23 Oct 2015
- Event
London Stock Exchange
10 Paternoster Square
London EC4M 7LS
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and the China Green Finance Committee, in partnership with Climate Bonds Initiative, co-hosted a landmark green bond conference on 23 October in London.
Harriett Baldwin MP
Economic Secretary to HM Treasury
Harriett Baldwin was appointed Economic Secretary to the Treasury (City Minister) 11 May 2015. She was elected as the Member of Parliament for West Worcestershire in May 2010, where she has lived since 2006. She was appointed to become the Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Russia before joining the government in February 2014 as Assistant Government Whip. In the July 2014 reshuffle she was promoted to Lord Commissioner.
Kevin Bourne
Managing Director, FTSE Russell
Kevin is a Managing Director in the Information Services Division of the London Stock Exchange Group. He is a member of the Divisions executive management committee & is responsible for one of the Divisions 3 product groups, Database Services. Database Services sits alongside two other product group including, Index Benchmarks & Real Time Data. Database Services is a newly established product group focusing on the construction & delivery of a modular next generation quantitative & structural data platform. This platform combines an advanced analytical framework for the interrogation of specialist data models which includes ESG Environmental, Social & Governance scores & LCE Low Carbon ‘Green’ Economy industrial transition factors. He joined the firm in May 2012 after nearly 8 years at HSBC where he was a standing member of the banks Global Equities Exco as the Head of Portfolio, Algorithmic & Electronic Trading. He was also responsible for the Global Soft Dollar business as well as initiating the development of the HSBC Global Climate Change Index which quickly became the sector benchmark for thematic innovation & resulted in his ongoing membership of the Group Sustainability Committee. Prior to HSBC, Kevin worked at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup as the head of electronic trading in EMEA & also at Fidelity Brokerage as the head of electronic trading in EMEA. Kevin entered the investment industry in 1984 as part of the Clerical Medical Mutual graduate program specializing in Group Pensions having previously served six years in the British army as an artillery intelligence specialist with the airborne brigade during which time he saw active service during the Falklands War in 1982.
Suzanne Buchta
Global Co-Head of Green Bonds, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Suzanne Buchta is a managing director in Debt Capital Markets and a 16-year veteran at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. As a global co-head of Green Bonds and Market Linked Notes, she and her team work across industry lines to advise capital markets clients on product-specific financings. Buchta has been active in advising issuers and consulting investors on green bonds since 2010. Her team brought the first retail green bonds in 2011, met with green bond investors around the globe and helped to garner mandates for a broad range of key green bond issuances. Along with Citigroup, Buchta co-authored a white paper on the framework for green bonds. Published in September 2013, the white paper formed the basis for the “Green Bond Principles,” which was published on Jan. 13. These guidelines are quickly becoming a recognized market standard for transparency and disclosure for green bonds. Buchta was named a 2014 Bloomberg New Energy Finance FiRe Finalist for her work on “Catapulting Green Bonds from a Niche Market to a Mainstream Market.” She recently spoke on green bonds at the United Nation’s Abu Dhabi Ascent, and appeared at a number of other conferences globally addressing various green bond topics. Buchta holds a masters degree in Mathematics from UNC Chapel Hill, a Fulbright Fellowship from Melbourne University and a BA from College of the Holy Cross.
Chen Yaqin
Division Chief Environmental Finance, Industrial Bank
Mrs. Yaqin Chen is the director of Market Development Division of Environmental Finance Department, Industrial Bank CO., LTD(IB). She is responsible for the market development, financial product innovation and business management in Green Finance. She has extensive experience in Green Finance and Environmental equity trading sectors. And has a deep understanding of Green Finance business innovation of commercial banks. As an expert, she participated in the drafting of green credit policy for CBRC, and the green finance research work for PBOC. Also she is one of the experts of MOF and ADB. She has a master degree in Tsinghua University.
