STAKEHOLDER COUNCIL Members Expertise overview 2019

Dr. Carol Adams (Chair) Mediating Institutions Constituency

Position –

Organization

Professor of Accounting at

Durham University Business

School, UK and Swinburne

Business School, Melbourne,

Australia

Country UK / Australia

Expertise Carol Adams has expertise and experience in: sustainability accounting and report-

ing; governance financial accounting, reporting and auditing; integrated reporting;

environmental, social and governance (ESG) risk management; stakeholder engage-

ment. She has held senior leadership positions and non-executive directorships and

consults on corporate reporting and integrating sustainability into strategy. She has

led the development of award winning sustainability reports and advised on award

winning integrated reports. She is an internationally recognised researcher and au-

thor with approx. 10,000 citations to her published work. She writes on her web-

site at www.drcaroladams.net Key sector experience: accounting, government, edu-

cation, investors and asset managers, banking & finance.

Ms. Milagros Zamudio – SC Vice-Chair Mediating Institutions Constituency

Position –

Organization

Director, Milagros Zamudio,

Sustainability consultants

Country Peru

Expertise Milagros has worked for more than 20 years in major companies - public and pri-

vate sectors. As Head of the Corporate Image and Social Responsibility area of

Electroperu she became the founder and Chairperson of the Social Responsibility

Committee of state-owned companies in Peru. At Telefonica, she won the first

prize in the High Potential Youth (JAP's) International Contest.

Milagros was also the Country Manager for BSD Consulting Peru and Director of

WomenCEO Peru.

She holds a Master´s degree in Communications from Michigan State University and

postgraduated studies in Harvard University.

Today, she owns a consultancy firm, she serves as professor at different universi-

ties, she is a panelist at various national and international events and have been par-

ticipating as part of the jury for the IDB beyondBanking awards and the UPC´s

awards.

BUSINESS ENTERPRISE CONSTITUENCY

Ms. Adriana Lagrotta Leles

Position –

Organization

Advisor of CEO, SANASA

Country Brazil

Expertise Her interests are water and sanitation focus on circular economy and Human

Rights Water and Sanitation. On behalf of SANASA at United Nations Global Com-

pact Brazil Network, she conducts the Movement Less Loss, More Water – the

main Brazilian project to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 6. As a

speaker, she has traveled all over Brazil and other countries sharing the Brazilian

experience of SDG6. She is a member of Steering Committee CEO Water Man-

date.

Mr. Ahamed Kishor Hameed

Position –

Organization

CSR & Environment Manager,

Siam City Cement (Lanka) Lim-

ited

Country Sri Lanka Australia

Expertise Kishor Hameed is currently attached as Director at Cusino (Pvt) Ltd. Prior to

Cusino, Kishor was attached to Maga Engineering, Sri Lanka’s largest construction

conglomerate and Group Sustainability, Corporate Affairs & Communications of

Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri Lanka’s largest market capitalized company on the Colombo

Stock Exchange.

Kishor possesses over twelve year’s industry experience and is responsible for

managing a suite of projects under the Company’s strategic planning, sustainability

and inclusive business portfolio.

Kishor is equipped with Masters in Business Administration from the Postgraduate

Institute of Management, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Colombo. Kishor is

also an alumnus of the University of Virginia, United States and Member of the

Chartered Institute of Marketing, United Kingdom.

Kishor, has a keen interest on voluntary community services, and serves as a

National Member of the World Assembly of Youth and is a Regional

Representative of International Youth Centre, Malaysia. In 2015 he was elected as a

Stakeholder Council Member to the Global Reporting Initiative team and had the

distinction of being the first Sri Lankan to be elected to the post upon a global

stakeholder voting. He was also a Member of the Sri Lanka Young Professionals

Exchange Program to United States of America in 2009 - hosted by United States

State Department. He has also presented papers at several International

conferences on youth development.

Mr. Anirban Ghosh

Position –

Organization

Chief Sustainability Officer,

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited

Country India

Expertise Anirban Ghosh leads Sustainability at the USD 19 billion Mahindra Group. Under

his leadership Mahindra has developed an award winning Sustainability framework,

become a founding member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition and the

first to commit to doubling energy productivity. He has, in partnership with the

World Bank, facilitated the creation of the Sustainable Housing Leadership Consor-

tium to accelerate the spread of green buildings in India.

