Future of ESG Data

Speakers

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  Alina Gregory

  Cazenove Capital

  Portfolio Manager

  Alina is a Portfolio Manager at Cazenove Capital, with specialisms in segregated equities and sustainability.  She joined through the Schroders Graduate Programme in 2014 after reading Economics with French at Durham University.  She holds the Investment Management Certificate and is a CFA charterholder.

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  Sophie Beland

  Morgan Stanley

  Vice President Equity Division

  Sophie Beland is Head of the EMEA Systematic Advisory Sales team, as well as Co-Chair of the Net East Asia Employee Network in EMEA. The Systematic Advisory Sales team is responsible for distributing Morgan Stanley’s Quantitative Assets to institutional clients. Prior to this Sophie was a member of the client business analytics group at Morgan Stanley in the Equity Division.

  
  Sophie has a B.A. in International History from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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  Rob Pulleyn

  Morgan Stanley

  Head of the Utilities & Clean Energy Research Team

  Rob Pulleyn joined Morgan Stanley in 2006 and became head of the Utilities & Clean Energy research team in mid-2019, having previously co-headed the European Oil & Gas team. The previous Energy role included lead coverage on Integrated Oil stocks and Oil services. Rob led the #1 ranked Oil Services franchise between 2011 and 2019 and both Oil & Gas & Oil Services were consistently Top-3 ranked over that period. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Rob was a senior watch leader on the 2005-6 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. He holds an MSc ECON in International Politics and BSc Hons in History from Durham University.

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  Kevin Cheshire

  Morgan Stanley

  Head of EMEA Institutional Commodity Sales

  Kevin Cheshire heads our Institutional Sales team for Commodities in EMEA. This covers a range of clients from Asset Allocators and Asset Managers through to Regional Banks and
  Hedge Funds. As well, it covers all underlying commodities including Commodity Indices, Quantitative Investment Strategies and Carbon Emissions.

  Prior to Morgan Stanley, Kevin was in the same Commodity Sales role at Goldman Sachs for 14 years.

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  Vitali Kalesnik

  Research Affiliates

  Partner, Director of Research for Europe

  Vitali Kalesnik is a partner and senior member of the investment team. He leads research and business strategy in the European region. Previously, Vitali led the Equity Research team and continues to perform general equity-related research.

  Articles he has co-authored with others have been recognized with three Graham and Dodd Scroll Awards, a Financial Analysts Journal Readers’ Choice Award, a William F. Sharpe Indexing Achievement Award, a Bernstein Fabozzi/Jacobs Levy Award, and a Graham and Dodd Top Award for "What Is Quality?" His research strengthens and expands Research Affiliates’ products—in particular, RAFI™ Fundamental Index™ strategies—and supports our global tactical asset allocation products.

  Vitali earned his PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he was a winner of the UCLA Graduate Division Fellowship for 2001–2005. He speaks fluent English, Russian, and French.

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  Sylvain Forté

  SESAMm

  Co-founder and CEO

  Sylvain is the co-founder and CEO of SESAMm, an innovative fintech company specializing in big data and artificial intelligence for investment.

  Its team builds analytics and investment signals by analyzing billions of web articles and messages using natural language processing and machine learning.

  Holding a double degree in engineering made in France and Germany, Sylvain's passion for artificial intelligence and finance led him to create SESAMm in 2014.

  The company has offices in Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Tunis and works with major hedge funds, banks, and asset management clients around the world for both fundamental and quantitative use cases.
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  Mark Kriss

  Geofinancial Analytics

  Co-Founder and CEO

  Mark Kriss co-founded Geofinancial Analytics in 2017 and serves as its CEO and Product Lead. Leveraging an advanced satellite-powered remote sensing platform, Geofinancial helps fundamental, quantitative and quantimental investment managers innovate and better manage ESG risks in the energy sector.

  Mark is a successful serial tech entrepreneur and impact investor. His prior startups were acquired by Dow Jones (financial analytics) and Cisco (network security). A thought leader on sustainability data and climate risk metrics, he also serves as a charter member of Dimensional Fund Advisors Sustainability Funds Council. The Dimensional Sustainability Funds Council is a group of consultants and wealth managers not affiliated with Dimensional working together with Dimensional to research the best ways to provide sustainability investment solutions to investors.

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  Dean Murphy

  Neudata

  Commercial Director - Data Provider Products

  Dean is responsible for leading, developing and expanding Neudata’s events programme.

  Having spent the last decade creating, building and scaling conference and content businesses within the FinTech and Energy sectors, Dean has worked with some of the most recognisable global brands on B2B events of all sizes. Dean co-founded two conference companies in 2013 and exited through acquisition in early 2020.

  Dean holds a BA Hons degree in Theatre and Performance Studies from Warwick University.

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  Barney Bruce-Smythe

  Neudata

  ESG analyst (London) Research

  Barney joined Neudata in 2021 as an ESG analyst, having previously worked for three years at an executive search firm executing mandates across distribution and investment roles. During this time, he also led the Asset Management Practice’s intelligence gathering and analytics.

  He holds an MA in History from the University of St Andrews.

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  Julia Asri Meigh

  Neudata

  Head of ESG Research

  Julia is a senior analyst at Neudata. She has over four years of experience as an analyst and account manager in consulting and financial services. Prior to Neudata, Julia worked at Macrobond Financial, the Foresight Factory and Gatehouse Advisory Partners. As an analyst, she covered a broad range of topics and sectors, including consumer trends, retail investing and the global macroeconomy.

  Julia holds an MSc in Economy, Risk and Society from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics, Politics and Sociology from the University of Westminster.