Mike Clark
Director, Responsible Investment, Russell Investments
Mike joined Russell Investments 20 years ago, and held a number of senior client-facing roles before becoming Russell’s first RI Director in 2013. Mike chairs Russell’s Sustainability Council, a global group of some 20 associates, established when Russell became a UNPRI signatory in 2009. Mike has a number of other affiliations, centred on the role of the financial sector in the wider economy. In one of those, he represents the UK actuarial profession on the global Advisory Council of the Stranded Assets Programme run by the Smith School at the University of Oxford.
Evelyn Hartwick
Senior Financial Officer, Treasury Client Solutions, IFC
Ms. Hartwick has primary responsibility for capital market development in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa (EMEA region), and for tailoring strategies to help IFC’s private sector clients manage their currency and interest rate exposure. Another aspect of her role includes helping private sector companies’ access off-shore/on-shore funding through capital market and/or structured instruments. In her previous role, Ms. Hartwick managed the strategy and execution of social responsible bond programs including: environmental bonds (green); and social bonds (gender and poverty alleviation). Other responsibilities included the management of structured debt and private and public issuance with focus on the US, Asia and Latin America. Her work in Latin America included development of the local capital markets through issuance of local currency bonds; proceeds of which are directly linked to IFC’s lending operations. Ms. Hartwick has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Maryland and an Executive MBA from R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. She is a native Spanish speaker and fluent in Portuguese and English. She has extensive experience in fixed income securities, treasury and financial technology systems. Prior to joining IFC Treasury, Ms. Hartwick worked in the Energy Department of the World Bank.
Sean Kidney
CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Sean Kidney is the CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO working to mobilize debt capital markets for climate solutions. Projects include a green bond definitions and certification scheme with $34 trillion of assets represented on its Board and some 50 organizations involved in its development and governance; developing proposals for the European Commission on Europe’s role in mobilizing private sector capital for climate solutions; and working with the China’s central bank on how to grow green bonds in China. Sean is is Consultant (Green Bonds) to the United Nations Secretary General; a member of the German International Aid Ministry’s TRANSfer Expert Group on “Using Climate Financing to Leverage Sustainable Transport”; and was a member of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Expert Committee on Climate Finance. He was previously an award-winning marketing advisor to a number of the largest Australian pension funds and a social marketer and publisher.
Alvaro Lario
China Portfolio Manager, IFC
Mr. Lario is a Principal Portfolio Officer at the International Finance Corporation and has over 10 years of investment experience in fixed income and equity investments. He leads the Sovereign and Quasi-Sovereign, China and Emerging Markets Corporate investments at IFC Treasury. Prior to joining IFC, he was Head of Alternative Investments at an independent Spanish asset management firm (Renta 4) where he was responsible for managing a fund of hedge funds, a global macro and equity funds. He was also an Adjunct Professor at Instituto de Empresa (IE) Business School in Madrid. Mr. Lario holds a PhD in Financial Economics from Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), a Master of Research in Economics from London Business School (UK) and a Master in Finance from Princeton University (USA). Throughout his postgraduate studies he received fellowships from La Caixa Foundation, ICO Foundation and UK Economic and Social Research Council.
Li Gang
Head of Money Markets, Agricultural Bank of China
Li Gang, Doctor of finance, Research Associate, is now Director in Financial Markets Department of ABC. He has rich experience in trading transactions in Interest Rate, Derivatives, FX and Money Markets in the past ten years. He was awarded as Excellent Trading Supervisor of Interbank Market, and Ten Outstanding Youths of ABC Head Office. He has participated in several issuances of MTN and conducted the issuance of the first-ever green bond of ABC.
Spencer Maclean
MD, Head of DCM, Standard Chartered
Spencer Maclean is Head of Debt Capital Markets for Europe at Standard Chartered Bank, he has over 15 years of capital markets experience and been involved with conventional and Green bond issuance for a range of issuers. He has run both bond syndicate and DCM teams having started his career as a bond trader.
