Ethical Finance Global 2022 | Global Ethical Finance | 5 September 2022 | Royal Bank of Scotland Conference Centre, 175 Glasgow Rd, Edinburgh EH12 9SB, UK

Now in its seventh year, It is the premier Edinburgh summit driving finance for positive change.

As well as looking at macroeconomic issues impacting global markets, we will have specific sessions on topics including:
• The growing impact of conflict and geopolitics in ESG
• Core global challenges in financing climate adaptation and mitigation
• The role of finance in protecting and restoring nature and biodiversity
• The emergence of the S in ESG as a core priority
• The role of financial leaders in defining organisational purpose
• Financing the SDGs

2022 Speakers

Anshula Kant
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, World Bank Group

The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP
Cop26 President, UK Government

Saker Nusseibeh CBE
Chief Executive, Federated Hermes Limited

Usha Rao-monari
Under Secretary General and Associate Administrator, UNDP

Sarah Breeden
Executive Director for Financial Stability Strategy, Bank of England

Kathy Benini
Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Products, IHS Markit

Thom Kenrick
Head of Social Strategy & Impact, Natwest Group

Simon Thompson
Chief Executive, Chartered Banker Institute

David Pitt-watson
Investor & Visiting Fellow, Cambridge University

Michael Matheson MSP
MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, Scottish Government

Eva Cairns
Head of Sustainability Insights & Climate Strategy, Abrdn

Dame Susan Rice
Chair, Financial Services Culture Board and Gefi Global Steering Group

Omar Shaikh
Director & Co-founder, Global Ethical Finance Initiative

Chris Hayward
Chairman of the Policy Committee - City of London Corporation

Alderman Vincent Keaveny
Lord Mayor of the City of London

Julia Hoggett
CEO, London Stock Exchange

Judith Cruickshank
Regional Managing Director, Scotland & North of England at Royal Bank of Scotland and Natwest

James Wilde
Chief Sustainability Officer, Phoenix Group

Romie Goedicke
Project & Technical Manager Nature, UNEP FI

Will Goodhart
Chief Executive Officer, CFA Society of the UK

Alessandra Mongiardino
Director of Financial and Strategic Risks, Natwest Group

Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar
Chairman, Lembaga Tabung Haji Malaysia

Dr Sarah Ivory
Director, University of Edinburgh Business School’s Centre for Business, Climate Change and Sustainability

Stephen Hibbert
Global Lead Energy Transition - Sector Coverage, ING

Allan Watt
Senior Advisor

Zainal Izlan Zainal Abidin
Chairman, Capital Markets Malaysia

Kaisie Rayner
Founder and Director, a Future Worth Living

Ivan Mckee Msp
Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, Scottish Government

Amy Clarke
Co-founder & CIO, Tribe Impact Capital

Timothy Letter
Managing Director, Miller Investment Management

Bill Mccall
Principal, Mccall and Partners

Tariq Shaikh
President Rj Fleming Me

Christof Kutscher
Chief Executive Officer, Climate Asset Management

Dr Bandar Hajjar
Former President, ISDB Group

Lauren Smart
Chief Commercial Officer, S&P Global Sustainable1

Dr Hayat Sindi
Founder & CEO of The Institute for Quality

Hetal Patel
Head of Climate Investment Risk, Phoenix Group

Kate McGrath
ESG Analyst - Fixed Income, ABDRN

Mr. Muhammad Aurangzeb
President & CEO, HBL

Irina Kurochkina
Portfolio Manager, Aegon Asset Management

Jesús Martínez
Senior Portfolio Manager, Aegon Asset Management

Umer Suleman
Global Head of Risk, Wahed

Sultan Choudhury Obe
Islamic Banking Executive, Director, Chairman, Advisor & Charity Trustee

Omobolanle Victor-laniyan
Unit Head – Sustainability, Access Bank

Natalie Jackson
Sdg Platform and Research

Dr. Hurriyah El Islamy
Executive Board, Foreign Investment and International Relations, Bpkh

Dr Joanna Macrae Obe
Head, International Nature Finance, Defra

Seynabou Ba
Founder and CEO, ESG Africa

2022 Sponsors

• Abrdn
• Aegon Asset Management
• AICB
• CFA Society UK
• Chartered Banker
• City of London
• Capital Market Malaysia
• DDCAP Group
• Gatehouse Bank
• Islamic Finance Council
• Natwest Group
• The Scottish Government
• Smart Data Foundry
• Space Intelligence
• SPI
• The University of Edinburgh
• UKSIF
• UNDP