Transitioning global public funds

To better understand what public funds require to meet net zero, OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute has coordinated a working group with the world’s largest pension and sovereign funds to discuss their investment strategies, challenges and outlook on transition finance. Asset owners are key to providing opportunities for enhancing returns while establishing real-world impact. However, though there is momentum, there is also a lot of uncertainty and challenges with data and information, standards, risk understanding and finding opportunities persist.
OMFIF is launching the Transition Finance Working Group’s first report at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event brings together 50 attendees from pension and sovereign funds, policy-makers, standard-setters, multilateral development banks, investor banks and asset managers to dive into the report findings, tackle the challenges highlighted and find solutions to move the transition forward.
Speakers
Erich Cripton
Director, Business Relations
CDPQ Global
Erich Cripton
Director, Business Relations
CDPQ Global
Erich Cripton is director of business relations at CDPQ Global. He is responsible for CDPQ’s US federal, state and municipal government relations as well as managing US regulatory affairs. Prior to joining CDPQ, he served as a diplomat for the Government of Canada, serving twice at Canada’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. Previously, Cripton worked in both the private and philanthropic sectors in South Korea, Indonesia, Germany, New York, Thailand and Central African Republic.
Jan Dusík
Deputy Director-General
European Commission
Jan Dusík
Deputy Director-General
European Commission
Ulf Erlandsson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Ulf Erlandsson
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
Prasad Gadkari
Executive Director & Chief Strategy Officer
National Investment & Infrastructure Fund
Prasad Gadkari
Executive Director & Chief Strategy Officer
National Investment & Infrastructure Fund
Prasad Gadkari has over 25 years of experience in areas of infrastructure / private equity, joint ventures, project finance, and corporate & policy advisory. At present, he is the Chief Strategy Officer at NIIF responsible for leading the firm’s strategic Initiatives, new product development and advising the government on project ideas & economic policy matters. Prasad is currently leading the creation of a $2bn credit fund focussed on green / energy transition sectors with anchor investments from Govt of India and US Government.
Earlier, Prasad used to be a Partner with IDFC Private Equity where he led the firm’s investment deals across transportation, urban infra, healthcare and education sectors. In a previous role, Prasad was with General Electric, where he focussed on infrastructure investing and JVs in the MENASA region.
Prior to GE, Prasad was with IDFC Ltd where he handled some of the earliest project financing transactions in India. He was also a key member of the team that provided policy level inputs to the Govt of India for the initial privatisation transactions in the country.
Prasad received a MMS (Masters in Management) from NMIMS, Mumbai and is a CFA Charter holder
Vivian Guo
Co-head of ESG, Global Macro
Franklin Templeton
Vivian Guo
Co-head of ESG, Global Macro
Franklin Templeton
Linda-Eling Lee
Founding Director and Head of the MSCI Sustainability Institute
MSCI
Linda-Eling Lee
Founding Director and Head of the MSCI Sustainability Institute
MSCI
Sherry Madera
Chief Executive Officer
CDP
Sherry Madera
Chief Executive Officer
CDP
Mardi McBrien
Chief of Strategic Affairs & Capacity Building
IFRS Foundation
Mardi McBrien
Chief of Strategic Affairs & Capacity Building
IFRS Foundation
Toghrul Rahimbayli
Head of Asset Allocation, Risk and Performance
State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Toghrul Rahimbayli
Head of Asset Allocation, Risk and Performance
State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Derek Rozycki
Senior Executive Director - Head of Responsible Investing
Mubadala Investment Company
Derek Rozycki
Senior Executive Director - Head of Responsible Investing
Mubadala Investment Company
Anne Simpson
Global Head of Sustainability
Franklin Templeton
Anne Simpson
Global Head of Sustainability
Franklin Templeton
Daniel Wilde
Economic Adviser and Lead, Sovereign Wealth Funds
Commonwealth Secretariat
Daniel Wilde
Economic Adviser and Lead, Sovereign Wealth Funds
Commonwealth Secretariat
Franziska Zimmermann
Director for Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy
Temasek
Franziska Zimmermann
Director for Sustainability & Climate Change Strategy
Temasek
Ethan Zindler
Climate Counsellor, Head of Climate Hub
US Treasury
Ethan Zindler
Climate Counsellor, Head of Climate Hub
US Treasury
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