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Building Bridges Flagship Event

The Building Bridges yearly event in Geneva is organized by the Building Bridges Foundation in collaboration with Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF) on behalf of a unique alliance of institutions from the financial sector, public authorities and Geneva-based international organizations. This 4 day event provides a unique platform to share, learn and act, in a collective way. In 2023, the 4th edition of Building Bridges gathered more than 2500 participants from 110 countries, featuring a total of 70 events.

Edition 2024

The 5th edition of Building Bridges will be held from 9-12 December 2024 in Geneva and will see UNEP FI host its 18th Global Roundtable on 10-11 December under the same roof.

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Speakers

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Adam Drosdzol

Portfolio Manager, Global Equity and Funds team – KfW Development Bank

Adebayo Adekola

Head, Innovation Portfolios & Governance, Office of Innovation – UNICEF

Adela Villanueva

Co-initiator – The Impact Office

Adrian Schatzmann

CEO – Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)

Aleksandra Holmlund

CEO – Qarlbo Biodiversity

Aleksandra Njagulj

Global Head of ESG, Real Estate – DWS Group

Alexa Foglia

Vice President Commercial Bank – Banco Atlántida

Alexandra Osváth

Head of Marketing, Communications and Engagement – Fondation Genevoise pour l’Innovation Technologique (FONGIT)

Alexandre Maaza

Sutainability Lead – Cardano Foundation

Alexandre Nayme

Head of Inclusive Finance EUROPE – AFRICA – BNP Paribas

Alice Gabelle

Sustainable Workforce Manager – PwC

Alisa Gessler

Scientific Collaborator – Enterprise for Society (E4S)

Aliya Das Gupta

SVP Business Development – Sygnum Bank

Alvaro Cosi

Head of Innovation – Switzerland for UNHCR

Alvaro Lario

President – International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Amara Goeree

Sustainability Director Private Equity – Schroders Capital

Ambassodor Mzukisi Qobo

Ambassodor – Permanent Representative of South Africa to the World Trade Organisation

Amel Karboul

CEO – Education Outcomes Fund (EOF)

Ana Cristina Jaccard

Impact Analyst – Tameo Impact Fund Solutions

Ana Maria Camelo Vega

Senior Economics and Finance Researcher – Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment

Anastasia Tsybuliak

Founder | Philanthropist | Professor | Scientist – Glossary Organic Products & Glossary Eco Foundation

Andrej Kirn

Head, International Organisations and Humanitarian Agenda – World Economic Forum

Andres Vergara

CMO – InvestConservation

Andrew Lilley

Sustainable Investment Head – Europe – Mercer

Andrew Nerlinger

Executive Director – Global Health Security Fund

André Hoffmann

Vice Chairman, Roche Holding AG & Co-Founder, InTent

Anita Kover

Director, Investments – UBS Optimus Foundation

Anja Hannerz

Group Head of Sustainability – Nordea

Anja Rundquist

CCO – InvestConservation

Anne Jackermeier

Impact Manager – BlueOrchard

Antoine Mach

Managing Partner – Covalence SA

Antonio Carrillo

Vice-President of Sustainability – Holcim

Antonio Hautle

Executive Director – UN Global Compact Network Switzerland & Liechtenstein

Ariane Steins-Meier

Global Outreach and Engagement Director – Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA)

Arunma Oteh

Co-Chair – Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD)

Audrey Selian

Director of Artha Impact & Co-Founder of Artha Networks – Artha Impact & Artha Networks

Aurélia Fäh

Senior Sustainability Expert – Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS)

Avishek Gupta

Managing Director & CEO – Caspian Debt

Axel van Nederveen

Treasurer – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Aïa Ferrer

Sustainable Business Model Coordinator – Groupe Bouygues

Barbara Dubach

Executive director, Managing Director & Founder – Innovate 4 Nature & engageability

