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Paulina Segreto

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ENGAGEMENT SERVICES

Paulina is part of the Engagement Team. Her focus is on supporting the Engagement Director in implementing the overall engagement strategy, as well as quality assurance and across-product consistency.

Before joining Sustainalytics, Paulina was Head of Business Conduct Engagement and was responsible for coordinating the work of Engagement Managers, quality assurance, handling client questions and requests, project and product development work.

Paulina has a Master’s degree in International Relations, with specialisation in Eastern Studies from the University of Poznan. After her graduation she took part in social projects in Russia and Ukraine. She speaks Polish, English, Russian and Italian.

LOCATION

Remote

Hanna Roberts

DIRECTOR, ENGAGEMENT SERVICES

Hanna leads the Engagement Services department, which offers clients active ownership and engagement solutions. She is responsible of leading the team of engagement managers and developing the engagement overlay of Sustainalytics’ ESG research products – with a focus on norms-based engagement, material ESG risks and SDG themes.

Prior to joining Sustainalytics, Hanna was the CEO for GES International, which she joined in 2008 as an Engagement Manager and subsequently as Engagement Director. She has also worked at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics at Lund University.

Hanna holds a Master of Science in Biology as well as Environmental Management and Policy from Lund University. Hanna has extensive experience from Amnesty International – serving as chairperson of both the Swedish chapter and Amnesty International Worldwide.

LOCATION

Stockholm

Tytti Kaasinen

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, ENGAGEMENT SERVICES

Tytti is responsible for the company’s thematic Stewardship and Risk Engagement, coordinating the identification and proactive engagement on material ESG issues affecting businesses. Within Sustainalytics’ Engagement Services, she also has particular topic expertise in water risks, children’s rights, and the food, retail and garment sectors.

Before joining Sustainalytics, Tytti was the Head of Stewardship and Risk Engagement and a Senior Engagement Manager at GES, having previously worked as a Responsible Investment Analyst at The Co-operative Asset Management in Manchester. In total, she has over 10 years’ experience in responsible investment and active ownership.

Tytti holds a Bachelor’s degree in Politics from Manchester Metropolitan University and a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Manchester. She speaks Finnish, English and Swedish.

LOCATION

Stockholm

Remco Slim

MANAGER, PRODUCT STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT (GLOBAL COMPACT COMPLIANCE SERVICE, CONTROVERSY RESEARCH)

As a member of Sustainalytics Product Strategy and Development team, Remco manages several Sustainalytics research products, including Global Compact Compliance Service product, where he oversees the methodology and leads product enhancements. He also manages the Controversy Rating methodology and oversees the delivery of controversy-related products such as the Sustainalytics Alert Service. He also manages the Country Involvement and Human Rights Radar products. Remco is a member of the Events Oversight Committee, a body that reviews major Controversy Rating changes and Global Compact assessments.

Prior to assuming this role, Remco was part of the Green and Social Bonds team and supported clients with the integration of Sustainalytics’ products and analysis into their policies and investment processes, with a focus on the area of business and human rights.

Prior to joining Sustainalytics, Remco conducted a research study for Philips in Bangalore, India. He was also on a secondment as a Dutch representative of the Council of Europe and worked as a research assistant for a professor in Fundamental Rights. Remco has studied Economics & Business, as well as Law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

LOCATION

Amsterdam

Anne Schoemaker

MANAGER, PRODUCT STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT (PRODUCT INVOLVEMENT AND WEAPONS PRODUCTS)

Anne manages three of Sustainalytics’ compliance products: Controversial Weapons Radar, Arms Trade, and Product Involvement. As product manager she is responsible for product strategy and development and for providing clients with relevant, high quality, and comprehensive data and analysis.

Prior to Sustainalytics, Anne worked on the intersection of ESG and development finance for about eight years in the Dutch development bank FMO, as well as at other organizations. She started her career in ABN AMRO Asset Management, as an analyst and portfolio manager for three years.

Anne holds a master’s degree in Business Mathematics & Informatics from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

LOCATION

Amsterdam

Trisha Taneja

MANAGER, GREEN & SOCIAL BONDS

Trisha heads Sustainalytics’ Green & Social Bonds service in the Americas and Asia-Pacific. She advises issuers on meeting investor expectations to bring credible, robust and transparent bonds to market. She also works directly with large institutional investors to advise them on assessing ESG risks in fixed-income and real asset.

