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Integrating ESG into risk management frameworks and decision making


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Tuesday, 3 Oct, 2023
REPORTING AND REGULATION
08:00 - 09:00
Registration and Networking
09:00-10:00
  • Managing ongoing changes across various locations for international institutions
  • Lessons learned from the international regulatory landscape
  • How to streamline your efforts across jurisdictions to create a centralised approach for implementing regulations
  • Can we reach a global consensus on ‘what is green?’

Author:

Adam Webb

COO, Risk
ICBC Standard Bank
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Adam Webb

COO, Risk
ICBC Standard Bank

Author:

Brunno Maradei

Global Head of Responsible Investments
Aegon Asset Management

Brunno Maradei is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management, managing a team of 21 ESG specialists conducting sustainability research, engagement, voting and policy advice.  He chairs Aegon AM’s Sustainability Board and is a member of ESMA’s Consultation Working Group on Sustainability. Prior to this role he structured finance for infrastructure projects in Africa at the European Investment Bank. Brunno has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years, starting in Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan in London. Brunno has led a pioneer ESG research provider, developed sustainable investment products for emerging markets and structured blended finance for donors at leading institutions including the International Finance Corporation and the European Commission. Brunno is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.

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Brunno Maradei

Global Head of Responsible Investments
Aegon Asset Management

Brunno Maradei is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management, managing a team of 21 ESG specialists conducting sustainability research, engagement, voting and policy advice.  He chairs Aegon AM’s Sustainability Board and is a member of ESMA’s Consultation Working Group on Sustainability. Prior to this role he structured finance for infrastructure projects in Africa at the European Investment Bank. Brunno has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years, starting in Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan in London. Brunno has led a pioneer ESG research provider, developed sustainable investment products for emerging markets and structured blended finance for donors at leading institutions including the International Finance Corporation and the European Commission. Brunno is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.

10:00-11:00
  • Determining which disclosure requirements and methods are applicable for your institution
  • How to efficiently manage the constant onslaught of new reporting and disclosure requirements
  • Educating wider teams on constant changes and developments to reporting requirements

Author:

Sandra Schoonhoven

CoE Lead of Climate Risk
ING

Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).

Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”. 

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Sandra Schoonhoven

CoE Lead of Climate Risk
ING

Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).

Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”. 

Author:

Wendy Walford

Head of Climate Risk
Legal & General
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Wendy Walford

Head of Climate Risk
Legal & General
11:00-11:30
Networking Break
MODELLING AND STRESS TESTING
11:30-12:30
  • Lessons learned and quick wins from climate stress testing exercises
  • Ensuring climate model robustness through improving model accuracy
  • Determining what good looks like and benchmarking against these standards
  • Understanding the variations in stress testing for physical vs transition risks
Moderator

Author:

Julian Philips

Global Head of Model Risk Audit
HSBC
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Julian Philips

Global Head of Model Risk Audit
HSBC

Author:

Dr. Chandni Bhan

UK Head of Risk
Morgan Stanley

Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced  data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee.  She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.

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Dr. Chandni Bhan

UK Head of Risk
Morgan Stanley

Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced  data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee.  She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.

Author:

Gianluca Cantaloupi

Global Head of Sustainability and Climate Risk
Credit Suisse
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Gianluca Cantaloupi

Global Head of Sustainability and Climate Risk
Credit Suisse

Author:

Karen Wilkinson

Global Head of Climate risk and Net Zero Oversight
Standard Chartered
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Karen Wilkinson

Global Head of Climate risk and Net Zero Oversight
Standard Chartered
12:30-13:45
Lunch and Networking
13:45-14:15
14:15-14:45
Networking Break
14:45-15:45
  • Understanding how the results from stress testing exercises should inform business decision making
  • Using technology to further support informed business decision making
  • Implementing successful reporting metrics and KPIs within your business

Author:

Tanveer Bhatti

Head of Model Risk Management
Revolut
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Tanveer Bhatti

Head of Model Risk Management
Revolut

Author:

Ushnish Banerjee

EMEA QAG Vice President
Morgan Stanley

Ushnish is an experienced model risk practitioner with more than 10 years of experience across Banks (Morgan Stanley and HSBC) as well as consulting firms (Ernst and Young and KPMG). Ushnish has accrued skills and experience across credit risk (IRB/IFRS9/CECL), traded credit risk (IMM/CVA/IRC) and stress testing models across all three lines of defence. Ushnish has prior experience in conducting learning courses for risk.net.

 

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Ushnish Banerjee

EMEA QAG Vice President
Morgan Stanley

Ushnish is an experienced model risk practitioner with more than 10 years of experience across Banks (Morgan Stanley and HSBC) as well as consulting firms (Ernst and Young and KPMG). Ushnish has accrued skills and experience across credit risk (IRB/IFRS9/CECL), traded credit risk (IMM/CVA/IRC) and stress testing models across all three lines of defence. Ushnish has prior experience in conducting learning courses for risk.net.