Barend van Bergen

Chief Sustainability Officer – Roche

Bas Hetterscheid

Manager Partnerships – Wageningen University & Research

Beatrice Cociani

COO & Co-Founder – ER LAB

Benjamin Firmenich

CO-CEO Impact Finance | Entrepreneur | Investor – Impact Finance & Anaïs Venture

Bertrand Gacon

CEO – Impaakt

Bertrand Piccard

Chairman – Solar Impulse Foundation

Bettina Boekle

Head of Partnerships – Interpeace

Bijal Brahmbhatt

Executive Director – Mahila Housing Trust

Biju Jacob

Senior Advisor – Global Health Security Fund

Brianna Losoya-Evora

Head of Impact Measurement and Management – Sweef Capital

Bruno Bischoff

Head of ESG Risk Advisory – ECOFACT

Bruno Farber

Executive President – Ginkgo

Brynn O’Brien

Executive Director – ACCR – Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)

Cameron Dowd

Co-founder/CTO – Inverto Earth

Camille Bisconte de St Julien

Business & Human Rights Advisor – La Banque Postale Asset Management

Camille Huret

Strategic advisor – Beyond Finance

Camille Maclet

Biodiversity Specialist – BNP Paribas

Camille Staudenmayer

Stewardship & Stakeholder Dialogue – Julius Baer

Carla Koch

Global Policy Outreach Specialist – Wyss Academy for Nature

Carlo Farina

Head of Real Assets – CAIA , CERN Pension Fund

Carlos Merino

Head of Growth – Celsius Energy

Carmen Hett

Treasurer at UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) – UNHCR

Carole Fonty

Founder & CEO – ALIEN Limited

Carsten Menke

Managing Director Senior Advisor | Head of Next Generation Research – Julius Baer

Cassi Henderson

Project Manager – Mom Incubators Ltd

Catalina Martinez

Carbon Finance Manager – Tree Global

Catherine Bukhal

Partnership Lead (SDG Impact Finance Initiative) – SDG Impact Finance Initiative

Caty Batten

Co Founder CEO – Intaconnected

Charles Gerike-Roberts

CEO & Founder – KohlenKraft

Charles Munywoki

Co-founder of Kipeto Energy Plc – CraftSkills Wind Energy/ Kipeto Energy PLC in Kenya

Chris Brett

Lead Agribusiness Specialist – The World Bank

Chris Clubb

Managing Director – Convergence Blended Finance

Christian Brändli

Deputy Head Private Sector Development – Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs

Christian Frutiger

Ambassador, Assistant Director General, Head of Global Cooperation Department – Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

Christina Kitsos

Mayor – City of Geneva

Christopher Fabian

Co-Founder & Co-Lead – Giga (UNICEF & ITU)

Christopher Marks

Managing Director, Head of Growth Markets, Blended Finance and ECA EMEA – MUFG

Christopher Olobo

CEO – Dhamana Guarantee Company

Clea Kaske-Kuck

Director, Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement – WBCSD

Colin Butfield

Co-Founder and Director – Open Planet Studios

Cyril Motte

Head Climate Change and Sustainability Services – Ernst & Young AG

Damian Payiatakis

Head of Sustainable & Impact Investing – Barclays Private Bank

Dan Esty

Hillhouse Professor – Yale University

Daniel Magallón

Managing Director – BASE Foundation

Daniel Stander

Deputy Chair – Resilient Cities Network

Daniel Wild

Chief Sustainability Officer, J. Safra Sarasin

Daniela Fabel Glass

Programme Manager – State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO, Economic Cooperation and Development

Daniela Lavrador

Director Romandie – Swiss Sustainable Finance

Daniela Savoia

EM Debt Fund Manager – Edmond de Rothschild

Daniele Cesano

CEO and Founder – LandPrint

Danielle Brassel

Head of Responsible Investment – Zurich Insurance Group

David Albertani

Chief Executive Officer – Catalytic Finance Foundation

David Blood

Senior Partner – Generation Investment Management

David Krivanek

Programme Manager for International Development – UK NAB

David Uzsoki

Sustainable Finance Lead – International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)

