GSSB members

Carol is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Durham University Business School.  Her work is focussed at the nexus of corporate reporting and sustainable development, pursued through research, policy work, senior leadership roles, voluntary roles & board positions. Carol is in the top 20 accounting academics in the Stanford Top-Cited Scientists list. Recent policy work has included advising the UNDP on its SDG Impact Standards and CIPFA on public sector sustainability reporting. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and Chairs their Sustainability Committee.

Carol has held senior executive roles in the education sector, including Pro Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability), leading sustainability strategy, improving performance, developing partnerships & developing award winning sustainability management & governance approaches & sustainability reports. She founded the Sustainability Accounting, Management & Policy Journal in 2010. Carol is a British and Australian citizen.

Jeff brings 15 years of sustainability experience leading teams in industry, public sector and consulting organizations. He has advised dozens of global organizations on sustainability strategy across finance, telecom, manufacturing, utilities, retail, institutional, and other sectors. Jeff brings technical expertise in sustainability reporting, sustainability strategy, enterprise risk management, operations management, climate change mitigation, and climate risk assessment. Currently, Jeff oversees all environmental matters for Bimbo Canada (Canada’s largest bakery company) including hundreds of facilities and over $1B in annual revenue.

Jeff’s work has been honoured with several awards, including recognition for projects in climate change mitigation and sustainable packaging.  Jeff has also written for multiple industry publications and delivered speaking engagements at domestic & international conferences. Jeff holds an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo, is a certified Environmental Professional, and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Charles is Professor of Sustainability Accounting and the Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto, Canada. He previously held faculty positions at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and ESSEC Business School (Paris, France). He also worked for KPMG LLP and other public accounting firms for several years in auditing and taxation.

His research interests include Social and Environmental Accounting; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); and Accounting for the Public Interest. Charles has published his work in leading academic journals and currently serves as an Editor of Accounting Forum; the Section Co-Editor of the Journal of Business Ethics; and Associate Editor of Business & Society.

He is actively involved in the academic community with the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (former Council member), the European Accounting Association (member of two committees) and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (member of the Board of Directors and chair of the Equity, Diversity, Indigeneity, Inclusion & Belonging Committee) as well as the business community with CPA Ontario (member of the Sustainability Strategic Advisory Committee) and the Club Canadien de Toronto (member of the Board of Directors). He is also regularly invited as plenary keynote speaker at international conferences and professional events and solicited by the media. Charles was selected as one of the “Top 50 Academic and Research Support Project” from the Republic of Korea’s Prime Minister and Minister of Education and is recognized as one of the top 2% most cited scholars within discipline worldwide.

Rebeca is the head of stewardship at Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM).  In this role she has overall responsibility for the stewardship function, which is implemented through engagement and proxy voting. Drawing on her previous corporate governance and wider ESG expertise on the investor, proxy and research side, Rebeca has defined and implemented LOIM’s strategic investment stewardship framework and objectives. Rebeca leads the stewardship function, which is embedded within Holistiq, in close collaboration with other senior stakeholders from sustainability research, sustainability data analytics, risk and portfolio management.

Rebeca chairs LOIM’s Stewardship Committee, tasked with the governance of the stewardship function, and under Rebeca’s guidance, LOIM became a signatory of the UK Stewardship Code. She is also a member of LOIM’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Previously, she worked as ESG Analyst at Investec Asset Management, and Senior Researcher at ISS She has a BA in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Masters in Global Politics from the LSE.

Yan is a distinguished ESG Scientist at the Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua. Her research focuses on life cycle assessment (LCA), ESG regulations, and carbon footprint. Her recent works includes advising Chinese industries and ministries on ESG and product carbon footprint regulations implementation. She also serves in the technical expert group to establish industrial park ESG assessment standards in China. She is a member of Chinese mirror organization for ISO/PC343 “Management Systems for UN Sustainable development goals – Requirements”, and a member of the expert group for ISO IWA 48 “Environmental, social and governance (ESG) implementation principles”.

Yan has obtained her Ph.D. in management engineering from Technical University of Denmark. She has worked in the academia for 10 years, establishing environmental assessment methodologies for both government and companies, and supporting UNEP on climate policy impact assessment. Afterwards she has worked at Deloitte Denmark for 3 years, leading teams to architect and implement sustainability solutions for EU clients, including EU Taxonomy alignment, CSRD compliance, decarbonization strategy, sustainability report auditing, and supply chain ESG risk management. She has returned to China in 2023, aiming at bridging the collaborations between China and the global community.

Giulia has, since 2003, specialised in internal audit activities with Enel, where she now has responsibility for embedding ESG issues into business management. She is also responsible for ESG ratings and indices, promoting accountability and transparency through leading sustainability reporting and managing human rights policy and due diligence.

She was previously a member of the European Lab Project Task Force on Climate (EFRAG) and is a member of the European Lab Project Task Force on preparatory work for the elaboration of possible EU non-financial reporting standards. She is Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility at LUMSA, Libera Università degli Studi Maria Ss. Assunta Rome, and holds a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Palermo, as well as a masters in Administration, Finance and Control from the Luiss Management.

