Speakers

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Confirmed speakers include:

Sharon Yang, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Financial Markets, US Department of Treasury

Sharon S. Yang is the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the International Financial Markets office in Treasury International Affairs. Sharon heads a team of international economists and financial analysts responsible for addressing a wide range of international financial policy issues, including advocating U.S. financial regulatory interests in multilateral forums such as the Financial Stability Board and G-20, bilaterally through formal dialogues with international counterparts in Europe and Asia, and by assessing potential systemic financial risk in key international financial markets. She leads Treasury’s international engagement on financial innovation, including through G7, FSB, and the IMF High-level Advisory Group on Finance and Technology. Prior to her current role in Treasury International Affairs, Sharon was in Treasury’s Office of the General Counsel.

Sharon’s work at Treasury builds on 15 years’ private sector financial regulatory, strategy and legal experience, including as in-house counsel and in private practice in New York. Sharon began her career as a management consultant, where she advised Fortune 500 companies on corporate strategy. Sharon holds a Juris Doctorate from the Georgetown University Law Center and is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Sharon Yang

Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Financial Markets, US Department of Treasury

Ulrich Bindseil, Director General Market Infrastructures and Payments, European Central Bank

Ulrich Bindseil is Director General Market Infrastructure and Payments at the European Central Bank (ECB), a post he has held since November 2019. Previously, he was Director General Market Operations (from May 2012 to October 2019) and head of the Risk Management Division (between 2005 and 2008). Mr Bindseil first entered central banking in 1994, when he joined the Economics Department of the Deutsche Bundesbank, having studied economics. His publications include, among others, Monetary Policy Operations and the Financial System, OUP, 2014, and Central Banking before 1800 – A Rehabilitation, OUP, 2019.

Ulrich Bindseil

Director General, Market Infrastructures and Payments, European Central Bank

Danuta Hübner, Member, European Parliament

Professor Danuta Hübner is a Polish economist, academic and policy maker. Born in 1948, she received her Masters degree from the Foreign Trade Department at the Warsaw School of Economics (1971) and a PhD in 1974. She is still teaching at the Warsaw School of Economics and was awarded honorary doctorates in economies and law by several universities including Sussex University and Economic University in Poznan.

Before becoming an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister in Poland in 1994, she has been engaged in building the new Polish economy after communism. As a Polish Advisor, Vice-Minister or Minister, she has promoted a new approach to industrial policy as well as the development to prepare Poland’s entry in the European Union and in the OECD. Ms. Hubner became the first Polish Minister for European Affairs and the first Polish member of the European Commission (regional policy).

Since 2009, she has been a Member of the European Parliament, where she uses her experience in international institutions, for instance as Undersecretary General for the United Nations (Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva between 1998 and 2000).

Danuta Hübner

Member, European Parliament

John Berrigan, Director General, DG FISMA, European Commission

John Berrigan is currently the Director General in DG FISMA (Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union) of the European Commission.

DG FISMA is responsible for EU-level legislation for the financial sector; in this context, John represents the EU Commission on the Economic and Financial Committee, the Financial Services Committee and the Single Resolution Board.

John has been a Commission official since the mid-1980s and has spent much of this time working on financial-sector issues – first in DG ECFIN, where he contributed to financial-sector aspects of the assistance programmes for other Member States, and now in DG FISMA.

Earlier on, he also worked on monetary policy and exchange-rate analysis in the context of preparations for the introduction of the euro in 1999.

In the mid-1990s, he worked for several years with the International Monetary Fund.

John has a master degree in economics from University College Dublin. He is married with two children.

John Berrigan

Director General, DG FISMA, European Commission

Paul Tang, Member, European Parliament

Paul Tang is a Member of the European Parliament for the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA) since July 2014, as part of the Group of Socialists and Democrats. He received a PhD in Economics from the University of Amsterdam and worked for the Dutch ministry of Economic Affairs and the Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis before entering the Dutch parliament in 2007.

Here, Paul Tang was spokesperson for financial and fiscal affairs from 2007 until 2010, right through the financial crisis.

In 2014, Paul Tang led the list of the PvdA for the European elections. In 2019 he was re-elected. Paul Tang mainly works on economic and financial affairs (ECON), with a focus on fair taxation and sustainable finance, and the role of data in our society (LIBE). Since September 2020, Tang is chair of the subcommittee on taxation (FISC).

Paul Tang (23 april 1967) is sinds juli 2014 lid van het Europees Parlement namens de Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA). En daarmee onderdeel van de groep Socialisten&Democraten (S&D). Hij ontving een PhD in Economie van de Universiteit van Amsterdam, en werkte voor het Ministerie van Economische Zaken en het Centraal Planbureau (CPB), voor hij in 2007 in de Tweede Kamer gekozen werd. Daar was Tang woordvoerder voor financiën en belastingzaken van 2007-2010, midden in de economische crisis.