David Vaury

Director, Sustainable People & Organisation Transformation – PwC

Delilah Rothenberg

Co-Founder & Executive Director – The Predistribution Initiative

Denis Pittet

President – Geneva Financial Center

Deniz Harut

Managing Director and CEO – AGRI3 Fund

Deniz Harut

Managing Director and CEO (AGRI3 Fund) – AGRI3 Fund

Dennis West

Researcher – University of Oxford

Diana Culillas

CEO – Swiss Better Gold Association

Diana Diaz Castro

President and Founder – FT4SD & Consultant, UNEP Finance Initiative

Dieuwertje (Didi) Nelissen

Director – Enviu Foundation

Dimitri Senik

Leader of Investor Trust Services – PwC

Dimitrij Euler

Director Sustainable Finance – VBA

Dimple Sahni

Managing Director Multi Asset Impact Investing – Anthos Fund & Asset Management

Dorothea Baur

Independant Consultant – Baur Consulting AG

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly

Director – Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights

Dr. Beatrice Crona

Professor and Deputy Science Director – Stockholm Resilience Center

Dr. Christian Bauer

Head Environmental Sustainability – SIG Group Corporate Responsibility

Dr. Dawid Bastiat-Jarosz

Co-Director, MAS in Sustainable Finance and Development; Geneva Graduate Institute; and CEO, Co-Founder – SWISOX

Dr. Ian Brettell

Policy Director – Crowther Lab, ETH Zurich

Dr. Jan Yves Remy

Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre (SRC) – University of the West Indies

Dr. Kavita Singh

South Asia Director – DNDi

Dr. Michael Gloor

CEO – Correntics AG

Dr. Naoko Ishii

Professor and Director – Center for Global Commons (CGC) – University of Tokyo

Dr. Quinn Wenning

Manager Sustainability Services – Deloitte Switzerland

Dr. Stephanie Bilo

Chief Client & Investment Solutions Officer and Member of the Executive Management – responsAbility

Dr. Stephen Barrie

Deputy Chief Responsible Investment Officer – Church of England – Church of England

Dysmus Kisilu

CEO AND Founder – Solar Freeze

Ebba Lepage

Group Head of Corporate Sustainability – Lombard Odier

Edoardo Chiarotti

Senior Researcher – Enterprise for Society (E4S)

Eija Hietavuo

Vice President Corporate Affairs – Tetra Pak

Ekaterina Chubarova

Sustainable Investment and Just Transition Finance Specialist – International Labour Organization

Elena Zafirova

Founder & CEO of DIONZ | Advisor | Lawyer | Podcast Host – DIONZ

Elfid Torres

CEO and Co-Founder – Fundamental

Elina Niiranen

Senior Responsible Investment Analyst – Evli Plc

Elina Roine

Deputy Director General of the Operations Directorate – European Investment Bank

Elina Rolfe

Climate Solutions Investing Director – Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)

Elisa Vacherand

Global Finance Practice Deputy Leader – WWF International

Elisabeth Stern

Board Member – KlimaSeniorinnen Switzerland

Emilia Schmitt

Senior Researcher – University of Lausanne (UNIL)

Emma Benameur

Head of Programming – Villars Institute

Emmanuelle Sée

Head of Equity, Portfolio Manager – Swiss Life Asset Managers France

Eric Berseth

Managing Partner – Philanthropy Advisors

Eric Usher

Head – UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Erik Nyman

Programme Manager Children’s Rights and Business – UNICEF Programme Group

Eva Zabey

Chief Executive Officer – Business for Nature

Felix Philipp

Head of Research for Circular Economy and Materials – Group Lombard Odier

Felix Simon

Sr. Sales Manager Digital Assets – incore bank

Felix Staehli

Co-founder – Impact Hub Geneva

Florian Senger-Weiss

Visionary Leader | Founder | Natural Capital Specialist | Advocate for Regenerative Economies – ORBOLO

Francesca Randazzo

Sustainable and Innovative Finance Expert – Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency

