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Ana Barros is a Non Executive Director at Abanca. She began her professional career as an investment banking analyst at Nomura. Between 1996 and 2010, she worked at Citigroup, where she became head of investment banking. From 2010 to 2018, she has developed her professional career in Barclays, occupying the position of head of corporate finance and investment banking, and from 2015 to 2018, as general manager of investment banking.

In July 2019, she was appointed member of the Board of Directors of ABANCA Corporación Bancaria, S.A.

Other relevant positions: She is an independent director of ECS Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Investimento Inmobiliario, S.A.

Ana holds a degree in business management from the Economics University of Oporto and MBA from the CASS Business School, London. Also, she has finished the International Directors Program - C of INSEAD and the program Women on Board from Harvard Business School.

Dr. Aradhana Sarin is currently Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer at AstraZeneca. Prior to joining AstraZeneca in 2021, Dr. Sarin was CFO for Alexion. She joined Alexion in 2017 and was responsible for driving strategic growth, financial performance and business development.

Dr. Sarin has operational experience in biopharma, plus more than 20 years of professional experience at global financial institutions and has extensive knowledge of global healthcare systems, capital markets and strategic transactions.

Before joining Alexion, Dr. Sarin was Managing Director of Healthcare Corporate and Investment Banking at Citi Global Banking, focusing on clients in the life sciences and biopharmaceutical sectors. Previously, she served as Managing Director of Healthcare Investment Banking at UBS, and worked at JP Morgan in the M&A Advisory and Healthcare groups.

Preceding her banking career, Dr. Sarin trained as a medical doctor in India and spent two years practising in both India and Africa. She completed her medical training (M.B.B.S.) at the University of Delhi and received her MBA from Stanford Business School.

As BRE Group’s Chief Executive, Gillian is responsible for the organisation’s strategy and performance. She works closely with BRE Trustees and the Group Board to define our purpose, vision and long-term goals.

Before joining BRE Group, Gillian was an Executive Director at RICS, where she held a number of roles covering assurance and enforcement of standards, global brand growth and thought leadership. She is passionate about the importance and potential of the built environment in creating sustainable, vibrant and productive life on the planet.

In her earlier career Gillian worked in the UK Civil service and with several professions and industries as a regulator and advocate. She promotes responsible leadership and one of her career highlights was being included in Women of the Future’s inaugural top 50 list of Kind Leaders in 2018.

Andrew Herbert is BRE Group’s Chief Financial Officer with over 25 years experience in change programmes and turnaround work. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young and has since held senior management positions in a wide range of organisations in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors including NatWest Group, Guide Dogs for the Blind and more recently the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health.

He also works as a non-executive director having held a range of positions including chairman of Octavia Housing a registered housing association based in West London and past chair of the London Society of Chartered Accountants.

In one of his previous roles Andrew was managing director of Radio Taxis Group where he championed the move to becoming the first carbon neutral transport business as part of the company’s overall CSR plan. Andrew has spoken at numerous conferences on the business benefits of going carbon neutral and practises what he preaches having embarked on a personal project to restore a late Victorian town house, in a conservation area, whilst trying to achieve as low a carbon footprint as possible.

Dr. Gerry Craigen is a psychiatrist with a full-time private practice in Toronto. He graduated from Queen’s University in Kingston, and completed his residency in Toronto. Prior to medical school, he completed a law degree at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Craigen is an Associate Staff Psychiatrist at the University Health Network. For decades, he has been teaching medical legal issues and bioethics, at the postgraduate and undergraduate levels at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, where he is Assistant Professor and an award winning educator. He is a member of the Canadian Bar Association and the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law.

He also is a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Psychiatrists. He is an executive member of the Canadian Medical Protective Association where he is the second Vice President elect.

Dr. Craigen’s research interests are in data ethics and digital mental health. He has published in peer-reviewed journals.

