ESG: from regulation to value creation

On Tuesday 28th May at 5.30pm - 7.30pm CET, KEY ESG and Harvard Business School Alumni Club will be hosting a panel of experts and drinks reception to discuss the topic of:

ESG: from regulation to value creation across different industries

WHERE: In-person only event at a central Amsterdam location

WHEN: Tuesday 28th May, 5.30pm - 7.30pm

WHO: Harvard Business School alumni members and current cohort

Join us to:

• Hear different perspectives from fellow alumns who have integrated sustainability as a core value driver in their day-to-day operations
• Gain insight into the ESG regulatory landscape including CSRD, SFDR and IFRS Sustainability reporting requirements
• Join a discussion about best-practice ESG strategies for various sectors (from technology to manufacturing)
• Build a network among KEY ESG and HBS's sustainability leaders

About the panellists:

Alexandar Vassilev - CEO, WeTransfer

Alexandar is the Chief Executive Officer of WeTransfer. His focus is on scaling the company through a global growth strategy rooted in product innovation and ensuring WeTransfer remains a true partner to creatives and creators in their ambition to build lasting, sustainable businesses.

A product leader by background, he joined as the Chief Product and Technology Officer, bringing together product and engineering across the company and expanding the brand’s footprint across the creative workflow.

Having spent nearly a decade of his career at Google working on key monetisation products (including YouTube), Alexandar witnessed first-hand the first wave of creators turning to digital platforms to build their careers. Prior to WeTransfer, he led Joyn, a German entertainment streaming platform, serving as a CEO and Managing Director.

He holds a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, alongside a CIS degree from Missouri Southern State University.

Alice Steenland - Chief Strategy, Sustainability & Marketing Officer, Signify

Alice brings 20+ years of experience as a senior executive and board member in the sustainability space, focusing on finance, investment, and innovative business models across all sectors of the economy. She brings a broad systems perspective, having held full time or advisory positions in large multinationals, NGOs, ratings agencies, consulting firms, start ups and multi-laterals, working in both the US and Europe on projects with global impact.

She is currently Chief Strategy, Sustainability & Marketing Officer and Member of the Leadership team at Signify. Alice was previously the first Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) at both AXA and Dassault Systemes, after having started her career in consulting.

Alice holds a MBA from Yale School of Management and a BA in Human Biology from Stanford University.

Heleen van Poecke - Co-founder and CEO, KEY ESG

Heleen started her career as a Private Equity professional for AlpInvest before gaining tech industry experience for a rapidly scaling SaaS business, Collibra; she then spent five years at AtlasInvest before co-founding KEY ESG. Heleen combines her PE and software experience as CEO of KEY ESG to address the challenges posed by evolving regulation and historic data collection methods with an automated, tech-enabled ESG management tool. Heleen holds a Masters in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Anne-Marie Schoonbeek - Co-founder and COO, KEY ESG

Anne-Marie Schoonbeek is a former management consultant at McKinsey New York, has a Legal degree in European Law from the University of Ghent and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. She shapes ESG regulations as a working group member at leading advisory associations on ESG such as EFRAG and XBRL.

In her role as Co-founder and COO of KEY ESG, Anne-Marie advises both companies and investors on ESG and sustainability reporting and regulatory compliance. She also shapes regulations as a working group member at leading advisory associations on ESG. She has a detailed understanding of best-practices around new data requirements and data collection and reporting.

About KEY ESG:

KEY ESG is a global provider of ESG management software for companies and investors at all stages of ESG maturity. Our software automates and optimises the collection and reporting of ESG and carbon data. It enables firms to comply with global ESG regulations and communicate their ESG improvement strategies to investors, consumers and regulators. The intuitive platform makes managing ESG simple, transparent and automated. Our data conversion calculators, framework libraries and reporting functionality empower businesses to make data-driven decisions about ESG improvements and drive value-creation opportunities from their ESG strategies.