Sandra Schoonhoven

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”. 

Elchin Mammadov

Elchin Mammadov comanages MSCI’s ESG and climate research team for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also leads global utilities coverage, publishing company and industry research, overseeing ESG ratings for the utility companies and improving ratings methodology. In his previous role at Bloomberg, Elchin conducted equity research to assess how industry trends and government policies impact the financial performance of utilities. He holds a master’s degree in business management from the University of Surrey.

William Attwell

William Attwell is Director in Sustainable Fitch’s global research team, where he leads on projects covering climate risk, decarbonisation, transition finance and biodiversity to support decision-makers in fixed income markets to assess market and regulatory developments, trends and risks. William is also an experienced emerging markets economist, having worked at BMI (previously Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research) and Frontier Strategy Group, where he headed up the Sub-Saharan Africa team, producing analysis and market forecasts, and advising corporate and financial sector clients. He studied economic development and international environmental law, holds an MPhil from the University of Cape Town and an MSc from St Antony’s College, Oxford respectively, and was a postgraduate research fellow at Yale University’s MacMillan Center where he worked on natural resource issues.

Erica Sassu