Franck Barroso

Head of operations – Innovate 4 Nature

Frank Wulms

Senior Advisor Public Policy & Stakeholder Management – Julius Baer

François Johnston

Founder – PACCT for Sustainability

Frederic Fournier

CEO – Open Forest Protocol

Frédéric Dawance

Managing Partner – De Pury Pictet Turrettini

Frédéric Lelièvre

Moderator – CEO and Editor-in-Chief – L’Agefi

Fulvio Maccarone

Director – One Creation

Gabriel Micheli

Portfolio Manager – Pictet Group

Ganna Morger, PhD

Lead Climate Reporting Consultant – Celsius Pro

Gautier Quéru

Managing Director, Natural Capital – Mirova

George Petty

Managing Director – Venture South International

Georgina Parker

Head of Sustainability – Quaero Capital

Ghirmay Abraham

Executive Chairman – Aptech Africa

Grace Tam

Director of Investments – Clean Energy Finance Corporation

Grégoire Fabre

Social Entrepreneur | Investor for Impact – Board Member at regeneratif Ltd

Guillaume Bonnel

Chief Executive Officer – SDG Impact Finance Initiative

Guillaume Chapuis

Senior Investment Manager – Banque Lombard Odier

Hallvard Bremnes

Global Head of Sustainability – Givaudan – Givaudan

Harrison Méan

Head of Strategy – Swissroc

Harry Davies

Principal – Ceniarth LLC

Helena Viñes Fiestas

Chair of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance and Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy

Hoàn Nguyen-Xuan

CEO & Founder of Shark Rebellion – Shark Rebellion

Ilya Tyuvildin

CEO and Co-founder – AMP IT

Inigo Iturbe

COO – Libattion AG

Ivo Germann

Head – Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate – State Secretariat for Economic Affairs Switzerland

James Mwangi

Chief Executive Officer – Equity Group Holdings

Jean-Francis Dusch

CEO & Global Head of Infrastructure, Real Assets & Structured Finance, CIO BRIDGE – Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (UK)

Jean-Philippe Desmartin

Head of Responsible Investment – Edmond de Rothschild

Jess Hackett

Coordinator – Coalition for Impact

Jessica Leigh

Head of Capacity Building and Partnerships – Oxford Sustainable Finance Group

Jessica Smith

Nature Lead at UNEP FI – United Nations Environment – Finance Initiative

Joan M. Fulton

Senior Advisor – Ocean Assets Institute

Johan Rockström

Director – Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Johannes Pokorny

Managing Director – GreenBuzz

John Fullerton

Founder and President – The Capital Institute

John Tidmarsh

Co-founder and CEO (VAI Capital) – VAI Capital

Jonas Lehr

VP (Head) Partnerships + Sourcing – Climeworks

Jonas Urwyler

CEO & Founder – Capt’n Greenfin

Jorge Rubio

Global Head of Social Finance – Citi

Josien Sluijs

Independent Executive President (SDG Impact Finance Initiative); Managing Director (Aqua for All) – SDG Impact Finance Initiative

Juanita Olano Marín

Biodiversity Impact Specialist – WWF Switzerland

Judson Berkey

Lead Advocacy and Nature, Chief Sustainability Office – UBS

Julia Binder

Professor of Sustainable Innovation and Business Transformation – IMD Business School

Julia Greenland

Managing Director, Africa – Healthy Brains Global Initiative

Julia Wittenburg

Head of Stewardship – Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd

Kali Taylor

Managing Director – Sustainable Finance Geneva

Karen Hitschke

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Karolina Frischkopf

Director – HEKS/EPER

Kate Tallant Meier

Interim Executive Director – Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures (TISFD)

Katelijn van den Berg

Sustainability Manager – Schindler

Katell Le Goulven

Senior Advisor – InTent

Katherine Foster

EIT Food Innovative Finance Lead and World Economic Fellow – EIT Food and World Economic forum

Katherine Sherwin

Global Head of Sustainable Investing – BlackRock

Katherine Stodulka

Head of Sustainable Finance – Systemiq

Kathleen Charles

Director of AAASD – African SME/Agriculture Advisory Services for Sustainable Development

Katie Self

Investment Manager, Thematic Equities – Pictet Asset Management

Katja Brunner

Director Legal & Regulatory Projects – Swiss Sustainable Finance

Kawtar Zerouali

Deputy Director, Natural Assets Team – United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)

