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ESG Committee

B3 Responsible Investment Roundtable

The Invest Europe ESG Committee (ESGC) aims to promote responsible investment practices and the consideration of ESG issues throughout Invest Europe's membership and the broader private equity community.

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.

Chair

Silva Dezelan, Forbion

Vice-Chair

Amara Goeree, Schroders Capital Management

Members

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

ESG Committee Working Groups and Task Forces

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.

ESG Working Group

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

Working Group on SFDR

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

Impact Investing Working Group

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

Human Rights Working Group

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

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