Jorgina Busquets is currently the Managing Director of Football Education & Recreation. In this role, Jorgina oversees all of the Football Education & Recreation activities of the group globally, focussing on strategy, new product development, commercial and operations, with teams in the USA, UK, Australia, and the Middle East. She is also a Board Member of City Sofive Soccer, a JV that operates multiple small-sided soccer centres across the USA, and a Board Observer on a Sports Tech AI organisation. She joined CFG in 2018.

Previous experiences saw Jorgina working for the Boston Consulting Group advising clients in multiple industries, ranging from Industrial Goods, Consumer or Private Equity, and at Airbus Defence & Space, where she was a Satellite Project Manager.

Jorgina holds an MBA from London Business School (Honours), and Msc in Astronautics and Space Engineering, and a Bachelor in Aerospace Engineering. She is also an angel investor.

Yvonne is an expert in strategy and corporate governance with over a decade of experience serving on nineteen Boards of Directors of companies in Mexico and the US, private and publicly traded. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of companies in varied industries such as aviation, chemical distribution, agriculture real estate, cybersecurity, finance, fintech and sustainable economy. Previously, she held positions in large cap companies as CFO (retail and banking industries); IRO (banking industry); and is co-founder and CEO for a startup in the health industry. She has built six companies and worked on over fifty institutionalization and market-readiness projects with companies in eighteen different industries. She has been listed as one of Mexico’s top women in business by Forbes.

Kalvinder’s experience over the past 25 years has focused on Consumer Business and Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) clients. Kalvinder was a member of the Board of Deloitte North South Europe (NSE) and Chair of Deloitte NSE's People and Purpose Committee.

Kalvinder is the Partner responsible for global services to the one of the firm's largest Consumer goods clients. She sits on the board of Fund for global Human rights as well as City mental health alliance. Her desire for purpose and equity involved her being the Deloitte sponsor for the launch of “change the race ratio” with Lord Billmaoria at the CBI. She also leads the Deloitte relationship with “open for Business”, an LGBT think tank.

Kirsty is the UK Market Chair of Deloitte LLP and a member of Deloitte’s North & South Europe Executive, leading Deloitte Private, the market segment advising private equity, family offices & family owned businesses and emerging growth companies.

She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accounts of England & Wales (ICAEW) and Chartered Institute of Tax (CIOT).

David joined Monitor Deloitte in 1997 and has worked with companies and governments across a wide range of sectors and geographies to define their strategy and to make and execute major strategic choices.

Over the last decade, David has focused on serving Consumer Products companies across a range of categories helping his clients to design growth strategies and transform their businesses. As the lead Partner for two of our principal Consumer Goods clients, David builds relationships with senior executives and board members, and orchestrates Deloitte’s support for his clients across our global footprint.

David is a Vice Chairman of Deloitte and a Governor of Clifton College.

Neil is a Vice Chairman and leads the firm's relationship with key clients as well as being the new leader of Deloitte's Executive Board Programme. Previous to this, Neil was the COO of Deloitte's North South Europe Consulting practice. Neil is a Chartered Accountant and specializes in technology enabled finance transformation projects that embrace organizational, process and people related change.

Outside of Deloitte, Neil is a University Governor and a School Governor.

Andy Hamilton serves as LKQ Euro Car Parts Group CEO. Prior to this, Andy Hamilton was Chief Commercial Officer of LKQ Europe, where he was responsible for several key pan-European Commercial projects related to digital strategy, revenue optimization and category management. In his dynamic role as LKQ Euro Car Parts Group CEO, Andy Hamilton oversees both strategic and tactical business leadership, business analysis and organisational design, and has helped rebuild, support and lead a high performing and successful team through hands-on leadership, effective communication and empowerment.

Prior to LKQ Euro Car Parts, Andy held a variety of management roles for Halfords Group, the UK’s leading automotive and leisure retailer with over 500 locations, working up to Divisional Director for the South before bringing his extensive automotive industry knowledge to LKQ Euro Car Parts in 2010.

Over the years, Andy Hamilton has championed LKQ Europe’s significant and extensive organization transformation in business strategy, structure, consolidation of businesses, personnel, and business process improvements.

