Ravi is a Chartered Accountant with deep expertise in sustainability matters, sustainability disclosures, sustainable finance and financial reporting, he brings more than 20 years of experience spanning both the public and private sectors. Before joining ICAEW, Ravi served as Director of Capacity Building and Strategic Affairs at the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and prior to that, as Technical Director at the ISSB, where he played a central role in the development of the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards. He joined the IFRS Foundation through the consolidation of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB), where he was Technical Director. Earlier in his career, he worked at Olam International, a Singapore listed agribusiness, where he focused on finance, corporate sustainability, sustainability disclosures and sustainable finance.

Anthony Cheung is Managing Director and Head of ESG at Polymer Capital Management, one of Asia’s largest multi-manager investment platforms, where he oversees ESG integration and sustainable investment strategies. With over 20 years of experience in asset management across Europe and Asia, he served at renowned institutions including Gartmore, Pictet, and BNP Paribas. As the first Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA) in Asia, Anthony has served on the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) Supervisory Board, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Stakeholder Council, and the CFA Institute ESG Technical Committee. He contributes to climate governance as a board member of Friends of the Earth (HK) and the Hong Kong Institute of Directors. Recognized by the 2019 Regional ESG Leader Award by Insights and Mandate, Anthony actively advocates for advancing science-based, implementable climate accounting and sustainability reporting frameworks in Asia. Anthony is a Fellow of CPA Australia and based in Hong Kong.

Paul Druckman is a global leader in capital market reform having led the International Integrated Reporting Council as CEO for five years, followed by being a Board member of the FRC and chairing the Corporate Reporting Council. He recently completed 2 terms as Chair of the World Benchmarking Alliance. Current roles include being a Board member of the Shift Project and Accounting for Sustainability, whilst being a fellow of Chapter Zero.

Javier joined Heathrow in 2008 and has served as Chief Operating Officer since 2024. Prior to this role, Javier served as Chief Financial Officer since 2016. Outside Heathrow, Javier is member of the Board of Trustees of Accounting for Sustainability (‘A4S’), a charity under the patronage of HRH King Charles III, with the aim to transform finance to make sustainable business, business as usual. He is an executive mentor and teaches on strategy, change management and human leadership at the CFO programme of London Business School (UK) and at the MBA programme of UNIR Business School (Spain).

Jack Ehnes is the former Chief Executive Officer of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS). For nearly 20 years, Mr. Ehnes provided leadership for the largest educator-only pension fund in the world with assets exceeding $300 billion. Mr. Ehnes is currently a board member and audit committee chair of Wilshire Associates, an investment consulting and asset management firm in Los Angeles. He previously served as board chair of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). He also was a former board director of FTSE, chairman of the FTSE Green Industries Advisory Committee, vice-chair of the FTSE Sustainable Investment Advisory Committee, board member of Ceres, and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB).

Jessica Fries is Executive Chair of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), established by HM King Charles III in 2004, when he was The Prince of Wales. She has led A4S since 2008, working with Chairs, CEOs, CFOs and other leaders from across the finance community to make sustainable business, business as usual. While at A4S, Jessica has been responsible for catalysing change in corporate reporting through the establishment of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), as well as transforming decision making through A4S's CFO, education and capital markets programmes. Previously, Jessica held a number of roles at PwC advising a wide range of companies, governments, investors and not-for-profit organisations. Jessica has written extensively on ways to integrate sustainability into business and finance and has been a member of a number of International, European and UK Government Committees, including the UK Treasury's Sustainability Reporting Steering Committee, the European Commission's Expert Group on Non-Financial Disclosure and the UN Sustainable Stock Exchange Advisory Group. She is currently Chair of the GRI’s Supervisory Board, a member of the IFRS Foundation’s Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council, and a member of the Smith School Global Sustainable Finance Advisory Council. Jessica is a chartered accountant, a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, has an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Reporting to the CEO of Federated Hermes Limited, Leon has led the firm’s Responsibility Office since 2014. In this role, Leon leads EOS, Federated Hermes’ stewardship service for institutional investors and all the firm’s advocacy, stewardship and sustainability integration activities. This includes ensuring that investment teams across all asset classes are aware of and integrate sustainability performance when financially material in investment decisions and that engagement is effectively incorporated alongside investment activities. Led by Leon, the Responsibility Office also feeds into, and challenges, the firm’s responsibility-related policies and delivery, including those relating to governance, the environment, and colleagues. Previously, Leon was responsible for the development and delivery of EOS at Federated Hermes’ global corporate and public policy engagement programme from 2012-2014 and acted as its commercial director from 2009-2012. Prior to that, Leon worked within the Hermes UK Large Cap Focus Fund for seven years, where he was responsible for executing the fund’s engagement programmes. He also has 12 years of strategy consulting at Deloitte and operational industry experience at Marconi.

