Emmanuel Faber

Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Emmanuel Faber was appointed as the inaugural Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board in December 2021, effective 1 January 2022. He is well-known for his passion for sustainability and his leadership positions at multi-national food products company Danone for the past 20 years. He joined the company in 1997 as Chief Financial Officer, Strategy, and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 2014, as well as Chair of the Board from 2017 until 2021. He became a partner at Astanor Ventures in October 2021.

Faber has lived and held senior leadership positions in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe. He has founded and chaired several international organisations and initiatives, including the One Planet Business for Biodiversity coalition and the G7 Business for Inclusive Growth coalition―co-chaired with the OECD Secretary General. He initiated Danone Communities, a social business initiative providing funding to bring nutrition and water access for vulnerable communities, as well as the Livelihoods Venture, which provides funding for ecosystem restoration and the development of sustainable farming in emerging economies.

Prior to joining Danone, he held roles as Chief Financial Officer and later Managing Director at Legris Industries. He also has experience from investment banking at Baring Brothers and as a consultant at Bain & Company.

He holds a Master’s degree in business administration from HEC Paris, France.

Mark Campanale

Founder & Acting CEO, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Mark is the CEO of the Carbon Tracker Initiative, a non-profit think tank best known for its work on ‘stranded assets’ the ‘carbon bubble’ and mapping the impact of the clean energy revolution on the fossil fuel energy system. This analysis is used by investors in fossil fuels and financial supervisors, in how to divest, or set decarbonisation pathways; and with policy makers interested in regulatory frameworks that smooth the energy transition. In 2017, Mark founded ‘Planet Tracker’ which is focused on nature and biodiversity, also through the lens of financial markets.

Prior to forming Carbon Tracker in 2011, Mark spent twenty years in fund management where he was a co-founder of some of the first responsible investment funds in London at Jupiter Asset Management, NPI, AMP Capital, and Henderson Global Investors. Mark has served on the World Business Council for Sustainable Development working group on capital markets leading up to the 1992 Earth Summit; was a Member of the Steering Committee of UNEP Financial Sector Initiative (1999-2003);  founder of the UK Sustainable and Responsible Investment Forum (UKSIF), 1990-2006; and is now on the Advisory Board of GFANZ, the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.

Mark is a member of the advisory council of the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation’s Conservation & Markets Initiative; ESG advisory board of Glenmede Wealth Management; a Fellow of Tribe Impact Capital; an advisor to Amazonia Impact Ventures and senior advisor to Consilium Capital. He is a Visiting Lecturer at the Imperial College Master’s course on sustainable finance and Oxford’s Said Business School’s sustainable finance course.  In 2021 he was winner of the CEREs/Trillium Capital Lifetime Achievement Award on Sustainable Finance. He was made both an Ashoka Fellow and Sorenson Impact Fellow in 2022.
 

Sean Kidney

Co-Founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Sean Kidney, FRSA, is CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working to mobilize global capital for climate action.  He works on market development programs on six continents; sustainable investment taxonomy development by governments ranging from the European Commission to Thailand & Brazil; and policy development for capital mobilization. Sean is a Professor in Practice at SOAS University of London, serves on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Sustainable Finance Advisory Panel, and is a member of the International Energy Agency’s Finance Industry Advisory Board.

Sarah Kapnick

Global Head of Climate Advisory, JP Morgan

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. 
 

Olivier Lacaille

Managing Director & Head of Infrastructure and Energy Transition, Desjardins

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Olivier Lacaille est directeur général et chef des financements d’Infrastructure et de la transition énergétique chez Desjardins. Olivier possède une expérience établie dans les marchés des capitaux et bancaires, il est spécialisé dans les transactions de financement d’infrastructures et d’énergies renouvelables à travers l’Amérique du Nord. Titulaire d’une maîtrise en finance de marché du HEC Montréal ainsi que de la désignation CFA, Olivier est responsable de diriger l’origination et l’exécution des financements de projets et il s’implique activement dans les initiatives de transition énergétique chez Desjardins. 

Anne-Marie Monette

Managing Director, Sustainable Finance, National Bank Financial Markets (NBF)

Anne-Marie Monette is a Managing Director in the Sustainable Finance team at National Bank Financial Markets (NBF), where she plays a key role in establishing connectivity with the financial community across the country and contributes to several strategic workstreams. In her role, she supports NBF’s clients in sustainable finance transactions structuring and provides strategic advisory services on sustainability positioning and practices.  

Prior to joining NBF, Anne-Marie was leading ESG equity institutional sales efforts across Canada at RBC Capital Markets, acting as a sustainable finance senior relationship manager for large asset owners and asset managers. She previously led the responsible investment practice across capital markets at PSP Investments, where she occupied the role of Senior Director, Responsible Investment.  

Anne-Marie is highly involved in the sustainable finance ecosystem and is an active member of CFA Montreal’s ESG Committee. She obtained an executive certification in sustainable finance from the NYU Stern School of Business, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board credentials and the CFA Institute ESG Certificate. She was a lecturer in sustainable finance at HEC Montreal and Concordia University. She was also the founding chair for the Montreal chapter of Women in Capital Markets and is a founding member of Women in Climate Finance.  She holds a Bachelor in finance from HEC Montreal.