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.
Pauline Abijaoude, Carlyle
Ana Alvarez Grullon, Keensight Capital
Christine Anderson / Anna Sulger, The Blackstone Group
Evaldo Bifulco, Jeito
Adam Black / Matthew Alcock, Coller Capital
Anaïs Blarel, Revaia
Emilie Bobin, PwC
Marie Bos, HV Capital
Karin Bouwmeester, PGGM
Emily Brooks, MML Capital
Natasha Buckley, HarbourVest Partners
André-Xavier Cooreman / Bart Vercauteren, AvH
Joshua Cronin, Neuberger Berman
Allegra Day / Penelope Curwen, Cinven
Carolina de Azevedo, Emerald Technology Ventures
Noëlla de Bermingham / Elsa Baillet, Andera Partners
Ellen de Kreij / Louise Mason, Apax Partners
Bérénice de Valroger / Chloë del Rio, SWEN Capital Partners
Louise Doucet, Ardian
Sixtine Dubost / Marie Luchet / Aline Axelroud / Anna Krakowska / Daria Ciuhrii, AXA IM
Philippa Elder / Kelly Goddard, Brookfield
Louise Ellison, EQT Partners
Jennifer Flood, Investindustrial
Fredrik Franke / Nils Halvord, Norvestor
Jarlyth Gibson, Advent International
Louis Godron / Fabian Söffge, Argos
Félix Héon, Antin Infrastructure Partners
Nicolas Hetkamp, Riverside
Marta Jankovic, Stafford Capital Partners
Shaan Joshi, Patria
Mieke Klanker, Rivean Capital
Elias Korosis / Clemence Le Guillou, Federated Hermes
Kora Krause, Waterland Private Equity
Stanley Kwong, KKR
Elin Ljung / Léa Saunders, Nordic Capital
Caroline Löfgren / Phoebe Snow, Hg
Clara Martinez, ECBF
Louisa Mesnard, Elaia
Maria Milans del Bosch, AltamarCAM
Olivier Millet, Eurazeo
Val Monk, Montagu
Stephanie Mooij, Gilde Healthcare
Grace Muller / Leela Ramnath, Warburg Pincus
Natalia Neuman, Lakestar
Viviana Occhionorelli / Nathalie Medawar, Astorg
Camilla Olsen, Hadean Ventures
Elsa Palanza, ICG
Daria Pawelko, Innova Capital
Kairat Perembetov, Capital Dynamics
Claire Peyssard Moses, Altaroc
Alison Prout, Agilitas Private Equity
Reva Raghavan, Paul Weiss
Fabio Ranghino / Daniela Popa, Ambienta
Abrielle Rosenthal, TowerBrook
Chloe Sanders, CVC Advisers
Nora Schulte, Genui
Ella Sexton, Bridgepoint
Patrick Sheehan, ETF Partners
Aga Siemiginowska, Oakley Capital
Mia Sorli Wikborg, FSN Capital Partners
Lizzie Stazicker, Exponent Private Equity
Jovana Stopic / Anne Sophie Singh / Albina Stukalkina, IK Partners
Suzanne Tavill / Bhavika Vyas, Stepstone Group
Elvira Viviani, Wise Equity
Erik Thijs Wedershoven, NPM Capital
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, Revaia
Karin Bouwmeester, PGGM
Ibrahim Chaudhary / Michael Raymond, Travers Smith
Silva Dezelan, Forbion
Louise Doucet, Ardian
Kelly Goddard / Philippa Elder, Brookfield
Amara Goeree / Nadina Stodiek, Schroders Capital Management
Shaan Joshi, Patria
Leslie Kapin, Astanor
Katherine Kitson, EQT
Ruth Knox, Paul Hastings
Clemence Le Guillou, Federated Hermes
Erwann Le Ligné, Eurazeo
Maxime Mathieu, Atoz ESG
Maria Milans del Bosch, AltamarCAM
Emelie Norling, Summa Equity
Camilla Olsen, Hadean Ventures
Eimear Palmer, Pantheon Ventures
Abrielle Rosenthal, TowerBrook
Léa Saunders, Nordic Capital
Rafaella Scheer and Juliette Durand, AXA Climate
Heike Schmitz / Leonie Timmers / Jan Labusga, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Nora Schulte, Genui
Zoë VanderWolk, ETF Partners
Heleen van Poecke, Key ESG
John Young / Alfred Scott, Debevoise & Plimpton
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
Giovanni Aquaro / Desiree Abrahams, ERM
Silva Dezelan, Forbion
Amara Goeree / Katie Frame, Schroders Capital Management
Marta Jankovic, Stafford Capital Partners
Ruth Knox / Ophelia Claude, Paul Hastings
Erwann Le Ligné, Eurazeo
Camilla Olsen, Hadean Ventures
Daria Pawelko, Innova Capital
Manon Quinti, Atoz ESG
Abrielle Rosenthal / Adelaide Mion, TowerBrook
Heike Schmitz / Rebecca Chin / Antony Crockett, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Jovana Stopic / Albina Stukalkina, IK Partners
Amy Waddington / Hannah Laurie, Weil
Sophia Walwyn-James, 3i
Hannah-Polly Williams, CD&R