Anirban has been an invited speaker at COP21, The Climate Week, World Circular

Economy Forum, GRI Global, EE Global, etc., featured in The Climate Reality Pro-

ject and acknowledged as a Distinguished Sustainability Officer.

Ms. Diana Minerva Guerrero Lozoya

Position and

Organization

Deputy Director of Ética y

Estrategia Consultores, S.C.

Country Mexico

Expertise Diana is Deputy Director at Ética y Estrategia Consultores, a Mexican company

specialized in responsible sustainability, corporate governance, and anti-bribery

management systems, as well as the development and application of standards in

the organization's ESG performance.

She provides advisory to organizations in the Responsible Investment decision-

making process; the development of sustainability and integrated reports based on

the GRI Standards; the fostering of transparency through the participation in dis-

closure platforms, and the development of KPI’s for sustainable management.

She collaborates with the UNECE, focused on the project ”Standards for the

SDGs”.

Dr. Elmer Lenzen

Position –

Organization

CEO, Macondo Publishing

GmbH

Country Germany

Expertise Dr. Elmer Lenzen is founder and CEO of the macondo publishing GmbH. He stud-

ied journalism and politics at the universities RUB Bochum, WWU Muenster/both

Germany and UCR San José/Costa Rica.

macondo publishing is a leading publishing house in Germany for sustainability top-

ics. It publishes among others the Magazine „UmweltDialog“, the UN publication

„Global Goals International Yearbook“and regularily support German federal and

statal governments in sustainability communication.

Before macondo Elmer worked for German and Swiss newspapers like Die

Woche, Handelsblatt, taz and Tages-Anzeiger (Zurich) and the German news

agencies dpa and epd. For many years Elmer was also member of the Latin Ameri-

can Consulting Group within the Protestant Church of Germany.

Mr. Fallight Xu

Position – Or-

ganization

Regional Officer Corporate So-

cial Responsibility Greater

China

TÜV Rheinland

Country China

Expertise Mr. Fallight Xu is the Regional Officer Corporate Social Responsibility Greater

China of TÜV Rheinland. He is responsible for the regional implementation of

TÜV Rheinland’s corporate social responsibility strategy. Fallight has 12-year

working experiences in TIC (testing, inspection, and certification) industry with

expertise in areas such as product ecolabelling, green building and sustainability

reporting. Fallight is passionate in making contributions to both international and

multi-stakeholder driven standardization initiatives. Fallight is a chartered

standardization engineer and sustainability assurance practitioner.

Ms. Helen Medina

Position – Or-

ganization

Senior Public Affairs Manager,

Government and Multilateral

Relations

Nestlé S.A.

Country Switzerland

Expertise Helen Medina joined Nestlé in February 2017 and was appointed the role of

Senior Public Affairs Manager, Government and Multilateral Relations. She is

responsible for building internal government and multilateral organisation

relationships and engagement plans coordinating across functions, markets and

globally managed businesses. She is also responsible for the implementation and

communication of partnerships. Helen joined Nestlé from the US Council for

International Business where she led work on, food and agriculture, health care,

product policy and intellectual property. During her tenure at USCIB, Helen

identified and tracked issues of concern to the corporate community by

developing and maintaining strong relationships and channels of communication

with a variety of global business organization (ICC, IOE, Business at the OECD)

foreign government officials and multilateral organizations such as the UN, OECD

and APEC. In consultation with corporate representatives, Helen drafted advocacy

positions and statements which reflected business priorities. She also represented

business priority views at international forums such as the FAO, SAICM, OECD,

and Committee on World Security, and helped to prepare and provide staff

support for business delegations to these meetings. Prior to joining USCIB in

2008, Helen was assistant director for international affairs at the International

Dairy Foods Association in Washington, D.C., where she promoted US dairy

interests in free trade discussions, including the World Trade Organization Doha

Round negotiations, and represented the dairy industry before US Congress on a

variety of trade issues. Previously, she was a trade consultant for Consultants

International Group in Washington, D.C. and also worked at the US Consulate

General in Florence, Italy. Helen holds a master’s degree in international

economics and international relations from the Johns Hopkins University School

of Advanced International Studies, where she studied for a year in Bologna, Italy.

