The Impact Seminar Series – BENELUX is tailored to institutional investors and asset owners based in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. It consists of a one-day programme with keynote speeches, InvestorConnect sessions, investor panel discussions, fireside chats and a workshop to close the day touching upon the challenges and opportunities within the impact investing universe.
Institutional investors and impact fund managers will be able to exchange best practices, learn from each other’s experiences, and share ideas on creating innovative and scalable solutions to generate impact in private and public markets. During the InvestorConnect sessions, investors can explore a select group of impact strategies in public equity, public debt, private equity, private debt and real assets.
Impact Investing Event for Institutional Investors
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SPEAKERS 2022
Aela Cozic
Assistant Portfolio Manager & Associate Director Sustainable Investing,Fidelity International
Daisy Ivanova
ESG Legal Analyst,414
Dirk Meuleman
CEO,Phenix Capital Group
Gianluca Gaggiotti
Research Manager,EVPA
Iris Dingemans
Partner,Simmons & Simmons
Dr. Jac Kragt
Assistant Professor,Tilburg School of Economics and Management
Jasper van der Meulen
Portfolio Manager Private Markets, Multi Management,Aegon Asset Management
Jenny Overman
Associate Director and ESG Specialist,Privium Fund Management
Liza Rubinstein Malamud
Head of Impact & Co-founder,Carbon Equity
Matt Patsky
CEO & Portfolio Manager,Trillium Asset Management
Narina Mnatsakanian
Executive Director,Kempen Capital Management
Raoul Köhler
Sustainable Finance Coordinator,Autoriteit Financiële Markten
Veerle Berbers
Co-Founder,PYM
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Yann Mauron
Sr. Investment Manager,Pictet Asset Management
Yvonne Janssen
Team Lead Sustainable Investment,PGB Pensioendiensten
Aela Cozic
Assistant Portfolio Manager & Associate Director Sustainable Investing,
Fidelity International
Aela joined Fidelity International in 2017 to assist in the integration of ESG analysis across asset classes, company engagements, and internal initiatives to enhance our ESG strategy and processes. Since February 2021, she is Assistant Portfolio Manager for the Fidelity Sustainable Eurozone Equity and Fidelity Sustainable European Equity funds. Prior to joining Fidelity, Aela worked as a Responsible Investment Analyst at USS Investment Management and also Novethic. Aela has passed Level 2 of the CFA Program, the IMC and holds a Master’s degree in financial management from Toulouse Business School, France.
Daisy Ivanova
ESG Legal Analyst,
414
Daisy Ivanova is the ESG Legal Expert at 414, an Utrecht-based start-up providing a Platform for a semi-automated solution providing compliance with the SFDR and the EU Taxonomy. She has a background in EU and Business law, as well as in sustainability, and is responsible for researching into the legislative framework, is involved in product development, and is working with clients to ensure compliance with the Regulations.
Dirk Meuleman
CEO,
Phenix Capital Group
Dirk Meuleman is CEO at Phenix Capital Group. Phenix Capital Group is an Amsterdam-based investment consultant that catalyses institutional capital for the SDGs through their institutional impact conferences, impact fund database, impact due diligence tool, and placement services. Prior to Phenix Capital Group, Dirk was a portfolio manager of private equity and infrastructure at Shell and MN pension fund, which is the third largest Dutch pension fund. Together with this extensive experience as an institutional investor, Dirk has sat on the advisory board of over 20 private equity funds. Dirk is a Dutch citizen and holds degrees in International Business Administration, Entrepreneurship and public administration from Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Dirk is a CFA and CAIA Charterholder.
Gianluca Gaggiotti
Research Manager,
EVPA
Gianluca is Research Manager at EVPA, where he is directly involved in several research activities, with a specific focus on data analysis and content development of several research-related initiatives. Gianluca joined EVPA in 2017, where he has developed an in-depth knowledge on the impact ecosystem and all the actors involved in it. Gianluca has previously worked as a Research Assistant for several project related to development and social network economics at Bocconi University. He holds a Master degree in Economics and Social Sciences at Bocconi University with a thesis on the effect of terrorism on political outcome in the US.