He is deeply involved with supporting the UK automotive industry and all aspects of the aftermarket, extending his expertise by sitting on the Executive Boards for both the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF).

Annick was appointed Chief Financial Officer of LKQ Euro Car Parts in 2018, transferring from the LKQ corporation where she was the Canada Region Controller from 2014 and bringing with her, an intimate knowledge of the North American car parts industry. With an international background working in North America, Europe and the Middle East for various multinational companies, Annick ensures the value of a solid financial organisation to the business is paramount. Annick holds an M.B.A. and is a Chartered Accountant.

Maggie Mills is a Senior Advisor and Former Partner at Ernst & Young, experienced in restructuring professional in the UK and international markets. She has worked in several industries, including Telecoms, Transportation, Property, Publishing, and Leisure, and also has a deep experience working in the Financial services sector, particularly during the financial crises over the last 25 years.Maggie has chaired the ICAEW's insolvency licensing committee and has been a member of the CBI Insolvency Law committee and an Independent Director of INSOL International.

Sir Jonathan Thompson is CEO of the Financial Reporting Council. Prior to joining the FRC Sir Jon was the CEO of HMRC, the UK Tax Authority, collecting more than £625billion, employing more than 65,000 people and driving reform of the UK tax system.

Before HMRC, Sir Jon was Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, jointly leading the £36bn organisation with the Chief of the Defence Staff. Sir Jon has had a lengthy finance career including as Director General, Finance at the MoD, Director General, Corporate Services at the Department for Education and Finance Director of Ofsted. Before joining the Civil Service in 2004 Jon held a number of corporate services and finance roles in the public and corporate sectors.

Edward Chandler is a Founding Partner at Fremman Capital. Prior to Fremman, Edward was at PAI Partners for 12 years, latterly as a Partner, where he led investments in the Healthcare and the Hospitality sectors. Before this Edward was in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch and, prior to that, held various operating roles at Unilever.

Edward graduated from University College London with a BSc in Mathematics and from London Business School with an MBA. He is fluent in English and French.

Having consistently played leading roles in the field of investments, asset management, & building businesses over two decades in the GCC Region, Pankaj’s main responsibilities encompasses people, leadership, strategy& business development. His unique grasp of industry nuances, relationships and innovative eye for detail have been pivotal in the company’s increasing success.

Detailing the journey that led Pankaj to co-found GII is to reveal a masterclass in relationship management. He has developed a very strong understanding of investment world specially for the investors of the region and has contributed significantly in enhancing the portfolios of the investors.

2000 to 2004: was managing multi-assets investment portfolio running into billions of USD for National Bank of Abu Dhabi Clients

2004 -2012: was instrumental in starting the Union National Financial Consultancy build & manage investment portfolios (USD 2.5 billion). In parallel set up Allied Investment Partner in 2007 and was instrumental in running USD 5 billion Debt Advisory & syndication for TDIC (Louvre Museum in Abu Dhabi)

2012 – 2014: set up PE platform called SOUQ with AIP, IL&FS of India & Emirates NBD Capital.

2014: Co-founded GII & currently managing alternative assets portfolio of USD 3 billion+.

A firm believer in the power of entrepreneurship, encouraging new ideas and supporting education business ventures, Pankaj has been involved in numerous projects, company start-ups, regulated entities & Trust in the Advisory, Board Member, Trustee and Chairperson capacity. He also believes, support & actively practice multiple ESG initiatives.

Pankaj has over 23 years of experience in conceptualizing, launching, and building successful investment businesses.

Andrew Hindle is an experienced Independent Consultant specialising in digital identity and cybersecurity. He supports a number of clients in the software and Internet of Things industries with early-stage product marketing and business development expertise. He currently consults to Confyrm. He is Content Chair for Identiverse, the leading digital identity and security industry conference, is a voting member of the User Managed Access Working Group at Kantara, and is an active member of the Open Identity Exchange (OIX). He also serves on the board of IDPro, where he chairs the editorial committee. He has deep and current knowledge and experience in internet and cloud identity security, including OAuth, UMA, OpenID Connect, SAML, XACML and related standards.

