maheep Mandloi
Renewables Research, Credit Suisse

Robert Mardini
Director-General, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Adam Matthews
Chief Responsible Investment Officer, The Church of England Pensions Board & Chair, Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI)

E.J. Milner-Gulland
Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford

Paul Milton
Founder, Milton Group

Dr. Geetha Murali
Chief Executive Officer, Room to Read

David Murphy
Head of China Quantitative Insight (CQi), Credit Suisse

Karen Page
General Partner, B Capital Group

Ketan Patel
CEO and Founder, Greater Pacific Capital

José Olympio Pereira
CEO, Credit Suisse Brazil

Kristin Groos Richmond
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Revolution Foods

Angela Rodell
Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

Mary Schapiro
Vice Chair for Global Public Policy & Senior Adviser to the Founder, Bloomberg, and Head of Secretariat, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

Mindy Silverstein
Senior Advisor to the CEO and Head of Client Strategy & Partnerships, Credit Suisse

Robert K. Steel
Co-Chair of the Board, Value Reporting Foundation, and Chairman, Perella Weinberg Partners

Michael Strobaek
Global Chief Investment Officer, Credit Suisse

Gillian Tett
Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large, US, Financial Times

Horace Tse
Head of Asia Pacific Energy Securities Research, Credit Suisse

Shankar Vedantam
Host and Executive Editor, Hidden Brain

Jessica Vieira, PhD
Senior Director of Sustainability, Apeel Sciences

Dr. Juergen Voegele
Vice President, Sustainable Development, World Bank, and Co-Chair, 2030 Water Resources Group Governing Council

John Walsh
Head of US Electrical Equipment & Multi-Industry Research, Credit Suisse

Mike Weinstein
Head of Utilities and Renewables Research, Credit Suisse

Erica Poon Werkun
Head of Securities Research, Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse

Martin Whittaker
Chief Executive Officer, JUST Capital