Iris Dingemans
Partner,
Simmons & Simmons
Iris is a partner in the asset management and investment fund practice of Simmons & Simmons LLP. She specialises in transactional, advisory and regulatory work in this sector. Her clients include (international) fund managers operating under the AIFMD and UCITS regime and institutional investors, such as Dutch pension funds. She has an extensive background in (Dutch) corporate law, contract law and financial market regulations. In her daily practice she combines this knowledge with her practical expertise and experience to advise fund managers and investors on the full range of investment funds and asset management matters, such as structuring of investments, fund formation, the marketing of funds, SFDR/taxonomy as well as license application processes and topics related thereto in various jurisdictions. During the course of her career she worked in Amsterdam, London and Dubai. Iris regularly contributes to events organised by trade associations, such as DUFAS, AIMA, EFAMA and the NVP. In addition she currently chairs the Fund Regulation Committee of the Dutch Fund and Asset Management Association (DUFAS).
Dr. Jac Kragt
Assistant Professor,
Tilburg School of Economics and Management
Jac. Kragt has worked both on the buy- and the sell side in financial markets. As his career progressed, he became more involved with pension funds and sustainability. He made a career switch towards academia and is now lecturer of Sustainable Investing at Tilburg University. He is also a non-executive board member of several pension funds and an asset management company. Jac. attained a Master degree in Economics at the London School of Economics and a PhD in Finance from Tilburg University.
Jasper van der Meulen
Portfolio Manager Private Markets, Multi Management,
Aegon Asset Management
Jasper van der Meulen joined Aegon Asset Management in 2016 as an Analyst. Since 2020, Jasper works as a Portfolio Manager Private Markets in which he focuses on monitoring and selection of private equity managers for institutional investors such as pension funds. He has specialized in the selection of private equity impact funds. Jasper obtained a Master’s degree in Finance (cum laude) from the University of Groningen and a Master’s degree in Behavioral Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Jasper is a CFA charterholder.
Jenny Overman
Associate Director and ESG Specialist,
Privium Fund Management
Jenny has been involved in ESG or impact investing for more than a decade now. From being the assistant portfolio manager for the sustainable discretionary mandates of ABN AMRO MeesPierson and Triodos Bank to now being part of the investment committee of the Privium Sustainable Investment Fund (a fund of impact funds), she has seen impact investment strategies fail and thrive. Jenny joined Privium in July 2019 and is jointly responsible for the investment oversight of the individual Privium funds next to her responsibilities for PSIF and managing the implementation of the SFDR regulation. In between ABNAMRO MeesPierson and Privium she was a buy-side equity analyst at ING Investment Office. She is a CFA/CAIA Charterholder and a member of the CFA ethics committee. Jenny has a deep interest in Asian culture and spends her free time hiking.
Liza Rubinstein Malamud
Head of Impact & Co-founder,
Carbon Equity
Liza is a co-founder and Head of Impact at Carbon Equity. Carbon Equity is an investing platform that enables smaller ticket access (EUR 10k+) to the world’s best climate venture capital and private equity funds. Founded in 2021, Carbon Equity currently has 200+ customers and 40M+ AUM. It has made commitments to seven funds so far, including Lightrock, Astanor Ventures and EIP Frontier. As Head of Impact, Liza leads the impact strategy, impact due diligence and impact reporting of the platform.Prior to founding Carbon Equity, Liza worked as a decarbonization consultant at McKinsey where she split her time between developing sustainability strategies for clients and internal knowledge development. Her client projects included sectors like infrastructure, logistics, energy providers and food systems. She also co-authored the Net-Zero Europe report, which was one of the inputs used to develop to the European Green Deal.Liza is also a strategic advisor for Follow This. Follow This is working to change oil companies from within, by uniting responsible shareholders to push big oil to go green. Liza supported the organization in finding the right approach to convince Shell to take ownership over, and set goals on, its scope 3 emissions. This advisory work is in part shaped by the observations she did during her master thesis research, where she studied the impact of the shareholder engagement activities of Robeco, Eumedion and the VBDO.At Carbon Equity, Liza Rubinstein developed a climate due diligence framework, an extensive and standardized scorecard with which the quality of the impact approach of private equity funds can be assessed. The framework is recognized as a best practice in the industry by distinguished GPs like Energy Impact Partners and Clean Energy Ventures, as well as industry organizations like Nysnø, Phenix Capital and PGGM. She regularly publishes articles and is an experienced speaker at conferences on climate investing and selecting funds for impact.
