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Summary
We are delighted to invite you to the South Africa edition of the S&P Global Sustainable1 Compass Series, a series of global events providing you with essential sustainability intelligence and action insights.
Join us for an engaging discussion with S&P Global specialists and committed sustainability leaders, as we shine a light on the sustainability landscape in South Africa, assess the interplay of physical and nature-related risks and opportunities, discuss what does performance and disclosure mean, and more.
We trust that this will be timely discussion and look forward to welcoming you at our event.
Speakers
S&P Global Sustainable1
Lauren Smart
Chief Commercial and Market Engagement Officer
Lauren is an industry leader, early pioneer and globally recognized expert in the field of sustainable finance. She is a regular speaker and commentator at internationally renowned events including the World Economic Forum in Davos. In her current role she leads a team committed to growing S&P Global’s sustainability business with functional responsibilities for commercial strategy, brand and market development, product specialists, education and marketing. Lauren is also a member of the board for S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.
Lauren is an industry leader, early pioneer and globally recognized expert in the field of sustainable finance. She is a regular speaker and commentator at internationally renowned events including the World Economic Forum in Davos. In her current role she leads a team committed to growing S&P Global’s sustainability business with functional responsibilities for commercial strategy, brand and market development, product specialists, education and marketing. Lauren is also a member of the board for S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC.
Prior to joining S&P, Lauren was a member of the board and senior management team of Trucost, a pioneering environmental economics business. She was instrumental in growing the business from start-up to its market leading position which included her integral involvement in major market innovations such as developing the world’s first portfolio carbon footprint. Lauren was part of the board team that sold Trucost to S&P Dow Jones Indices in 2016 and led the commercial integration of the Trucost business into S&P Global Market Intelligence in 2018, before being selected to be part of the core start up leadership team for the Horizons business in 2020.
Prior to Trucost, Lauren worked in equity research in the fund management industry and at the UK Government’s Department for International Development working on the Millennium Development Goals. Lauren is passionate about entrepreneurship for impact, art, social history and conservation. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and a trustee of the Sumatran Orangutan Society. Lauren holds a BA & MA from Cambridge University in Archaeology & Anthropology and an MSc in Anthropology & International Development from the London School of Economics.
Loshni Naidoo
JSE
Chief Sustainability Officer, Group Operations & Strategic Functions
Punki Modise
Absa Group Limited
Group Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
S&P Global Sustainable1
Dr. Warrick Fuchsloch
ESG Client Engagement Specialist
Dr. Warrick Fuchsloch is a senior client engagement specialist at S&P Global Sustinable1.
Dr. Warrick Fuchsloch is a senior client engagement specialist at S&P Global Sustinable1. Acting as a subject matter expert, Warrick specialises in assisting clients in implementing sustainability initiatives, themes, and data within their workflows and benchmarking to mitigate ESG risks, address regulations, and enhance their sustainability strategies. Previously, Warrick was an ESG analyst with a materials and mining sector focus where he specialised in methodology development, analysis, and evaluation of financially material sustainability themes within the Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Prior to joining S&P, Warrick spent several years with LSE-based AfriTin Mining Ltd, over which time they built a world-class Lithium-Tin-Tantalum mine in Namibia, where Warrick was attributed to exploration, process engineering, social and environmental management and oversaw most of the company’s future project development goals throughout Africa. Warrick holds a PhD in Economic Geology from the University of the Witwatersrand where he researched and published articles on the orogenesis of transition metals and commodities and their value toward a climate-focused future.
S&P Global Sustainable1
Thomas Yagel
Head of S&P Global Energy Horizons
Thomas Yagel is the Chief Operating and Product Officer for S&P Global Horizons. In this role, he is responsible for setting strategy and leading key initiatives across ESG Technology, Content, Research, Solutions and Product. Prior to taking the position with Horizons in 2021, Thomas led the Corporates business with in Market Intelligence for the previous six years.
Thomas Yagel is the Chief Operating and Product Officer for S&P Global Horizons. In this role, he is responsible for setting strategy and leading key initiatives across ESG Technology, Content, Research, Solutions and Product. Prior to taking the position with Horizons in 2021, Thomas led the Corporates business with in Market Intelligence for the previous six years.
Thomas has an extensive background in both finance and technology. He joined S&P Global in 2007. In addition to his time in the financial information services industry, Thomas spent the first decade of his career in software product development and consulting primarily for global telecommunication firm Alcatel, but also in a handful of startup business.
Thomas holds an M.B.A. with honors in finance and accounting from New York University Stern School of Business and a B.S. in physics from the University of Virginia
S&P Global Sustainable1
Dr. Kieran Dobson
S&P Global Energy Horizons
EMEA Head, ESG Client Engagement
Dr. Kieran Dobson holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from KU Leuven where he led a team of researchers studying social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy, splitting his time between Belgium and India.
Dr. Kieran Dobson holds a Ph.D. in Applied Economics from KU Leuven where he led a team of researchers studying social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy, splitting his time between Belgium and India. Kieran continues to publish academic research addressing the scalability, internationalization, and business model characteristics fostering impact for social enterprises including in the International Business Review, and the Journal of Cleaner Production. Before joining Horizons and S&P Global, Kieran was the Energy and Automotive ESG analyst at the asset manager RobecoSAM, where he identified, analyzed, and quantified financially-material sustainability aspects within these industries for the Corporate Sustainability Assessment and the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices. Today, Kieran is the Head of ESG Client Engagement for EMEA, engaging with internal and external clients on integrating, applying, and developing S&P Global ESG datasets, products, and research. Kieran specializes in partnering with financial service clients; engaging with clients representing various asset classes to implement ESG initiatives, themes, and data within their workflows and benchmarking to mitigate ESG risks, address ESG Regulations, and enhance their sustainability product strategies.
Furthermore, Kieran is the Global Head of Sustainable Stock Exchanges at Horizons, focusing engagements on Stock Exchanges and the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiatives to facilitate partnership between Exchanges and S&P Global to help drive the sustainable finance market and enable Investor Relations teams. Central to this role represents identifying material sustainability details for private and listed entities, addressing both local and global nuances and to identify opportunities that will effectively represent the sustainability profiles of the local entities and both their listed and non-listed entities for wider capital market participants and contribute to the development of sustainable finance options through partnership with S&P Global.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Brent Van Wyk
Africa Head
Brent is a seasoned financial markets deal maker with over 15 years’ experience solutioning across Sub-Saharan Africa. After 10 years in banking, he moved across to data advisory and consulting. He specializes in creating end to end solutions to address challenges faced by African corporates. A lawyer by trade with an MBA from Copenhagen Business School, Brent has developed expert knowledge on ESG Consulting and data automation. A proudly African leader, Brent strives to deliver meaningful value to his clients whilst fostering long term partnership.
Brent is a seasoned financial markets deal maker with over 15 years’ experience solutioning across Sub-Saharan Africa. After 10 years in banking, he moved across to data advisory and consulting. He specializes in creating end to end solutions to address challenges faced by African corporates. A lawyer by trade with an MBA from Copenhagen Business School, Brent has developed expert knowledge on ESG Consulting and data automation. A proudly African leader, Brent strives to deliver meaningful value to his clients whilst fostering long term partnership.
He works as a Commercial Director within the S&P Global Market Intelligence, which provides multi-asset class data, research and analytics to Corporates across the African continent. He is based in the Johannesburg office supporting African Corporates with strategic decision making and has undertaken several sustainability projects on the continent. Brent is responsible for developing, managing, and deploying Market Intelligence’s Sustainability product and business strategy across the continent.
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