Building Bridges welcomes voices that are leading the transition and advancing sustainability.
Chief Investment Officer – University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP)
Co-Founder & CEO – CARBONCHAIN
Co-initiator – The Impact Office
CEO – Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)
Director – UNDP Representation Office in Geneva
Chief Innovation and Sustainability Officer – Iberdrola S.A.
Chief Executive Officer – EMURGO Africa
President – Swiss Confederation
Programme Officer – UNEP-WCMC
Senior Advisor, Executive Office, and Co-Lead, Giga – International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Founder & Director – Council on Economic Policies (CEP)
Head of Portfolio Management – Retraites Populaires
Global Outreach – Cardano Foundation
Postdoc – EPFL
CFA, Head Sustainable Real Estate Investments – Bank J. Safra Sarasin
Water & Marine Lead, ESG EMEA Hub – KPMG
Head Corporate Responsibility – Edmond de Rothschild (Switzerland)
CEO – FBN
Vice Chairman – Cobega, S.A.
Global Head of Group Risk Management – Nestlé
Co-Founder and Co-CEO – Seedstars
CEO and Co-Founder – Krucial
Head of Sustainable Finance – WWF Switzerland
Ambassador for the SIDS, World Diplomatic Academy; 6th President of Mauritius – Council of Women World Leaders
Policy Economist – International Growth Centre
Head of Financial Transformation Benchmark – World Benchmarking Alliance
Head, Endowment Responsible Investment – Constanter
Investor Relations Manager – Mercedes-Benz Group
Chair of the Board of Directors – Vontobel
Executive Director – Global Health Security Fund
Vice chair – Roche
Global Head of Impact Investing – Mercer
Public Sector Digitization Analyst – Ministry of ICT and Innovation (Rwanda)
Energy Product Strategy – Terrabotics
Assistant Professor of Anthropology – Geneva Graduate Institute
Board member and Chair of Financial Committee – Swiss Philanthropy Foundation
Chair of the Board – Inclusive Creation
Executive Director – UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein
Co-founder & CEO – Someone Somewhere
Founding Partner, CEO – Aliter Invest
Senior Advisor and National Coordinator – SDG Partnership Platform Kenya
Co-Founder – Toronet
Head of Private Banking and Deputy CEO – Swiss Bankers Association
Senior Sustainability Expert – Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)
Special Envoy on Investment and Financial Services to the Prime Minister – Government of Barbados
Senior Finance Specialist – Global Environment Facility
Global Head of Regenerative Agriculture – Louis Dreyfus Company
senior researcher – University of Lausanne
Global Managing Director – Climate Policy Initiative
Co-founder & CEO – Chancen International
Monitoring Evaluation Research Learning and Adapting (MERLA) Manager – Tony Elumelu Foundation
Ambassador Solar Impulse Foundation – Solar Impulse Foundation
Executive Director – Impact Finance Management SA
President – Kodluyoruz (We Code)
Founder & CEO – Aceli Africa
Partner Innovation Lead – Tenity
Chief Executive Officer – Kyoto Group
Sustainability Specialist – Julius Baer
Senior Research Officer – International Finance Corporation (IFC)
Deputy Director – Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy
Director of Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division – UNICEF
Vice President – The Club of Rome
CEO – Pro Mujer
Treasurer – UNHCR
CEO and CIO – ARK Investment Management LLC
Associate Partner – Dalberg
Co-Founder, Co-Lead Giga – UNICEF
Global Head of Sustainable Sovereign Finance – Bankers without Boundaries
Head Corporate Responsibility – UBS
Head Corporate Responsibility – Vontobel
Envoy of the State Secretary for Sustainable Finance – State Secretariat for International Finance
Ambassador/Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations in Geneva – Republic of Kenya
Country Director Chile – TechnoServe
Chief of the Sustainable Urban Development Section for the Environment and Development Division of UN ESCAP – UNESCAP
Managing Consultant – PPC Metrics
Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing – Barclays
Head, Growth and Partnerships – Bankly
