Emmanuel Faber

Président, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Emmanuel Faber a été nommé président inaugural de l’International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) en décembre 2021, avec prise de fonctions au 1er janvier 2022. Il est reconnu pour son engagement en faveur de la durabilité et pour avoir occupé, pendant 20 ans, des fonctions de direction au sein du groupe agroalimentaire Danone. Il a rejoint Danone en 1997 en tant que Directeur finances, stratégie et systèmes d’information, puis a été Directeur Général à partir de 2014, ainsi que PDG de 2017 à 2021. Il est devenu partner (associé) chez Astanor Ventures en octobre 2021.

Emmanuel Faber a vécu et occupé des postes de direction en Afrique, en Asie, dans les  Amériques, et en Europe. Il a fondé et présidé plusieurs initiatives internationales, dont la coalition One Planet Business for Biodiversity et la coalition Business for Inclusive Growth, créée sous l’égide de la Présidence Française du G7, qu’il a co-présidée avec le Secrétaire Général de l’OCDE. Il est également à l’origine de Danone Communities, un fonds d’investissement dans des entreprises sociales finançant l’accès à l’alimentation et à l’eau pour des populations en situation de précarité, ainsi que de Livelihoods Venture, qui participe à la restauration des écosystèmes et au développement de l’agriculture régénératrice dans les pays émergents.

Avant Danone, il a été directeur financier puis directeur général (Managing Director) chez Legris Industries. Il a également travaillé en banque d’affaires chez Baring Brothers et comme consultant chez Bain & Company. 

Il est diplômé d’HEC Paris (Master en administration des affaires).
 

Tariq Fancy

Lecturer in Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Tariq Fancy is a successful investor, turnaround specialist, and entrepreneur, and has a unique perspective and voice on a critical challenge for global capitalism today : how to merge sustainability and social imperatives with traditional business models focused purely on profit.

Sarah Kapnick

Responsable mondial du conseil stratégique en climat, JP Morgan

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Dr. Sarah B. Kapnick is the Global Head of Climate Advisory at J.P. Morgan. In this role, she advises the bank's clients on climate, energy, biodiversity and sustainability topics. Responsible for overseeing the Firm’s climate thought leadership strategy, Dr. Kapnick leverages extensive technical and scientific expertise to drive content strategy and advise clients at the intersection of finance, climate science, commerce and national security.

Prior to her current role, she served as Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), appointed by the President, responsible for guiding the programmatic focus of NOAA’s science and technology priorities. In this capacity, Dr. Kapnick oversaw the development of critical scientific strategies for emerging topics such as climate intervention, greenhouse gas monitoring, marine biodiversity, climate macroeconomics, and climate security.

Dr. Kapnick engaged with Congress on legislation, education, and budget priorities, and served as an advisor to the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Federal Government on R&D design, technology transfer, and public-private partnerships.  She also acted as a senior strategic advisor to various government working groups and advisory committees on climate security, climate macroeconomics, climate intervention, weather and ocean technology, space commerce sustainability, and water, including the Water Subcabinet. 

Previously, Dr. Kapnick was a Senior Climate Scientist and Sustainability Strategist for J.P. Morgan’s Asset & Wealth Management division, where she produced thought leadership on climate and environmental issues and advised clients. 

Dr. Kapnick has also served as Deputy Division Leader and Research Physical Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), NOAA, where she led R&D efforts in seasonal to decadal variability and predictability and collaborated with various U.S. states and agencies on climate change and infrastructure planning. Her earlier roles include Research Physical Scientist at GFDL, Visiting Researcher at the University of Hamburg and Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, and NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University.

Dr. Kapnick earned a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and a Leaders in Sustainability Certificate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as an A.B. in Mathematics with a certificate in Finance from Princeton University. She presently serves on the nonprofit boards of Climate Central and the Woods Hole Oceanagraphic Institution. Additionally, she serves on the scientific advisory panels for the World Meteorological Organization and Food Security Leadership Council. 

Barbara Zvan

Présidente & cheffe de la direction, University Pension Plan (UPP)

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Barbara Zvan is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP), where she leads strategies to provide lifelong pension security and service excellence to over 41,000 members. Recognized as Canada’s 2022 CEO of the Year and Corporate Citizen of the Year by The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine, she is a prominent advocate for defined benefit pensions and responsible investing.

Previously, Barbara was the Chief Risk and Strategy Officer at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), playing a key role in its transformation into a global pension leader during her 25-year tenure at the Plan.She chairs the McConnell Foundation’s Investment Committee and Climate Engagement Canada’s steering committee, serves on the board of the Responsible Investment Association, and is a Senior Fellow at the C.D. Howe Institute. Additionally, she co-chairs the C.D. Howe Pension Policy Council and is a member of her alumni McMaster University's Faculty of Science Dean’s External Advisory Board. 

Barbara has held leadership roles in numerous organizations, including prior board chair of the International Centre for Pension Management (ICPM), advisory board member of the Institute of Sustainable Finance at the Smith School of Business, and board member of the Global Risk Institute (GRI), the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) and the Pension Investment Association of Canada (PIAC). She was appointed to the Government of Canada’s Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance in 2019 and its Sustainable Finance Action 
Council in 2021. 

A Fellow of the Society of Actuaries and the Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Barbara holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors and a Master of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo.