Sprekers bij Seminar 'Designing Investment Policy for ESG and Impact Investing'

Amelia Tan is responsible for LGIM’s Responsible Investment strategy across LGIM’s Investments team. She is focused on integrating the Responsible Investment process across the Investments team and innovation in product solutions. Tan joined LGIM in 2022 after 10 years at BlackRock. At BlackRock, she led the delivery of sustainability propositions in EMEA including product strategy, platform governance and commercialisation, with a particular focus on active sustainable portfolios across the investment platform. She also held previous roles in product strategy and development. Prior to BlackRock, she was at Citibank for 6 years focused on wealth management products and distribution. Tan earned an MBA from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge in 2011 and a BBA (Honours) from National University of Singapore in 2002.

Bas Knol is ESG Consultant bij ESG Support en heeft meer dan dertig jaar gewerkt voor vermogensbeheerders, pensioenfondsen, banken en verzekeraars. Vanaf 2014 richt hij zich op het oplossen van ESG-vraagstukken. Zo helpt hij financiële instellingen ESGwetgeving na te leven en met de aanscherping en implementatie van hun ESGbeleid. Knol is RBA, RBP, afgestudeerd Organisatiesocioloog en gecertificeerd Privacy Professional.

Claudia Kruse is Managing Director Global Responsible Investment & Governance at APG. Before joining APG in 2009, she worked on the buy (F&C, now Bank of Montreal) and sell-side (JPMorgan). She was appointed to the German Corporate Governance Code Commission in 2016, and in 2017 was member of the EU Expert Group on Sustainable Finance. She is on the Board of the ICGN, and also served on the Board of Eumedion (2011-2017). In 2016 she was voted CIO Europe’s Next Generation CIO Award winner. In a personal capacity she is a member of the Dutch Sustainable Pensions Investing Lab. Kruse holds a MA in International Management and Chinese and a MSc Tourism & Development.

Jake Otto is an Investment Specialist in Investment Products and Strategies at Wellington Management. He is responsible for the global bond suite of investment approaches. He works closely with the Portfolio Management Team and investment directors to help ensure the integrity of their investment approaches, overseeing portfolio positioning, performance, and risk exposures. Otto contributes to developing new products and client solutions, and manages business issues such as capacity, fees, and guidelines. He also has a particular focus on Wellington’s impact investment products. Otto is a CFA® charterholder.

Joop Hessels is Head of Green Bonds at ABN AMRO. He is fully focussed on Green, Social and Sustainability bond structuring and advisory since 2014. In his current role, he is supporting several inaugural and repeat FIG and Corporate issuers like KBC, SEB, Danske Bank, Innogy as green bond structuring advisor. He structured and arranged ABN AMRO's award winning green bond program and supports the further development of the sustainable markets via the development of the world’s first sustainable shipping loan for Anthony Veder and CBI certified OVG green real estate loan.

Karine Jesiolowski is Head of Responsible Investing for Asset Management and Investment Specialist for Emerging Market Fixed Income at UBP. Prior to joining UBP in 2014, she worked in roles as EM Strategist and EM Portfolio Manager at CPR AM and Rothschild AM. Jesiolowski then held positions as Investment Specialist and as Sales and Marketing manager at Fortis Investments and BNP Paribas Investment Partners. Jesiolowski holds an M.A. in Banking, Finance and Insurance from the University of Paris IX - Dauphine.

Mary Pieterse-Bloem is Head of Investment Office (CIO) at Rabobank. Prior to joining Rabobank in June 2021, she was a member of the Global Investment Committee of ABN AMRO and Head of Fixed Income at ABN Amro Private Banking. Pieterse-Bloem combines her prominent investment management position with academia: on 1st September 2018 she was appointed Endowed Professor Financial Markets at Erasmus School of Economics. She started her career in financial markets in 1993 and worked for Paribas, DrKW, Lehman Brothers, ING Investment Management (now NN IP) and APG Asset Management. Pieterse-Bloem has an Msc in Economics at the London School of Economics and holds a PhD from Tilburg University.

Paul Moghtader is a Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst, leading Lazard's Equity Advantage team. He began working in the investment field in 1992. Prior to joining Lazard in 2007, Paul was Head of the Global Active Equity Group and a Senior Portfolio Manager at State Street Global Advisors (SSgA). At SSgA Moghtader was the senior manager responsible for the research and portfolio management of all multi-regional active quantitative equity strategies. Previously, Paul was an analyst at State Street Bank. He has a Master of Management (MM) from Northwestern University, a BA in Economics from Macalester College and is a CFA® charterholder.