Financial Services and Transitioning to Net Zero 2021 | Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) | 15 September 2021 | Virtual

In partnership with the British Embassy in Madrid and the Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK, OMFIF convenes two panel discussions on sustainable finance. The speakers will focus on how Spain and the UK can work more closely to deliver the COP26 private finance hub strategy, as well as a wider global perspective ahead of COP26 in November.

Topics of discussion will include:
• Policy frameworks for mitigating climate-related financial risks in the UK and Spain.
• Best practice for green investments and driving green capital markets.
• Developing the COP26 private finance hub strategy to promote global alignment with Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures framework.
• Best practice for financial institutions assessing the credibility of companies’ transition plans to net zero.

2021 Speakers

Gonzalo Munoz
High Level Climate Action Champion

William Russell
Lord Mayor, City of London

Eduardo Barrachina
President, Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the UK

Jose Maria Roldan
Chairman, Spanish Banking Association

Ángel Martínez-Aldama
President, Inverco

Tomás Gomez Palacios
Managing Director Infrastructure, Investment Banking, Cantor Fitzgerald

Marta García De Oteyza
Responsible Banking Senior Manager, Banco Santander

Ben Caldecott
Director, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, Lombard Odier Associate Professor of Sustainable Finance, University of Oxford; Director, UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment

Antoni Ballabriga
Global Head of Responsible Business, BBVA

Alex Michie
Head, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

Zoë Knight
Managing Director, Group Head, HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance, HSBC

Hugh Elliott
British Ambassador to Spain and Andorra

2021 Partners

PARTNERS:
• British Embassy Madrid
• Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom