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Event Date |
Tue May 7 CEST - Wed May 8 CEST (about 1 year ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Mon May 6 6:00pm - Tue May 7 6:00pm |
Location |
Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof
Am Kaiserplatz, Bethmannstraße 33, 60311 Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Region | EMEA |
Networking Time:
• The summit offers a unique opportunity to network with leaders in the sustainable, responsible and impact community and to exchange views on new approaches, trends and regulatory developments in this field. To this end, we have integrated the longer networking blocks.
Key Notes:
• The practice-oriented 20-minute expert presentations provide deeper insights and go far beyond the mere transfer of knowledge. Experts share their experience, present innovative solutions and address current and relevant issues.
Panel Discussions:
• Top international speakers and experts will provide insights into current topics in sustainable investment. In the 40-minute moderated panel discussions, we will discuss sustainable and especially impact investing as investment strategies that achieve a measurable, positive social or environmental impact in addition to a financial return.
Fireside Chats:
• In these moderated fireside chats, forward-looking investors, asset managers, banks and companies take a look at future business potential. Space for innovative ideas, sustainable and impact-oriented strategies and personal insights.
Goals of the Summit
• Improve Deal Flow and Present Investment Opportunities at Scale, Connect Dach Investors with World’s Leading Sustainable and Impact Managers
• Strengthen Competence and Exchange Know-How Within the Financial Services Industry
• Develop Better Methods and Data to Evaluate Non-Financial Outcomes, Share the Latest Research and Principles from Leading Associations and Academia
• Support Sustainability and Impact Innovation Practices, Bring Bestin-Class Practices to And from The Dach Market
• Keep up The Momentum, Create a Community of Managers and Investors Whose Values and Return Requirements Align,build Cohesion
The event is a strong voice in the DACH region advancing sustainable, responsible and impact investing across all asset classes.
Our mission is to rapidly shift investment practices towards sustainability, focusing on long term investment and the generation of positive social and environmental impacts.
The aim of this event is also to provide a communication platform for corporate leaders and stakeholders Many corporate leaders understand that businesses have a key role to play in tackling urgent challenges, and so are reducing their climate change footprint.
2024 Speakers
Hans-Peter Dohr
Managing Partner, Institutional Capital Associates
Manuela M. Froehlich
Co-Founder & Partner, Fondsfrauen
Andreas Knörzer
Managing Partner, Knörzer Consulting
Dr. Klaus Kunz
Managing Director, Ephrin
Verena Menne
Executive Director, Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen
Volker Weber
Co-CEO / Chief Sustainability Officer, NIXDORF Kapital
Susanne Bregy
Managing Director, Bundesinitiative Impact Investing
Angelika Delen
Global Head of Impact Investing, Mercer
Florian Bauer
Director Social Finance, Sustainability and Innovation, ERSTE Stiftung
Prof. Dr. Dorothée Baumann-Pauly
Director Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights, Geneva University’s School of Economics and Management
Mag. Andreas Bayerle
Chief Financial Officer, Helvetia Versicherungen
Arnaud Béasse