Prior to Sustainalytics, Trisha held product development and project management roles in the private and non-profit sectors, where she also gained experience managing cross-cultural teams.

She has a Master’s in International Finance from the Fletcher School at Tufts University and is an alumna of the University of British Columbia and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.

LOCATION

Toronto

Shila Wattamwar

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CLIENT SERVICES (INDEXES & PARTNERSHIPS)

Shila Wattamwar oversees Sustainalytics’ Client Relations in the United States. She is a trusted and experienced advisor that works closely with Sustainalytics’ platinum-level US and global clients to help them integrate ESG and corporate governance research and data into their investment processes. Shila is the primary relationship manager for Morningstar, supporting them on integrating Sustainalytics’ data into their various research platforms. She also plays an instrumental role in the enhancement and development of Sustainalytics’ strategic relationships with our passive investment clients as well as Factset and Bloomberg.

Outside of her work at Sustainalytics, Shila is part of the Agenda Committee for the SRI Conference. She helps shape the content for the SRI annual conference which attracts investors, corporates and policy-makers from across the US. Shila has over 10 years of experience in business development within the index industry. Prior to joining Sustainalytics she worked for FTSE Group as well as Russell Investments.

LOCATION

New York

Yumi Fujita

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, Research Products

Since January 2017, Yumi has been building a new team of research analysts in Tokyo, focusing on Japanese equities. She assures the quality of the research products, and actively engages with clients and companies, supporting brand-building and business development activities in the Japanese market. She regularly presents at conferences and workshops on various ESG topics in Japan and in Southeast Asia. Previously, Yumi led the Industrials and Transportation sector research out of Sustainaltyics’ Singapore office, where she managed the team of analysts located across Asia and Europe.

Prior to joining Sustainalytics, Yumi worked for over six years in the financial services industry; she was part of Deloitte Singapore’s M&A Transaction Services team, and, was responsible for variety of roles from sales to operations at Citibank in Tokyo and Hong Kong. She has also conducted empirical research on the impact-investment fundraising market in Japan, working with one of the leading asset managers in the field.

Yumi has an MBA, with a focus on sustainability and impact investment, from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and holds a bachelor’s degree in Law and International Politics from Hokkaido University in Japan.

LOCATION

Tokyo

Karin Björk

MANAGER, INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS

Karin works with Sustainalytics’ Nordic institutional investor clients to support their responsible investment strategies. Prior to joining Sustainalytics Karin worked with anti-corruption due diligence reports as a member of Dow Jones’ risk and compliance department in Barcelona, Spain. In her role, Karin coordinated and supervised research on potentially corrupt companies, executives and politicians globally as well as supported clients and trained researchers. Parallel to her work at Dow Jones, Karin also provided freelance research for the book “The Real Issues of the Middle East and the Arab Spring: Addressing Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.” Her input was mainly directed towards policy recommendations on information technology, innovation and entrepreneurship connected to education systems and labour markets to enhance youth employment and sustainable economic development.

Previously, Karin was a research assistant a FRIDE, a Madrid-based think tank, where she conducted research on the EU’s foreign policy. She also organized high-level international events for policy-makers and civil society representatives.

Karin holds a master’s degree in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick, UK, and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Lund University, Sweden. Karin also speaks five languages: Swedish, Danish, English, German and Spanish.

LOCATION

Amsterdam

Vikram Puppala

DIRECTOR, CARBON SOLUTIONS, INDEXES, GREEN & SOCIAL BOND

Vikram Puppala manages the Carbon Solutions, Sustainability Bonds and Sustainability Indices offerings at Sustainalytics. As a product manager for Sustainalytics’ Carbon Solutions, Vikram is responsible for providing clients with a set of tools and analysis that will help them understand and manage their carbon-related risks. As the head of the Sustainability Bonds team, Vikram provides second party review and verification on green/sustainability/social bonds and helps issuers bring a credible and robust green bond to the market. Vikram also manages Sustainalytics’ Sustainability Indices offering, where he is responsible for the development and maintenance of ESG and sustainability related indices. Prior to joining Sustainalytics, he worked at De Lage Landen, Rabobank’s leasing division as a clean technology debt finance manager. He has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business with a specialization in Business and Sustainability and a graduate diploma in Business and Environment. He is also Project Management Professional certified and holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Florida.

