A distinguished network of global practitioners, academics, and institutional leaders providing strategic direction, academic guidance, and independent oversight across all IISF programmes and research.
The International Institute for Sustainable Finance is strengthened by a distinguished network of global advisors, faculty, and practitioners who bring deep expertise across sustainable finance, climate policy, responsible investing, and development economics.
Our Advisory and Faculty Network provides strategic direction, academic guidance, and global perspectives that ensure IISF's programmes remain rigorous, relevant, and internationally benchmarked. Together, they represent decades of experience across financial institutions, multilateral agencies, universities, think tanks, and sustainability-driven enterprises.
Presented in alphabetical order. Select any member to view their full profile and institutional background.
A sustainability and sustainable finance leader with over 25 years of global experience spanning environmental policy, project finance, development finance, and corporate banking.
A senior sustainability and finance leader with over two decades of experience driving organisational transformation across multiple industries in the GCC.
A Partner with ERM leading social impact and human rights for the EMEA region. Holds a Master of Laws and Master of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law with over 20 years of international experience.
Nature Finance Director at Standard Chartered Bank, working across the Group to integrate nature considerations into business activities, driving capital mobilisation towards nature-positive outcomes.
Head of the Business Administration Department at the University of Greenwich (Hanoi Campus), holding a PhD in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Macerata, Italy.
A globally recognised thought leader with over four decades of experience in banking, development finance, and ESG integration, including 26 years with IFC/World Bank Group across emerging and frontier economies.
A seasoned expert in ESG and impact investments with nearly 20 years of experience in asset management, private markets, and hedge funds across developed and emerging markets. Holds a degree from the LSE and is a CFA Charterholder.
A sustainability leader, educator, and advocate for regenerative futures with nearly 20 years of experience in sustainability management. Teaches Sustainable Finance at the Ateneo Center for Continuing Education.
Heads the Climate Action and Disaster Resilience project cluster at GIZ in the Philippines and Pacific Island Countries. Holds a doctorate in political sciences with extensive experience in climate policy and international cooperation.
Founder of Philanthropy for Sustainable Education Asia (PSEA) and Director of Social Impact and Sustainability Programme at The Harbour School (THS). Recognised as Sustainability Leader of the Year in 2024.
A climate policy expert specialising in climate finance, industrial decarbonisation, and energy sector policy. Adjunct Lecturer at Hult International Business School and former Senior Manager at Frontier25, with engineering experience at General Electric Power.
A sustainable finance practitioner, author, and advisor working at the frontier of energy transition, capital reallocation, and structural economic change. Author of The Signal Economy, published by the Sustainable Capital Research Foundation.
IISF's Advisory and Faculty Network plays a central role in shaping every dimension of our institutional work.
Ensuring academic rigour, global relevance, and professional applicability across all IISF credentials and courses.
Upholding the highest standards of evidence-based research and ethical inquiry in all IISF publications and studies.
Connecting IISF with leading financial institutions, development organisations, and policy bodies worldwide.
Bringing contextually relevant perspectives from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and beyond to IISF's global agenda.
Championing professional integrity, transparency, and accountability as foundational values of sustainable finance leadership.
Their collective insight ensures IISF remains a trusted global authority, shaping professionals equipped to drive meaningful change across financial systems and institutions.
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