Managing Director, invest.austria
Dr. Helmut Berg
Director Marketing & Sales, Oikocredit International
Dr. Andreas Bertl
Managing Director, UNIQA Capital Markets, Head of Group Asset Management, UNIQA Insurance Group
Antje Biber
Head of SDG Office – FERI, Non-Executive Board Member – EEX (European Energy Exchange)
Dr. Stephanie Bilo
Chief Client & Investment Solutions Officer, responsAbility Investments
Joss Blamire
Director Infrastructure, GRESB
James Boakes
Senior Alternative Sustainable Investment Analyst, Mercer
Juliane von Boeselager
Investor Relations Manager, FASE
MMag. Peter Bohynik
CEO, Österreichische Ordenskonferenz
Danielle Brassel
Director – Responsible Investment, Zurich Insurance Group
Dr. Tim Breker
Co-Founder & Managing Director, VYTAL
Katja Brunner
Director Legal & Regulatory, Swiss Sustainable Finance SSF
Marc Buchli
Co-CEO and Executive Board Member, Flick Family Office & Privatstiftung
Anna-Lena Budde
Deputy Managing Director, Norddeutsche Kirchliche Versorgungskasse
Prof. Dr. Timo Busch
Full professor at the School of Business, Economics and Social Science, University of Hamburg
Tamojit Chatterjee
Senior Specialist, Energy Transition Policy and Governance, Sustainable Energy for ALL
Kärim Chatti
Investor Relations DACH, Triodos Investment Management
Nachu Chockalingam, CFA
Senior Credit Portfolio Manager, Federated Hermes
Dr. Rafal Chudy
Managing Director, Forest Business Analytics
Charlotte Daelemans, CFA
Senior Real Assets Specialist, Global Client Group, UK, Nuveen
Dominik Damaschke
Head of Infrastructure Equity, MEAG
Siti Dawson
Senior Analyst Impact Investing, SIGLO Capital Advisors
Fabrizio Di Bauda
Sustainability specialist and deputy head of investments, Basellandschaftliche Pensionskasse
Diego Stapff
Fund Director, Latin American Green Bond Fund, Finance in Motion
Désirée Dosch
Managing Partner & Owner, Alvicus
FD DI Willibald Ehrenhöfer
Head of Forestry Directorate, Forstbetrieb Franz Mayr-Melnhof-Saura
Bernhard Eikenberg
Partner, CIM Emerging Markets, Community Investment Management
Waleed Elgohary
Partner, Climate Equity, Apollo Global Management
Ulla Enne
Head Responsible Investing & Operations, Nest Sammelstiftung
Aurélia Fäh
Senior Sustainability Expert, Asset Management Association Switzerland
Lukas Feiner
Managing Director, Metis Invest a Member of Merkur Insurance Group
Johannes Feist
CEO, Mikro Kapital Management
Dr. Christoph Fida, MRICS
Deal Advisory Partner, Managing Partner KPMG Real Estate Advisory, Head of Real Estate Austria, KPMG Real Estate Advisory, Vienna
Susanne Formanek
CEO, GRÜNSTATTGRAU Forschungs-und Innovations GmbH
Cornelia Frentz
Director Governance and Sustainable Investing, European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
Christoph Freytag
Managing Director, Finance in Motion
Mag. Reinhard Friesenbichler
Founder and Managing Director, rfu – Mag. Reinhard Friesenbichler Unternehmensberatung
Dr. Stefan Fritz
Managing Director, Stiftungszentrum der Erzdiözese München und Freising
Wendelin von Gravenreuth
Head of Illiquid Assets Forestry, MEAG
Christopher Greenwald
Head of Sustainable Investing, LGT Bank
Stefan Gross
Head of Sustainable Finance Unit, Supervisory Policy & Legal Expertise Division, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA
Simon Gupta
Founder & Managing Director, Broadpeak
Mirjam Haab
Infrastructure Specialist, Mercer Alternatives
Mag. Clemens Hansmann, MA
Chief Sustainable Officer, Gutmann Kapitalanlagegesellschaft
Oliver Hass
Project Director, asc impact
Roger Havenith
Deputy Chief Executive, European Investment Fund
