The Impact Seminar Series - Nordics is tailored to institutional investors and asset owners based in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. It consists of a one-day programme with keynote speeches, investor connect sessions, panel discussions and fireside chats, 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
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.
FEATURED SPEAKERS 2023
Kiran Aziz
Head of Responsible Investments,KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS
Jenny Carenco
Secretary of the Board,The Swedish National Advisory Board for Impact Investing
Hanna Edström
Chair ESG Liquid Markets,LGT Capital Partners
Kent Eriksson
Director,Sustainable Finance Lab
Johan Florén
Chief ESG & Communication Officer,AP7
Annika Fridolf
Partner,Brunswick Real Estate
Matthew Goodwin
Head of Sustainable Investing,Global Child Forum
Chantal Hermans
COO,Phenix Capital Group
Corinna Hornwall
ESG Manager,Swedfund International AB
Amanda Koppang Willfors
Impact Manager,Swedfund International AB
Brunno Maradei
Global Head of Responsible Investment,Aegon Asset Management
Ulrich von Creytz
Head Real Estate Investment Specialists,DWS
Evita Zanuso
Head of Strategic Partnership,Katapult Foundation
Kiran Aziz
Head of Responsible Investments,
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS
Kiran Aziz is Head of Responsible Investments at Norway’s largest pension company KLP. She is responsible for ownership and responsible investment activities.
Prior to joining KLP, Ms Aziz was a lawyer, lecturer and researcher. She also has extensive board experience. She is currently on board for Norwegian Refugee Council which is one of the world`s largest humanitarian organizations for displaced people. She is also a columnist for Norway’s largest online newspaper for finance and business. Ms Aziz holds a law degree from the University of Oslo.
Prior to joining KLP, Ms Aziz was a lawyer, lecturer and researcher. She also has extensive board experience. She is currently on board for Norwegian Refugee Council which is one of the world`s largest humanitarian organizations for displaced people. She is also a columnist for Norway’s largest online newspaper for finance and business. Ms Aziz holds a law degree from the University of Oslo.
Jenny Carenco
Secretary of the Board,
The Swedish National Advisory Board for Impact Investing
Jenny Carenco is CEO and Founding Partner and Impact Manager at Prosper Social Impact. She is Secretary of the Board for the Swedish National Advisory Board for Impact Investing (NAB).
Hanna Edström
Chair ESG Liquid Markets,
LGT Capital Partners
Hanna Edström is an executive director at LGT CP with a long-term experience in sustainable investments across a wide range of asset classes. She is chairing the LGT ESG Liquid Markets sub-committee and is a member of the LGT CP ESG committee. Hanna started her career in Germany, investing in structured credit, before joining LGT CP in 2008. In 2017, Hanna moved to Shanghai, where she was involved in different social start-up projects before rejoining LGT CP in 2019.
Hanna holds a MSc in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and an MSc in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). Hanna is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)and holds a Certificate in ESG Investing from CFA UK.
Hanna holds a MSc in Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics and an MSc in International Management from the Community of European Management Schools (CEMS). Hanna is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)and holds a Certificate in ESG Investing from CFA UK.
Kent Eriksson
Director,
Sustainable Finance Lab
Kent Eriksson is a professor at KTH and the Director of the Sustainable Finance Lab. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at The första APfonden. Kent’s research strives to find the factors in the built environment and the economy that determine socio-economic development, and to use that knowledge to develop applications for improved socie-economic development. His research profile is to develop finance and business models that promote sustainability in the built environment sector. To this end, he combines research in real estate, construction, business, and finance. The goal is to utilize the power of the financial markets to shift society onto a more sustainable track and reduce the harm currently done to the climate, environment and to certain aspects of society, while simultaneously bolstering innovative solutions through investments that can steer us in the right direction.
Johan Florén
Chief ESG & Communication Officer,
AP7
Johan Florén joined AP7 in 2009. AP7, Sjunde AP-fonden (Seventh AP Fund), is the default alternative within the Swedish premium pension system with assets of 80 billion Euro and five million savers. Previously he has been chairman of Sweden's sustainable investment forum (SWESIF) and of Amnesty Business Group in Sweden. Johan holds several degrees, including philosophy, political science and marketing from Stockholm and Uppsala universities.
Annika Fridolf
Partner,
Brunswick Real Estate
Annika has a long and broad experience from working with commercial real estate in several markets across the globe, including the US, Asia-Pacific and Australia. Since 2018, she is based in Stockholm where she is a Partner at Brunswick Real Estate, a Nordic property investor and investment manager with focus on sustainability. Brunswick has launched property companies such as Regio, Hemmaplan and Bohild, where tailored sustainability strategies (environmental and social) are incorporated in each step of the value chain, from sourcing to exit.
