Re-thinking Finance

Thursday, October 6, 2022 – Thursday, October 6, 2022
14:00 – 15:30
Centre International de Conférences Genève - Room B

Finance is accelerating the destruction of ecosystems, accumulating wealth where it is not needed, and ignoring the consequences of the tragedies it creates. This participatory session will open with questions, to be discussed with speakers and the public. How do we put finance at the service of equitable wellbeing within a healthy biosphere?

Speakers:

Oksana Tkachenko

Founder, LeanFinance

Oksana Tkachenko is a founder and director of LeanFinance, providing financial and consultancy services to investors, institutions, donor agencies, NGOs and SMEs. She has a special interest in blended finance.

Isabel Hoffmann

Director & Head of Strategic Partnerships, rePlanet

Alexandra Robinson

Associate Partner, bei Frændi

Dag Messelt

Certified ESG Analyst & Senior Sustainability Consultant, sustainAX

Dag Messelt has 30 years’ experience in financial markets and asset management . He co-founded sustainAX in February 2021 offering ESG risk research, SDG communication assessments, and sustainable finance consulting .

Beris Gwynne

Founder/Lead facilitator, Incitare

Carlos Alvarez Pereira

Vice President - The Club of Rome

Carlos Alvarez Pereira is the vice president of the Club of Rome. He is an Aerospace Engineer and former systems dynamics lecturer at Polytechnic University of Madrid who later entered the digital sector across Spain, Switzerland, France, and Germany. He chaired the Innaxis Foundation, focusing on complex systems and responsible innovation. Dedicated to fostering a civilisational shift towards equitable wellbeing and sustainable biosphere, he advises the UNESCO Chair of Global Understanding for Sustainability (University of Jena), the International Bateson Institute, and Switzerland's SWEET EDGE project. Mr. Alvarez Pereira also serves on the Scientific Council of Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions (MAK'IT) and is a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS).