Anna Asikainen

Head Sustainability and Climate Risk Framework - UBS

Anna has built her expertise in sustainability and climate risks by working for over a decade in consulting, the financial sector and academia. Prior to joining UBS, she was the Commercial Director for Carbon and Environmental Markets at the Mexican Stock Exchange and co-developed the climate risk practice at South Pole.

She joined UBS in 2019 and in her current role she is responsible for:
– maintaining and developing UBS’s sustainability and climate risk framework
– advising on climate- and nature risk, carbon markets and decarbonization
– developing the external and internal reporting and monitoring prudential regulatory requirements on sustainability and climate risk

The Sustainability and Climate Risk team at UBS is responsible for developing and implementing principles and controls to manage sustainability and climate risks across the firm. It also acts as a second line of defence and partners with the business to manage regulatory and associated risks

Anna holds a M.S. in Economics from Aalto University School of Business in Helsinki, Finland and a B.S. in International Business from Helsinki School of Economics.