Matt Patsky
CEO & Portfolio Manager,
Trillium Asset Management
Matt Patsky is CEO and Lead Portfolio Manager of the Trillium ESG Global Equity strategy and Portfolio Manager of the Trillium Sustainable Opportunities strategy. Matt has over three decades of experience in investment research and investment management. He began his career at Lehman Brothers in 1984 as a technology analyst. In 1989, while covering emerging growth companies for Lehman, he began to incorporate environmental, social, and governance factors into his research, becoming the first sell side analyst in the United States to publish on the topic of socially responsible investing in 1994. As Director of Equity Research for Adams, Harkness & Hill, he built the firm’s powerful research capabilities in socially and environmentally responsible areas such as renewable energy, resource optimization, and organic and natural products. Before Trillium, Matt worked at Winslow Management Company in Boston, where he served as director of research, chairman of the investment committee, and portfolio manager for the Green Growth and Green Solutions Strategies. Matt currently serves on the board of TONIIC and has previously served on the Boards of Environmental League of Massachusetts, Shared Interest, Pro Mujer, US SIF, and Root Capital. He is also a member of the Social Venture Circle (SVC) and is a member of the CFA Society Boston and is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder.
Narina Mnatsakanian
Executive Director,
Kempen Capital Management
Narina is Director Impact and Responsible Investment at Kempen Capital Management. She is heading Kempen’s RI team and working closely with portfolio managers on ESG integration across asset classes, active ownership and positive impact.
Narina is also portfolio manager for the Global Impact Pool. Previously Narina was Director Investor relations, Impact and ESG at Sarona Asset Management, a boutique private equity firm investing in emerging and frontier markets. In the past Narina worked at MN, a large Dutch pension fund asset manager, where she led the ESG integration project across listed and non-listed asset classes and engaged with oil & gas and mining companies on climate change, human rights and governance topics. Prior to MN, Narina was Head of Networks and Global Investor Outreach at Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and at UNEP Finance Initiative. She began her career at KPMG in Strategy Consulting and at Ernst & Young in Advisory. Narina holds a BA (Hons) and MA (Cantab) degree in Land Economy from Cambridge University and an MSc degree in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a CAIA charter holder.
Narina is also portfolio manager for the Global Impact Pool. Previously Narina was Director Investor relations, Impact and ESG at Sarona Asset Management, a boutique private equity firm investing in emerging and frontier markets. In the past Narina worked at MN, a large Dutch pension fund asset manager, where she led the ESG integration project across listed and non-listed asset classes and engaged with oil & gas and mining companies on climate change, human rights and governance topics. Prior to MN, Narina was Head of Networks and Global Investor Outreach at Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and at UNEP Finance Initiative. She began her career at KPMG in Strategy Consulting and at Ernst & Young in Advisory. Narina holds a BA (Hons) and MA (Cantab) degree in Land Economy from Cambridge University and an MSc degree in Financial Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is a CAIA charter holder.
Raoul Köhler
Sustainable Finance Coordinator,
Autoriteit Financiële Markten
Raoul Köhler is a Senior Policy Advisor for the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Raoul has worked as supervision officer and policy advisor at the AFM since 2015. In his capacity as policy advisor, he fulfils the role of Sustainable Finance Coordinator, a position he has held since early 2020. Raoul is, amongst others, involved in the European network on sustainable finance at the European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA) and has co-authored the joint AMF/AFM position paper on ESG rating and data agencies.