Kay Tuschen

Head of Climate Resilience Solutions – CELSIUSPRO

Kelvin Massingham

Director, Adaptation & Resilience – FSD Africa

Ken Hynes

CEO – Artha – Rep of Optimpact.org (ImpactPHL)

Kevin Kyer

CEO / Co-founder – Pyrpose

Kiia Strommer

PhD, School of Business and Economics – Maastricht Observatory on Resilient, Responsible & Sustainable Enterprise and Economy – Maastricht Sustainability Institute

Kitty Parker-Brooks

Nature and Materials Director – Systemiq

Kristen Petillon

Business Engagement Lead – PeaceNexus Foundation

Kseniia Fontaine

Senior Business Development and Operations Officer – International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Lapo Guadagnuolo

Global Head of the Centre of Excellence for Methodologies – S&P Global Ratings

Laura Kaliszewski

Global Head of Client Sustainable Investing – Natixis Investment Managers

Lauren Ferstandig

Managing Director, NatureVest – The Nature Conservancy

Laurence Janssens

Chief Operating Officer – HUB Ocean

Laurent Ramsey

Vice-President – Fondation Genève Place Financière

Linda Deflorin-Karrer

Senior Manager Child Rights & Business – UNICEF Switzerland & Liechtenstein

Lisa McDonald

President – Global Health Security Fund

Lorenzo Saa

Chief Sustainability Officer – Clarity AI

Louis Fauchier-Magnan

Responsible for wealth management activities in French-speaking Switzerland, Director – Mirabaud & Cie SA

Louis Schwab

CEO & Co-founder – Naera

Luz Stecca

Impact Measurement & Communications Specialist – AlphaMundi Group Ldt

Léo Daguet

Chief Sustainability Officer – LVMH

Marc Beierschoder

Partner – Deloitte

Marc Ummel

Head of Unit Raw Materials – SWISSAID

Marco Tormen

PCAF Europe, Nordics, and DACHLI Regional Lead and Lead on Insurance-Associated Emissions – PCAF – PARTNERSHIP FOR CARBON ACCOUNTING FINANCIALS

Margarita Pirovska

Global Director of Policy – UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

Marianna Giannakou

Sustainability Manager, Group Sustainability – Swiss RE

Marianne Kleiberg

Regional Managing Director Europe – The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

Mark Gibson

Head of the GPA Coordination Unit – Global Platform for Action on Sustainable Energy in Displacement Settings (GPA)

Mark Gough

Chief Executive Officer – Capitals Coalition

Markus Reubi

Delegate of the Federal Council for the 2030 Agenda and Deputy Head of the Prosperity and Sustainability Division (Federal Department of Foreign Affairs) – Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland

Marta del Castillo

CEO – Social Nest Foundation

Martin Berg

CEO – Climate Asset Management

Martin Habel

Head, Treasury Clients Solutions, Africa, Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia – International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Martin Lok

Executive Director – Capitals Coalition

Mary Robinson

Chair of The Elders, former President of Ireland, & former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Mathilde Farine

Journalist – RTS – Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS)

Matthew Kilgarriff

Network Ambassador for Continental Europe – Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Matthew Reali

Co-Founder and CEO – Ponera Group

Matthias Narr

Head Engagement – Ethos

Mattias Lagerspetz

Portfolio Manager – Evli Fund Management

Maximilian Martin

Global Head of Philanthropy – Lombard Odier Group

Maylix Brianto, CAIA, CESGA, MBA

CAIA Chapter Executive Geneva – Chartered Alternative Investments Association

Mbali Khumalo

Co-Founder – Huruma Bantfu

Melanie Beyeler

Lead Manager of the Climate Transition Strategy – EFG Asset Management

Melanie Larkin

Senior Sustainability Development Manager – Pictet Group

Mia Seppo

Assistant Director-General for Jobs and Social Protection – International Labour Organization

Michael Baldinger

Chief Sustainability Officer – UBS

Michael Lewis

Head of ESG Research – DWS Group

Michael Urban

Chief Sustainability Strategist – Lombard Odier Group

Michelle Van Waveren

UHNW Impact Journey Expert – Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth, University of Zurich