Emilie is an Unreasonable Mentor. Emilie has participated in 5 programs, including Unreasonable Impact UK & Europe 2022, and has advised over 54 Unreasonable companies.

Emilie is passionate about how companies can connect authentically with communities and customers in new ways. She’s also intrigued by the collision of the physical and digital worlds, as technology drives a new unconscious longing for greater physicality.

For more than 20+ years, Emilie has held marketing and digital leadership roles focused on driving growth for businesses experiencing waves of innovation and change. Emilie has delivered tangible results for early-stage companies focused on growth, as well as helped major brands solve diverse problems and seize new market opportunities. Much of her work has involved defining—or redefining—market strategies for brands and helping them connect with local and global audiences, build optimal “click-to-brick” experiences, and orchestrate complex digital transformations.

Before joining IDEO, Emilie helped education powerhouse Pearson build an award-winning sustainability and social impact agenda that rolled out globally within eight months and generated returns within 14. The program reached three billion people in three years. Emilie joined Pearson in 2014 when Pearson acquired the Business English SaaS company she helped lead for $90 million, and led their global marketing campaigns functions during her term there.

Emilie graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in art history and philosophy. Her background at creative agencies, Fortune 500 companies, and tech startups enables her to contribute to projects across industries and speak to customers with diverse needs.

Emilie has received a number of awards for innovation, communication, and social impact, including the Cannes Lion Grand Prix. Emilie is a fierce advocate for gender equality and women's leadership and serves on several advisory boards dedicated to empowering women in business, civil society, and politics.

Before co-founding ICE in 2014, a green fuels developer with up to 200GW portfolio of upstream wind and solar and downstream green hydrogen and ammonia projects in coastal deserts; Alicia led investment and strategy in global markets for 20 years, managing private equity funds, market entry and finance for multinational companies and institutional investors across Australasia including the Middle East. She has focused on infrastructure, renewable energy, specialty chemicals/pharma, technology, and telecom. She was a founding partner of multiple growth private equity funds and a project finance advisor in the Persian Gulf.

Alicia led international strategy and acquisitions at Elan Biopharmaceuticals and was Vice President of Prudential Asia Infrastructure Mezzanine Capital Fund. She was a founding principal at NetFuel Ventures (acquired by a University of Chicago affiliate) and has held international strategy and investment positions at Gemini, Lend Lease, and AirTouch International (Vodafone). Alicia holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

Alicia currently sits on multiple industry and charity boards, steering committees, advisory boards, and councils and is a frequent speaker at clean hydrogen, ammonia, and sustainability events.

Sacha has over two decades of global investing experience across industries; including transportation, energy (conventional and alternative), infrastructure, automotive, real estate, industrial, consumer, and technology. He was a co-founding partner of a multi billion dollar investment firm managing public and private equity assets globally for a range of endowments, pension funds, family offices and other large institutions. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong investing the bank´s own capital across Asia. He began his career in the risk arbitrage group at Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo. Sacha holds a B.Sc. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

John joined the Board in May 2010. Prior to joining Liontrust in February 2010, John was Chief Executive of Tactica Fund Management since it was established in 2005. Previously, John was Joint Managing Director of SG Asset Management and Chief Executive of Société Generale Unit Trusts Limited, having been a co-founder of the business in 1998. John was also formerly Head of Distribution at Aberdeen Asset Management.

Vinay joined the Board in September 2004. Vinay is responsible for overseeing all finance, information technology, operations, risk and compliance of the Group. After obtaining a first class degree in computing science from Imperial College London, Vinay worked for W.I. Carr (UK) Limited specialising in the development of equity trading systems for their Far East subsidiaries, and then at HSBC Asset Management (Europe) Limited where he was responsible for global mutual funds systems. Following a short period at S.G. Warburg and Co., he joined Liontrust in 1995.

