Concretely, the Committee supports Invest Europe in offering practical and tailored guidance to its members on integrating ESG considerations into their business decisions and on dealing with increasing EU regulatory requirements in the field of EU Sustainable Finance. In parallel, the Committee plays an important role in giving expert advice and shaping the association’s position on sustainability-related policy and legislative measures, such as the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) and the EU Taxonomy Regulation.
In addition, the ESGC makes recommendations to the Invest Europe Board of Directors about the strategy, policy and practicalities relating to responsible investment.
In its former composition (the Responsible Investment Roundtable), the ESG Committee took a central role in producing Invest Europe’s ESG Due Diligence Guide for private equity managers and investors, the Invest Europe Climate Change Guide series, and most recently the Invest Europe ESG Reporting Guidelines.
The Committee is currently supported by the ESG Working Group, the Working Group on SFDR, the Impact Investing Working Group and the Human Rights Working Group.
Silva Dezelan, Forbion
Amara Goeree, Schroders Capital Management
Giovanni Aquaro, ERM
Graeme Ardus, Triton Partners
Stefano Bonelli, AXA Climate
Leslie Kapin, Astanor Ventures - Good Harvest Ventures Management
Erwann Le Ligné, Eurazeo (Outgoing Chair)
Eimear Palmer, Pantheon Ventures
Susanne Røge, ATP Private Equity Partners
Heike Schmitz, Herbert Smith Freehills
Adinah Shackleton, Permira
Maaike van der Schoot, AlpInvest Partners
Zoë VanderWolk, ETF Partners
Serge Younes, Investindustrial
The Invest Europe ESG Committee draws on the expertise and knowledge gathered in different Working Groups and Task Forces. It currently features four sub-Committees of Invest Europe members and experts.
The Invest Europe ESG Working Group (formerly, the Responsible Investment Roundtable Affiliate Network) encourages the open exchange of ideas and promotes informed discussion about responsible investment practices and ESG issues in European private equity. In doing so, it enables industry participants to understand, implement and improve their ESG approaches.
Ana Alvarez Grullon, Keensight Capital
Christine Anderson / Anna Sulger, The Blackstone Group
Adam Black / Matthew Alcock, Coller Capital
Emilie Bobin, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Marie Bos, HV Capital
Candice Brenet, Ardian France
Natasha Buckley, HarbourVest Partners
André-Xavier Cooreman / Bart Vercauteren, AvH Growth Capital
Nicolas Cottis, KPMG in France
Allegra Day / Penelope Curwen, Cinven
Onur Durmus / Jaideep Das, Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
Julien Famy, AXA Climate
Anna Follér / Anna Grgic / Per Norberg, AP6 (Sixth Swedish National Pension Fund)
Aamil Ghani / Natalia Neuman, Lakestar Advisors
Jarlyth Gibson, Advent International
Louis Godron / Fabian Söffge, Argos
Félix Héon, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Nicolas Hetkamp, Riverside
Marta Jankovic, Stafford Capital Partners
Mieke Klanker, Rivean Capital
Maurice Klaver / Karin Bouwmeester, PGGM Vermogensbeheer
Elias Korosis / Clemence Le Guillou, Federated Hermes
Stanley Kwong, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co Partners (KKR)
Elin Ljung, Nordic Capital Investment Advisory
Caroline Löfgren, Hg
Clara Martinez, ECBF
Louisa Mesnard, Elaia
Olivier Millet, Eurazeo
Stephanie Mooij, Gilde Healthcare
Dietrich Mylius, Allianz Capital Partners
Viviana Occhionorelli, Astorg
Denise Odaro / Ivan Massonnat, PAI Partners
Elsa Palanza, Intermediate Capital Group
Daria Pawelko, Innova Capital
Kairat Perembetov, Capital Dynamics
Fabio Ranghino / Daniela Popa, Ambienta
Irene Rodríguez Sánchez, AltamarCAM
Chloe Sanders, CVC Advisers
Nora Schulte, Genui
Alex Scott, Pantheon Ventures
Katharina Neureiter / Matthew Cottrell / Pauline Abijaoude, Carlyle
Patrick Sheehan, ETF Partners
Aga Siemiginowska, Oakley Capital
Jennifer Signori / Joshua Cronin, Neuberger Berman
Lizzie Stazicker, Exponent Private Equity
Jovana Stopic, IK Partners
Anna Ström / Sophie Walker, EQT Partners
Rebecca C. Svensøy, FSN Capital Partners
Elvira Viviani, Wise Equity
Bhavika Vyas / Suzanne Tavill, StepStone Group
Erik Thijs Wedershoven, NPM Capital
Kim Woehl / Julia Zlotkowska, Montagu
Marta G. Zanchi, Nina Capital
In light of the increasing focus on sustainable finance in European policymaking, the Invest Europe Working Group on SFDR plays a crucial role in supporting Invest Europe’s political advocacy work by providing input for public consultation responses and other communications with the European institutions and giving expert advice on (new or revised) legislative measures.
In addition, the Working Group is actively involved in the development of practical member guidance on the application, interpretation, and implementation of the EU’s ESG reporting rules.