Ms. Isidora Diaz Heredia

Position –

Organization

Safety Director, Parques Reuni-

dos

Country Spain

Expertise Isidora Díaz has 15+ combined years of experience in health and safety and sustain-

ability areas, in multinational companies where she has worked at country, regional

and global level.

Her experience includes the waste management industry, constructtion materials

and mining industry as well as the hospitality sector.

She is currently Safety Director at Parques Reunidos.

She holds a MBA and MSc in Organic Chemistry as well as a MSc in industrial hy-

giene, safety and psychosociology.

Ms. Jennifer Leitsch

Position –

Organization

Director of Corporate Respon-

sibility, Commercial Real Estate

Services

CBRE

Country USA

Expertise Jennifer Leitsch is Director of Corporate Responsibility at CBRE, the world’s larg-

est commercial real estate services and investment firm. She leads the development

of the company’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report in accordance with the

GRI Standards and responds to stakeholder inquiries regarding CBRE’s environ-

mental, social, and governance practices. Jennifer has an MBA and MS in Marketing

from the University of Colorado Denver and a BSE in Chemical Engineering from

the University of Iowa. She is a SASB Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting

Credential holder. Jennifer was trained by Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader. She

chairs the Advisory Council for the Managing for Sustainability program at the Uni-

versity of Colorado Denver Business School.

Ms. Karla Lizzeth Guerrero Lozoya

Position – Or-

ganization

Director of Ethics and Strategy

and Consultant, CEMEX

Ética y Estrategia

Country Mexico

Expertise Founder and CEO of Ethics and Strategy Consultants, experts and leaders in Mex-

ico in ISO 26000, from 2008 to date, providing CEOs advice in CSR and Anticor-

ruption, e.g. BEXEL, ALFA, GILSA, NEMAK, among others.

National ISO 26000 Mirror Committee Coordinator and expert for Industry 2004

to date

Head of the National Mirror Committee for :

• ISO 37001 Antibribery management systems from July 2014 to date

• ISO 20400 on Sustainable Procurement from July 2014 to date

• ISO 37000 on Organizational Governance from January 2018 to date

• ISO 37002 on Whistleblowing July 2018 to date

Adviser and Professor in various CSR issues for several Universities:

Trainer and speaker for various forums and business chambers in México interna-

tional events.

Dr. Karsten Schröder

Position –

Organization:

Corporate Responsibility

Manager, Daimler AG

Country Germany

Expertise Karsten holds a PhD in Economic Geography and two Master’s degrees in Business

Administration and Political Science/International Relations. Karsten started his

professional career as strategy consultant for The Boston Consulting Group. Then

he entered the sustainability field and became Deputy Head of econsense – Ger-

manys leading business association for sustainable development. At econsense he

lead several research projects on responsible sourcing, business & human rights,

and ESG reporting. Since 2017, Karsten serves as Manager Corporate Responsibil-

ity Management at Daimler AG in Stuttgart, Germany.

Ms. Marina Migliorato

Position –

Organization

Head of Sustainability Innova-

tion and Stakeholder Engage-

ment, Enel

Country Italy

Expertise Degree in Political Science and Master in International Law and Business Admin-

istration.

She worked for Unicef and many NGOs and she was also a consultant for various

Public Administrations and private companies. She joined the Enel Group in 1999,

where she started as Head of the Relations with the stakeholders in the Institu-

tional Affairs Department, then Head of Internal Communication and Head of

CSR in the External Relations Department. Since 2014 she is Head of Sustainabil-

ity Innovation and Stakeholders Engagement with the responsibility of identify and

manage sustainability trends at global level and to manage relationships with key

stakeholders and with rating agencies and investors on Enel’s Group sustainability

issue. She is member of the Steering Committee of the UN Global Compact

LEAD, Vice Chair of CSR Europe and member of the GRI Stakeholders Council.

She is also member of the Cornerstone Capital Inc. Advisory Board. She is also

member of the Management Committee of the multi-stakeholder platform on

SDGs of the European Commission.

Dr. Monica Streck

Position –

Organization:

Head of strategic sustainability

Management, Munich Airport

Country Germany

Expertise More than 10 year work experience in the field of sutainability management

Recent focus fields: Sustainabilty Strategy and Sustainability Management, Integrated

Reporting and Sustainability Reporting, Sustainability Ratings, Projects on

Innovation and Sustainablity.