Professor – Yale Law and Environment Schools
Head of Sustainable Investing – abrdn
Principal Consultant, Regenerative Agriculture – Quantis
State Secretary for International Finance – Federal Department of Finance
Chief Executive Officer – Sunrise Banks
Founder – The StoryBoard Collective
Sustainable Finance Lead – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Mayor of Dodoma – Dodoma city
Director of Sustainable Finance Education Programs – Graduate Institute Geneva
Head of Trade & Sustainable Commodity Finance – Société Générale in Switzerland
President – Geneva Financial Center
secretary General – Swiss Better Gold Association
PSI Programme Supervisor – UNEP FI
Head of the Human Settlements Unit of ECLAC/CEPAL – CEPAL
Deputy Executive Secretary – UNECE
Executive Vice President – World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer – de Pury Pictet Turrettini
Secretary-General – International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Director – Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights
CEO – Chi Impact Capital
Expert in Sustainable Development and Energy – Innosuisse
Founder, NatureAlpha, and Global Head of Sustainability, FNZ Group – NatureAlpha
Researcher – University of Lausanne
Head of the Operations Support Department – European Investment Bank
Deputy Practice Lead, Finance – WWF International
Director of the Economic Cooperation and Trade Division – UNECE
Co-Chair – TNFD
Technical Director – TNFD
Senior Vice President – FC4S Lagos
Serial Entrepreneur – Founder of WoMen’Up and Creator of Startup Company The Boson Project
Social and Environmental Impact Entrepreneur and Investor – Chi Impact Capital
Professor of finance – University of Lausanne
CEO – Quantified Ventures
Head – UNEP FI
Co-Founder – Humanistic Management Network
Senior Climate Adviser – European Investment Bank
Chief Executive Officer – Business for Nature
Programme Manager – UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein
Co-Chairman – Forbes Marshall
Co-founder – Impact Hub Geneva
Founder – Circe Invest
Director, Division of the Sustainable and Inclusive Trade – International Trade Centre (ITC)
Senior Director, Governance and Capital – WBCSD
Scientific Collaborator – Enterprise for Society Center
Founder & CEO – Criptonite Asset Management
Professor and Insurance Lead – Institute for Financial Services Zug IFZ
Senior Financial Sector Specialist – World Bank
Founder and CEO – Supernova.ai
Managing Director Senior Advisor – Julius Baer
Senior Advisor – GDFA – Green Digital Finance Alliance
CEO – Open Forest Protocol
Chairman – Unearthodox
Chief Executive Officer – Cardano Foundation
Programme Executive for Child Rights – World Council of Churches
Principal Policy Advisor for International Environment Finance – Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
Global Lead for Climate, Energy, and Environment – UNICEF
CEO – Earth Blox
Financial Journalist
Senior Policy Coordinator – B Lab
Deputy Executive Director – Green Digital Finance Alliance
Financial Services Sustainable Finance Leader – EY
CIO – the Pension Fund of the State of Geneva (CPEG)
Chief Executive Officer – SDG Impact Finance Initiative
President of the Executive Committee – Fondation Montagu
CEO – Hanaku AG
Chief Commercial Officer – Pelt8
Founder / Managing Director – Sosai Renewable Energies Company
Managing Director – Triodos Investment Management
Director Climate and Environment – UBS Optimus Foundation
Honorary Professor – EPFL
Head of Asset Management and Sustainable Finance – Swiss Bankers Association
Director of Nature Programmes and GFI Hive – Green finance institute
President and Chief Executive Officer – UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators
Chief Strategy Officer – Kigali International Financial Centre
Senior Managing Partner – Lombard Odier
Co-founder and CEO – CribMD
Managing Director ESG Policy, Regulation & Government Affairs – Citi
Founder – Clime Finance and Vert-One
Chief Executive Officer – Greenpeace Switzerland
Investor Relations and Partnerships – AgriLedger
Head Asset Management – ZKB; President – AMAS
Chief Executive Officer – Equity Group Holdings
