Power Breakfast Series: Connecting Industry with Academia
Meet and hear from leading industry experts across the Sustainable Finance and Investing fields at bi-weekly Power Breakfast events. These small-group sessions for CSFPN members are held on campus throughout the academic semesters and are designed to provoke thoughtful discussion and provide networking opportunities among students and speakers.
During the sessions, speakers share their knowledge and experience, and discuss the opportunities and challenges they observe in the evolving sustainability field. Each session is followed by networking over breakfast.
Summer Series Speakers (Summer 2020):
- Curt Lyon, Associate Director of Programs at Transform Finance
- Mitty Owens, Director of Capital Strategies Program at Transform Finance
- Pedro Galoppi, Director of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse
- Vishal Kapoor, Vice President of Credit Structuring and a member of the Impact Advisory and Finance division at Credit Suisse
- Aarti Ramachandran, Head of Research and Engagements at FAIRR Initiative
Power Breakfast Series Speakers (Spring 2020):
- Cambyse Parsi, Vice President, Sustainable Finance at BNP Paribas
- Nikunj Trivedi, Director, Head of Licensed Advisory & Sales at BNP Paribas
- Huub Savelkouls, Chief Sustainability Officer at Philip Morris International
Jennifer Motles Svigilsky, Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Philip Morris International
Steven Lydenberg, Partner, Strategic Vision at Domini Impact Investments - Catarina Carvalho, Manager at Arup
- Henrik Jeppesen, Head of Investor Outreach, North America at Carbon Tracker Initiative
- Carol Jeppesen, Head of US at Principles for Responsible Investment
- Saumya Mehrotra, US Relationship Manager at Principles for Responsible Investment
Past Power Breakfast Series Speakers:
- Mary Childs, Senior Reporter at Barron’s
- Tom Murley, Principal Consultant at Two Lights Energy Advisors
- Teri Mendelsohn, Senior Product Lead, Product Management at Trucost, part of S&P Global
- Richard Watt, Managing Director, Global Portfolio Management at Epoch Investment Partners
- Eric Balchunas, Senior ETF Analyst and Funds Product Specialist, Bloomberg LP
- Ellis Chase, Career Management Consultant
- Steve Freedman – Head of Sustainable Investing Solutions, UBS Wealth Management Americas
- Mark Thielking, Executive Director of Energy Improvement Corporation (EIC), NY State PACE Program
- Courtney Lowrance, Global Head Environmental and Social Risk Management Citi Bank
- Luke Apicella, Manager Prudential Impact Investments
- Paul Ellis, Founder Paul Ellis Consulting
- Divine, (Victor D. Lombard) CEO & Founder BLAK Fintech
- Hervé Duteil, Managing Director, Head of CSR & Sustainable Finance BNP Paribas
- Jean-Marie Masse, Global Head and CIO International Finance Corporation
- Ricardo Torresi, Regional Investment Manager Zurich Global Investment Manager, Latin America
- Bert Hunter, Director Clean Energy Finance Connecticut Green Bank
- Charlotte Peyraud, Senior Institutional Relations Sustainalytics
- Peer Stein, Advisor and Head of Climate Finance International Finance Corporation