Education: PhD in Business Ethics, German diploma in business administration

Mr. Michel Bande

Position –

Organization

Former Corporate Sustainability

Officer, Solvay

Country Belgium

Expertise Education

• SOLVAY business school-commercial engineer

• Brussels free University-certificate in microeconomics

• Brussels school of ergonomics-advisor in organisations

Solvay

• financial auditor/ first assistant to the CFO for France/ financial corporate

analyst

• strategy and organisation

• IT (SAP General manager- telematics and office automation)

• -B2C BU manager

• -international purchasing and procurement manager

• -first corporate sustainability officer ( assistant to the CEO)

Today

Advisor to several NGO( CSR eur,ABIS,...)

SD Lecture/ Louvain university

Mr. Mikkel Larsen

Position –

Organization

Managing Director, Chief

Sustainability Officer, DBS Bank

Ltd

Country Singapore

Expertise In recent years, DBS has been strengthening its sustainability agenda in various

ways. In July 2017, the Bank was the first financial institution in Singapore to issue a

green bond to support the financing of green assets. It was the sole bookrunner of

Singapore’s first corporate green bond in April 2017. As an affirmation of its com-

mitment to sustainability, DBS was also the first Singapore bank to be included as

an index constituent of the FTSE4Good Global Index in 2017, making it one of 8

Singapore-listed companies to be globally recognised for its Environmental, Social

and Governance practices.

Prior to joining DBS, Mikkel was CFO for Asia Pacific in UBS from 2009 to 2012

covering Investment Bank, Wealth Management and Asset Management. He was

previously the Asia Pacific Head of Accounting Policy and location controller for

Hong Kong at UBS. Mikkel has also worked in Citigroup in London and KPMG in

London and Denmark

Ms. Mohzdeh Ghanbari Mobarakeh

Position –

Organization

Senior Management Consultant

Country Iran

Expertise Ms. Ghanbari Mobarakeh works at the Industrial Management Institute IMI

(www.imi.ir) Tehran (Iran) as a Management Consultant (Project Manager). Her

main areas of expertise are:

• Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability

• Business Process Management

• Quality method and tools

• Performing 6 Sigma Projects (Black Belt)

• Lean Management Systems

Mr. Nilesh Moodley

Position –

Organization

Founder and Director, Sustaina-

bility Synapse

Country South Africa

Expertise Mr. Moodley is a sustainability professional and social entrepreneur. He has worked

in public and private sector institutions across industries such as Financial Services,

Mining, Management Consulting, Pension Funds and Developmental Agencies. He

has competencies in Sustainability Strategy, Training and Education, Mining, Financial

Services and on International developmental issues. He represents the business

constituency for Africa sustainability reporting related matters on the Global Re-

porting Initiative Stakeholder Council. He is interested in developing FinTech mod-

els for addressing development and novel Energy and Education programmes to en-

hance development impact. To create, connect and integrate is his purpose.

Ms. Prabh Kaur Banga

Position –

Organization

Associate Director, Strategy &

Growth, Toronto Pearson Air-

port

Country Canada

Expertise Mrs. Prabh K. Banga is the Associate Director, Strategy & Growth at Toronto Pear-

son Airport. Prabh leads the development and delivery of the airport’s long-term

strategy. Prior to joining the airport, Prabh worked in the government sector on

sustainability strategy, civic engagement and resource efficiency. She has over 10

years of experience working in the sustainability sector, ranging from energy con-

servation projects to corporate sustainability. Prabh sits on the Global Reporting

Initiative Stakeholder Council, Airports Council International- North American Sus-

tainability Working Group and the Smart Commute Board. Prabh has a Master in

Resource and Environmental Management from Dalhousie University in Halifax,

Nova Scotia and undergraduate degree in Environmental Studies from McMaster

University, Hamilton, Ontario.

Ms. Vishnee Sowamber

Position –

Organization

Group Sustainability and Corpo-

rate Social Responsibility Man-

ager, LUX* Resorts & Hotels

Country Mauritius

Expertise Vishnee offers expertise and provides leadership-level support for initiatives to op-

timise company-wide resources in Africa (Mauritius, Réunion Is.), Maldives, Asia

(China) and Europe. She undertakes a range of activities concerned with sustainable

development policy making and strategy which include drafting guidance, making

recommendations, reviewing policy and procedure, and researching new initiatives.

