Aaron Brenner is Senior Analyst in the Capital Stewardship Program at the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, which has 1.3 million members in the US and Canada. He helps the CSP spearhead efforts to protect retirement security, promote responsible investment, and ensure corporate accountability.

Aaron serves on the board of directors of Homeland Stores, an 80-store grocery chain based in Oklahoma. He earned a B.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Aaron Cantrell leads work on just transition at UNEP FI, supporting members to integrate social equity into climate action and advance just transition through finance. Before joining UNEP FI, Aaron founded Future Nexus, a consulting firm based in New York City. He authored the UN Global Compact’s guides to just transition and just transition finance, advised the Asian Development Bank on the design of a Just Transition Finance Facility, advised on the design of a U.S. public climate bank, and contributed to key provisions of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Previously, Aaron was Chief Economist at Record Financial Group, where he developed the world’s first emerging market currency impact investment strategy. Aaron is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations.

Alex Beck (Beck) is the Head of Land Acquisition at Fernetic Energy Partners (FEP)— a clean energy development company that partners with U.S. farmers to develop battery storage and load opportunities on underutilized parcels of rural land. Before FEP, Beck worked for one of the largest agricultural families in the country, where he led energy investment and hedging operations across a portfolio of more than 75,000 acres of farmland in California’s Central Valley. In addition, from 2012 to 2018, Beck ran trading operations at Lattice Investments, overseeing the firm’s commodity and statistical arbitrage strategies.

As CEO of the Investor Leadership Network since 2020, Amy Hepburn is charged with designing and delivery the long-term strategy of the ILN and representing the Network in collaboration with global stakeholders.

Amy is a recognized impact investing expert and social entrepreneur with deep expertise on gender lens social investments and the care of children in crises. In this capacity, she has spent 20 years driving social change globally in the private, non-profit and public sectors through the creation of unique public/private partnerships and investing for high impact social returns.

Her partners consist of visionary leaders and influencers, governments, social entrepreneurs, non-profits, forward thinking companies, foundations and venture philanthropists seeking innovative solutions to persistent social issues.

Amy was a Delegate on the first G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council created by Prime Minister Trudeau, and an active member of the NationSwell Council and The Global Women’s Forum on Economy and Society.

She has Faculty appointments at Duke University and George Washington University where she teaches on social impact, gender equality, the care of children in crises, human rights and humanitarian action.

Anna Murray is Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing for Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). Anna plays a leadership role in supporting OTPP’s long-term plan across the $250 billion fund. Working closely with senior leaders and investment teams, Anna oversees the fund’s ambitious approach to managing sustainability risk, opportunity, and reputational considerations in support of OTPP’s fiduciary obligations. This includes climate & transition strategy and overseeing corporate governance and stewardship activities including proxy voting and public company engagements. She also oversees the integration and assessment of sustainability-related risks and opportunities across the investment lifecycle.

Prior to joining OTPP, Anna spent her career advancing corporate strategy around the globe at major multinationals. Anna sits on the Board of Directors for the Investor Leadership Network, the Responsible Investment Association and serves on the Public Policy Committee for the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, the S&P Global Sustainable1 Investor Client Council and the Advisory Board of Osgoode Hall Law School’s ESG, Climate Risk & the Law Certificate. She is the Founder of the non-profit Young Women in Energy and was the former Co-Chair of the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) Real Estate Advisory Committee, Co-Chair of the Environmental Committee at the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) and former Board Member of the Canadian Green Building Association (CAGBC) and True North Commercial REIT. Notable accolades include: Top 100 Women in Canada, Clean50, Top 40 Under 40, 50 influencers in sustainable private market, and the Making a Difference for Women Award.

She has an MBA and law degree with a focus on environmental justice and sustainability.

Bertrand Millot steers the development of La Caisse’s sustainable investing strategies, including its climate policy. As such, he is responsible for defining the major strategic orientations in this area and asserting the organization’s leadership in sustainable investing with internal and external stakeholders. He participates in major global forums and maintains open dialogue with civil society.

He also represents the organization before the Board of Directors, depositors and other partners on climate issues. Lastly, he contributes to La Caisse’s international outreach on sustainability. Mr. Millot is one of the architects of La Caisse’s climate strategy and a seasoned investor in infrastructure and corporate debt in growth markets, where sustainability considerations have always been at the forefront. He joined La Caisse in 2015 and has held several positions in sustainable investing and risk management, including supporting the Fixed Income, Capital Solutions, Infrastructure and Cross-sectoral Risk teams. Prior to joining La Caisse, Mr. Millot was CEO and Chief Investment Officer of Cordiant Capital, a fund manager specializing in corporate debt in emerging markets. In his early career, he worked in infrastructure project financing at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and BNP Paribas in Paris.

He holds an MBA from McGill University and a Master’s Degree in Engineering from École nationale supérieure d’arts et métiers, Paris, and is a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D). Since 2022, Mr. Millot has worked with Competent Boards as an expert, providing courses and training for corporate directors and executives. He sits on the Québec government’s Advisory Committee on Climate Change, as well as on the Boards of Ceres, a U.S. NGO leader on sustainability issues, the Datamars Sustainability Foundation and the Sustainable Infrastructure Foundation (SIF).

Mr. Rice is a Portfolio Manager in the CalSTRS Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies (SISS) unit and has been leading on sustainability-aligned investment initiatives at CalSTRS for over 22 years.

Mr. Rice’s principal responsibility is managing CalSTRS Net Zero Portfolio Emissions by 2050 or Sooner pledge, a branch-wide strategic priority that is focused on moving CalSTRS investment portfolio towards net zero through managing financed carbon emissions exposure, increasing portfolio investments in climate solutions, and influencing global financial market participants to accelerate integration of net zero considerations.

Mr. Rice also supports the SISS stewardship team around its three core priorities (corporate and market accountability, workforce and communities and the net zero transition) and oversees the SISS investment portfolio, a platform that focuses on opportunities across private markets that demonstrate positive contributions to a more sustainable global economy and are additive to CalSTRS risk-return objectives.

Mr. Rice received an MBA from the U.C. Davis Graduate School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in Economics-Business from U.C.L.A.

Carine Smith Ihenacho is the Chief Governance and Compliance Officer at Norges Bank Investment Management, the manager of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund. She is responsible for exercising the fund’s ownership rights and promoting good governance and responsible business conduct with the fund’s investments in over 8,000 companies. This includes the development and implementation of the fund’s climate initiatives.

Ms. Ihenacho is passionate about the role of sustainable finance and how it can support the climate transition. She has an extensive career in law and finance and has served as a non-executive director of several boards and advisory councils. Carine holds a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School, a Master of Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics, and a law degree from the University of Oslo.