Simon joined Liontrust in July 2008 having been a financial journalist for 10 years and winning both the IMA Freelancer of the Year and AIC Freelancer of the Year Awards twice. Prior to becoming a freelance journalist in 2002, Simon was Special Correspondent at Citywire and Editor of International Financial Adviser. Simon is Chair of the IA’s Investor Communications Working Group, has an MA degree in War Studies from King’s College London and a BA degree in Modern History and Economics from Manchester University.

Geoff Skingsley is a British national and an Oxford graduate who joined L’Oréal Paris’ marketing team in the UK in the mid-eighties. He is a powerful developer who has strongly contributed to L’Oréal’s growth in terms of business, building highly qualified multicultural teams.

Bas van Buijtenen is a Business Executive and Non-Executive Board Member (IDP-C) who has devoted his career to growing businesses in drug delivery, health & nutrition, pharma packaging and (specialty) materials.

In 2020, he joined LTS Lohmann Therapie Systeme, as CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, to drive the development and execution of its corporate strategy, building on an impressive track record as a leader in transdermal and transmucosal drug delivery.

Previously, he was President of the Injectables Division of Aptar Pharma, driving the groups’ global activities in devices and components for parenteral drug delivery.

Earlier in his career he held a number of global and regional leadership positions in Human Nutrition at Royal DSM, the leader in health ingredients for pharma, nutraceuticals, infant and F&B markets.

He started his career at that same company, fulfilling commercial roles in various parts of their polymers business.

Bas van Buijtenen’s focus is on driving growth for the business, enabling the success of customers as well as the personal development of his team. He is passionate about Employee Safety and Diversity: ‘Only when every voice is heard equally will we reach our full potential, as individuals and as organisation’.

He serves as Non-Executive Board member and Advisor for several young companies in the fields of aseptic drug delivery and nutraceuticals. He holds an executive certificate in corporate governance and board effectiveness (IDP-C, Insead).

Bas has worked and lived in various countries in Europe, as well as in Singapore and in the USA. He is a national of the Netherlands, and is fluent in English, German, French and Dutch. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Business Studies from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), complemented with Executive Education at Insead, Harvard Business School, IMD and Wharton. He is married with two children.

Laura Howard is Co-Head European Healthcare Group, Investment Banking for Morgan Stanley. She advises pharmaceutical, medical technology and biotech companies across a number of strategic and financing transactions. She joined Morgan Stanley in 1997, after spending five years in in healthcare management consultancy and two years general M&A at Goldman Sachs. She received her BA in economics from Haverford College. Originally from the US, Laura has lived in London for 18 years together with her husband and twin boys.

Senior executive with over 25 years experience. Strong track record of driving growth through innovation. Outward facing global strategist, commercially savvy with proven financial skills when directing investment.

Experienced at attracting strong talent and building and leading high performing organisations.

Comfortable operating across both global and market roles. Bilingual, lived in 6 countries, worked across 15+.

Matt joined NNL in June 2018 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in April 2019. He joined the business from BAE Systems where he had spent the previous 16 years in a wide variety of roles, most latterly as Finance Director for the Dreadnought Submarine Programme.

Matt worked across multiple businesses within BAE Systems where he developed a deep understanding of Financial Management, Corporate Governance and Information Management and Technology.

Matt is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and sits as a member of the CIMA Benevolent Fund. Outside work, he is a qualified Rugby League Coach with Chorley Panthers.

An experienced Executive leader and Board member bringing a wealth of experience in Operational, Commercial, Governance and Strategic leadership to the organisations I work for. In my role at National Nuclear Laboratory I have full accountability for end-to-end delivery; partnering with stakeholders to understand how NNL can use our unique capabilities to develop innovative solutions that deliver real value. My role includes the safe and secure operation of an estate of complex nuclear facilities, across multiple sites, with a replacement value in excess of £1bn. Through the implementation of an extensive change programme across the business I have provided the leadership, governance and control to deliver 15% pa growth across the last two years and established a solid forward sales pipeline for the next decade. I firmly believe that investing time and energy in building relationships creates real teamwork, this, alongside championing high quality communications internally and externally empowers teams to deliver outstanding results. As a Board member I am a key contributor to both the Audit, Risk & Assurance Committee and Environment, Health, Safety & Security Committee.