Claus Hecher
Regional Head of ETF Sales DACH and Nordics, BNP Paribas Asset Management
Thomas Heinig
Chief Risk Officer, Mikro Kapital Management
Reinhard Heiserer
Director, Jugend Eine Welt – Don Bosco Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Madeleine Helms
Climate Change Specialist Consultant, MSCI
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hemel
Director, Global Ethic Institute
Jyri Hietala
Fund Manager, United Bankers
Benedikt Höck
Partner, Head of AI, KPMG
MMag. (FH) Marita Hofer
Member of the Executive Board, Allianz Vorsorgekasse and Pensionskasse
Mag. Marlies Hofer-Perktold
Deputy Head of Economics and Finance, Diocese of Innsbruck
Jenny-Li Holmström
Investment Manager, Senior Legal Counsel, Head of ESG, Taaleri Energia
Dr. Maximilian Horster
Head of Strategy, ISS ESG
Joël Hübscher
Investment Analyst Private Markets, Pensionskasse des Bundes PUBLICA
Dr. habil. Moritz Isenmann
Senior Impact and Sustainability Manager, Invest in Visions
Lothar Jakab
Director, Steinbeis Consulting Impact Investing
Steffen Fuchs
Sustainability Officer, VPV Versicherungen
Franziska Gaubatz
Staff office for management board matters and sustainability, Bayerische Versorgungskammer
Ronny Geißler
Director IB Foundation, Internationaler Bund
Lena-Katharina Gerdes
Program Manager, SDG Impact Finance Initiative
Kyra Gibhardt
Team-lead EMEA Climate Change Specialist Consultants, MSCI
Cédrine Gisin
Program Director, UBS Optimus Foundation
Charlie Graham-Brown
Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Seedstars
Sabrina Grassi
Director General, Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
Vincent Jerosch-Herold
Chief Product Officer, Asset Impact
Tilman Jundt
Head of Engagement, Inrate
Dr. Lars Kaiser
Head Group Sustainability, VP Bank
Barbara Katzdobler, CPM, CESGA
Senior Asset & Treasury Manager, Wiener Stadtwerke
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Keplinger
CEO, APK Vorsorgekasse
Thomas Klein
Managing Director, DEG Impact
Dr. Charly Kleissner
Co-Founder, Toniic & KL Felicitas Foundation, Full member of the Club of Rome
Arne Philipp Klug
Biodiversity Research Director, MSCI
Fredrik von Knorring
Deputy CEO & Partner, Fondita Fund Management
Steffen Köhler
Chief Operating Officer, European Energy Exchange
Maximilian Kulhanek
Senior Portfolio Manager, UNIQA
Vittorio Lacagnina
Partner, Apollo
Nityen Lal
Managing Partner, Icos Capital
Dr. Dimitar Lambrev
Senior Portfolio Manager – Infrastructure Investments, UNIQA Insurance Group
Hugh Lawson
Managing Director, HPS Investment Partners
Dr. Georg Lehecka
Senior Investment Fund and Bank Analyst, Österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht
Dr. Adam Lessing, LL.M.
Head CEE, Member of the Board LGT Austria, LGT Bank
Natalie Leutgeb
Sustainability Consultant Financial Services, ClimatePartner
Stephen Liberatore, CFA
Senior Managing Director, Head of ESG/Impact, Global Fixed Income, Nuveen
Dr. Diego Liechti
Chief Investment Officer, Nest Sammelstiftung
Britta Lindhorst
Managing Director – Head of European Investments, Global Head of ESG/Impact, HQ Capital
Mag. Isabella Mammerler, MBA
Chief Risk Officer, Zürich Versicherung
Lucia Mancisidor
Senior Associate, Private Equity, Federated Hermes GPE
Dr. Hannes Manndorff
Managing Director, Development Bank of Austria
Dr. Oliver Marchand
Managing Director and Global Head of Climate Research, MSCI
Max Maywald
Associate, Member Relations, GRESB
Mag. Sonja Mazanec
Head of Impact Investments & ESG, Scheuch Impact GmbH, Scheuch Foundation
Wiebke Merbeth
Partner, Monitor Deloitte