Matthew Goodwin
Head of Sustainable Investing,
Global Child Forum
Matt joined Global Child Forum in 2021 as Head of Sustainable Investing and is responsible for building relationships with the financial services sector and ensuring that Global Child Forum’s data on children’s rights is made available to investors and asset managers, helping them integrate children’s rights into their operations and investment decision-making. Data is based on Global Child Forum’s benchmark of children’s rights and business, conducted in partnership with Boston Consulting Group, which is the largest of its kind. Before Global Child Forum, Matt spent eight years working for Lloyds Bank in London.
Chantal Hermans
COO,
Phenix Capital Group
Chantal Hermans is the head of events & publications at Phenix Capital Group, leading the events & marcomm team. Chantal started her career at Management Events, working with C-level executives across industries. In 2014 she moved to London and started working for financial publisher Euromoney Institutional Investors as an investor relations manager. Here she was responsible for building relationships with the key financial players in the Benelux, UK and Eastern Europe. Next to her IR role, she was also responsible for building the European network for the II conferences. In 2018, Chantal joined EQDerivatives as Executive Director of machineByte. A platform focused on delivering education around machine learning and AI in the investment industry. Her passion for sustainability and building a better world brought her to Phenix Capital Group, where she can fully focus on delivering education on impact investing and helping the industry move forward.
Corinna Hornwall
ESG Manager,
Swedfund International AB
Corinna Hornwall is an ESG Manager at Swedfund International AB. Corinna is responsible for assessing and managing environmental and social risks in Swedfund’s investment portfolio and supporting investee companies on improving their practices on key issues such as climate, biodiversity, human rights, labour and gender. Corinna leads on Swedfund’s climate work, including integrating climate change considerations in the investment process, implementing Swedfund’s climate commitments and net zero target and supporting portfolio companies to increase their climate resilience. Prior to joining Swedfund in 2019, Corinna worked as a sustainability and climate change consultant focusing on ESG due diligence, climate risk and natural capital risk assessments for 30+ private and public sector clients. She holds a Masters in International Development & Economics from the University of Cambridge.
Amanda Koppang Willfors
Impact Manager,
Swedfund International AB
Amanda Koppang Willfors is Impact Manager at Swedfund International AB. In addition to focusing on the impact analysis, -management and -measurement of investments relating to renewable energy and climate mitigation and adaptation, Amanda is also driving Swedfund's work on gender, which involves systematically implementing a gender lens to all investments and working actively with portfolio companies to reduce sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment and advance women's empowerment and gender equality. Amanda has previous experience from research and consulting, focusing on social, economic and environmental impact valuation and creation in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals, and from international development cooperation, focusing on sustainable development and particularly with focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. She also specialized in this area during her academic studies, that she completed with a Master’s in Economics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London
Brunno Maradei
Global Head of Responsible Investment,
Aegon Asset Management
Brunno Maradei joined Aegon Asset Management in 2019. He is Global Head of Responsible Investment. Prior to joining the firm, Brunno was a senior investment officer at the European Investment Bank (EIB), working on structured and project finance transactions outside the EU and representing EIB in the investment committee of three impact funds. Brunno started his career in Morgan Stanley’s risk management practice in London and subsequently moved to JPMorgan. Brunno was a senior manager at EIRIS, a leading ESG research house in London, and spent eight years in the World Bank Group in Washington, where he developed sustainable investment products for emerging markets and structured blended finance for renewable energy deals in Africa. He also spent two years advising the European Commission on blended finance for development impact. Brunno is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Econ) from London School of Economics.
Ulrich von Creytz
Head Real Estate Investment Specialists,
DWS
Ulrich joined DWS in 2004. In addition to his role as Head of Real Estate Investment Specialists, he is also a member of the Management Board of DWS Alternatives GmbH and DWS grundbesitz GmbH: Frankfurt. Prior to his current position, Ulrich served as the Head of Client Relations, Real Estate in the EMEA region. He started his career as an Executive Assistant to a Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank. Ulrich has completed: First State Examination in Law from University of Freiburg; Second State Examination in Law from Superior Court of Justice Berlin; and holds a PhD in Constitutional Law from University of Freiburg; Real Estate Economist from European Business School.
Evita Zanuso
Head of Strategic Partnership,
Katapult Foundation
Evita Zanuso is the Head of Strategic Partnership at Katapult Foundation and Lead at the Nordic Impact Investing Academy. Previously she was Senior Adviser at Big Society Capital. She has more than 10 years’ experience with wealth managers, asset managers and private banks, and most recently consultancy service to HNWIs. Prior to financial services, she worked for a UK political party. She has an MBA from Imperial College Business School and is a Trustee of the mental health charity WPF Therapy.
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