19TH MAY 2022
Alternative ESG Symposium
A guide to navigating the complexities of ESG in alternative investments
9:00 AM (60 Min)
Registration, breakfast and networking
10:00 AM (10 Min)
Welcome
Welcome and scene setting for the day.
10:10 AM (30 Min)
Keynote address
10:40 AM (50 Min)
Mapping the environmental emergency
Background to the climate emergency including human rights and biodiversity.
11:30 AM (20 Min)
Coffee break
11:50 AM (50 Min)
Policy update: sink or swim
Update on regulatory environment and asset owner expectations.
12:40 PM (50 Min)
Carbon offsetting – how to avoid sailing into the wind
Overview of carbon offsetting market including:
- Carbon credits
- Environmental justice
- Avoidance and reduction vs sequestration
1:30 PM (60 Min)
Lunch
2:30 PM (45 Min)
ESG reporting frameworks – learning the ropes
An introduction to reporting frameworks and their use in different scenarios.
3:15 PM (45 Min)
Building a sustainable future – anchoring ESG into firm culture
How to create and maintain an ESG culture across both investment and business practices.
4:00 PM
Closing session
Five key items to implement for a better future.
4:30 PM
Finish

Adepeju Adeosun Napier

Senior Manager, Sustainable Finance
Ernst & Young LLP
Before joining EY, Adepeju was the Virgin Group Net Zero & Sustainability Manager. In this role she provided strategic and technical ESG expertise to support investment activities and engage portfolio companies across sectors on their material ESG issues. She previously led the management of a $25 million climate change innovation prize focused on scaling both nature and technology-based carbon removal solutions.
Adepeju has an MSc in Sustainable Energy Futures from Imperial College London and a BEng in Chemical Engineering from University College London. She also co-authored a 2015 Nature Climate Change Publication titled “Investing in Negative Emissions” which focused on outlining the key barriers to investment and scale-up to carbon removal solutions.

Scarlett Brown

Director
Board Intelligence Think Tank
Before this, Scarlett was an independent researcher, working with organisations such as CIPD, University of Oxford, Company Matters and Sapphire Partners to lead research and insights into responsible business and corporate governance. Previously she was Director of Research at Tomorrow’s Company, and a senior governance analyst at Grant Thornton. Her book, “Gender and Corporate Boards” was published last year, based on her PhD research into how non-executives are recruited, and the barriers to boardroom diversity. In her free time, she is a non-executive director and a trustee, and spends an unreasonable amount of time listening to Prince.

Catherine Bryan

Trustee
Synchronicity Earth
Catherine worked at J.P Morgan in both the foreign exchange and equity derivatives groups until 1998. As Managing Director and Head of Equity Derivative Trading globally, she was also a member of the J.P. Morgan Risk Committee. She then took a career break returning to the financial markets to undertake project work in 2012 before moving to the conservation sector in 2014. She has a degree in Chemistry from Oxford University.

Max Budra

Senior Consultant
Deloitte
A native of Vancouver, Canada, Max holds an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics.

Áine Clarke

KnowTheChain and Investor Strategy
Business and Human Rights Resource Centre

Ray Dhirani

Head of Climate and Sustainable Finance
Wallbrook
Ray was instrumental in the production of Our Planet: Too Big to Fail, a multi award winning film produced by Silverback Films. Ray has also led projects for WWF with global pension funds on climate scenario modelling as well as successful engagement with the finance sector for protection of World Heritage Sites.
Previously, Ray spent eight years in the global markets division of Merrill Lynch in New York specializing in foreign exchange and short interest rates. He led senior relationships with hedge fund and real money clients from around the world and, later, also made markets and held risk positions for the global Bank.
Ray holds a BSc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a MSc. in Environment & Development from the London School of Economics. He currently also sits on two non-executive boards. He is a member of Parmenion’s Ethical Oversight Committee as well as WHEB Asset Management’s Advisory Committee.
He speaks some Spanish, French, and Gujarati and when not delving into the exciting field of sustainable finance, can be found laughing somewhere with his two children, walking in nature, or playing a quick game of tennis.