Veerle Berbers
Co-Founder,
PYM
Veerle has been an impact investor since 2004 following an international career in investor relations. She has built a diverse investment portfolio of direct and indirect investments (funds) in sectors such as microfinance, renewable energy, cleantech, aquaculture and food distribution. Both in developed as well as in emerging markets in Africa and Latin America. She started her career in investor relations in New York, then moved to Paris and London to set up the European operations of Technimetrics, a shareholder database. When Thomson Reuters acquired the company, Veerle became a Partner at Brunswick, the leading financial communications agency, and responsible for developing the Benelux market. In 2004 she moved on to lead her family office and to work as an advisor for impact organizations. She served on several boards, including the board of the Social-Alpha Bastion Fund. Veerle is a Fellow of the global Impact Investing Community Toniic. A Dutch national, but born and raised in Belgium, Veerle is fluent in Dutch, French, English, German, and conversational in Spanish. She is a true connector, who is passionate to grow the PYM community to make more impact.
Yann Mauron
Sr. Investment Manager,
Pictet Asset Management
Principal Venture Capital & Healthcare PhD, University of Geneva.
Yann Mauron joined Pictet in 2016 first in the Strategy division and Manager His responsibilities include the selection and monitoring of private equity funds, secondary transactions and co investment opportunities across the technology and biotech sectors Yann is also responsible for the Group Corporate Venture Capital initiative. Prior to Pictet, Yann spent more than five years working as a business strategy consultant at McKinsey Co and KPMG Yann is a biologist by training and started his career working for several blue chip pharmaceutical companies His PhD in bioinformatics gave rise to multiple applications in biologicals identification and emergency medicine.
Yann Mauron joined Pictet in 2016 first in the Strategy division and Manager His responsibilities include the selection and monitoring of private equity funds, secondary transactions and co investment opportunities across the technology and biotech sectors Yann is also responsible for the Group Corporate Venture Capital initiative. Prior to Pictet, Yann spent more than five years working as a business strategy consultant at McKinsey Co and KPMG Yann is a biologist by training and started his career working for several blue chip pharmaceutical companies His PhD in bioinformatics gave rise to multiple applications in biologicals identification and emergency medicine.
Yvonne Janssen
Team Lead Sustainable Investment,
PGB Pensioendiensten
Yvonne is part of the policy and strategy team that advises the board of directors of Pensioenfonds PGB. She is responsible for the policy and strategy advice related to sustainable investment.
With a versatile professional background, ranging from Philips, ACTIAM, Hivos, AVANS business school of applied sciences, IBERO university Mexico, and Pensioenfonds Rail & OV, in her career Yvonne has considered sustainability from different angles and in a variety of contexts/sectors; business, finance, NGO and higher education.
Her ambition is to lead Pensioenfonds PGB to a future proof sustainable investment strategy mitigating the adverse impacts and maximizing the positive impacts on society, while assuring sound pensions for its multi-sector beneficiaries and guaranteeing continuous engagement with and optimal transparency to its stakeholders.
With a versatile professional background, ranging from Philips, ACTIAM, Hivos, AVANS business school of applied sciences, IBERO university Mexico, and Pensioenfonds Rail & OV, in her career Yvonne has considered sustainability from different angles and in a variety of contexts/sectors; business, finance, NGO and higher education.
Her ambition is to lead Pensioenfonds PGB to a future proof sustainable investment strategy mitigating the adverse impacts and maximizing the positive impacts on society, while assuring sound pensions for its multi-sector beneficiaries and guaranteeing continuous engagement with and optimal transparency to its stakeholders.
WHO WILL ATTEND
This event is catered for C-Suite, Board Members, Portfolio Managers and ESG/Impact Investing officers of:
● Public and Corporate Pension Funds and their Fiduciary Managers,
● Insurance Companies,
● Sovereign Wealth Funds,
● Family Offices,
● Foundations and Endowments,
● Wealth Managers/Private Banks,
● Development Finance Institutions,
● Faith-based Organisations.
● Public and Corporate Pension Funds and their Fiduciary Managers,
● Insurance Companies,
● Sovereign Wealth Funds,
● Family Offices,
● Foundations and Endowments,
● Wealth Managers/Private Banks,
● Development Finance Institutions,
● Faith-based Organisations.
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