Martina Macpherson
Director, Oekom Research
Martina Macpherson is the founder of SI Partners Ltd., an independent advisory firm that specializes in sustainability strategy consulting, ESG business development, analytics and education services. The company represents oekom research in the UK. In 2015, Martina also joined Hermes EOS as an Associate Director, Engagement. Martina is a writer, lecturer and presenter on sustainable, ethical and impact investing and contributes to industry publications in this field. Prior to SI Partners, Martina held a range of global strategic business management, marketing and product development roles at MSCI, Lloyds, RBS, F&C and Deutsche Bank. Martina holds a M.A. (Hons) in Law, Philosophy and History of Art from Frankfurt in Germany, is an UKSIF Analyst Committee member, a professional CIM member and an alumni fellow of the German National Academic Foundation.
Michael Mah
Corporate Development Director, Xianda Intl.
Mr Michael Mah graduated from University of Cambridge, UK with MA in Social and Political Science. He started his career with Hwang-DBS Investment Bank, Malaysia, as an Analyst in the Debt Capital Markets team. Thereafter he gained his exposure in business development and investments (China Market) while he was working for a boutique advisory and an American Single Family Office in Shanghai. He is currently holding a directorship in Irrawaddy Capital Singapore Pte Ltd as well as the in XIANDA International (HK) Limited. Mr. Mah is mainly involved in commercial negotiation and strategic planning of the group.
Peter Mason
Managing Director & Head of FIG, Barclays
Peter Mason is co-Head of FIG Banking EMEA and Head of FIG DCM EMEA at Barclays, based in London.
Peter Mason has over 17 years of investment banking experience largely focused on FIG clients. Prior to joining Barclays in June 2010, he served as Head of Citigroup’s Northern European FIG DCM business. He has over 12 years of FIG DCM experience post completing his MBA at INSEAD. After joining Barclays, Peter led FIG DCM coverage for Dutch, Nordic, CEEMENA and UK Insurance clients before taking up the roles of Head of FIG DCM EMEA in 2014 and Co-Head of FIG Banking EMEA in 2015. Additionally, Peter serves as Chairman of Barclays’ Global Advisory Committee for EMEA.
Peter has a MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University, UK; and is a member of the UK’s Association of Corporate Treasurers.
Nicholas Pfaff
Senior Director & Secretary of the Green Bond Principles, ICMA
Nicholas Pfaff is a Senior Director in the Market Practice and Regulatory Policy team of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA). He is the Secretary of the Green Bond Principles, and chairs the Pan-European Private Placement Joint Committee. He also coordinates the Public Sector Issuer Forum, and is the Head of ICMA’s Paris office. Nicholas is a senior banker with extensive international experience in investment banking and capital markets, as well as in development banking. He has worked previously at Goldman Sachs, BNP Paribas and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
Nikhil Rathi
Chief Executive Officer, LSE plc & Director of International Development, LSEG
Nikhil was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of LSE plc in September 2015. He also has Group-wide responsibilities for International Development. He is a member of the LSEG Executive Committee. He joined LSEG in May 2014 as Director of International Development and Chief of Staff from the UK Treasury, where he held a number of senior positions over an eleven year period. Most recently he was Director of the Financial Services Group, representing the UK Government's financial services interests in the EU and internationally. He served as the UK representative on the EU Financial Services Committee. Prior to that, he was Head of the Financial Stability unit, overseeing a number of the UK's financial stability interventions during the crisis. Nikhil also served as Private Secretary to the UK Prime Minister for three years from 2005 to 2008.
Ulrik Ross
Global Head of Public Sector & Sustainable Financing, HSBC
Ulrik manages all financing and capital market-related solutions for Public Sector clients globally. This includes services for High Grade and EM clients, ranging from Bonds and Loans, to the more bespoke financing solutions, liability management and capital solutions needed in today's evolving markets. Fully integrated within this, is the development of the sustainable financing franchise, for which Ulrik has overall responsibility within the capital financing group globally. He is a member of the ICMA established Executive Committee for the Green Bond Principles.