Inès Mertens
Impact Investing Market Development Lead, Impact Europe
Dr. Martin Meurers
Head of Unit – General issues of energy security, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Kurt Möller
Chief Underwriting Officer, Zürich Versicherung
Dr. Andy Moniz, CFA
Senior Vice President, Director of Responsible Investing, Acadian Asset Management
Hans-Ruedi Mosberger
Head Asset Management and Sustainable Finance, Member of Senior Management, Swiss Bankers Association
Nicolas Muller
Managing Director, Head of Funds & Co-Investments, Blue Earth Capital
Roger Naylor
Portfolio Manager, Evli Bank
Dr. Agnes Neher
Head Responsible Investment, Baloise
Mag. Jessica Neumann
Investment and Technology Promotion Expert, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Investment and Technology Promotion Office
Nadia Nikolova
Development & Impact Credit, Allianz Global Investors
Dagmar Nixdorf
Founder & Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, NIXDORF Kapital
Dr. Josef Obergantschnig
CEO, Obergantschnig Management
Dr. Johannes Ortner
CEO, Co-Founder and Co-Owner, ALIA
Barbara Ottawa
Sustainability Analyst and Freelance Journalist, rfu
Prof. Dr. Falko Paetzold
Founder and Managing Director, Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth, University of Zurich
Cornelius Patt
CEO, Principal lnvestor, Voltares Group
Alexandra Pavlovskis
ESG Product Strategy Lead, SIX Financial Information
Prof. Dr. Maurice Pedergnana
General Secretary, Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association SECA
Adam Petrie
Partner, Infrastructure, Apollo Global Management
Mathias Pianowski
Head of Sustainability Research, ÖKOWORLD
Michaela Plank
Managing Director, Mercer Austria
Andreas Poestges
CEO, Pensionskasse für die Angestellten der BARMER Ersatzkasse VVaG
Thomas Pöhler
Head of DACH, Kartesia
Dr. Jan Amrit Poser
Chief Sustainable Investment Officer and Co-Founder, radicant bank
Mag. Johannes Puhr
Managing Director and CEO, fair-finance Asset Management
Hendrik van Rahden
Managing Director, FIRSTavenue
Andrea Ramirez
Vice President, Head of ESG Commercial Strategy, Preqin
Dr. Klaus Reisinger
Managing Partner, ClimatePartner
Mag. Albert Reiter, CFA
CEO, investRFP, investESG, ESG.Guide
Jasper Renk
Senior Investment Manager Forestry & Agriculture, MEAG
Peter Renner
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Stiftung Allianz für Entwicklung und Klima
David A. Reusch
Managing Director, Missionszentrale der Franziskaner
Judith Reutimann
Co-Head of Research, Inrate
Mitch Reznick, CFA
Head of Sustainable Fixed Income, Federated Hermes
Olena Reznik
Investment Director, Mirova
Dr. Andreas Rickert
CEO Phineo, Co-CEO, Nixdorf Kapital
Kai Rintala
Managing Director, Taaleri Energia
Stephen Ross
Head of Investor Relations, Taaleri Energia
Sandra Rother
Head of Infrastructure Debt Asset Management, MEAG
Dr. Fabio Rumler
Head of International Economics Section, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Kristina Rüter
Managing Director und Global Head of ESG Methodology, ISS ESG
Karin Salomon
Head of Asset-Management & Investment Controlling, Rivora Sammelstiftung
Mag. Guenther Schiendl, CEFA
Member of the Executive Board, VBV-Pensionskasse and VBV Betriebliche Altersvorsorge
Mag. Karin Schlemaier
Board Member, Niederösterreichische Vorsorgekasse AG – NÖVK
Dr. Jürgen Schneider
Director-General, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
Priscilla Schnepper
Investment Manager, Debt Funds, European Investment Fund
Uwe Schober
Head of Private Equity, Finance in Motion GmbH
Mag. Eduard Schreiner
