Meet the Speakers

Frederic Barge
CEO & Founder, Reward Value

Paul Barker
Partner, ESG & Impact Practice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Lisa Bond-Holland
Director of ESG, South Jersey Industries

Joyce Cacho
Independent Board Director, Sunrise Banks, NA, World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA), and Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)

Thiago Chagas
Lead Legal Consultant, Climate Focus

Barbara Davidson
Senior Analyst, Regulatory and Accounting, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Andrew Droste
Head of Stewardship (US), Carbon Tracker Initiative

Robert Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Lisa Edwards
President & COO, Diligent and Board Member, Colgate-Palmolive

Shai Ganu
Managing Director, Global Leader – Executive Compensation, Willis Towers Watson

Michael Gerrard
Professor & Faculty Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Columbia University

Kate Gordon
Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy

Chris Hagler
Partner, Independence Point Advisors

Witold Henisz
Founder, ESG Analytics Lab, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania

Craig Jimenez
Independent Director, Air Tractor Holdings

Ira Kay
Managing Partner, Pay Governance

Courteney Keatinge
Senior Director, Environmental Social & Governance Research, Glass Lewis

Sarah Kemmitt
Consultant, Sustainable Finance, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Ruth Knox
Partner, ESG & Impact Practice, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Elizabeth Lewis
Deputy Head of ESG, Blackstone

Marisa Martin
Executive Director, Pollination

Jessica McDougall
Director, BlackRock Investment Stewardship

Melanie McGrath
General Counsel, CBCL Limited

Jennie Morawetz
Partner, ESG & Impact Group, Kirkland & Ellis

Kathryn Neel
Managing Director, Semler Brossy

Veena Ramani
Research Director, FCLT Global

Mahesh Roy
Director of Capital Markets, CDP

Joana Setzer
Assistant Professional Research Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, London School of Economics & Political Science

Ken Sheppard
Director, Environmental and Corporate Emergency Preparedness, South Jersey Industries (SJI)

Chris Snyder
Investors Team Lead, Guidehouse

Leo Strine, Jr.
Of Counsel, Corporate Department, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, former Chief Justice of the Delaware State Supreme Court

Helena Walsh
Managing Partner, Agendi

Tom Watson
Vice President of Buildings Services and Senior Mechanical Engineer, CBCL Limited

Cynthia Williams
Chair Emerita, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Waheed Hassan
CEO & Founder, ZMH Advisors

Luke Skillett
Managing Consultant, EcoAct UK