October 3-5, 2023, CICG, Geneva

Building Bridges will host High-Level Plenaries during the 2023 edition to gather all participants around critical global topics.

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High-Level Plenaries

Speakers

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José Manuel Barroso

Chair of the Board, Gavi; Former President of the European Commission

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Emily McKenzie

Technical Director – TNFD
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Paul Polman

Business Leader, Climate and Equality Campaigner – Net Positive
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Renata Pollini

Head of Nature – Holcim
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Michael Baldinger

Chief Sustainability Officer – UBS
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Alison Bewick

Global Head of Group Risk Management – Nestlé
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Sebastião Salgado

Photographer & Activist

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Judson Berkey

Lead, Advocacy, Chief Sustainability Office – UBS
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Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Co-President – The Club of Rome
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Nora Ernst

Senior Sustainability Risk Manager – Swiss Re
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Hubert Keller

Senior Managing Partner – Lombard Odier
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Mahmoud Mohieldin

UN Climate Change High-Level Champion – COP27 Egypt
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Laurent Ramsey

Managing Partner – Pictet
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Sonja Gibbs

Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance – Institute of International Finance

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Her Highness Sheikha Shamma Bint Sultan Bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

President and Chief Executive Officer – UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators
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Geoff Cutmore

Financial Journalist

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Antonio Hautle

Executive Director – UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein
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Andreas Ernst

Head, Endowment Responsible Investment – Constanter
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Aaron Bennett

Chief Investment Officer – University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP)
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Niall Quinn

Equity Partner – Pictet
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Richard Manley

Chief Sustainability Officer – CPP Investments
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James Mwangi

Chief Executive Officer – Equity Group Holdings
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Marie-Laure Salles

Director – Geneva Graduate Institute
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Barbara Buchner

Global Managing Director – Climate Policy Initiative
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Avinash Persaud

Special Envoy on Investment and Financial Services to the Prime Minister – Government of Barbados
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Mattia Romani

Chief Policy Officer – holistiQ Investment Partners
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Stephanie Pfeifer

Chief Executive – Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
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Daniela Stoffel

State Secretary for International Finance – Federal Department of Finance