She is also involved to initiate, organise, attend and contribute to as chair, speaker

and facilitator, partnership and public events, conferences, seminars and other

awareness raising activities related to sustainable development. Vishnee is gearing

projects in line with international Sustainability Frameworks (Global Reporting Initi-

ative, Montreal Greenhouse Gas Protocol, DEFRA UK (Department of Environ-

ment, Food & Rural Affairs), HCMI (Hotel Carbon Management Initiative), including

sensitisation on Human Rights, Social Responsibilities and Environmental Protec-

tion, Global Reporting Initiative, Integrated Annual Report, the Stock Exchange of

Mauritius Sustainability Index, Carbon Offsetting, energy efficiency projects.; Water

Optimisation, Waste Management, Social Projects Management in collaboration

with bodies like JEC (Joint Economic Council) & EU, UNDP, various national and in-

ternational consultants amongst others). She participates in local & international

Conference proceedings on Sustainability related topics and has also co-authored

the Routledge Handbook of Hospitality Marketing. Her work has attracted various

awards and recognitions both locally and internationally for LUX* and has helped

influence strategies in various companies.

CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION CONSTITUENCY

Dr. Constance Kane

Position –

Organization

Executive Director, Litteratus

Associates

Country USA

Expertise My areas of expertise are; program design, program management, strategic plan-

ning, operational improvements, board building, long term and annual budget plan-

ning, impact assessment.

Mr. Hugh Grant

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Convener, Australian Sustaina-

bility Leaders Forum (ASLF)

Country Australia

Expertise Hugh convenes the Australian Sustainability Leaders Forum (ASLF) - a ‘not-for-

profit’ peer learning and development forum for Australia's most senior corporate

sustainability leaders.

Prior to establishing the ASLF, Hugh established and led sustainability consulting

practices, assisting a diverse range of private and public sector entities to effectively

integrate ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations into corporate

governance, strategy and core business processes.

Hugh also has extensive energy sector experience and expertise. He assists a di-

verse range of stakeholders in advocating for reforms aimed at improving the sus-

tainability of Australia’s energy sector.

Ms. Janet Neo

Position –

Organization

Global Strategy Head

Global Green Growth Institute,

Korea

Country South Korea

Expertise Corporate Sustainability, Strategy, Change Management, Environment Management

(ISO14001), Sustainability Reporting, Sustainable Branding, Internal and External

Communications, Public Affairs, Corporate Relations, Employee Engagement, Circu-

lar Economy, Sustainable Innovation, Upcycling, Integrated Recycling System

Mr. Rusong Li

Position –

Organization

China Advocacy Coordinator,

Campaign for Tobacco-Free

Kids

Country China

Expertise Campaign (CTFK);

Road Safety (CTFK);

Sustainability reporting (CDP);

Institutional investors relations (CDP);

Supply chain (CDP);

Risk analysis (CDP);

Climate change (UNDP);

Energy efficiency (UNDP);

Water governance (UNDP);

Biodiversity conservation (UNDP);

Government relations (UNDP);

Fund raising (UNDP)

Dr. Ryan Johnson

Position –

Organization

Executive Director, Executive

and Professional Education, Ari-

zona State University, School of

Sustainability

Country USA

Expertise Ryan Johnson is executive director of executive and professional sustainability edu-

cation at the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University, USA. In this role,

Ryan helps both individuals and organizations meet their sustainability goals through

custom education programs and partnerships. He holds two Master’s degrees from

ASU, one in public policy and another in sustainability. Ryan has authored more than

three dozen articles and research reports on topics ranging from global sustainability

challenges, to contemporary issues in the financial services, and executive compensa-

tion. Ryan began his career as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives in Wash-

ington DC.

Ms. Tatiana Araujo

Position

Organization

Institutional Projects Senior Advisor

Brazilian Business Council for

Sustainable Development

(BCSD-Brazil)

Country Brazil

Expertise Tatiana Faria de Araujo is specialist in sustainability, coordinating projects in a wide

range of fields, such as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Sustainable Produc-

tion and Consumption, Integrated Reporting, Sustainability Reporting, Circular Econ-

omy, Cities and others. Since 2016 has been working as an Institutional Project Sen-

ior Advisor in the Brazilian Business Council for Sustainable Development (BCSD-

Brazil). Previously, she worked with Health, Safety, Security and Environmental

(HSSE) Management, coordinating an auditing team. Tatiana is a Biologist and Master

in Ecology by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Dr. Mark Anthony Camilleri, PhD