Milko Hensel

Team Head TechBanking – Maerki Baumann

Mindy Lubber

CEO & President – Ceres

Mirey Atallah

Chief of the Adaptation and Resilience Branch – Climate Change Division UNEP

Moira Faul

Senior Lecturer at the Geneva Graduate Institute, and Executive Director of NORRAG – Geneva Graduate Institute, NORRAG

Morgana Bourggraff

ICFA Programme Director – Accelerating Impact

Nadia Nikolova

Lead Portfolio Manager, Sustainable Private Credit – Allianz Global Investors

Nathalie Wallace

Chief Sustainability Officer – Edmond de Rothschild

Nathan Sussman

Full Professor of International Economics and Director of the Institute’s Centre for Finance and Development – Geneva Graduate Institute

Nicholas Colloff

Executive Director – Argidius

Nick Beglinger

CEO – Cleantech21 Foundation

Nicolas Barben

Head of ESG Solutions – Wealth Management – Union Bancaire Privée (UBP)

Nicolas Freudiger

CEO – ID Genève

Nicolas Jacob

Portfolio Manager (Green Planet), Advisor of Blue Economy Index – ODDO BHF Asset Management

Nicolas Picchiottino

Secretary General of IDFC and Head of Public Development Banks at AFD – International Development Finance Club

Nicolas Schaeppi, CAIA

Member of Investment Committee – Retraites Populaires

Nicoletta Centofanti

CEO – Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative

Nik Gowing

Founder and Co-Director – Thinking the Unthinkable

Nina Seega

Director – Centre for Sustainable Finance, CISL

Nollaig Forrest

Chief Sustainability Officer – Holcim

Olivia Kinghorst

Moderator, Presenter and Journalist – Olivia Kinghorst

Olivier Wenden

Vice-President and CEO – Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation

PJ Stephenson

Research Fellow & Chair – UNIL & IUCN SSC Species Monitoring Specialist Group

Paola Valencia

Director of Operations Home of Blockchain / Innovation Consultant – Home of Blockchain.swiss

Patricia Richter

Senior Technical Officer Social Finance – International Labour Organization

Patrick Odier

Chair – Building Bridges

Paul Burreau

Digital Assets Director – Banque Delubac & Cie.

Paul Hammer

Senior Underwriter & Product Manager Agriculture – Swiss Re

Pavan Sukhdev

Founder and Chief Executive Officer – GIST Impact

Pete Pearson

VP Food – World Wildlife Fund

Peter Bakker

President & CEO – World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

Peter Hallbom

Deputy Head and Lead Transaction Manager at the Guarantee Origination Unit – Swedish Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)

Peter Sandahl

Head of Climate & Environment & Deputy Head of Group Sustainability – Nordea

Peter Vanham

Editorial Director, Leadership – Fortune

Petros Mavromichalis

Ambassador of the European Union to Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein

Phil Skinner

Managing Director at GuarantCo – Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG)

Pierre Caïjo

CEO & founder – Qanta Energy SA

Pierre Jouve

Investment Manager – Zebra Impact Ventures

Pietro Cesaro

Policy Advisor – E3G

Pinar Akiskalioglu

Founder of TAKK & Punk Business School | Board Member – TAKK | Punk Business School

Pippa Song

Single Family Office Founder & Managing Partner – ForestCircle Partners

Prof. Philippe Thalmann

Professor, LEURE lab – EPFL

Professor Erik Stam

Professor – The Allan Gray Centre for Africa Entrepreneurship

Rachel Whittaker

Head SI Research – Robeco

Rafael Ferry

Senior Manager Innovative Finance – Gavi

Raj Kumar

President & Editor-in-Chief – Devex

Ramkumar Narayanan

Head of Research & Investments – Tameo Impact Fund Solutions

Raphaël Bucher

Head of Climate Policy Section – Federal Office for Environment

Remy Buser

Co-founder and co-CEO – Bloom Biorenewables

Risto Väyrynen

Founder – The Impact Office

Romain Ciarlet

Executive Director and General Secretary – Prince Albert II of Monaco Fundation

Rosa Sangiorgio

Impact Investing Advisor – RSG Impact Investing

Rui Goncalves Oliveira

CEO – BFA Asset Management

Sabine Döbeli

CEO – Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF)