Ulrik joined HSBC in 2007, prior to which he had a series of senior roles at both Nomura and Merrill Lynch in London. Ulrik began his career in Denmark working for BG Bank in fixed income trading and sales roles, followed by a position in the treasury division at Finance for Danish Industry, where he was responsible for the fixed income asset management portfolio and was also a member of the risk management committee. In 1998 Ulrik joined the Nordic Investment Bank as a senior funding officer and was also a member of the finance committee. Ulrik holds a Master of Finance Degree from Copenhagen Business School (HD-F).
Shao Yunming
Senior Investment Manager, Tus-S&T Service Group
Yunming Shao is a senior investment manager from Tus Science & Technology Service Group, a Chinese group with multiple listed and private companies devoted to helping customers with complex environmental challenges and improving quality of life through science and technology innovations. Before that, he was a director in a listed Singaporean water company. He has a Master degree in engineering from Tsinghua University, and he is also a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Munich in Germany.
Henry Shilling
Senior VP, Moody’s
Henry leads the firm’s effort that is focused on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, their impact on credit ratings, related research, outreach and product development. He also conducts research and publishes periodic commentary on the green bonds market. With Moody’s since 1992, Henry played a leading role during his tenure in the development of the Managed Investments Group with the launch of money market and bond fund risk ratings in the US and Europe. He has worked as a credit research analyst and has been a frequent author of research articles and speaker at industry conferences, Henry is the author of The International Guide to Securities Market Indices which was published in 1996 by International Publishing Corp., Chicago, Illinois. He is a contributor to Money Market Funds in the EU and the US, published in 2014 by Oxford University Press. He earned a B.A. in economics from Lehman College, City University of New York in 1971.
Tao Jiang
VP, Golden Concord Holdings Limited
Mr. Jiang joined GCL Group in 2013 as a Vice President responsible for the company’s investment and financing business. Mr. Jiang has 20 years’ experience in corporate banking, global capital markets and investment banking, specifically familiar with transnational investment and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to his position at GCL, Mr. Jiang used to work in Singapore and Hong Kong, and has served in many world famous financial institutions including China Investment Corporation, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas, Societe Generale, and Westdeutsche Landesbank. Mr. Jiang earned a Master's degree from Anhui University of Science and Technology in 1988 and an MBA from the China Europe International Business School in 1993.
Matthew Tobin
Partner, Slaughter & May
Matthew is a partner in Slaughter and May's financing group and head of the firm's Debt Capital Markets practice. Matthew advises on a wide range of financing work, including acquisition financing, capital markets and securitisation transactions, with a strong focus on DCM. He works with corporate clients across a range of sectors, covering both the investment grade and non-investment grade markets. Matthew has also advised governments and other public bodies as well as banks on issues arising from the financial crisis.
Wang Yan
Deputy General Manager, Bank of China, London
Graduated from the Renmin University of China in 1992, Bachelor of Economy. She has worked in Global Financial Markets area of Bank of China Limited group since 1996. Her experience covers management and trading in Money Market, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals and Fixed Income Portfolio Management. Ms. Yan Wang was relocated to London Branch in 2004 and now is the Deputy General Manager supervising Global Financial Markets Department.
Yang Zhiyong
Head of Asian Capital Markets, ICBC Standard
Zhiyong Yang is presently Head of Asian Capital Markets at ICBC Standard Bank. He has spent 16 years in the financial industry and has experience in working with Asian sovereigns, financial institutions and corporates, helping them to issue debt into the capital markets. Zhiyong’s prior roles at ICBC Head Office include Head of Non-Banking Financial Institutions, Head of Futures, Head of Financial Futures Clearing Centers and acting as a Relationship Banker within ICBC’s Securities Business. Whilst at ICBC New York he further developed his expertise by working syndicated loan and credit risk teams. He was Board Member of China Western Returned Scholars Association American Branch (WRSA), Vice President of Chicago Booth Beijing Alumni Club, and has an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Nikhil Rathi, Chief Executive Officer, LSE plc & Director of International Development, LSEG
Zhang Xiaohui, Assistant Governor, People’s Bank of China
Professor Yao Wang, Deputy Secretary General, China Green Finance Committee
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