With 15 years of experience in sustainability and ESG, Charlotte leads BSR’s global sustainability management practice, supporting companies across sectors to define and implement sustainability strategies that create value for business and society.

With a key focus on changing investor expectations and ESG in the financial services sector, Charlotte helps companies identify priority material topics, engage stakeholders in a meaningful way, define sustainability strategies and goals, and deliver meaningful sustainability reporting. Charlotte also leads BSR’s financial services practice in Europe.

Prior to joining, Charlotte was an analyst for five years at Innovest and Vigeo, two socially responsible investment rating agencies. Charlotte is bilingual in French and English. She holds an M.A. in CSR Management from the University of Paris XII and a B.A. in International Affairs from the University of Colorado..

Hugh is the Head of BSR’s Financial Services practice and partners with companies across sectors. He advises institutional investors, corporations, and other capital market participants on corporate sustainability strategy, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing and risk management, and stakeholder engagement. 

Prior to joining BSR, Hugh was a senior director at Ceres, where he led investor engagement with global institutional investors representing over US$20 trillion in assets under management (AUM). Hugh connected key climate change topics, including land use change and water risks, to investment portfolios and company supply chains to help investors and companies achieve climate change goals.  

Hugh has over 15 years of investment management expertise in various roles. At the US$250 billion AUM Florida State Board of Administration, he worked on corporate governance, ESG risks across asset classes, and risk management. He also worked at Morgan Stanley, where he provided investment management and consulting services.  

Hugh is a veteran of the US Air Force. He holds a BA in History and International Affairs from Florida State University and an MBA from Nova Southeastern University.  

Raluca works with BSR member companies across various industries on sustainability management projects, with a focus on the financial services industry. She also supports the Healthcare Working Group collaborative initiative.

Prior to joining BSR, Raluca was a Production Manager at Vigeo Eiris (part of Moody’s ESG Solutions), a socially responsible investment rating agency. She focused on evaluating the positive contribution of public companies’ commercial activities to sustainable development. 

Raluca holds a MA in Environmental Policy from Sciences Po Paris and a BA in International Relations from the University of Bucharest. She speaks English, Romanian, and French.

Megan supports BSR’s work across various industries and areas of expertise with a focus on financial services and sustainability management.

Prior to joining BSR, Megan worked at Mercer on the investment manager research team, where she led investment due diligence on hedge fund strategies and advised institutional investors on investment manager selection, investment strategy, and portfolio construction. In addition to her research responsibilities, Megan also helped lead the Diversifying Alternatives ESG committee. This role entailed analyzing best-in-class approaches to ESG and responsible investing and improving Mercer’s proprietary ESG rating framework across asset classes.

Megan has a B.B.A. in Finance with a minor in Accountancy from Villanova University. She is a CFA charterholder.

Cassie works with BSR member companies in the financial services sector to launch ESG funds, meet ambitious net zero goals, and build sustainable supply chains. Her engagements, spanning across private equity firms, investment banks, and pension funds, aim to build a just and equitable financial system that works for all.

Cassie brings with her 12+ years experience across the private, non-profit, and public sectors. Prior to joining BSR, Cassie worked as a risk specialist at Deutsche Bank, where she priced illiquid securities across the bank’s credit trading portfolio. Cassie also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua, where she partnered with the Ministry of Education to launch a youth entrepreneurship program. While in graduate school, Cassie led a consulting project that analyzed Fortune 500 companies’ adherence to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Cassie holds a MPP from the Harvard Kennedy School and a BS in Economics from Susquehanna University.

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Sandra is a Director of Business Transformation strategy in the EMEA region. She works with companies across all sectors including Information and Communications Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Consumer Products, to structure a sustainability management approach that mitigates risk and captures emerging opportunities, creating positive impact for their businesses, while contributing to a sustainable world.

She brings over 20 years of experience in high-tech organizations, building and leading sustainability transformation, governance, strategies, ESG reporting, as well as communication and reputation management at a group level. Prior to BSR, she was Head of Corporate Responsibility at Nokia, and Sustainability Director at Alcatel-Lucent. More recently, Sandra has worked as an independent consultant on sustainability, focused on medium-sized companies in France.

Sandra holds a Masters in Communication and a Masters in Brand Strategy from CELSA Paris Sorbonne. She speaks English and French.

Constance works with BSR member companies across various industries and areas of expertise with a focus on sustainability management and financial services.

Prior to joining BSR, Constance was an associate at Green Soluce, an entrepreneurial sustainability consulting firm based in Paris. In this role, she advised real estate and private equity investment managers on their ESG policies and impact rating tools, and she led a range of events, workshops, and trainings on sustainable investment. In addition to consulting, Constance was also an auditor for the newly launched French Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) label for real estate funds. This role consisted of analyzing responsible investment policy and its implementation at the fund level against the label's specifications.