Mike Hoffmann
Zoological Society of London

Marcus Hurd

Managing Director
ndapt
ndapt has grown substantially over the last couple of years to 11 partners and 21 appointments. Their success is largely driven by a commercial approach to the management of pension funds and demonstrating tangible results for pension scheme members and their sponsors.

Adam Jacobs-Dean

Managing Director
Head of Markets Governance and Innovation, The Alternative Investment Management Association
Adam started his career at the UK Financial Services Authority (FSA), where he worked in both policy and supervisory roles. He also undertook a number of projects for the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR). In 2009 he was seconded from the FSA to the European Commission in Brussels, where he worked on Solvency II.
Adam has an MA in German and French from the University of Cambridge and an MSc in European Policy and Management from Birkbeck.

Fergus Moffatt

Head of UK Policy
ShareAction

Shannon Murphy

Managing Director and the Head of Strategic Content
Jeffries

Jacqueline Novogratz

Founder and CEO
Acumen
After supporting hundreds of entrepreneurs, Jacqueline and her team understand that character is a crucial ingredient for success. In 2020, they launched Acumen Academy to support leaders on their journey of global social change. To date, the organization has built a corps of 1000+ Fellows, and more than 500,000 individuals from 193 countries have taken Acumen Academy’s online courses.
As the New York Times best-selling author of The Blue Sweater and Manifesto for a Moral Revolution: Practices to Build a Better World, Jacqueline also sits on the board of the Aspen Institute and 60 Decibels, as well as on a variety of advisory boards. She has been named one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy, one of the 25 Smartest People of the Decade by the Daily Beast, and one of the world’s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds by Forbes, which also honoured her with the Forbes 400 Lifetime Achievement Award for Social Entrepreneurship. She lives in New York with her husband.

Emlyn Palmer

Head of ESG Investing
Albourne Partners

Nick Spencer

Sustainable Investment Advisor
Gordian Advice
Nick is an IFoA council member, he is the Immediate Past Chair of the IFoA’s Sustainability Board and was co-chair of the IFoA’s climate-related risks taskforce. He recently co-authored a paper on “Climate scenario analysis – An illustration of potential long-term economic & financial market impacts” as well as the DCIF Good Citizen’s Guide to ESG. Nick is a founding member of Actuaries for Transformational Change, and a member of the Biodiversity Working Party.
Nick is a passionate believer in the importance of values and culture and an advocate for aligning the asset management industry with a broader societal purpose. He was Co-Chair of Russell Investments’ EMEA Diversity & Inclusion Committee and is an Ambassador for the Diversity Project.

Judith Twentyman

Head of Finance and Risk
Synchronicity Earth
Your hosts

Kevin Gundle

Adam Sweidan

Emily Forsyth-Davies
15Hatfields
Chadwick Court
London
SE1 8DJ
Arriving on foot:
15Hatfields is situated no more than a 10-minute walk from four underground and mainline stations.
From Waterloo station:
Locate IMAX cinema roundabout outside of the station leaving from exit 4 Tenison Way. Take Stamford Street (eastbound) exit off the roundabout, walk for approximately 200m until you reach Hatfields (fourth turning), turn right and it is the second building on your left.
From Southwark Station:
Turn right out of the main station exit onto The Cut and take the second right turning into Hatfields, to number 15 at the top of the road on your right.
From Blackfriars station:
Follow the exit signs towards the Southbank Centre then pass under the bridge and turn left up the stairs by Dogget’s pub. Walk down Blackfriars Road and take the second right down Stamford Street. Hatfields is the second road on your left and it is number 15, the second building on your left.
By train:
To mainline stations Waterloo, Waterloo East and Blackfriars.
By underground:
Waterloo station served by Northern, Bakerloo and Jubilee lines. Southwark station served by Jubilee line. Blackfriars served by Circle and District lines.
By bus:
The following bus routes stop on Blackfriars Bridge: 45, 63, 100
The following bus routes stop on Stamford Street: 381, RV1
By bike:
An onsite secure bicycle rack is available on first-come first served basis. If you wish to pre-book this facility please email reception@cieh.org or call the venue’s main switchboard on 020 7928 6006.
Santander Cycle Hire docking:
Stations are located on Stamford Street outside Kings Reach building and also directly outside Southwark Underground station.