LOCATION

Toronto

Jonathan Nelson

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RESEARCH

Jonathan oversees the corporate governance research and data research teams at Sustainalytics. Jonathan previously worked at ISS where he helped institutional investors build a global governance philosophy based on local market best practices and sector norms. He also implemented that philosophy through these investors’ proxy voting activities.

Jonathan holds a master’s degree in International Commerce and Policy from George Mason University’s School of Public Policy, as well as a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from The College of William and Mary.

LOCATION

Amsterdam

Doug Morrow

DIRECTOR, THEMATIC RESEARCH

Doug is a creative, MBA-educated, award-winning research director with 12 years of experience in the responsible investment industry. His work bridges investment strategy with ESG trends and factors.

Doug’s expertise covers ESG integration into fundamental, quantitative, passive and smart beta investment strategies, thematic investing opportunities, and portfolio ESG risk analysis. He has successfully led research projects looking at climate change-driven investment opportunities, ESG risk in default funds offered by defined contribution pension schemes, the financial materiality of ESG controversies, portfolio strategies for water scarcity and the predictive ability of ESG scores in assessing M&A transactions.

Doug holds an MBA and Master of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia.

LOCATION

Toronto

Loic Dujardin

MANAGING DIRECTOR, JAPAN

Over the past six years, Loic has been working with asset managers and pension funds in Singapore and in Japan on the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions. He has also led Sustainalytics Asia Pacific research team and has contributed to the continued enhancement of Sustainalytics’ overall responsible investment research offerings.

As a former senior analyst at Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) and Amundi, Loïc has a deep understanding of the ESG issues most important to investors in the Asian region. He is also an expert on water-related risks having successfully engaged on the issue with companies in the mining, utilities and food sectors in China and India.

Loic represents Sustainalytics at conferences and speaks regularly on a variety of ESG and sustainable finance topics.

Loïc has a master’s degree in International Finance from Sorbonne University in France and a bachelor’s degree from Glasgow University, Scotland.

LOCATION

Tokyo

Dr Hendrik Garz

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ESG RATING PRODUCTS & THEMATIC RESEARCH

Hendrik is heading Sustainalytics’ global ESG Rating Products (ESG Risk Rating and Corporate Governance Rating) and Thematic Research. He also manages Sustainalytics’ Frankfurt office, which covers the company’s business activities in the DACH region.

Before joining Sustainalytics, Hendrik worked as a sell-side equity analyst/strategist at WestLB for more than 15 years. Hendrik is very active in the responsible investment community, serving as co-chair of the German association of investment professionals’ (DVFA) commission on responsible investing and is a member of the European Federation of Financial Analyst Societies’ commission on ESG.

Prior affiliations include serving on Project Delphi’s technical working group, the advisory committee for the STOXX ESG index family, the PRI working group on ESG integration, the Technical Review Committee of the Global Initiative for Sustainability Ratings (GISR) and the Investor Testing Group of the IIRC. Finally, Hendrik was also involved in the development of the German Sustainability Code.

Hendrik holds a PhD in Finance and has co-authored a book on Portfolio Management. In the 2014 Extel/IRRI Survey, Hendrik was the runner up in the category “Best SRI Analyst.”

LOCATION

Frankfurt

Catalina Secreteanu

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CLIENT RELATIONS (REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR, APAC & ASIA)

Catalina is part of Sustainalytics’ Client Relations team and, since relocating from London to Sydney in 2015, she has been working with investors in the Asia Pacific region to support the development and implementation of their responsible investment strategies.

Catalina has over seven years’ experience in sustainable and responsible investment and, in 2013 and 2014, she was voted best client relations/sales person for responsible investment in the Independent Research in Responsible Investment (IRRI) Survey. Before joining Sustainalytics, she was a Program Manager at the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), where she was responsible for UKSIF’s programs geared towards institutional investors, including a series of ESG events and various marketing activities.

Catalina has been an active member of several responsible investment steering committees including the Analyst Committee Group of UKSIF, the international working group of the US Responsible Investment Association, as well as the Australasian Responsible Investment Association engagement group. She was also a founding member of the “Next Generation” initiative, a peer support network for individuals working in responsible investment in the UK, as well as the founding group of the “Women in Sustainable Finance” network, based in Sydney.