Constance holds a Master’s in Business Management from EDHEC Business School and a Certificate in Science, Technology, Business and Society Challenges of Sustainability from Copenhagen Business School.

Constance supports BSR’s sustainability work in the Infrastructure and Finance industries, with a focus on ESG and impact investment. She supports financial actors in building ambitious responsible investment strategies, conducting due diligences, monitoring performances, and growing outcomes.

Prior to joining BSR, Constance worked in PwC’s sustainability services practice in Paris. In this role, she supported French and European private equity firms in developing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment strategy, conducted ESG and impact due diligence, and reviewed sustainability practices of French CAC 40 companies in the banking, insurance, oil and gas, and automotive sector.

Constance holds a MSc in Environmental Technology, Business and the Environment from Imperial College London, a MA in European Public Policy from King’s College London, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Sussex. She speaks fluent French, Spanish, and English.

Rachel supports multiple teams at BSR with their regular administrative duties and identifying cross-functional team collaboration opportunities. She focuses on supporting business transformation;  financial services; human rights; diversity, equity, and inclusion; and technology.

Prior to joining BSR, Rachel worked for International Justice Mission as an Office Coordinator, filtering external stakeholder inquiries and facilitating internal team collaboration for maximum impact. Rachel spent time in India implementing ethical storytelling and marketing practices for small anti-trafficking organizations.

Rachel has a BBA in Marketing Management with a minor in Political Science from Texas Christian University.

Ellinor supports BSR’s sustainability work across industries with a focus on ESG investments, advising financial institutions and their clients on how to integrate sustainability strategies into investment decisions and corporate management.

Ellinor brings with her 10 years of experience from the responsible investment field, engaging companies on behalf of institutional investors to improve ESG management on a variety of topics. Prior to joining BSR, Ellinor worked at Sustainalytics, leading engagement projects on sustainable seafood and sustainable agriculture. She also previously worked at GES International ,focusing on strengthening ESG management in emerging markets investments.

Ellinor holds a Master’s in Political Science and a BA in Spanish from Lund University, Sweden. A Swedish native, she also speaks English, Danish, and Spanish.

With deep experience as researcher and consultant, Ogi advises companies in Japan on a range of sustainability topics to promote business practices that are aligned with global and forward-looking perspectives. Within her sustainability management consulting work, she focuses on materiality analysis, sustainability strategy development, and stakeholder engagement.

Prior to joining BSR, Ogi worked for a research consultancy for 20 years. She focused on a wide range of environmental issue areas, including climate change, circular economy, disclosure, and communications to governments and the private sector.

She holds an M.A. in Policy Science from Doshisha University Graduate School of Policy and Management.

David leads BSR’s financial services practice and works closely with BSR’s sustainability management team to partner with companies across sectors. He advises companies on integrating sustainability into corporate strategy, investment management, and products and services. 

David has led engagements in all of BSR’s areas of expertise and major industry groups. As part of his collaboration with BSR members, he has developed sustainable investment strategies for private equity funds and their portfolio companies, designed and operationalized a leading impact investing fund, conducted materiality assessments and facilitated strategy development, undertaken human rights impact assessments on emerging technologies, co-authored research on the business benefits of inclusive business strategies, and built global stakeholder engagement tools, among other activities. David also co-leads the Net Positive Project.

Before joining BSR, David worked in strategy and management consulting at Bain & Company. Additionally, he has worked as an independent consultant in sustainability and nonprofit governance.

David holds a B.A. in History from Amherst College.

Diane leads BSR's Financial Services ESG and impact investing transformation work and sits closely with BSR's Sustainability Management team. She advises private equity firms, financial institutions, and corporate clients on integrating ESG and impact investment into business and fund-level strategy, investment due diligence, portfolio management, products, and services.

Prior to joining BSR, Diane was a senior manager at Ramboll Management Consulting, advising clients in sustainable finance, responsible investing, and ESG strategy. Before Ramboll, she worked at the World Bank Group and International Finance Corporation (IFC), advising on impact strategy and investments, financial inclusion, governance, and transparency to develop small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and drive economic growth in emerging markets. 

She holds a Global Executive MBA from Columbia Business School; a Master's in Management, Business Economics from Harvard University; and a Bachelor's in Economics and Political Economy from UC Berkeley. She holds a CFA ESG Investing Certification.