My experience includes the leadership of major projects / programmes across a number of sectors including nuclear, infrastructure, energy (generation and transmission) and defence, and includes projects both in the UK and internationally. I have a proven track record of leading the successful delivery of challenging projects, the recovery of projects "in difficulty" and turning around the performance of teams through cultural and organisational change.

Fiona Rayment is a passionate, enthusiastic and strategic leader who enjoys creating innovative solutions. She is an active listener, excellent communicator and has an ability to engage with a broad range of stakeholders. Her clarity of thought is often commented upon as a unique contributor to executive and board discussions. As the Chief Science and Technology Officer at the UK National Nuclear Laboratory she leads on the science, engineering and innovation agenda for Nuclear. Through her previous role as Executive Director of NIRO, a division of the UK National Nuclear Laboratory, she provided strategic nuclear advice to Her Majesty's Government. Her career spans mostly innovation, strategy and operations and more recently she has been appointed to several senior national and international advisory and non-executive director roles. Rayment is a chartered chemist and engineer with a PhD in chemistry and an MBA. She is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry and of the UK Nuclear Institute. Fiona was awarded an OBE for her services to UK Nuclear innovation and research and the Legion of Honour for her contribution to strengthening the Franco–British nuclear relationship.

Throughout her career she has actively engaged in the development of technical and business strategies and led on effective stakeholder engagement with government and commercial entities. She has experience in the creation and management of risk strategies enabling business success and has actively participated on several audit committees and reviews.

With a proven track record in chairing and participating on a variety of boards, Rayment is currently a member of the UK Space Agency Steering Board, Chair of NI Enterprises Ltd., Vice-Chair of OECD NEA steering committee, and President of CEA Energy Division Scientific Council. Until recently she served on the board of the American Nuclear Society, was a trustee of the UK Nuclear Institute and chaired the UK’s Nuclear Skills Strategy Group.

Clare Barlow is the Chief People Officer and Board Member at the National Nuclear Laboratory. In this role as well as her board responsibilities, Clare is passionate about driving the people agenda across the business with an inclusive and sustainable approach.

Clare joined NNL in 2018 from BAE Systems, where she spent the previous ten years as HR Director for the UK and International Combat Air division. Prior to BAE Systems, Clare was Head of HR at Royal Mail, British Airways and a number of manufacturing organisations.

Clare has a wealth of experience spanning both HR and business roles, specialising in strategy development, organisational development, change management and employee relations.

In addition to her NNL role, Clare is a Trustee of Age UK Lancashire and a qualified Executive and team Coach and lives in Lancashire with her husband Warren and daughter Hannah.

Mark was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2016. The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) sets industry standards, the industry safety, health and wellbeing strategy and the Sustainable Rail Strategy. It has a research capability to evidence its core work and provides additional technical consultancy services to the industry. He is a member of the Transport for London Board and chairs the Audit and Assurance Committee. Mark is a member of the Department for Transport’s Research and Innovation Board.

Mark graduated with a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from the University of York and has held a number of senior roles in Britain’s rail industry before joining (RSSB) and was deputy chair of the British Transport Police Authority for four years.

Angus is the Chief Executive Officer at Smart DCC and has an extensive telecoms background. Most recently Angus was a Senior Vice President for Global Enterprise Products at Vodafone and, until 2013, the Managing Director of Customer Services and CRM at BT. Previously he has held senior positions within Cable & Wireless and Ciena.

Jason Clark is the Chief Financial Officer at Smart DCC. Before joining Smart DCC, Jason spent two years as the Chief Financial Officer at Bristol Airport, where he had Board level responsibility for Finance, Risk Management, Procurement and IT. Prior to this, Jason spent the majority of his career in the energy industry with RWE, working across upstream and downstream businesses in the UK and Europe, with his last position being the UK Finance Director for RWE npower.

