Keynote panel: ESG, value creator or risk mitigator
07 Jun 2023

Keynote panel: ESG, value creator or risk mitigator
07 Jun 2023
About the speakers
- Jan StahlbergFounder and CEO at Trill ImpactJan Ståhlberg founded Trill Impact in 2019 with the ambition to be a force for positive change through impact private investments, in large and small scale. The firm’s mission is to create‘ Real Returns and Lasting Impact’ for the benefit of investors, businesses and society at large. Jan Ståhlberg has a long-standing career in private markets investment and has been holding senior investing – and leadership positions in Europe, US and Asia since1985. For ~25 years, he was an Institutional Partner at EQT Partners, today a global investment organization.
- Anastasia AmorosoManaging Director and Chief Investment Strategist at iCapitalAnastasia Amoroso is a Managing Director and the Chief Investment Strategist at iCapital. In this role, she is responsible for providing insight on private and public market investing opportunities for advisors and their high-net-worth clients. Previously, Anastasia was an Executive Director and the Head of Cross-Asset Thematic Strategy for J.P. Morgan Private Bank, where she identified and invested in emerging technologies and disruptive trends such as artificial intelligence, decarbonization, and gene therapy. She also developed global tactical ideas and implemented institutional-level implementation across asset classes for clients. Anastasia regularly appears on CNBC and Bloomberg TV and is often quoted in the financial press. Prior to this, Anastasia served as a Global Market Strategist on the J.P. Morgan Funds Global Market Insights Strategy team. She also managed global tactical multi-asset portfolios and performed investment due diligence at Merrill Lynch, as well as provided consultative financial advisory services to high-net-worth families and businesses. Earlier in her career, Anastasia held several financial analysis, research, and strategic business planning positions with both private and public sector organizations. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of New Mexico and is a CFA charterholder.
- Brooke ThiessenPartner, Infrastructure & Capital Projects Advisory at DeloitteBrooke specializes in both M&A and post-closing strategy for our Infrastructure private equity clients. She has over 5 years of experience in portfolio management at Brookfield Infrastructure Partners. Brooke joined Deloitte in 2019 and has focused on M&A advisory, including buy-side and financial due diligence, largely in the power and utility and transportation space in North America and Europe. Additionally, Brooke leads our Canadian ESG M&A practice for private equity and corporate clients. She has supported large private equity based in North America on ESG diligence, integration and strategy.
- Brendan WallaceCo-founder & Managing Partner at Fifth WallBrendan Wallace is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fifth Wall, where he guides the firm’s strategic vision. Prior to starting Fifth Wall, Brendan co-founded Identified, a workforce optimization data and analytics company that raised $33 million of venture funding and was acquired by Workday (NYSE: WKDY) in 2014. He also co-founded Cabify, the largest ridesharing service in Latin America, and has been an active investor, leading more than 60 angel investments including Bonobos, Dollar Shave Club, Lyft, SpaceX, Clutter, and Philz Coffee. Brendan started his career at Goldman Sachs in the real estate, hospitality, and gaming group before joining The Blackstone Group’s real estate private equity practice. Brendan is from New York City where he currently resides. He graduated from Princeton University, where he received his BA in political science and economics. He received his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- Hillary FlynnDirector of ESG, Private Investments at Wellington ManagementAs the director of ESG for Wellington’s private investments business, Hillary spearheads the evaluation of deals and ongoing private investments from an environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) perspective. This is a nascent but growing area of focus among private companies. Hillary leads Wellington’s effort to assess ESG factors pre- and post-deal that can have a material impact on the long-term success of portfolio companies — for example, factors related to climate change, supply-chain management, and executive compensation. She leverages her extensive ESG experience and Wellington’s robust firmwide ESG capabilities, in particular, to assess and seek to remedy ESG concerns in late-stage private companies prior to potential IPOs. Through this cross-pollination of skill sets and collaboration with portfolio companies, Hillary seeks to apply ESG best practices across the firm’s private investments.
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