Senior Project Manager – Banque Pictet & Cie SA
Project Manager, Research and Training – Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Head of the Responsible Investment team – Edmond de Rothschild
Managing Director – Enterprise for Society Center
Principal – NatureFinance
Director Sustainability Services – Deloitte AG
Nature Lead at UNEP FI – UNEP FI
Chief Operating Officer – Catalytic Finance Foundation
Senior SDG Investment Advisor – UNDP AFRICA
Lead Expert Natural Capital and Biodiversity – Arcadis
MD & COO – Uncap (Unconventional Capital)
Business Engagement Lead – PeaceNexus
Chief Executive Officer – Edmond de Rothschild Private Equity
Head of Global Affairs – Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN Office
CEO and Founder – Trustworks Global
Managing Partner – Seedstars Winnipeg Edtech Fund
Chair of the Board, Gavi; Former President of the European Commission
Head of Responsible Investments and Engagement – JGP Asset Management
Lead, Advocacy, Chief Sustainability Office – UBS
Academic and Activist – University of Lausanne
Private Equity Analyst – BPI
Managing director – NatureFinance
Head of Sustainable Solutions in Switzerland – BNP Paribas
Senior innovation officer, head of incubator – Agence française de développement
Mayor – City of Nakhon Si Thammarat
Chair of the Supervisory Board – Impact-Linked Finance Fund
Head of Public Sector – AXA Climate
Executive Director – GDFA Green Digital Finance Alliance
Director Legal & Regulatory Projects – Swiss Sustainable Finance
CEO / Co-Founder – Mr. Green Trading Africa Kenya Ltd
Investment Lead – UNDP FC4S
Senior Principal of the Strategy Team – Rocky Mountain Institute
Director General – WWF International
Director of Business Development – Kube Energy
Space Sector Business Development Lead and Co-Chair of Environmental Task Force – University of Edinburgh and Space Scotland
COO & Cofounder – Manzana Verde
Partnerships & Operations Manager – The StoryBoard Collective
Chief Advisor to Chairman and CEO of the Rwanda Development Board – Rwanda Development Board
Senior Policy Advisor – Alliance Sud
Managing Partner – Pictet
Head of Agriculture Risk Modelling – SCOR SE
Head of Sustainable Finance and Senior Manager Capital Markets – Holcim
Portfolio Manager – Allianz Global Investors
Heart Intelligence Educator + Therapist
Head of Private Sector Development Division – State Secretariat for Economic Affairs
Andean Chapter Head – ANDE
Group Head of Sustainability – Zurich Insurance Group Ltd
President – Global Health Security Fund
Project Lead, ENCORE – Global Canopy
Director for Impact – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Senior Policy Advisor – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Head Advisory and Partnerships – iGravity
Senior Policy Adviser – Federal Office for the Environment
Senior Manager, Capital & Valuation – WBCSD
Vice President – Lazard
Executive Director – International Monetary Fund
Head of Sustainability Services – Deloitte
Principal – Nature Finance
Director of the Sustainable Finance Hub – UNDP
Partner & Mexico Director – Dalberg
Head Investor Relations and Sustainability – Cembra Money Bank AG
Managing Partner – Horizon Group
Co-founder & Honorary Chair – The Eva Ahlström Foundation
CEO – Terrasos
Regional Managing Director Europe – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
Ambassador of Rwanda to Switzerland & Permanent Representative to UNOG & WTO – Embassy of Rwanda
Director – Geneva Graduate Institute
Head of ESG and Stewardship – Pictet
Chief Executive Officer – Capitals Coalition
Senior Advisor – Nature Finance
Finance Lead – CAMPAIGN FOR NATURE
Director Market Development – Triple Jump
Principal, Green Economy Specialist – European Bank for Reconstruction and development
Chair of the Board of Directors – Robeco Switzerland Ltd
Executive Director – Global Alliance for Banking on Values
CFO – HUB Ocean & REV Ocean
Managing Director, Corporate Engagement – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
CEO – Tameo
Senior Manager, Nature & Land Use – World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Investment Stewardship Analyst – UBS