In 2014 werd Tang door de leden van de PvdA gekozen tot lijsttrekker voor de Europese verkiezingen. In 2019 werd hij herkozen in het Europees parlement. Tang werkt in het Europees Parlement voornamelijk aan financiële en belastingzaken (ECON commissie), met een focus op eerlijke belastingen en een duurzame economie. Daarnaast werkt hij binnen hij aan de rol van data en privacy in onze samenleving (LIBE commissie). Vanaf september 2020 is Tang actief als voorzitter van de subcommissie over Belastingen (FISC).

Paul Tang

Member, European Parliament

Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute

Ingrid Holmes is the Executive Director of the Green Finance Institute. The GFI sits at the nexus of the public and private sectors and convenes and leads sectoral coalitions of global experts that identify and unlock barriers to investment towards impactful, real-economy outcomes, to benefit our environment, society, and business. Key areas of focus currently include energy efficiency in buildings, electric vehicle roll out, emerging markets infrastructure financing and financing nature based solutions. Ingrid was previously a Director and Head of Policy and Advocacy at Federated Hermes International. She was also the firm’s climate change coordinator. She has over 15 years of experience working on environmental policy and sustainable finance issues. Prior to joining Hermes Ingrid was a Director at sustainable development think tank E3G, leading a range of global initiatives on sustainable and inclusive finance. She has also held positions at the low carbon asset manager Climate Change Capital; been an energy and environment adviser in the UK Parliament; and adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Prior to that she had a career in science publishing and journalism.

Ingrid has held several Government advisory roles including Member of the UK Green Finance Initiative (2016/2018), Member of the European Commission’s High Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (2017/2018) and ran the Secretariat for the Green Finance Taskforce (2017/2018). She is currently Vice Chair of the Disclosures Working Group within the UK Prudential Regulation Authority/Financial Conduct Authority Climate Financial Risk Forum; Co-Chair of the Investment Association’s Climate Change Working Group; and Member of the Lloyd’s ESG Advisory Group.

Ingrid has a BSc in Biological Sciences from the University of Edinburgh and an MSc/DIC in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Her BSc thesis was published in Genetical Research (Cambs) and she was awarded the Kathleen Lacy Prize for ranking first in her MSc specialism (Pollution Management)

Ingrid Holmes

Executive Director, Green Finance Institute

Lawrence Wintermeyer, Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance

Lawrence is a globally recognised digital advocate in the financial services sector with a track record as an advisor, executive, and board member, working with firms from early-stage start-ups to global brands. Based in London, he is the Principal of Elipses, a digital investment management firm focused on sustainable investments and state of the art digital technologies like blockchain, big data, and AI. He is a co-founder of Global Digital Finance, a global members’ network delivering advocacy and standards to promote fair and transparent digital markets, and he is the former CEO of Innovate Finance, the UK fintech members association. Lawrence has an MBA, sits on several boards, and is a regular Forbes contributor. He promotes ethical and sustainable finance policies for a transparent, secure, and quality digital future for everyone.

Lawrence Wintermeyer

Executive Co-Chair, Global Digital Finance

Stephanie Butcher, Chief Investment Officer and European Equity Fund Manager, Invesco

Stephanie brings more than 25 years’ investment experience to the CIO role. Stephanie began her investment career at Lazard Asset Management as a graduate trainee and progressed to become a US fund manager before joining Aberdeen Asset Management in 1997. Stephanie joined Invesco in Henley in 2003, where she specialised in European equity income investing and was responsible for a number of European equity portfolios. She took on the role as CIO of the Henley Investment Centre in January 2020.

Stephanie holds an MA (Cantab) in History from Cambridge University. Stephanie also holds the AIMR designation from the Association for Investment Management and Research (now known as the CFA Institute).

Stephanie Butcher

Chief Investment Officer and European Equity Fund Manager, Invesco

Marcel Haag, Director, Horizontal Policies, DG FISMA, European Commission

Marcel Haag is Director for horizontal policies at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union. He has worked in different Commission services, including prior to his present assignment, as a Director for policy coordination at the Secretariat General of the Commission. Mr Haag is a lawyer and qualified as a judge in Germany.

Marcel Haag

Director, Horizontal Policies, DG FISMA, European Commission

Paolo Bertoluzzo, CEO, Nexi

Paolo Bertoluzzo is Chief Executive Officer of Nexi and Nexi Payments since July 2016.Paolo is also Chairman of the Nexi Strategic Committee.

Prior to joining Nexi, he served as Chief Commercial Operations and Strategy Officer of the Vodafone Group Plc with responsibility for Vodafone’s global commercial management, strategy and operations, as well as innovation and transformation projects. From 2008 to 2013 Paolo Bertoluzzo was Chief Executive Officer of Vodafone Italy and since 2012 of the Southern Region, when he became a member of the Vodafone Group’s Executive Committee.
Paolo joined Vodafone Italy in 1999, where he held the positions of Chief Operating Officer (2007), Chief Commercial Operations Officer (2006) and has headed the Consumer division (2005). Between 2010 and 2012 he was a member of the Board of Directors of Vodacom, the largest mobile communications group in Sub-Saharan Africa, and Vodafone Ireland.

