Speakers at Seminar ‘Biodiversity & Climate’

Isabelle de Gavoty is responsible for the global environmental equity thematic department at Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers. She was previously deputy Head of the equity department at AXA Investment Managers where she was responsible for both sustainable global and European small and mid-cap strategies. She began her career as a financial analyst in the automotive and aerospace sectors at Fideuram Wargny in 1995. De Gavoty holds a master degree in Finance from the University of Aix-Marseille, a diploma in Advanced studies in Finance from Oxford Brookes University, the SFAF (Financial Analysts’ Society of France) certification and is a member of EFFASA (European Federation of Financial Analyst Society).

Leonie Jesse is Associate Director Sustainability, Sustainable Finance and Head of ESG Insurance at KPMG. She has a background in banking and asset management and extensive experience in responsible investing and sustainable finance. Within KPMG, Jesse focuses on supporting financial institutions in achieving their sustainability ambitions and objectives. She works on the intersections of sustainability strategy, target setting and reporting (including DMA) on key sustainability information.

Dr. Marcel Jeucken is Oprichter en Managing Director van SustFin. SustFin geeft onafhankelijk advies over financiële en duurzaamheidsvraagstukken en richt zich op het helpen van institutionele beleggers en andere financiële organisaties bij het omarmen en verankeren van duurzaamheid in strategie, activiteiten en/of producten. Jeucken heeft 25 jaar ervaring in finance en duurzaamheid, onder andere bij Rabobank, Triodos Bank, Wereldbank, Sustainalytics en PGGM.

Rebekah Braswell is CEO and Founding Member at Land Life. She pioneered the business case for nature-based solutions and persuaded early adopter corporations that approaching sustainability agendas through holistic nature restoration is necessary and investible. Prior Land Life, Braswell attended Oxford University and worked for a decade on economic development and food security. She brought her experience with the competing dynamics of land use and the environmental power/risk of business, building a model in which land ownership remained locally held and local communities were empowered custodians.

Solange Rouschop has been appointed as Chief Sustainability Officer for ABN AMRO Bank in January 2023. In this role she is responsible for driving the Sustainability Transition of ABN AMRO. During her extensive career spanning over 25 years she held various diverse positions within the ABN AMRO Group. She lived and worked in 6 different countries. In her last position she was the Country Executive for ABN AMRO in Belgium and has held responsibility for Sustainability in previous positions as well. She held multiple supervisory positions. Rouschop holds a masters degree in Business Economics and is a Certified European Financial Analyst.

Stephan Langen is Head of Portfolio Management at ASN Impact Investors. Langen joined the asset manager in 2014, previously as Manager SRI Funds. Before that, the economist and chartered alternative investment analyst worked at ThomasLloyd Group, BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners (now Glennmont Partners) and ABN AMRO Asset Management, among others.