Phil Bartram / Simon Witney / Ibrahim Chaudhary / Sarah-Jane Denton / Danny Riding / Amelia Horvath / Tim Lewis / Henriika Hara / Michael Raymond / Alexandra MacBean / Olesya Marchenko, Travers Smith
Patricia Volhard / John Young / Eike Bjoern Weidner, Debevoise & Plimpton
Heike Schmitz / Stephen Newby / Jonathan Blake / Nish Dissanayake / Shantanu Naravane / Janis Rentrop / Sophie Dijoux / Konstantin Hoerner, Herbert Smith Freehills
Emily Harmsworth / Julia Vergauwen / Rahul Manvatkar, Linklaters
Maaike van der Schoot, AlpInvest Partners
Natasha Buckley, HarbourVest Partners
Paul Ellison / Lily Marcel / Alexandra Davidson / Vishal Mashru / Amy Watt / Kikun Alo / Stephanie Dunne / Charlotte Chopping / Jacqueline Jones / Maren Stadler-Tjan / Emily Heath / Sarah Butler, Clifford Chance
Eimear Palmer / Alison Westwood, Pantheon Ventures
Adinah Shackleton, Permira
Axel Wernbro / Stina Bergfelt, EQT Partners
Sophia Walwyn-James, 3i
Silva Dezelan, Forbion
Peter Moore / Allegra Day / Penelope Curwen, Cinven
Gilles Dusemon / Lara Forte / Stéphane Badey / Antoine Peter, Arendt & Medernach
Thibault Corrion, Advent International
Reva Raghavan / Daniel D'Ambrosio / James Roslington / Rhys Davies / Jennie Morawetz / Aladdin Benali, Kirkland & Ellis
Divya Kapoor / Heidi Kniesel / Joshua Goldman, Blackstone
Matt Feehily / Paula Caamano Sambade / Owen Lysak, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Gregg Beechey / Paul Nishkaam, Fried Frank
Aga Siemiginowska, Oakley Capital
Karin Bouwmeester, PGGM
Frédérique Lifrange / Thomas Goericke, Elvinger Hoss Prussen
Ana Sofia Batista / Diogo Pereira Duarte, Abreu Advogados
Thijs Hoste, Ackermans & van Haaren
Kathryn Harrison / Morganne Kroon / Marina d'Engelbronner, ERM
Harriet Levett / Elsa Palanza, ICG
Suzanne Tavill / Bhavika Vyas, StepStone Group
Argi Sampedro, Neuberger Berman
Christian Schütz, Golding Capital
Julie Pelcé / Nicole Chokanova / Anna Baer / Nicolas Lorgé / Laura Houet, CMS
John Verwey / Michael Singh / Rachel E. Lowe, Proskauer
James Wallace, Simmons & Simmons
Irene Rodriguez Sanchez / Fabiola Fernández-Ladreda Rivera, AltamarCAM
Mieke Klanker, Rivean Capital
Codrina Constantinescu, Allen & Overy
Lucia Pivetta, Morgan Stanley
Pauline Abijaoude, Carlyle
Ruth Knox / Konstantin Burkov, Paul Hastings
Jovana Stopic, IK Partners
Randazzo Roberto / Fabio Gallo Perozzi, Legance
Natalia Costa i Coromina / Peter Fox-Penner, Energy Impact Partners
Marta Jankovic, Stafford Capital Partners
Rafaella Scheer, AXA Climate
Carl Johan Zimdahl, Mannheimer Swartling
Chloe Sanders / Mehdi Van Renterghem, CVC Capital Partners
Patrick Deasy, Goodwin Procter
Henrietta de Salis, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Laura Callaghan, Novata
The Invest Europe Impact Investing Working Group aims to advise and support Invest Europe’s work on impact investing.
Anaïs Blarel and Bettina Denis, Revaia
Ibrahim Chaudhary and Michael Raymond, Travers Smith
Silva Dezelan, Forbion
Kelly Goddard and Philippa Elder, Brookfield
Amara Goeree, Schroders Capital Management
Leslie Kapin, Astanor Ventures - Good Harvest Ventures Management
Katherine Kitson, EQT
Erwann Le Ligné, Eurazeo
Eimear Palmer, Pantheon Ventures
Irene Rodriguez Sanchez and Beatriz Gandarias Calzada, AltamarCAM
Abrielle Rosenthal, TowerBrook Capital Partners
Rafaella Scheer and Juliette Durand, AXA Climate
Heike Schmitz, Herbert Smith Freehills
Nora Schulte, Genui
Robert Sroka, Abris Capital Partners
Zoë VanderWolk, ETF Partners
Marta G. Zanchi, Nina Capital
The Invest Europe Human Rights Working Group aims to advise and support Invest Europe’s work on human rights.
Ana Alvarez Grullon, Keensight Capital
Erwann Le Ligné, Eurazeo
Silva Dezelan, Forbion
Giovanni Aquaro, ERM
Jon Drimmer/Camille Jetzer, Paul Hastings
Marta Jankovic, Stafford Capital Partners
Abrielle Rosenthal, TowerBrook Capital Partners
Heike Schmitz/Antony Crockett/Rebecca Chin, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Jovana Stopic, IK Partners
Sophia Walwyn-James, 3i