Mary Kate Bullen leads Forest Investment Associates’ (FIA’s) sustainability and ESG programs, working across the business to identify opportunities to preserve and create value for FIA and throughout its clients’ sustainable forestry portfolios. As a Registered Investment Adviser and environmental steward, FIA has helped clients across the world invest in sustainable forestry since 1986 and today manages around USD 4.6 billion AUM across 2+ million acres. Throughout her career, MaryKate has focused on development and implementation of innovative approaches to sustainable investment in forestry, carbon markets, and conservation across North America, Australasia, Southeast Asia, and South America. At FIA, MaryKate chairs the ESG Committee and is a member of the Investment Committee. She is also an active participant in industry developments for responsible investment in forestry and natural climate solutions, including serving on working groups and advisory roles related to carbon accounting, impact measurement, and private markets responsible investment. She currently serves as a member of the Steering Committee of the Women’s Forest Congress and as an advisor to environmental data software company Upstream Tech.

Nathalie Borgeaud has significant experience in the financial industry, with a longstanding focus on sustainability. Prior to joining TNFD in February 2022, Nathalie worked for a start-up, now a Moody’s subsidiary, promoting data on physical climate risk and nature loss among European financial institutions. Before that, she worked as senior co-director for Corporate Social Responsibility at BNP Paribas CIB. She designed and implemented a sustainable development strategy, which included monitoring Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risks and developing green financial product offerings. She built her finance career negotiating large complex financings for corporate clients with BNP Paribas and JPMorgan Chase for about twelve years. Initially based in New York with Citi, she originated project finance, bonds and equity issues for large industrial projects key to the development of emerging countries.

Divya Mankikar is Global Head of ESG Market Engagement. She brings over 15 years of sustainable investment experience to S&P Global. She is responsible for leading S&P Sustainable1’s efforts to engage with policy makers, regulators, standard setters, multi-lateral agencies, trade bodies and key market participants.

She joined S&P Global from CalPERS as Head of Sustainable Investment and Climate Strategy in the office of the CEO. Divya is a co-founder of Climate Action 100+ – a global initiative supported by investors representing over $54 trillion that seeks a low-carbon transition through collaborative engagement of systemically important carbon emitters.

She holds a BA/MA from Boston University in Energy and Environmental Analysis, an International MBA in finance from IE Business School in Madrid, and an MA in Law and Diplomacy focused on business and human rights law from Tufts University’s Fletcher School.