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The ISSB: Building a Global Baseline

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

9:00 am - 10:00 am

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Peggy

Smyth

Partner

Queensland Investment Corporation

Peggy

Smyth

Partner

Queensland Investment Corporation

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Peggy Smyth joined QIC in 2021 as U.S. Senior Advisor, Global Infrastructure, based in New York, and Chair of the CenTrio Board of Directors. She lined the partnership in 2022. Peggy leads our North American infrastructure investment team on investment strategy and asset management. Peggy brings deep experience in decarbonization and sustainability as well as extensive leadership experience in guiding transformations resulting in increased productivity, engagement, and performance across the energy, manufacturing, telecommunications and professional service sectors. She is the former Chief Financial Officer of National Grid U.S. – one of the world’s largest publicly owned energy companies – and is an Independent Director of Etsy (digital marketplace), Frontier Communications (digital) , Lilium (electric mobility) and Remitly (fintech for immigrants).As a noted authority on the role of finance executives in driving ESG, she was recently recognized by the Energy Inclusion Conference as one of the “100 Most Influential Women in Energy” and by GreenBiz News as one of its “20 C-Suite Sustainability Champions.” She also received the United Way of New York City’s Power of Women to Make a Difference Award in 2018. Peggy is a member of the Executive Committee of the Fordham University President’s Council and a member of the Board of Trustees and the Audit Committee of Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian organization. She is a dual citizen – US and Ireland (EU).

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The ISSB: Building a Global Baseline

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

9:00 am - 10:00 am

Katie Schmitz Eulitt

Katie

Schmitz Eulitt

Director Outreach, Global Investors

IFRS Foundation

Katie

Schmitz Eulitt

Director Outreach, Global Investors

IFRS Foundation

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Katie Schmitz Eulitt leads the ISSB SASB Standards Investor Advisory Group, comprising over 60 leading global asset owners and managers – with >$53 Trillion AUM – supporting a global baseline standard for the communication of corporate performance on ESG issues relevant to the assessment of enterprise value to investors. This reprises similar roles Katie has played at the Value Reporting Foundation, prior to its merger with IFRS in August 2022 and at the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board prior to that. She also co-leads market engagement in Asia Pacific markets, with an emphasis on Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

Katie worked with investment bank Salomon Brothers for over a decade in the US, Japan, and Hong Kong. Her experience in project development and finance spans the energy sector (both fossil fuels and renewables), the protection of forested lands, and water disinfection in developing markets.

She holds a BA in Japanese from the University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from l’Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires (INSEAD) in Fontainebleau, France, an executive certificate in sustainability from the Presidio Graduate School of San Francisco, and a Global Competent Boards Designation.

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The ISSB: Building a Global Baseline

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

9:00 am - 10:00 am

SandyPetersWeb

Sandra

J. Peters

Senior Head, Global Advocacy and Government Affairs

CFA Institute

Sandra

J. Peters

Senior Head, Global Advocacy and Government Affairs

CFA Institute

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Sandra Peters leads CFA Institute’s advocacy efforts related to the information investors needs for investment decision-making. She leads a team responsible for tracking policy developments related not only to corporate disclosures but also all information needed for investment decision-making including ESG information and alternative data.

She serves as spokesperson for CFA Institute to policymakers, standard setters, and regulators (e.g., IASB, FASB, SASB, ISSB, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, European Commission, etc.) and conducts outreach to other professional organizations and the media to discuss and promote data for investment decision-making.

Sandy has an extensive and well-balanced background as a investor, preparer, and auditor. Most recently, Sandy served as Vice President and Corporate Controller at MetLife Inc. Prior to joining MetLife, she was a partner at KPMG LLP providing audit services primarily for insurance and financial services companies. She is currently a member of the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee and the PCAOB’s Investor Advisory Group as well as the Standards and Emerging Issues Advisory Group. Sandy was previously a member of the IFRS Interpretation’s Committee (IFRS IC), the PCAOB’s Standing Advisory Group and the FASB’s Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC). Sandy is a Trustee of the Public Interest Oversight Board.

Sandy is a CPA licensed in New York, Texas, and Nebraska. She earned the CFA designation in 1998 and is a member of the CFA Society of New York. Sandy also holds the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) Director Certificate (NACD.DC). She holds a BSBA in Accounting from the University of Nebraska and an MBA in Finance from Indiana University.

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The ISSB: Building a Global Baseline

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

9:00 am - 10:00 am

WilhelmMohnWeb

Wilhelm

Mohn

Global Head of Corporate Governance

Norges Bank Investment Management

Wilhelm

Mohn

Global Head of Corporate Governance

Norges Bank Investment Management

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The ISSB: Building a Global Baseline

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

9:00 am - 10:00 am

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Elizabeth

Seeger

Board Member, ISSB

IFRS Foundation

Elizabeth

Seeger

Board Member, ISSB

IFRS Foundation

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Elizabeth Seeger was appointed as a full-time member of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in July 2022, effective November 2022.Ms Seeger has over 20 years’ experience of standard-setting, investment and working on sustainability topics. She joined the ISSB from global investment firm KKR, where she served as Managing Director, Sustainable Investing, responsible for helping oversee the firm's consideration of sustainability matters throughout KKR’s investment process and part of KKR's Global Impact team. She also oversaw KKR’s public sustainability reporting efforts, including the development of SASB and TCFD-aligned reporting.Before joining KKR in 2009, she served as a project manager in the corporate partnerships programme (now known as EDF+Business) of Environmental Defence Fund and a consultant with the Corporate Executive Board (CEB, now known as Gartner), where she advised companies from a broad range of industries in Europe and the United States. Before CEB, Ms Seeger was an associate at the Environmental Law Institute, a non-profit organisation focused on environmental law and policy research and education.Ms Seeger served on the SASB Standards Board as an inaugural member, but began her standard-setting work when becoming a member of the SASB Standards Council in 2012.She is a 2013 Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow and earned a BA in Environmental Studies with honours from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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The ISSB: Building a Global Baseline

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

9:00 am - 10:00 am

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