 

Author:

Monica Filkova

Head of Climate and Nature Investment Risk, Chief Investment Office
Aviva
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Monica Filkova

Head of Climate and Nature Investment Risk, Chief Investment Office
Aviva

Author:

Konstantina Armata

Senior Modelling Expert, Climate Risk Expert
Citi
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Konstantina Armata

Senior Modelling Expert, Climate Risk Expert
Citi
ESG AND CLIMATE DATA
15:45-16:45
  • Sourcing the correct data and determining data gaps
  • Determining the reliability of data and accounting for unreliable data
  • Best practices for improving the accuracy of proxies
  • Improving data quality using new technology and modelling techniques

Author:

Dr. Chandni Bhan

UK Head of Risk
Morgan Stanley

Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced  data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee.  She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.

... read more

Dr. Chandni Bhan

UK Head of Risk
Morgan Stanley

Dr. Chandni Bhan is Global Head of quant research and Model Risk, and Head of risk for UK for Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Previously she held roles across the business as head of risk for MSIM EMEA, as well CRO for MSIM Ireland. She has more than 16 years of working in Finance, both in front office, as well as risk, with extensive buy side and sell side expertise. She earned her PhD in statistics & probability from Michigan State University, and as an experienced  data scientist and risk officer, she has pioneered analytical systems to build a proactive and forward looking risk function, embedded in the business, that ensures we drive risk prudent growth for our clients. She is a member of EMEA operating committee, risk leadership group, and several other committees globally including as the chair for the global investment management model risk committee.  She also hosts several diversity podcasts and webinars for the business and is passionate about building a culture of inclusion and innovation.

Author:

Dunstan Marris

Head of Sustainability Data and Analytics
Goldman Sachs
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Dunstan Marris

Head of Sustainability Data and Analytics
Goldman Sachs
16:45
Close of Day One
Wednesday, 4 Oct, 2023
08:30-09:30
Networking and Registration
QUANTIFYING AND IDENTIFYING ESG RISKS
09:30-10:30
  • Wider Environmental, Social, and Governance risks: how to allow for unquantifiable risks?
  • Understanding how to best define a risk appetite statement to actively manage both the risks and opportunities
  • Determining which traditional risks are most impacted by climate change within your institution
  • Quantifying the overall risks to the portfolio from investor activity
Moderator

Author:

Manuel Vicente

Former CRO
Former HSBC
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Manuel Vicente

Former CRO
Former HSBC
10:30-11:00
Networking Break
EDUCATION, INTEGRATION AND CULTURE
11:00-12:00
  • Ensuring the widespread education on and implementation of ESG risk management practices across the entire institution
  • Effectively communicating ESG risk management factors to the wider business
  • Tackling ESG risks in the context of institutional risk management 
Moderator

Author:

Manuel Vicente

Former CRO
Former HSBC
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Manuel Vicente

Former CRO
Former HSBC

Author:

Rachel Neill

Chief Sustainability Officer
Connected Asset Management
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Rachel Neill

Chief Sustainability Officer
Connected Asset Management
12:00-13:00
  • Ensuring risk managers are fully educated on ESG risk management practices
  • Upskilling from within or recruiting specialists?
  • Carving out clear ESG roles and responsibilities within existing risk departments 

Author:

Sandra Schoonhoven

CoE Lead of Climate Risk
ING

Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).

Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”. 

... read more

Sandra Schoonhoven

CoE Lead of Climate Risk
ING

Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).

Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.

Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).

She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.

Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”. 

Author:

Jordane Terrasse

Head of Group Corporate Sustainability Risk Management and Risk Transfer
LSEG
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Jordane Terrasse

Head of Group Corporate Sustainability Risk Management and Risk Transfer
LSEG

Author:

Will Goodhart

CEO
CFA
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Will Goodhart

CEO
CFA
13:00-14:30
Lunch and Networking
REPUTATIONAL RISK AND THE LONGER TERM
14:30-15:30
  • Aligning internal frameworks with external commitments
  • Putting short term actionable plans into practice to make long term goals achievable
  • Mitigating against the risk of Net Zero targets and commitments

Author:

Simon Gadd

Group Climate Change Director
Legal and General
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Simon Gadd

Group Climate Change Director
Legal and General
15:30-16:00
Networking Break
16:00-17:00
  • Should E, S and G be treated holistically or individually?
  • Nature and Biodiversity – expanding beyond climate in the E
  • Solving social risks at an increased rate: preventing long term reputational damage
  • How do we maintain long term ESG risk management frameworks that allow for innovation but are also reliable?
17:00
Close of Day Two

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