Managing Director, Caritas Foundation Austria
Claus Schultze
Policy Officer, European Commission
Dr. Ingeborg Schumacher-Hummel
Consultant Sustainable Investing, Responsible Impact Investing
Dr. Marc Schürch
Head Renewable Energy Infrastructure International, Swiss Life Asset Managers
Emmanuelle Sée
Head of Equity France, Swiss Life Asset Managers
Hans-Joachim Seyfarth
Head of Illiquid Assets Natural Capital, MEAG
Prof. Dr. Jacek Siry
Stuckey Timberland Professor of Forest Economics and Taxation, Harley Langdale Jr. Center for Forest Business, University of Georgia
Natalia Soboleva
Head CIO Office, Generali Insurances
Prof. Dr. Dirk Söhnholz
Sole Owner and CEO, Soehnholz ESG
Erich Stadlberger, MBA
Head Private Banking & Asset Management, Oberbank
Dusko Stjepanovic
Head of Green Banking, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
Antje Stobbe
Head of Stewardship, Allianz Global Investors
Andri Stocker
Regional Director DACH, Clarity AI
Heinz Thomas Striegler
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Evangelischen Zusatzversorgungskasse
David Thomas
Director, Infrastructure, GRESB
Claudia Tober
Executive Director, CRIC-Corporate Responsibility Interface Center
Dr. Jörg Tobler
Chief Investment Officer, Pensionskasse Stadt Zürich
Rekha Unnithan, CFA
Global Head of Private Equity Impact, Nuveen
Dr. Philipp Wagner
Executive Director, LGT Capital Partners
Michael Wancata
Member of the Executive Board, Development Bank of Austria
Philipp Weber
Head Investment Consulting, Mercer Switzerland
Annabelle Wegner
Managing Director Business Development, Cambridge Associates
Maxfield Weiss
Executive Director, CDP Europe
Sadia Wern-Sukhera
Founder and CEO, Vertevis Capital Partners
Dr. Daniel Wild
Chief Sustainability Officer, Bank J. Safra Sarasin
Inka Winter
Chief Sustainability Officer, Fürstlich Castell’sche Bank
Barbara Wokurka
Head of Impact Investing, FINVIA Family Office
Mag. Beate Wolf
Member of the Board, APK Pensionskasse
Fabian Wolfbeißer
Head of Asset Manangement, Österreichische Hagelversicherung VVaG
Dr. Julia Wörz
Head of Section, Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Jana Desirée Wunderlich
Member of the Management Board, Hannoversche Kassen
Beat Zaugg, CFA
Senior ESG Consultant, Mobiliar Asset Management
Zoya Bragina
Principal Sustainable Finance Consultant, Indefi
Esther Albert
Senior Strategy Associate, Clarity AI
Edith Aldewereld
Sustainability Advisor, ACATIS Fair Value Investment AG, Co-Founder, WISF International
Filippo Maria Alloatti
Head of Financials (Credit), Federated Hermes Limited
Michel Amar
Chief Client Engagement Officer, Asset Impact
Mag. Michaela Attermeyer
Member of the Management Board, VBV Vorsorgekasse
Dr. Guido Bader
Chairman of the Executive Board, Stuttgarter Versicherungsgruppe
Hannes Banzhaf
Deputy Managing Director and Head of Finance, Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung
Karin Barthelmes-Wehr
Managing Director, Institute for Corporate Governance in the German Real Estate Industry
2024 Sponsors
• Acadian Asset Management
• Apollo
• Blue Earth Capital
• BNP Paribas Deutschland
• Clarity AI
• Community Investment Management
• Evli
• Federated Hermes
• Finance in Motion
• Fürstlich Castell'sche Bank
• Gutmann PrivateBankers
• Icos Capital
• Indefi
• Inrate
• Invest in visions
• ISS STOXX
• KFW DEG Impact
• KPMG
• LGT Capital Partners
• MEAG
• Mikro Kapital
• MSCI
• NIXDORF Kapital
• OeKB
• Ökoworld
• ONE
• Ozean Dekade
• Phineo
• Preqin
• responsAbility
• SwissLife Asset Management
• Taaleri Energia
• United Bankers