Currently he is a member of the Politecnico of Milan Advisory Board. From 2013 to 2016 he has served as a Member of the GSMA Board, the worldwide telecom industry Association.
Paolo graduated with a degree cum laude in Management Engineering from the Politecnico of Milan in 1990 and completed an MBA with distinction from INSEAD (Fontainebleau – France) in 1994. He started his career as a management consultant working both in Europe and the United States.
Paolo is married with four daughters.

Paolo Bertoluzzo

CEO, Nexi

Jane Ambachtsheer, Global Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Jane Ambachtsheer oversees the firm’s ambitious approach to sustainable investment. This is empowered by the firm’s Sustainability Centre, which undertakes innovative research and policy development, guides BNPP AM’s investment stewardship and industry engagement activities, and supports investment teams in accessing, integrating and reporting on ESG factors. On the business side, Jane is responsible for BNPP AM’s Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’) approach, ensuring the firm’s day-to-day activities reflect the high standards it expects from companies. Jane is a member of BNPP AM’s Global Investment Committee and Business Management Committees, and reports to the Head of Investments, Rob Gambi.

Previously, Jane spent 18 years with global investment consultancy Mercer, where she was Partner and founder of the firm’s Responsible Investment business. Jane regularly researches, writes and speaks on topics addressing the intersection of sustainability and climate with finance and investment. She is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto and a Research Affiliate at the University Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and holds a Master of Social Science from the University of Amsterdam and a Bachelor of Economics and English Literature with honours from York University.

Jane Ambachtsheer

Global Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management

Erick Decker, CIO of Emerging Markets and Head of RI "Center of Expertise", AXA Group

Biography to follow.

Henne Schuwer, Senior Advisor, Kreab

After a 42-year career with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where Henne Schuwer focused on the European Union and transatlantic relations, Ambassador Schuwer joined Kreab as a Senior Advisor in 2020. During his career, Henne was involved in all Dutch EU Presidencies, the last one as Deputy Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the EU and Chair of Coreper I. After this, Henne served as the Director of the Private Office of the Secretary General of NATO. Mr Schuwer also has extensive knowledge of US politics and trade issues due to two assignments in the US, including a stint as the Dutch Ambassador to Washington DC in 2015-19.

Henne Schuwer

Senior Advisor, Kreab

Arlene McCarthy OBE, Strategic Advisor, European Affairs, Bloomberg

Arlene McCarthy OBE is Special Advisor to the Chairman of Bloomberg on Strategic Affairs and Special Advisor to the Bloomberg Philanthropies Team on Climate, Climate Finance and Environment programmes. In November 2018 she was appointed to the steering Group for the European Corporate Reporting Lab and as of March 2020 she is Special Advisor to the CEO of the Green Finance Institute. Arlene is also a Non-Executive Director for Bloomberg MTF (Multilateral Trading Facility).
Arlene was a member of the European Commission High-Level Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (Jan 2017 – Feb 2018). During 20 years as an MEP, she chaired the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee (2006-2009) and was Vice Chair of the Economic Committee and Monetary Affairs Committee (2009-2014). She was named as one of the top 100 influential women in European finance in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and was awarded MEP of the year in 2014 for her work in financial services. She was also awarded an OBE in the Queen’s 2015 New Year’s Honours List for Parliamentary and Political Services.

Arlene McCarthy OBE

Strategic Advisor, European Affairs, Bloomberg

Victor van Hoorn, Executive Director, Eurosif

Victor van Hoorn is the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum, the leading pan European Sustainable and Responsible Investment association advocating for a more sustainable financial system. It works as a partnership of European national Sustainable Investment Forums (SIFs). SIF members include institutional investors, asset managers, index providers and ESG research and analysis firms totaling over €8 trillion of assets under management, as well as other stakeholders such as NGOs, trade unions, think-tanks and philanthropic foundations. Eurosif is also a founding member of the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, the alliance of the largest SIFs around the world.

Prior to Eurosif, Victor was Head of Financial Services at Hume Brophy, a leading EU public affairs consultancy, advising asset managers and asset owners on their engagement with EU policymakers. In that role he closely followed the EU sustainable finance since its inception.

Victor is and attorney-at-law admitted to the New York and Amsterdam bar. He holds the French and Dutch citizenship.

Victor van Hoorn

Executive Director, Eurosif

Erick Decker, CIO of Emerging Markets and Head of RI "Center of Expertise", AXA Group

Biography to follow.

Henne Schuwer, Senior Advisor, Kreab

Henne Schuwer

Senior Advisor, Kreab

David Reed, Senior Partner, Head of The Financial Policy Advisers Network, Kreab

David has a portfolio of senior management roles in the European public affairs industry, and has advised over 50 of the world’s largest financial institutions and trade associations on their public affairs strategy, stakeholder engagement, and reputation management activities across Europe, the UK and globally. He leads Kreab’s Financial Services Practice and is the Senior Partner of the Financial Policy Advisers Network. David has worked at the European Commission, the Financial Services Authority, McKinsey & Company, and Campbell Lutyens.

David Reed

Senior Partner, Head of The Financial Policy Advisers Network, Kreab