Andrew Karolyi currently serves as the inaugural Charles Field Knight Dean of the College and is a Professor of Finance and holder of the Harold Bierman Jr. Distinguished Professorship in Management at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business. His research specializes in the study of investment management with a focus on international financial markets. Professor Karolyi received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from McGill University and worked for years in research at the Bank of Canada. He subsequently studied for his MBA and PhD degrees in Finance at the Booth School of Business of the University of Chicago.

Natalie is an internationally experienced CFO known for embedding sustainability into financial strategy and governance across global consumer, retail, and automotive companies. With 30+ years of leadership experience, she has advanced ESG-linked financing, driven large-scale transformations, and aligned financial performance with responsible, long-term growth. As a current Supervisory Board member of Deutsche Telekom, she contributes to one of Europe’s leading ESG-focused digital infrastructure companies, bringing deep financial, audit, and sustainability expertise. Previously Group CFO of Stellantis, Ahold Delhaize Delhaize and Arla Foods, she delivered major synergies, strengthened capital market positioning, and pioneered one of Europe’s first ESG-linked bond portfolios.

Brian is a Vice Chair and a Director of Brookfield Corporation. Brian joined Brookfield in 1988 and has held senior positions in Brookfield’s investment and finance operations, including serving as CFO of Brookfield from 2002 to 2020. In 2013 he was selected as Canada’s CFO of the Year, and he previously served as co-chair of the Canadian CFO Chapter of Accounting for Sustainability. Brian and his wife, Joannah, operate a family foundation which began with a specific focus on improving the impact of food systems on the health of humans and the planet; the mandate has since expanded to focus on climate change more broadly. Brian is currently Chancellor of Trinity College in the UofT as well as a co-chair of UofT’s Defy Gravity capital campaign.

Karina serves on the Board of Italian power grid operator Terna S.p.A., an appointment which follows nine years on the Board of Oil & Gas major, Eni S.p.A. She recently joined the Board of the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative, an international legal think tank focusing on the fiduciary obligations of board directors and investors in respect of Climate and Nature. She also serves on the Advisory Board of Hawkamah, a MENA-focused corporate governance institute Karina is the Ambassador and Founding Chairman of the Chapter Zero Alliance, a global network established under the auspices of the World Economic Forum. Since the 2015 Paris Agreement, she has worked to equip fellow board directors with the tools and expertise to drive effective, Paris-aligned climate transition strategies in the boardroom.

Will is the Chair of the EdenTree Investments Sustainable Investment Expert Panel, Chair of Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Responsible Investment Advisory Council and member of Bangor University Endowment Funds Investment Committee. He is a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Investment Committee at Harmonic Financial Planning, and Co-Chair of the King Charles III’s Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Expert Panel. He is also the current Vice Chair of the UK’s Marine Conservation Society. He was Chair of the European Sustainable Investment Forum, and former Global Head, Responsible Investment at First Sentier Investors where he founded the First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute.