Samantha Lacey

Strategic Director Nature Finance – The Biodiversity Consultancy

Samuel Brown

Head of Climate Risk Insights and Solutions – CelsiusPro

Sandile Tshabalala

Co-Founder – Huruma Bantfu

Sandrine Dixson-Declève

Executive Chair of Earth4All and Global Ambassador for The Club of Rome – The Club of Rome

Sarah Conradt

Founder – model-it gmbh

Sasha Cisar

Head of SDG Research and Active Ownership – radicant bank ag

Sebastian Glink

co-CEO and co-Founder – CLIMADA Technologies

Shargiil Bashir

Chief Sustainability Officer and Executive Vice President – First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB)

Sheraz Ahmed

Managing Partner – STORM Partners

Shizuka Onishi

Senior Programme Officer, Blended Finance – International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Silvia Ruprecht

Project Lead Climate and Finance – Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)

Simon Duchatelet

Manager, Financing & Structured Investments – Unilever Climate & Nature Fund

Simon Heller

Director Sustainability Services – Deloitte Switzerland

Simon Zadek

Senior Advisor – NatureFinance

Sir Ronald Cohen

President – GSG Impact

Sivuyise Ngwane

Senior Financial Risk Manager and Quantitative Modelling Specialist – National Treasury South Africa

Slawomir Huss

Partner – Solas Capital AG

Sonja Haut

Head Impact Valuation – Novartis

Souleymane Ba

Partner, Global Co-Head Climate Investment Strategy – LeapFrog Investments

Stefan Flückiger

Ambassador (retired), Advisor – Wellenberg Group

Stefan Hirche

Principal Portfolio Manager – KfW

Stefania Avanzini

Director Food and Agriculture, Head of OP2B – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Stephanie Pfeifer

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

Sue Coates

Deputy Executive Director and Lead, Capital M – The Sanitation and Hygiene Fund (SHF)

Sybille Borner

Senior Advisor Sustainable Finance – WWF Switzerland

Sylvain Goupille

Founder and Managing Director (Octobre) – Octobre

Tanja Havemann

Co-Founder and Director – Clarmondial AG

Tatiana Valovaya

Director General – United Nations Geneva

Terence Thiel

Investor | Entrepreneur | Advisor – Verve Ventures

Thi Hanh Cao

External Relations Director – DNDi

Thomas Brauchle

Head of Sustainability at Siemens Financial Services – Siemens

Thomas Husson

Investment Manager – Fragile Contexts – Proparco

Thomas Käslin

CEO and Founder – Cotierra

Thomas Venon

Executive Director – Centre for Development Finance Studies

Tim Radjy

Founder & Managing Partner – AlphaMundi Group (AMG)

Timothée Jaulin

Head of ESG Development & Advocacy, Special Operations – Amundi

Tina Ruchti

Executive Director – elea Foundation

Tomás González Bergez

Global Gender and GKL Manager – Pro Mujer

Tuleen Alkhoffash

Senior Partnership Officer in the Private Sector Department (PSD) – International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Uche Orji

Non-Executive Director – The Private Infrastructure Development Group

Ugo Panizza

Professor of Economics and Pictet Chair in Finance and Development – Geneva Graduate Institute

Valerie Remoquillo-Jenni

Chief Executive Officer – Fourfold Foundation

Vanina Farber

elea Professor and Dean of the Executive MBA – International Institute for Management Development

Veronica Baker

Project Manager, Swiss Sustainable Finance

Veronica Petrencu

Projects Coordinator & Research Fellow – EPFL

Victoire Radoux

Revenue Operations Manager – Composite Recycling

Victor Busson

Chief Marketing Officer – Taurus

Vincent Siegerink

Economist, Centre for Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Vivian Vendeirinho