Position –

Organization

Resident Academic University

of Malta

Country Malta

Expertise Dr Mark Anthony CAMILLERI is a resident academic in the Department of

Corporate Communication. He holds a PhD (Management) from the University of

Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a member in the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)’s

Stakeholder Council and he is a member in the editorial board of many academic

journals. In 2017, he published two Springer textbooks; "Corporate Sustainability,

Social Responsibility and Environmental Management: An Introduction to Theory

and Practice with Case Studies", and 'Travel Marketing, Tourism Economics and the

Airline Product'. Moreover, he edited "CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate

Citizenship".

Ms. Mardi McBrien

Position –

Organization

Managing Director, CDSB

Country United Kingdom

Expertise Mardi is Managing Director of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB)

(commenced 2011) following an eclectic career leading environmental change in sen-

ior campaigning roles, public-private partnership management, and public policy.

Mardi’s day-to-day work advances the non-financial reporting agenda globally. Mardi

is a trustee of the International Tree Foundation and founding board member of

WOCAN - Women Organising for Change in Agriculture and Natural Resource

Management. Mardi holds a double degree in Forestry and Environmental Science

from the University of Melbourne and a MSc in Agricultural Economics from SOAS,

UCL. In 2013, Mardi was awarded environmental campaigner of the year by the

Sheila McKechnie Foundation.

Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi

Position –

Organization

Projects Manager at Smart Du-

bai

Country United Arab Emirates

Expertise Mohamed Elimam’s main expertise resides at the crossroad of a strong technical ca-

pacity and the ability to communicate, promote as well as identify strategic aims and

interests and the means of achieving them. With a focus on smart and sustainable

cities, Mohamed works on developing efficient, sustainable and community-based

city programs that utilize the fourth industrial revolution technologies into achieving

sustainable development, tapping into a new array of opportunities. Currently, he

holds few positions including managing several initiatives on behalf of key client in

the region such as: the Environmental Center for Arab Towns (ECAT) and the

Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE).

INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONS CONSTITUENCY

Mr. Antti Savilaakso

Position –

Organization

Partner and Head of ESG Re-

search, Auriel Equity Investors

Country Jersey

Expertise Antti’s expertise is within sustainable and responsible investments (SRI) connecting

financial markets to sustainable development. He has worked with most strains of

SRI analysis and portfolio management including ethical investments and exclusions,

ESG integration, Best-in-Class investments and environmental and social thematic

investments as well as within impact investment based on GRI and other criteria.

His expertise ranges from investment analysis to portfolio management mostly

within equities but also within fixed income and alternative investments. He has

worked with various SRI organisations including Principles of Responsible Invest-

ment(PRI), various Sustainable Investment Fora (SIFs) and Carbon Disclosure Pro-

ject (CDP).

Mr. Brandon Urdang

Position –

Organization

Sustainability Manager, Liberty

Holdings Limited

Country South Africa

Expertise Brandon works in the financial services industry, he is responsible for managing Lib-

erty's corporate responsibility and strategic sustainability performance. He focuses

on sustainability reporting, responsible investment, ethics, sustainability governance

and advisory to the business. He sees himself as a Change Agent helping the organi-

sation go beyond profit to emphasis the social and environmental importance. Bran-

don previously worked at Integrated Reporting & Assurance Services as an Analyst

highlighting sustainability trends of Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) listed compa-

nies through their public reporting.

Brandon holds a Master's Degree (MSc) in Corporate Sustainability & Environmen-

tal Science and an Honours Degree (BSc) in Corporate Sustainable Development

from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Ms. Gao Seleka-Sekonopo

Position –

Organization

Managing Director, FinCraft In-

vestment Management

Country Botswana

Expertise Ms Seleka-Sekonopo has been practicing under various roles in Botswana’s financial

services industry for two decades. An avid developmental finance enthusiast; Ms

Gao Seleka-Sekonopo has been instrumental as a team member in the establish-

ment of four financial institutions from a Greenfield perspective in Botswana; devel-

oped multiple financial products and services. Ms Seleka-Sekonopo has published

extensive research on the local investment industry on CSR and sustainability issues

and is a member of GRI Stakeholder Council which advises GRI Board on strategic

issues & appoints Board Members.

