Sustainability Oxford 2023

The Sustainability in Practice conference will look at the meaningful steps that investors are taking to integrate sustainability including the impact on asset allocation and structural shifts of net zero.
It will look at the portfolio construction and investment implementation implications of sustainable investing including the complexity of applying risk, return and outcome goals and explore the new frontier of sustainability including impact investing.

This event is typically attended by chief executives, investment committee members, chief investment officers, heads of sustainability and their direct reports.

Speakers

Jen Bishop

Deputy chief investment officer and head of responsible investment, Coal Pension Trustees (United Kingdom)

Eric Borremans

Head of ESG, Pictet Asset Management (Switzerland)

Alex Brierley

Co-head, Octopus Energy Generation (United Kingdom)

Herman Bril

Managing director & head of sustainability, PSP Investments (Canada)

Michael Cappucci

Head of sustainability, Harvard Management Company (United States)

Mirko Cardinale

Head of investment strategy, USS (United Kingdom)

Mike Clark

Founder director, Ario Advisory (United Kingdom)

Mark Cliffe

Visiting Fellow at Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter

Antonia Coad

Head of sustainability, Oxford endowment (United Kingdom)

Abi Dean

Global head of strategic insights, Nuveen Real Assets (United Kingdom)

Marc deBree

Managing director, head of real estate and alternatives, general account, TIAA (United States)

Robert Eccles

Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School

Phil Edwards

Head of manager selection, USS (United Kingdom)

Rachel Elwell

Chief executive, Border to Coast (United Kingdom)

J. Doyne Farmer

Director of the Complexity Economics programme at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Baillie Gifford Professor in the Mathematical Institute

Del Hart

Head of external managers, New Zealand Super (New Zealand)

Cameron Hepburn

Director and Professor of Environmental Economics at Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment (United Kingdom)

Joe Holles

Co-chief executive, TrueWorld (Spain)

Piet Klop

Head of responsible investment, PGGM (the Netherlands)

Stephen Kotkin

Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University; and Birkelund Professor Emeritus at Princeton University (United States)

Olivier Lebleu

Senior advisor, FCLTGlobal (United States)

Alison Loat

Managing director sustainable investing and innovation, OPTrust (Canada)

Richard Manley

Chief sustainability officer; managing director and head of sustainable investing, CPP Investments (Canada)

Chris Mansi

Global delegated CIO , Willis Towers Watson (United Kingdom)

Michael Marshall

Head of engagement, Railpen (United Kingdom)

Innes McKeand

Head of strategic equities, USS Investment Management (United Kingdom)

Wilhelm Mohn

Global head of corporate governance, Norges Bank Investment Management (Norway)

Saker Nusseibeh

Chief executive, Federated Hermes Limited (United Kingdom)

Michael Obersteiner

Director of the Environmental Change Institute

Oyin Oduya

Impact measurement and management practice leader, Wellington (United Kingdom)

Arjen Pasma

Chief fiduciary manager, PGGM (The Netherlands)

Lucian Peppelenbos

Climate and biodiversity strategist, Robeco (The Netherlands)

Joël Prohin

Head of investment management department, Caisse des Depots (France)

Nicola Ranger

Leader, Resilience and International Development Programme, Environmental Change Institute; Executive Director, Oxford Martin Systemic Resilience Programme

John Skjervem

Chief investment officer, Utah Retirement Systems (United States)

Carsten Stendevad

Co-chief investment officer sustainability, Bridgewater Associates (United States)

Rossitsa Stoyanova

Chief investment officer, Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (Canada)

Yuko Takano

Senior investment manager, equities, Pictet Asset Management (United Kingdom)

Colin Tate

Managing director, Conexus Financial (Australia)

Carola van Lamoen

Head of sustainable investing, Robeco (The Netherlands)

Lars Wallberg

Chief executive, Velliv Association (Denmark)

Amanda White

Director of international, Conexus Financial (Australia)

Rachel Whittaker

Head of sustainable investment research, Robeco (The Netherlands)

Han Yik

Senior advisor to the chief investment officer - stewardship, NYS Teachers' Retirement System (United States)

Maria Teresa Zappia

Deputy chief executive BlueOrchard, head of sustainability and impact, Schroders Capital (United Kingdom)

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