As a business and human rights attorney, Kindra brings over 10 years of experience advancing social and environmental sustainability and access to remedy to BSR’s financial services and human rights teams. Kindra advises financial institutions and their corporate clients on innovative solutions to prevent and address human rights risks and impacts on the ground, including through stakeholder engagement and the development of grievance mechanisms.  

Previously, Kindra consulted for the International Finance Corporation and worked with clients at PwC to integrate best practices into their corporate governance frameworks. She also worked for the US Senate and served for five years as the Policy Director for a global nonprofit, advocating with communities for environmental and social protections and access to remedy in international finance. In addition, Kindra has lived and worked for nonprofits in Argentina, Haiti, and Peru on access to justice and corporate accountability.    

Kindra obtained her law degree at Boston College and holds a MA in International Economics and International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Paloma leads BSR’s work at the intersection of finance and human rights. She advises financial institutions on embedding respect for human rights into corporate governance, across products and services, and at each stage of the investment lifecycle.

Prior to joining BSR, Paloma was Advisor to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and Senior Consultant of the UN B-Tech Project, where she developed an ambitious vision for promoting the uptake of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights among investors and led work on responsible investment in digital technologies. Prior to the UN, Paloma launched and served as Director of the Investor Alliance for Human Rights, where she developed thought leadership on the investor responsibility to respect human rights and supported corporate engagements across sectors. She also worked as Senior Advisor at the Danish Institute for Human Rights, where she advised governments, companies, and civil society on business and human rights.

Paloma is also on the Editorial Board of the Business and Human Rights Journal of Cambridge University, is a Design Team member of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative, and is an Advisory Board member of First Peoples Worldwide.

Paloma is Chilean-American and speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese. She holds a Master of International Affairs (M.I.A.) in Human Rights from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a B.A. in Political Science, also from Columbia University. 

Andrey works with BSR member companies across industries with a focus on the intersection of finance and human rights.

Andrey comes to BSR from the financial services industry, with four years of experience as a management consultant within UBS' internal consulting team. Andrey brings to BSR a deep knowledge of large-scale business transformation and corporate responsibility. During his time at UBS, Andrey worked on six "change-the-bank" initiatives and received direct exposure to topics ranging across international client onboarding, regulatory compliance, pricing strategy, and technology transformation. He also spent a rotation with UBS's corporate responsibility team to help drive the completion of the RobecoSAM questionnaire that ultimately delivered UBS's fourth consecutive award as a Dow Jones Sustainability Index leader. Most recently, Andrey spent Summer 2021 working on Rights CoLab’s Mapping Civil Society Initiative, where he helped identify and feature innovative human rights organizations. 

Andrey holds a MIA in Economic and Political Development from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University and a BA in Economics and Psychology from Skidmore College. He speaks English and Russian.

Beth helps companies increase business and societal resilience through effective sustainability strategy and management.

She supports BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab and sustainability management teams and regularly advises companies on climate change. Her work includes materiality assessments, strategy development, ERM integration, and strategic foresight. Beth has led engagements in all of BSR’s major industry groups and works regularly with members in the financial services, transport and logistics, industrials and utilities, and ICT sectors.

Prior to joining BSR, Beth served as the director of sustainability for a packaging manufacturer, where she was responsible for corporate-wide sustainability strategy and implementation. Beth also worked as a consultant to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where she developed benefit-cost analyses of proposed federal regulation and supported industry partnership development.

Beth holds an M.E.M. from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and a B.A. in Economics from Colby College.

Sonia supports BSR’s work and member companies across different industries and areas of expertise, with a focus on sustainability management and financial services.

Prior to joining BSR, Sonia worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London, where she focused on green finance and supported the integration of gender across its green investments and climate change agenda. Sonia also interned for the Office of the Executive Director at Europol in The Hague, where she assisted with the implementation of diversity and inclusion and stakeholder engagement initiatives.

Sonia holds a MA in Public Policy from King's College London and a BA in International Science, Development and Cooperation from the University of Turin. She speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

Nine supports BSR’s work across various industries, including financial services, industrials and utilities, and energy and extractives. She focuses on design and implementation of sustainability strategies, reporting, stakeholder engagement, and governance.

Prior to joining BSR, Nine worked in PwC’s sustainability services practice, where she advised multinational companies on sustainability strategies. She focused on how organizations could integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into their strategies and practices to increase their positive impact and mitigate their negative impact. She also audited social and environmental data. Nine is a One Young World ambassador.

Nine holds an M.Sc. in Food Safety Law from Wageningen University and an L.L.M. in Law from the University of Amsterdam. She wrote her master’s thesis at the University of Cape Town, focusing on food innovations for local farmers.