She has served as a board member which led to the establishment of the independ-

ent Botswana Stock Exchange in 2002, Vice-chairperson of the Association of Bot-

swana Financial Advisors and currently chairs the FinCraft Retirement Fund. She

holds a BBA and an MBA both from Morehead State University, Kentucky, USA

which she merited in 1995. She has undertaken coursework on Advanced Strategic

Business and Financial Analysis (Euro Money Training) and Investment Securities

Analysis (Johannesburg School of Finance). As a team member; she has consulted

for international developmental organizations such as the United Nations Develop-

ment Programme for the formulation of a Framework of National Strategy for Sus-

tainable Development for the Republic of Botswana.

Mr. Rogito Nyangeri

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Head of Strategy and Research,

Nairobi Securities Exchange

Country Kenya

Expertise Rogito has over a decade’s experience in the financial services industry.

He is a multi-faceted expert in Islamic Finance, the capital markets, financial product

structuring and innovation, corporate strategy development and policy analysis. He

has a passion for sustainability and is a circular economy evangelist.

Rogito holds an MA (Distinction) in Islamic Banking & Finance, BSc (Hons) Banking

& Finance, the Islamic Finance Qualification and is a CPA.

He is a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment, the Insti-

tute of Certified Investment and Financial Analysts, the Institute of Directors and

the Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Ms. Lorraine Chemaly

Position -

Organiza-

tion

Strategist, Industrial Develop-

ment Corporation (IDC)

Country South Africa

Expertise Strategist at the largest development finance institution (DFI) in South Africa. Pri-

mary responsibilities include organizational and divisional performance measure-

ment, the development of indicators and metrics and the design of appropriate

monitoring tools, e.g. dashboards. Custodian of the organizational development

scorecard, participant in development impact assessments, contributor to sustaina-

bility policy development and reporting. Stakeholder engagement: international de-

velopment banks and funds, forums on SDG reporting and various platforms for

state-owned enterprises. Skilled Business Support Manager and Learning and Devel-

opment Specialist. Have held professional and management positions in private as

well as public sectors during a career span of three decades.

Ms. Kerry Lindupp

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Head of Investment Relations

and Reporting, United Super Pty

Ltd – Cbus Super

Country Australia

Expertise 16+ years experience in financial institution investment reporting including: sustain-

ability reporting for investment portfolios; Annual Integrated Reporting and GRI

Reporting (for the wider Fund), to a range of stakeholders including members, gov-

ernment, rating agencies.

LABOR CONSTITUENCY

Mr. Christopher Ng

Position –

Organization

Regional Secretary of the Asia

Pacific Regional Organisation of

UNI Global Union

Country Singapore

Expertise Being a full-time global trade union official for the last 42 years at the Singapore,

Asia, Pacific and international levels, I am very familiar with issues concerning/re-

lated to:

- labour management relations, human resources, vocational and skills train-

ing, industrial relations, human and trade union rights, migration and health

& safety at the workplaces.

- FTAs, Regional Economic Integration, particularly TPP, AEC, RCEP and

China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

- The business of the following industries that the organisation, I represent is

intimately involved: Finance, Commerce, Telecom, Temporary Work Agen-

cies, Postal & Logistic, Printing & Graphical, Media and Entertainment.

Mr. Marion Hellmann

Position –

Organization

Senior Advisor of the Building

and Wood Workers

International (BWI)

Country Switzerland

Expertise I worked many years with multinational companies such as IKEA, Lafarge, Faber

Castell to develop and implement Corporate Social Responsibility Policies around

the world; with institutions such as World Bank to develop and implement social

standards in procurement documents; lobbied and met with sport organizations

such as FIFA - local and global - to develop social responsibility policies in mega

sport events; developed with labeling

organizations such as Forest Steward Ship Council sustainable forest guidelines -

and many other issues.

Mr. Nilton Freitas

Position –

Organization

Regional Representative,

BWINT

Country Panama

Expertise Education degrees on Architecture, Safety Engineering, Mastership on Public Health

and International Relations. Professional career on Occupational Safety and Health

and Environmental areas, particularly related to the Chemical industry, chemical

management, OSH standardization and legal regulation at national and international

level. Some expertise on labor matters, such as decent work agenda, collective bar-

gaining, organizing, workers education and migration at both local, national and in-

ternational levels. Implementing CSR standards and other voluntary agreements

with local Unions and multinational companies in developing countries, in construc-

tion and infrastructure projects, as well as promoting certification of forest and

wood custody chain.