Veronica Poole is a Vice Chair of Deloitte UK and Deloitte Global IFRS and Corporate Reporting Leader. Veronica drives change in the accounting profession, including reporting of sustainability and climate. She played a prominent role in the run-up to the establishment of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) by facilitating the work of the ‘Group of 5’ leading sustainability standards-setters and representing the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) on the IFRS Foundation’s Technical Readiness Working Group. She continues to drive harmonisation of standards and a move towards a global comprehensive corporate reporting system. She is a member of the IFRS Foundation’s Integrated Reporting and Connectivity Council. Veronica leads Deloitte’s contributions to the WEF International Business Council’s ‘Stakeholder Metrics’ project. She is a member of the Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Advisory Council and leads Deloitte’s partnership with A4S on the Finance for the Future Awards. She helped launch the UK directors’ climate forum, Chapter Zero, and leads Deloitte’s relationship with Chapter Zero Global. Veronica is a former member of the Financial Reporting Advisory Board to HM Treasury in the UK and former member of the UK Financial Reporting Council’s (FRC) Corporate Reporting Council.

Helen Slinger is Executive Director at Accounting for Sustainability (A4S), leading the organization’s work to provide finance professionals with the knowledge, skills and practical guidance to embed sustainability into their business-as-usual. During her time as Head of Sustainable Business at Yorkshire Water, Helen championed a transition to a sustainable business model. As part of her role, she was instrumental in driving forward their social impact agenda, working closely with the Board’s Public Value Committee; accelerating progress on modern slavery and ensuring a fair reflection of social impact in their sustainable finance framework and multi-capitals impact reporting. Helen is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), a Practitioner Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment and an Accredited Social Return on Investment Practitioner. She has an Executive MBA from the University of Leeds and is an advisor to the University of Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership.

Deputy-President, ICAEW Caroline joined the profession as a graduate trainee. For some years she specialised in audit but in the last twenty years has worked in risk and compliance for a Mid-Tier firm Bishop Fleming. She is a Past-President of ICAEW South West, past chair of both ICAEW Practice Committee and ICAEW Members and Commercial Board.

Robin was previously CFO and a member of the Executive Board of adidas AG, and in that capacity, was a member of A4S’s CFO Leadership Network and Advisory Council. Born in New Zealand, Robin qualified as a Chartered Accountant and has worked extensively in different parts of the world including Asia and the US. Currently Robin is Chair the Audit Committees of Schaeffler AG, Hugo Boss AG and Schmitz Cargobull AG.

Kristen B. Sullivan is an Audit & Assurance partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and serves as the Sustainability Services Marketplace leader. She also serves as the Global Audit and Assurance Sustainability Services Marketplace Leader and the Integrated Reporting Community of Practice Leader. Kristen brings extensive experience in delivering sustainability risk assessment, governance, strategy alignment, measurement, reporting, and assurance services. Kristen also serves as a member of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Community, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Assurance Task Force, the Sustainable Stock Exchange (SSE) Initiative Corporate Working Group and serves as Chair of the AICPA Sustainability Task Force.

Yasuko Watabe leads sustainable investment for MUFG’s Asset Management business as Managing Director, Sustainable Investment Office, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, and concurrently she is General Manager and Head of Sustainable Investment Division at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (MUFG Trust Bank). She oversees the promotion of sustainable investing in Japan and internationally through global partnerships. Yasuko previously served as Senior Vice President in the Securities Services Business Division at Bank of Ayudhya in Bangkok, Thailand, and earlier held leadership roles in MUFG’s Global Asset Management Business Division, and gained, as Chief Manager, a wide variety of experience in the field of global asset management business. Yasuko serves as an external advisor to Japan’s Ministry of the Environment on the evaluation of climate related physical risks. She has also been appointed as a Visiting Professor at the University of Hokkaido.

Steve is Chief Executive of the Finance Transition Centre - a think tank focussed on mobilising capital in support of sustainable development. Steve is member of the Board of Trustees for WWF-UK. Steve has worked with a range of financial, governmental, non-governmental and academic institutions on international sustainable finance issues since 1996. In 2024, he was listed among the 80 most influential people in European finance by Financial News. He has received awards from Brummell, the International Chamber of Commerce, the City of London, the United Nations Foundation, Yale and Harvard. He holds a PhD in sustainable finance. He is a Visiting Professor of Sustainable Finance at the University of Surrey (his alma mater); and a Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership. He was Chief Sustainable Finance Advisor at Aviva Investors in London. In this role he led engagement with key multilateral institutions and organisations and was focused on unlocking and directing capital to enable a sustainable transition of the global economy.