Brunno Maradei is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at Aegon Asset Management, managing a team of 21 ESG specialists conducting sustainability research, engagement, voting and policy advice. He chairs Aegon AM’s Sustainability Board and is a member of ESMA’s Consultation Working Group on Sustainability. Prior to this role he structured finance for infrastructure projects in Africa at the European Investment Bank. Brunno has worked in the finance industry for over 20 years, starting in Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan in London. Brunno has led a pioneer ESG research provider, developed sustainable investment products for emerging markets and structured blended finance for donors at leading institutions including the International Finance Corporation and the European Commission. Brunno is a CFA charterholder, holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics.
Graham has over 30 years’ experience in banking and has also been a main Board Director. He has worked across a number of different fields and has held senior roles at Metro Bank, both RBS and NatWest, latterly Managing Director of Global Transaction Services for the Bank’s entire SME business.
At Redwood he is responsible for leading the Bank’s overall strategic direction, development, and delivery of its sustainability and Environment Social and Governance (ESG) ambitions, innovations and commitments.
Outside of banking Graham is a qualified football coach and, for his sine a lifelong Spurs fan and season ticket holder.
Sandra Schoonhoven is the CoE Lead of Climate Risk – heading a core team of 4-5 people overseeing and coordinating INGs bank-wide activities around Climate Risk. Sandra has been part of ING’s sustainability journey for the last 7 years and as a former Head of Sustainability Programmes co-developed INGs Sustainability Direction and lead the execution of several programmes to achieve this direction. Within her current role she engages with both internal as well as external stakeholders (including supervisors).
Before she joint Global Sustainability, Sandra worked in several business roles within ING. Starting within Customer Intelligence as a data scientist avant la letter and after that moving into different leadership roles, she developed strong analytical -as well as leadership skills with a keen eye and passion for change management.
Before joining ING in 2004, Sandra worked in marketing roles in the publication sector (Wolters Kluwer) and insurance sector (Yarden).
She holds a MSc in Communication from Tilburg University and a Msc in Marketing Strategy from Henley Business University.
Next to her job, Sandra is member of the supervisory board of Stichting Spaarnesant – a public organization that provides public education through 26 schools in Haarlem. She holds an advisory board position at a strategy consultant company Stay Future Proof. And she is a certified Purpose to Impact session leader and has run multiple workshops for colleagues to help them find their purpose. Her own purpose in life is “to serve elephant for dinner”.
Developing strategies and promoting sustainable and impactful investments covering corporate clients of Santander. Member and volunteer of the CFA UK, and currently member of the Sustainability Committee, Sustainability Community, and Climate and Investing Panel (responsible for the CFA UK's Certificate in Climate and Investing (CCI)).