Catalina has a master’s degree in Corporate Social Responsibility from Nottingham University Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Bucharest.

LOCATION

Sydney

Heather Lang

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE FINANCE SOLUTIONS

Heather is heading up our Sustainable Finance Solutions business unit, focusing on green bonds and sustainable lending. She collaborates with leading global underwriters, lending institutions and issuers to allocate capital towards sustainability performance through innovative financing instruments.

Having worked at Sustainalytics since 2004, Heather has held director positions on the research, institutional relations and client advisory teams across multiple regions, based out of both Canada and the Netherlands. She represents Sustainalytics at conferences and speaks regularly on a variety of ESG and sustainable finance topics.

Prior to joining the company, Heather worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant and a human rights worker. She has an undergraduate degree from McGill University and a master’s degree from Carleton University.

LOCATION

Toronto

Simon MacMahon

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, RESEARCH PRODUCTS

Simon MacMahon is head of Research Products at Sustainalytics and is a member of the company’s executive team. He oversees all ESG and corporate governance research and the management of Sustainalytics’ ESG ratings products. Simon brings content knowledge, a deep understanding of research and data management processes, and extensive market experience to the role.

Simon joined Sustainalytics in 2008 and has held several leadership roles. Prior to leading research, he was the executive lead of Sustainalytics’ Advisory Services team. During his tenure he built Sustainalytics account management and advisory teams and was responsible for Sustainalytics’ clients globally.

He has a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business, professional certification from the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute and is a certified Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) trainer. He is a board member of the Responsible Investment Association.

LOCATION

Toronto

Diederik Timmer

EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Diederik is the executive vice president of Client Relations at Sustainalytics. Over the past seven years Diederik has helped build Sustainalytics into the largest independent provider of ESG research and analysis for the global investment community. He acts as an advisor to senior executives, portfolio managers, and risk professionals on developing and implementing responsible investment strategies. Diederik directly manages the Client Relations team that scored 1st, 2nd and 3rd position in the 2012 Thomson Reuters Extel and SRI-Connect IRRI Survey for best client services person in ESG research. In 2013, Diederik transferred from Amsterdam to New York City. The move was in a response to the growing momentum of responsible investment in North America and reflects Sustainalytics’ increased focus on client service and sales in this market.

Diederik is an accomplished speaker, is invited to speak at events and conferences across the globe and has contributed to numerous books, reports and articles on the topic of responsible investment. Prior to joining Sustainalytics, Diederik managed research projects at Nyenrode Business University. During this period Diederik contributed to multiple publications, including “A billion to gain? A study on global financial institutions and microfinance,” “ING Microfinance Support,” and “Investors in Need of Social, Ethical, and Environmental Information” (Journal of Business Ethics). Diederik’s in-depth understanding of responsible investment, combined with his pragmatic and effective approach, allows him to advise professionals in the financial sector. Currently, he is an active member of several responsible investment and ethics committees and is a member of the PRI working group on ESG integration in equity investments.

LOCATION

New York

Michael Jantzi

CEO

Michael Jantzi is the CEO of Sustainalytics. He was the founder of Jantzi Research and has been active in the responsible investment field since 1990. Michael is a thought leader on sustainability investment and corporate social responsibility issues and regularly appears in the global media. He is the co-author of The 50 Best Ethical Stocks for Canadians: High Value Investing, published by MacMillan Canada.

Over the years Michael and his team have been recognized for their research excellence and for being champions of sustainable and responsible investment globally. In 2006, Jantzi Research won the Capital Markets Award for Sustainable Investment & Banking, awarded by the GLOBE Foundation and The Globe and Mail as part of the prestigious GLOBE Awards for Environmental Excellence program. In June 2010 Michael was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Social Investment Organization (now the Responsible Investment Association) in recognition of his contributions to the Canadian sustainable and responsible investment market thorough leadership, initiative, collaboration and innovation. He was named one of Canada’s Clean50 in 2012. Sustainalytics was also internationally recognized in 2012, 2013 and 2014 as the best independent responsible investment research firm in the Independent Research in Responsible Investment (IRRI) survey conducted by Extel and SRI-CONNECT.

Michael is a director of the Tides Canada Foundation. He’s on the Advisory Council of Ivy Business School’s Institute for Long-Term Prosperity through Business. Michael holds degrees from Western University and Dalhousie University.

LOCATION

Toronto

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