Sprekers bij Seminar 'Climate Change & Energy Transition in a Disruptive World'

Francis Condon joined UBS as a Senior Sustainable Investing Research Analyst in December 2017. Prior to joining UBS, Condon was a Senior ESG Analyst at RobecoSAM in the extractive industries. Previous roles in sustainable finance include as Senior Engagement Specialist at Robeco, and Vice President Sustainability at ABN Amro covering sustainable strategy implementation and transaction risk assessments. He was a Senior Equity Analyst at ABN Amro and an Equity Analyst at Prudential Plc. Condon holds an MPhil and BSc (Hons) from University of Nottingham. He has a Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Business from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and is an alumnus of their Climate Change Leaders Programme. He has completed the London Business School Investment Management Programme, and the associate qualifications for the UK Society of Investment Professionals.

Gerard Moerman, PhD, is Head of Fixed Income, LDI and Investment Solutions. His team is responsible for managing core fixed income strategies and advising and implementing matching solutions. Prior to his current role, he headed the fiduciary services & investment solutions team focusing on balance sheet related topics. From 2016 to 2018, Moerman was Head of Investment Solutions at La Banque Postale AM, a partner of Aegon AM. He joined the firm in 2005 as a portfolio manager focusing on tactical asset allocation and commodities strategies. In 2011, he was appointed Head of Rates and Money Markets. Moerman holds a Master’s degree in econometrics and a PhD in finance, both from Erasmus University Rotterdam. During his PhD he also worked for the European Central Bank in 2003.

Heiko Schupp is the Global Head of Infrastructure Investments at Columbia Threadneedle Investments with responsibility for establishing and managing our global unlisted infrastructure business including our European Sustainable Infrastructure Strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 2017, Schupp worked at Hastings Funds Management Ltd, where he was the Portfolio Manager of the Core Infrastructure Income Fund. Prior to Hastings, his roles included Investment Director at the ABN AMRO Infrastructure Fund, Head of Infrastructure for Europe at HBOS and Head of Urban and Light Rail at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Schupp graduated in 1996 from the FH Koblenz (University) in Germany as Diplom Betriebswirt FH (Masters Degree in Economics).

Kees Verbaas is Chief Investment Officer at Altis Investment Management, an independent affiliate of NN Investment Partners. Before joining Altis, he was head of Fund Management at Blue Sky Group and head of Global Emerging Markets at Hermes (London) and at ABN Amro Asset Management. Earlier in his career, Verbaas worked as management consultant for the European Commission and the World Bank and headed the trade delegation of the Netherlands in Russia.

Manfred Schepers is the founder of ILX, the institutional SDG-focused development finance private credit fund and currently also member of the Investment Committee of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI). He serves on the Boards of Van Lanschot Kempen and Nederlandse Waterschapsbank and is Chair of Het Compagnie Fonds of Het Scheepvaart Museum. From 2006-2016 he was CFO at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Prior to that he held various senior positions at SBC Warburg/UBS, where he was Global Head of Debt Capital Markets from 1990-2004. Schepers did his BSc, MSc at the London School of Economic and is a graduate from UWC Atlantic College.

Martin Ewald is a Managing Director in the London office of Allianz Global Investors. He heads the Investment Strategy Team within the Infrastructure Equity department and is Lead Portfolio Manager for Impact Investments. Ewald joined the Infrastructure Equity team of AllianzGI in 2012 as co-head of portfolio management covering renewable energies in Munich. Since 2013, he has been head of investment strategy shaping the strategic direction of the team via the development and implementation of new investment vehicles in the renewable energy and the impact investing space.

Matthew Michael is a Product Director - Emerging Market Debt and Commodities at Schroders, which involves managing the product management and marketing of Schroders’ Emerging Markets Debt Absolute Return and Commodity funds. He joined Schroders in 2004 and is based in London. Qualifications: MSc in International Finance from CERAM European School of Management.

Michael Lewis is Head of ESG Thematic Research at DWS. He joined DWS in 2015 with responsibility for the company's ESG thematic research. Prior to his current role, Lewis was Global Head of Commodities Research in the Corporate Banking & Securities division of Deutsche Bank. Before this, he was the Deputy Head of FX Research at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell. Lewis began his career as a Research analyst covering Global Macro & Rates research at Morgan Grenfell. Lewis holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the University of Bristol and a M.Sc. in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science.

Onno Hoff (1969) joined Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance in 2016. As Fund Manager he is responsible for the Achmea Dutch Residential Fund and the Achmea Dutch Value Added Residential Fund. Hoff began his career at BPD Development and Heijmans. Thereafter he worked at Vesteda as an asset manager. From 2008 until 2014 he was Managing Director Residential and Fund Director of the ASR Dutch Core Residential Fund. Between January 2015 and april 2016 he worked as partner at Pin Oak Asset management. Hoff studied Spatial Planning at the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht and received a master in Real Estate at the University of Amsterdam in 2002. He is a member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), where he initiated the Professional Group Residential.

Peter Westaway, PhD, is Chief Economist and Head of Investment Strategy Group for Vanguard Asset Management, Vanguard’s European entity. Westaway meets with clients and writes articles to provide Vanguard’s perspective on economic issues and longer-term investment strategy implications. Previously he was chief economist, Europe, for Nomura International and a senior official at the Bank of England. Westaway earned a Ph.D. in economics, a Master of Philosophy in control engineering and operational research from the University of Cambridge, and a B.S. in mathematics and economics from the University of York.

Sagarika Chatterjee leads the PRI’s climate change programme, enabling investors to assess climate-related risks and capture opportunities. Chatterjee joined the PRI in 2013 in an investment practices role. In 2016, she supported development of the TCFD recommendations while on secondment at Aviva Investors. She has developed PRI’s green finance collaboration with China. Prior to PRI, Chatterjee worked at F&C Asset Management and at European retailer Kingfisher. She has served an investment committee member and a charity trustee. Chatterjee has an MSc in Development Studies from University of London and a BA in Social and Political Sciences from the University of Cambridge.

Stephen Freedman is Senior Product Specialist Thematic Equities Team at Pictet Asset Management. Before joining Pictet in 2019, he was at UBS Wealth Management, where he most recently served as Head of Sustainable Investing Solutions for the Americas, based in New York.