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Environmental Health & Safety
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Independent
Corporate Strategy & Development
Consultant ESG & Sustainability Transformation
10/2023 - Present
❖ Designed and implemented a strategic ESG governance framework, embedding clear roles, decision-making protocols, and accountability into financial, risk, and operational processes - directly aligning sustainability with private equity-driven value creation.
❖ Developed a structured 18-month ESG transformation roadmap informed by Double Materiality insights, with actionable initiatives, measurable KPIs, and targeted data management strategies to accelerate regulatory readiness (CSRD, TCFD, California SB253/261
● and strengthen enterprise resilience for potential exit.
❖ Developed a structured 18-month ESG transformation roadmap informed by Double Materiality insights, with actionable initiatives, measurable KPIs, and targeted data management strategies to accelerate regulatory readiness (CSRD, TCFD, California SB253/261
● and strengthen enterprise resilience for potential exit.
M&G plc
Finance
Technical Delivery Lead (CSRD/ISSB
4/2024 - 3/2025
❖ Led sustainability reporting and provided technical advisory to deliver Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) compliance for a FTSE 100 asset manager, across numerous EU subsidiaries/undertakings.
● ❖ Delivered critical ESRS compliance milestones, including a comprehensive Double Materiality Assessment and a robust Impact, Risk and Opportunity analysis, covering the full value chain across multiple legal entities and business lines, ensuring strategic alignment with Group strategy and overall disclosure readiness.
❖ Developed and optimised E1 climate and other data management methodologies for diverse applications, including disaggregation, digital tagging, and GHG emissions calculation (covering financial and operational control), driving verifiability and consistency across reporting frameworks (incl. ISSB, TCFD, PCAF, CDP).
❖ Enhanced the quality and transparency of CSRD sustainability reporting by fostering strategic collaboration with external auditors/limited assurance providers, consultants, industry associations (e.g. EFAMA) and data aggregators and vendors (e.g. Workiva, Bloomberg), ensuring robust compliance and stakeholder trust.
❖ Implemented a forward-looking horizon scanning framework in partnership with the 2nd line of defence (Compliance, Legal) to monitor EFRAG developments and member state transposition of the Directive, enabling proactive adjustments to agile project delivery and safeguarding the organisation's compliance, performance, a
● ❖ Delivered critical ESRS compliance milestones, including a comprehensive Double Materiality Assessment and a robust Impact, Risk and Opportunity analysis, covering the full value chain across multiple legal entities and business lines, ensuring strategic alignment with Group strategy and overall disclosure readiness.
❖ Developed and optimised E1 climate and other data management methodologies for diverse applications, including disaggregation, digital tagging, and GHG emissions calculation (covering financial and operational control), driving verifiability and consistency across reporting frameworks (incl. ISSB, TCFD, PCAF, CDP).
❖ Enhanced the quality and transparency of CSRD sustainability reporting by fostering strategic collaboration with external auditors/limited assurance providers, consultants, industry associations (e.g. EFAMA) and data aggregators and vendors (e.g. Workiva, Bloomberg), ensuring robust compliance and stakeholder trust.
❖ Implemented a forward-looking horizon scanning framework in partnership with the 2nd line of defence (Compliance, Legal) to monitor EFRAG developments and member state transposition of the Directive, enabling proactive adjustments to agile project delivery and safeguarding the organisation's compliance, performance, a
Deloitte
Management Consulting
DIRECTOR
3/2023 - 10/2023
❖ Brought on as a subject matter expert and temporary contractor to construct an advisory service offering for Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) & International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), championing innovative products and solutions whilst building new strategic alliances.
❖ Engagement Lead for board-level ISSB education, diagnostics, and compliance roadmaps, partnering with ASX-listed clients and Audit Partners to enhance reporting mechanisms and deliver transparent, standardised, and assurance-ready ESG disclosures for Banking, Asset & Wealth Management clients.
❖ Engagement Lead for board-level ISSB education, diagnostics, and compliance roadmaps, partnering with ASX-listed clients and Audit Partners to enhance reporting mechanisms and deliver transparent, standardised, and assurance-ready ESG disclosures for Banking, Asset & Wealth Management clients.
JP Morgan
Corporate Strategy & Development
VICE PRESIDENT
3/2020 - 1/2023
❖ Led the global ESG agenda, overseeing the design and implementation of reporting frameworks for key standards, including SFDR and EU Taxonomy, across private banking and wealth management.
❖ Mobilised and directed sub-projects and deliverables across data sourcing, functional & UAT testing and requirements gathering to ensure that new ESG regulatory disclosure rules are operationalised in a robust and scalable manner, in collaboration with Legal/Risk/Compliance, Internal Audit and other stakeholder functions.
❖ Orchestrated an ambitious ESG data lake technology build programme - leveraging BI, vendor and project management tools to enhance controls, calculations and to streamline and eliminate redundant tasks in operationally complex processes. This resulted in timely strategic delivery and a steep fall in misreporting.
❖ Enhanced regulatory compliance and project oversight by identifying critical path, tollgates, and MVP findings, reducing Go Live breaches and improving resource planning and stakeholder visibility.
❖ Driving and articulating the strategy and vision for ESG compliance across discretionary and brokerage lines of business, mitigating regulatory risk and establishing a robust and pragmatic materiality baseline.
❖ Managed and developed a diverse multi-region team charged with a global remit for ESG regulation (e.g. MAS & HKMA Climate Risk, TCFD, UK SDR, MIFID Sustainability, UN SDGs, SEC Climate Risk, EU Taxonomy).
❖ Facilitated stand-ups, Scrum rituals,
❖ Mobilised and directed sub-projects and deliverables across data sourcing, functional & UAT testing and requirements gathering to ensure that new ESG regulatory disclosure rules are operationalised in a robust and scalable manner, in collaboration with Legal/Risk/Compliance, Internal Audit and other stakeholder functions.
❖ Orchestrated an ambitious ESG data lake technology build programme - leveraging BI, vendor and project management tools to enhance controls, calculations and to streamline and eliminate redundant tasks in operationally complex processes. This resulted in timely strategic delivery and a steep fall in misreporting.
❖ Enhanced regulatory compliance and project oversight by identifying critical path, tollgates, and MVP findings, reducing Go Live breaches and improving resource planning and stakeholder visibility.
❖ Driving and articulating the strategy and vision for ESG compliance across discretionary and brokerage lines of business, mitigating regulatory risk and establishing a robust and pragmatic materiality baseline.
❖ Managed and developed a diverse multi-region team charged with a global remit for ESG regulation (e.g. MAS & HKMA Climate Risk, TCFD, UK SDR, MIFID Sustainability, UN SDGs, SEC Climate Risk, EU Taxonomy).
❖ Facilitated stand-ups, Scrum rituals,
Global Association of Risk Professionals
Other
CLI MATE RISK
1/2018 - 1/2019
❖ Founded the EMEA Buy-Side Risk Managers Forum, convening 40+ CROs from global investment managers and insurers to drive ESG collaboration, publish climate risk thought leadership, and launch the TCFD-aligned Annual Climate Risk Survey benchmark.
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