Founder & MD – RVE.SOL

Walid Al Saqqaf

CIO and Co-founder – Rebalance Earth

Wei Ng

Senior Adisor – Green Digital Finance Alliance (GDFA)

Xavier Bengoa

Co-founder, Director & Chairman – AdAstra Sustainability

Xavier Miserez

Commercial Director – OCIM

Xiye Bastida

Co-Founder & Executive Director – Re-Earth Initiative

Yana Gevorgyan

Director – GEO Secretariat

Yann Demont

Senior Impact Manager – Pictet Group

Yannick Heinrich

Project Lead – Servetia – BASE Foundation

Yi Shi

Client Portfolio Manager & Engagement Specialist – Pictet Asset Management

Yossef Zahar

Chief Executive Officer – PandanGreen

Yuko Takano

Senior Investment Manager – Pictet Asset Management

Zemira Humphrey

WBCSD Associate and One Young World Ambassador

Past Events

Webinars

Blended Finance solutions to mobilize private investment at scale to climate mitigation, climate adaptation and ecosystems/biodiversity | 14.11.24
Where’s the Action? Next Gen Wealth Holders on Overcoming Barriers to Drive Impact | 31.10.2024
Impact Lens Investing – Grabbing the investor’s attention? | 10.10.2024
Sustainable Finance Trends to Watch this Fall | 21.09.2023
Nature disclosure, how are financial institutions gearing up? | 13.09.2023
How Can Sustainable Finance Create a More Resilient Financial System? | 05.07.2023
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An Introduction to Blended Finance | 25.01.2023
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Building Bridges 2023 Edition

The fourth edition of Building Bridges took place on October 2-5 in Geneva and hosted 70+ transformative discussions to shape the global sustainable finance agenda.

Building Bridges 2023 was also marked by the recently launched recommendations of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), the second Sharm el-Sheikh dialogue, and the 10-year anniversary of Seedstars.

2023 Edition Highlights

Building Bridges 2022 Edition

The third edition of Building Bridges took place from October 3-6 2022 at the Centre International de Conférences Geneva (CICG) and online.

Building Bridges featured a high-level Summit, over 65 community-led events, and a networking village.

2022 Edition Highlights

Building Bridges 2021 Edition

More than 1400 Swiss and international participants from the finance sector, NGOs, academia, governments, and international organizations gathered to attend the second edition of Building Bridges from Nov 29-Dec 2, 2021. Over the course of 4 days, the community took part in a high-level Summit, 77 crowd-sourced events, a village, and a number of networking events, tackling three key, cross-cutting themes:

Impact and Transparency
Supply-Demand Mismatch
Fintech for SDGs

2021 Edition Highlights

Building Bridges 2019 Edition

The objective of the first edition of “Building Bridges” in 2019 was to bring together diverse stakeholders in dialogue around the issues at stake. More than 1000 Swiss and international stakeholders were in attendance, including the President of the Swiss Confederation, the Director-General of UN Geneva, and numerous CEOs and opinion leaders representing NGOs, business, academia and other international organizations.

2019 Edition Highlights

Projects

Corporate Workshop on Climate Reporting – Bern

On June 21, 2024, Building Bridges organized a workshop in Bern, bringing together Senior Executives from various industries, representatives from the Swiss Government and associations, as well as CSRD reporting specialists. The event focused on defining key requirements for an effective Swiss climate reporting framework.

Bridging Africa – Europe SDG Investment Summit

Building Bridges took the lead on bringing together for 3 days in Kenya a delegation from private sector leaders from Europe and East Africa to strengthen bridges for sustainable investment. The summit took place in Nairobi, from June 3 to 5, 2024.

2024 World Economic Forum

Tackling Inequality through Private Sector Leadership session in Davos (Switzerland) at the House of Switzerland on the 17th of January 2024.

COP28

The 28th edition (COP28) took place in Dubai from 30 November to 12 December 2023. For the first time, the Building Bridges delegation, representing high-ranking members of the Swiss financial sector and led by the SIF, joined the Swiss delegation at COP 28.