Tasha has been at S&P Global for five years. As Chief Corporate Counsel & Corporate Secretary she supports the S&P Global Board of Directors and provides advice on corporate governance, securities and disclosure matters. She leads the Corporate Legal team responsible for advising on corporate legal matters, including privacy, M&A, IP, compensation, vendor agreements and international corporate matters.

Prior to joining S&P Global, Tasha was a senior associate at Shearman & Sterling LLP where her practice area focused on compensation and benefits (including related securities, regulatory and tax issues) with some employment law and mergers and acquisitions experience. Tasha has represented a wide range of U.S. and international public and private companies, executives and management teams, and compensation committees and boards.

While at Shearman & Sterling LLP, Tasha was seconded to Morgan Stanley for 10 months, where she counseled and partnered with senior officers in management, HR, strategy & execution, finance and tax on complex executive compensation matters on a global and firmwide basis.

Tasha received her BA from University of California, Berkeley and her JD from University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

Dimitra Manis is Executive Vice President, Chief Purpose Officer and serves on S&P Global’s Executive Committee. In her role, she leads the People, Marketing, Communications, Corporate Responsibility, and DEI functions. With an emphasis on creating sustainable impact, Dimitra and her team focus on creating lasting positive change for customers, employees, and communities around the globe.

Before joining S&P Global, Dimitra held senior executive positions in large global companies across various industries, including consumer goods, financial services, data information, and technology. She has served as a trusted advisor to CEOs and boards of directors on a wide range of corporate issues, including M&A, crisis management, compensation, culture and organizational change, diversity, and talent development and succession.

She is a board member of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a joint venture between S&P Global and CME Group; the S&P Global Foundation (endowment of 200M USD); and British American Business, where she serves on the Nominating and Compensation Committee.

Dimitra has lived and worked in Asia, Europe, and North America. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Monash University and a postgraduate degree from Deakin University, both of which are located in her native Australia. She has taught as an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, Cornell University, Mountbatten Institute/St Mary’s College, and Monash University. Dimitra is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Strategic Marketing and Communications at Fordham University.

Martin E. Diaz Plata is a Managing Partner of Capital Group Private Markets with primary responsibility for Latin America and Emerging Europe and the Middle East. He has been a member of the Investment Committee/Portfolio Management Committee since 2012. Prior to joining the Private Markets team in 2003, Martin spent seven years with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, first as an investment banking associate, and later as a principal of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, in New York and Buenos Aires. Prior to that, he spent three years with Corporación Financiera del Valle in Bogota in asset management and brokerage positions. Martin is a graduate of Universidad Externado de Colombia and holds an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Martin serves on the board of directors of several portfolio companies including D1, Tanner Servicios Financieros, Eaton Towers, and O Telhar. He was previously a director of Arcos Dorados, Jumbo Retail Argentina S.A. and Peñaflor S.A. Martin also serves on the board of directors of the Latin American Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, where he is chairman of the Public Policy and Global Standards Council, and as vice chairman of the British and Colombian Chamber of Commerce.

Jean-Philippe is the Managing Director at Tilda Ltd in the U.K. and has an extensive background in food, FMCG, and international business development. Most recently Jean-Philippe was Managing Director at Ebro India for 8 years based in New Delhi until 2019. He set up Ebro foods footprint and grew the business from scratch to a $100 million Company in 6 years. Previously he has held senior positions within Panzani and Mitsui OSK Lines in France. He holds a Master of Science in International trade and logistics from KEDGE Business school and he’s alumni of Harvard Business School after graduating from the Senior Executive Leadership Program in 2019.

Albina is the COO of Tools for Brokers. She is responsible for all client-related activities, oversees the company's global strategy, and manages the London office.

Having started as a Sales Manager, Albina has proven to be an energetic and professional team player and took over the company's operations management. Albina has led the company’s expansion into overseas markets with her sales and management talents, helping TFB launch three new offices in China, Cyprus, and the United Kingdom; while simultaneously optimising the work for different departments and the organisation as a whole.