President – Lugano Commodity Trading Association (LCTA)
Senior Sustainability Analyst – Lombard Odier
Head Engagement International – Ethos Fund
Producer/Director – Deep Rising
Chief Policy Officer – holistiQ Investment Partners
Founder and Head of Business Development & Partnership – Nyayo Moms Sokos Limited
Head of Strategy & Business Development – Zone LATAM – Nestlé
Global Head of Philanthropy – Lombard Odier Group
Chief Executive Officer – UBS Optimus Foundation
Deputy Director of the Private Fundraising and Partnerships Division – UNICEF
Sustainability Equity Fund Manager – EFG Asset Management
Managing Partner – Pury Pictet Turrettini
Research Director – Igarape
Head of Sales and Business Development – Carbon4 Finance
Chief Sustainability Officer – UBS
Head of Private Equity – responsAbility Investments AG
Head of Sustainability Department – SkyCell
Chief Risk Officer – Quaero Capital
Associate Director – UBS Optimus Foundation
Chief Sustainability Strategist – Banque Lombard Odier & Cie SA
Head of Consumer & Health – Robeco
Managing Partner – Orvel Ventures
Chief Programs Officer – The Education Outcomes Fund
Head, IUCN Ocean, Centre for Conservation Action – IUCN
Chief Executive Officer – BlackRock Switzerland
Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer – Africa Climate Ventures
Chairperson – GoTo Impact Foundation
Head of Sustainability Solutions – WTWco
Vice President for Financial Sector and Business Development – IFU Denmark
Board Member – Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust
Senior Research Advisor, Global Health Centre – Geneva Graduate Institute
Director – Center for Finance and Development
environmental and human rights activist
Mayor – City of Naga
Co-founder and CEO – Inflection Finance
Director General – WTO
Equity Partner – Pictet
Managing Director – AGRI3 Fund
Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance – Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the Environment, LSE
Impact Investing Specialist – Julius Bär
Investment Specialist in Emerging Markets – Ninety One
Head of Funds & Co-Investments – Blue Earth Capital AG
Founder and Co-Director – Thinking the Unthinkable
Co-CEO Insta Products EPZ – Insta Products
Director – Centre for Sustainable Finance at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Senior Sustainability Risk Manager – Swiss Re
CEO – Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria
Global Head of Climate Research – MSCI Inc.
Moderator, Presenter and Journalist – Olivia Kinghorst
Corporate Sustainability Manager – WWF
Head of Real Estate – Mirabaud Asset Management
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer – Goodwall
CEO – Nairobi International Finance Center
Environmental Impact Lead Global Public Affairs – Nestlé
CEO – Africa Pharmaceutical Foundation
Director of Operations & Strategic Partnerships – Home of Blockchain.swiss
Senior Technical Officer Social Finance – International Labour Organization
Chair – Building Bridges
Director, Co-Lead FS Climate & Sustainability – KPMG AG
Lead and Founder – Landscape Finance Lab
Business Leader, Climate and Equality Campaigner – Net Positive
Founder and Chief Executive Officer – GIST Impact
Senior Economist – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Solutions Campaigner on Climate Change & Sustainable Finance – Greenpeace Switzerland
Founder and Chief Executive Officer – Frigg
Head of Thematics – Private Equity – Pictet Alternative Advisors
Co-Founder – Seedstars
Co-Founder – Health Innovation Exchange
Co-Founder – The Ark
Head of Sustainability – LEM International SA
Founder and Professor – Geneva Finance Research Institute
Raphael Ferry – Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
CEO – Brazilian Mining Institute (IBRAM)
Senior Advisor for Sustainable Finance – WWF Switzerland
Climate Lead – UNEP FI
Head of Nature – Holcim
Chief Sustainability Officer – CPP Investments
Member of the Executive Board – Alternative Bank Switzerland
Founder – The Impact Office
Vice President Global Head of Public Affairs and ESG Engagement – Nestlé
Co-Head of Emerging Markets Hard Currency Debt – Pictet Asset Management
Partner – Sturgeon Capital