Tomoo has over 20 years of experience in developing and advising corporate and government strategies on sustainability and net-zero transition, including ESG disclosure practices, in different parts of the world. After starting his career as newspaper journalist, he moved into the sustainability world by working at SustainAbility on benchmarking corporate environmental reports for the UNEP Engaging Stakeholders programme. He then served as a project manager at the GRI Secretariat between 2002-04 and helped update the GRI Guidelines and draft sector supplements and the GRI Boundary Protocol, organizing multi-stakeholder working groups.

Through the following work with UNEP, OECD, IRENA, UNIDO and UAE government, Tomoo has promoted sustainability performance measurement and reporting as a core part of implementing SDGs, developing national KPIs and business tools and conducting capacity building. Most recently, working as a partner of low-carbon economic transition at ERM, he helped global firms to compile GRI-based integrated reports and provided climate risk analyses for TCFD-compliant disclosure.

Tomoo is currently serving as Managing Director of the Zeroboard Research Institute at Zeroboard Inc., a leading GHG/ESG data solutions provider in Japan and Asia-Pacific. He is informing the clients of the development of sustainability disclosure frameworks and legislation such as GRI Standards, IISB and CSRD, while advising on the advancement of the digital solutions.

He holds an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Sussex, UK.

Anna is responsible for Deloitte’s global sustainability reporting. She leads a number of ESG reporting processes and goal setting efforts for the organization’s environmental strategy, and serves as a technical expert on the topic of greenhouse gas reporting. Anna also drives efforts to align sustainability reporting with material impacts for Deloitte’s stakeholders and manage the organization’s responses to various ESG ratings.

Anna spent 13+ years in the sustainability field at Deloitte, eight of which were focused on helping Deloitte’s clients develop sustainability strategies. She was seconded to GRI to help develop G4 guidelines, and assisted Global Impact Investing Network in the development of their framework. In 2019 Anna became responsible for Deloitte’s internal sustainability in the US, to later focus on sustainability reporting globally.

Deborah Ng is the Head of ESG and Sustainability at GMO. Prior to joining GMO in 2022, she was the Head of Responsible Investing at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), where she spent more than 18 years. At OTPP, Ms. Ng developed and led the Plan’s Responsible Investing Strategy and climate change initiatives, and was responsible for key deliverables, including thought leadership, integration, and corporate engagement. Previously at OTPP, Ms. Ng was part of OTPP’s Strategy & Asset Mix team, where she focused on the research, evaluation, and introduction of asset allocation strategies. Ms. Ng currently sits on the Investment Committee of the United Church Pension Plan and is a past board member of the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). Ms. Ng earned her Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Finance from the University of Toronto. She is a CFA charterholder.

Igazeuma is a Development Sociologist with over 20 years of experience in civil society, media, energy, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. In her current role as Group Head of Sustainability at Dangote Cement Group, she is leading sustainability strategy and working to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in operations. She is responsible for sustainability reporting, promoting business ethics and governance, as well as driving the company’s decarbonization and circular economy programme.

Igazeuma has an MSc in Sustainable Development from the University of Exeter, UK and a PhD in Development Sociology from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She is also a certified lead auditor of ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility. She is a fellow of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Nigeria (ICGN) and the Sustainability Practitioners Institute of Nigeria. She serves on the board of several non-governmental organizations focused on sustainable development.

Felipe is the Head of Operational Environment and Compliance at Hydro, a multinational aluminium company, where he leads the development and implementation of the company’s environmental strategy. With over 15 years of experience in manufacturing environments as well as in management positions, Felipe has extensive experience in environmental compliance and adherence to sustainability standards such as GRI, ISO and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative.

Felipe is currently the Vice-Chair of the Sustainability Committee at European Aluminium, where he engages with stakeholders to promote sustainability initiatives. He is also a member of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Corporate Standard Technical Working Group, contributing to the development of international standards for emissions reporting.

Previously, Felipe held several environment roles at Hydro and Alcoa and served as HSE Manager at European Aluminium, gaining expertise in environmental policy and advocacy.

Felipe holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Master’s degrees in Environmental Management and Occupational Health and Safety. He is deeply committed to fostering a culture of sustainability and sound environmental management.

Chulendra is the Co-Founder of InterBalance, a consultancy company providing Sustainability and Risk Management solutions to corporate clientele. Chulendra also acts as the Sustainability Consultant and Country Representative for Goodera, a Sustainability Software provider headquartered in Bangalore India and Menlo Park, California. Chulendra has over 19 years of experience in Financial Analysis, Business Process Management, Enterprise Risk Management and Sustainability, and was instrumental in entrenching Sustainability and Risk Management processes within organizations of various industry groups.

Chulendra holds a first class honours degree in Science from the University of Colombo, an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, was an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) from 2006 to 2017, and was a Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Charterholder (USA) from 2006 to 2020.He is also a certified Sustainability Practitioner and Sustainability Assurance Practitioner, and a certified lead auditor for ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems.

Galya leads Sustainability governance, reporting and policies in Coca-Cola HBC AG, and she is also responsible for ESG ratings, benchmarks and indices.

She has 13+ years professional experience in sustainability strategies, ESG reporting, ESG goal setting, GHG accounting, environmental sustainability, quality, occupational health and safety, and 10+ years manufacturing experience. She was selected as the first woman to chair the Coca-Cola System’s Global Environmental Council.

Prior to Coca-Cola HBC she worked for Nestle.

She holds a master degree from the University of Food Technology (Bulgaria) and post-graduate programmes in IMD Lausanne and the Open University UK.