MEDIATING INSTITUTIONS CONSTITUENCY

Mr. Bahar Gidwani

Position –

Organiza-

tion

CEO and Co-Founder, CSRHub

LLC

Country USA

Expertise Bahar Gidwani has built and run large technology-based businesses for many years.

Bahar holds a CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) and was one of the first people to

receive the FSA (Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting) designation from SASB.

Bahar worked on Wall Street with Kidder, Peabody, and with McKinsey & Co. He

has founded several technology-based companies and is a co-founder of CSRHub,

the world’s broadest source of corporate social responsibility information. He has

an MBA from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree in physics and

astronomy. He plays bridge, races sailboats, and is based in New York City.

Ms. Beth Knight

Company

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Beacon Institute Strategy and

Operations Lead, Ernst & Young

LLP

Currently seconded to:

SHOFCO (Shining Hope for

Communities), Chief Program

Officer

Country United Kingdom

Expertise Strategy, Sustainability, Change Management, Business Transformation, Organiza-

tional Development, Ethical Leadership, Leadership Development, Sustainability Re-

porting, Performance Improvement, Entrepreneurship, Micro-finance, Sustainable

Finance

Ms. Carina Luchini

Position –

Organization

Legal Representative, CEGCEN

Country Argentina

Expertise Lawyer with 25 years of professional experience in advising companies.

Dedicated to issues of Corporate Social Responsibility. Specialist in Sustainability

Reports contents and application of SDGs in companies.

Trainer in GRI Certified Training Courses.

Mr. Erdem Kolcuoglu

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Co-Founder, Kıymet-i Harbiye

Management Consultancy

Country Turquie

Region Europe and Central Asia

Expertise Sustainability strategy and policy development, performance assessment and bench-

marking, sustainability reporting.

Mr. John Sayer

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Director, Carbon Care Asia Ltd

Country Hong Kong

Region East Asia and Pacific

Expertise John Sayer was a farmer in Wales before moving to Asia. He worked on rural agri-

culture and development projects in India before settling in Hong Kong where he

worked with trade unions and NGOs on IT solutions and occupational health and

safety. He later became Executive Director of Oxfam Hong Kong, working on pov-

erty alleviation and humanitarian relief in Asia and Africa. He then worked with

Oxfam on relations between development NGOs and the private sector, and com-

pleted a Masters degree on the same subject. As Director of Carbon Care Asia he

currently works on Carbon reduction consultancy services to business, green bond

and green finance standards, resilience certification for buildings, and city-level re-

sponses to the Paris Climate Agreement.

Ms. Malin Lindfors Speace

Position –

Organiza-

tion

Senior Advisor, Ethos

International

Country Sweden

Region Europe and Central Asia

Expertise Malin Lindfors Speace has advised major corporations on sustainability regarding

their strategic development, supply chain management and reporting for over 15

years. Since 2007 Malin is a partner and senior advisor at Ethos International, a sus-

tainability advisory firm that she co-founded. Malin has been an active GRI advoca-

tor ever since its initiation and today she is a GRI Certified Training Partner. Fur-

thermore, Malin is AA1000AS certified lead assurance practitioner, certified

SA8000 auditor and has several years of experience as trainer and lecturer within

the field of sustainability. Malin is honoured to have received numerous awards,

such as the Stockholm UN Chapter’s Rights Award, the Respect Foundation’s

Grass Roots Work Award and the Non-violence Foundation’s Work against Vio-

lence.

Mr. Thomas Trier Hansen

Position –

Organization

Attorney, Advokatfirmaet Trier

Law ApS

Country Denmark

Region Europe and Central Asia

Expertise Thomas Trier Hansen has almost 20 years of professional experience with human

rights, labor and anti-corruption related issues nationally as well as internationally

from working in more than 45 countries in Latin America; Africa; Europe, Euroasia,

Middle East and Asia. Thomas has extensive experience within the field of human

rights risks and impact assessment, and reviews and appraisals of human rights pro-

grammes. Thomas has worked as a human rights EU-expert in the assessment of

EU candidate countries at the Balkans. He has since 2011 worked as a private law-

yer covering e.g. human rights law, labor law, public procurement and anti-corrup-

tion.