CEO – Trade in Space
Co-Head Nature – UNEP FI
Co-Founder – Welcome Place
Head of ESG – Banque Pictet & Cie SA
CEO & Founder – RHEINEST
Chairman – IDFC; Chief Executive Officer – Agence Française de Développement
CEO – Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF)
Founder and Web3 Strategist – NOMA Tokenomics
Director, Instanbul International Centre for Private Sector in Development, UNDP
Professor of Finance – IMD
Senior Business Development Manager Head – responsAbility Investments AG
Head of Climate Risk Insights and Solutions – CelsiusPro
Co-President – The Club of Rome
Deputy Head of Sustainable & Responsible Investment – Mirabaud & Cie SA
Associate Director and Global Lead – Nature and Biodiversity – KPMG
Head of Sustainability – Swisscom
Chief of Faith Consistent Investing – Oblate International Pastoral (OIP) Investment Trust
Photographer & Activist
Group Chief Executive Officer – UBS
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary – Representative of the Republic of Tajikistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva
Chief of Urban Practices Branch – UN-Habitat
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance – Government of the Netherlands
Senior Equity Analyst – Vontobel
Chair of the Impact Investment Committee – Union Bancaire Privée (UBP)
Executive Director – NatureFinance
Co-Founder and CEO – Climada
Head of Investor Outreach – FAIRR Initiative
Managing Director and Head of Sustainable Finance – Institute of International Finance
Director Food and Agriculture, Head of OP2B – World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Deputy Head of Sustainable Finance – WWF Switzerland
Global Climate Execution Team – Head of Alliances, Coalitions and Reporting – AON
Chief Executive – Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya – UNRC Kenya
Managing Director – Financial Centers 4 Sustainability (FC4S)
Head of ESG & Sustainability – ArrowResources AG
Managing Director – Pollination
Vice Chair – International Sustainability Standards Board
Lead of Sustainable Urban Development – UNESCWA
Senior Advisor Oceans and UN Global Compact – Lloyds Register Foundation
Founder and Principal – Paxus LLP
Director, Programme for cooperation with the private sector – GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Founder & CEO – Impact Investing Solution
Head of Agriculture and Nature Insurance – AXA Climate
Global Head of Energy Transition and Environment – BNP Paribas
Global Lead Senior Legal Counsel Sustainability and ESG – Vontobel
Director General – UN Geneva
CEO – Rwanda Green Fund
Senior Thematic Bonds Advisor – UNDP
Senior Project Scientist – Blue forest
Executive Director – Global Center for Sustainable Digital Finance Stanford & University of Zurich
Founder and Lead Scientist – Crowther Lab
Professor – Geneva Finance Research Institute
Lead, Health Equity – World Economic Forum
Deputy Director – Center for Finance and Development, Geneva Graduate Institute
Head Responsible Investing & Investment Operations – Nest Sammelstiftung
Fund Manager – BlueOrchard Finance
elea Professor and Dean of the Executive MBA – International Institute for Management Development
Chief Executive Officer – Khmer Enterprise
Equity Fund Manager and Head of Impact Investing – Union Bancaire Privée
Director of Disaster Risk Finance and Parametric Practice – Willis Towers Watson (WTW)
Chief Executive Officer – Fondation Ethos
Head of Markets – Symbiotics
Vice President Energy Transition Research – Schneider Electric Sustainability Research Institute
Head of Debt Swaps – The Global Funds
Head of Sales – MKS Pamp
Policy Advisor – Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance
Regional Lead, Venture Capital, Türkiye, CEU & Central Asia – International Finance Corporation
Regional Director of Africa and Latam at BlueOrchard Finance – BlueOrchard Finance
CEO – Erable
Mayor of Amman – Amman city
Microfinance Specialist – International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Co-Head, Center of Excellence Sustainability – UBS Switzerland
Professor of Sustainable Finance – University of Zurich
Innovative Finance Advisor – ICRC
