Laura Heuston
Director & Co-Founder, SustainabilityWorks
Laura has spent most of her career working with corporates and asset managers in renewable energy and energy efficiency finance, advising on transaction structures for fundraising and M&A transactions. A chartered accountant and tax consultant, she has since pivoted to focus fully on sustainable finance, a broad topic that is increasingly on the agenda of policymakers, regulators, investors and financial services firms across investment, banking and insurance. A leading expert in her field, she has in-depth knowledge of the global sustainable finance landscape. She advises, speaks and writes on a broad range of sustainable business and finance topics, with a particular specialism in EU sustainable finance policy, ESG, climate-related financial risk and opportunity, responsible investment and energy efficiency finance. Laura previously worked with KPMG, Airtricity, and Sustainable Nation Ireland.
Christina Milhomem
Senior Associate ESG Research, MSCI Inc.
Christina has a legal background, holding an LLB from Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), an LLM from King’s College London (UK) and an MBA from Schulich School of Business (Canada). She has also completed a Diploma in Investment Compliance at CISI (UK) with an excellence award. Christina had 7+ years of legal and compliance experience in the asset management industry in Brazil, UK and Switzerland before joining MSCI ESG research team as Senior Associate in 2018. Christina leads the diversity, equity and inclusion research efforts at MSCI ESG research, including the Women on Boards series. Christina is also the Toronto Co-chapter head of MSCI’s Women Leadership Forum.
Fiona Reynolds
CEO, Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Fiona Reynolds, is the CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). The PRI is a UN supported organisation, with more than 4,000 signatories who collectively represent over US $100 trillion in AUM. She is responsible for the PRI’s global operations. Appointed in 2013, Fiona has 25 years' experience in the financial services and pension sector. She joined the PRI from the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST), where she spent seven years as CEO. Fiona was named one of the 20 most influential people in sustainability globally by Barron’s magazine and has twice been named one of Australia’s one hundred women of influence by the Australian Financial Review.”
Mary Whitelaw
Director of Corporate Affairs, Strategy & Sustainability, AIB
Mary is a member of AIB’s Executive Committee leading a number of group functions including the group’s strategy, sustainability and corporate affairs functions. Mary chairs AIB’s Group Sustainability Committee and over the past number of years, she has been responsible for leading a groupwide transformation to place Sustainability are the heart of AIB’s business. Mary has held a number of senior leadership roles across the bank spanning retail, corporate and treasury businesses. Prior to joining AIB, Mary trained as an accountant and tax advisor with PwC.
Jennifer Griffin
Senior Risk Manager, KBI Global Investors
Jennifer is the Senior Risk Manager for KBI Global Investors Ltd a specialist provider of niche investment strategies for institutional investors headquartered in Dublin, she joined the firm in November 2016 and has over 10 years industry experience. Jennifer has been a member of the 100 Women in Finance NextGen Committee Dublin since its inception in 2018. She previously worked as an Enterprise Risk Manager focusing on the Strategic Top Risks with RBS, Future Williams & Glyn in Edinburgh between 2015 and 2016. Prior to this she worked in the Enterprise Risk Department of the National Treasury Management Agency (2013-2015) and with Allied Irish Bank as a Credit Risk Reporting and Market Risk Analyst (2011-2013). Jennifer graduated from University College Cork with an MSc in Financial Economics in 2011. She achieved the QFA designation in 2015 and the Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management from the IRM in 2020.
