Forecasting New Zealand’s ESG Horizon

Craig Weise

Chief Executive

New Zealand Green Investment Finance

Craig has over 25 years of experience in private capital markets, both in the US and NZ, with a career incorporating roles in investment advisory, law, investment banking and investment management and governance.   Before joining NZGIF he held multi-faceted executive roles for the commercial directorate of Treasury, managing teams focused on the New Zealand government’s direct investment and managed portfolios representing over $100 billion in assets.   Immediately prior to his time at Treasury, Craig was a principal at Armillary Private Capital, ultimately active as its Managing Director, Investment Banking. Earlier roles included time with John Hancock Financial Services, Nixon Peabody, Sidley and HHC, a private equity-backed holding company.   Craig holds an Honours Degree in Economics from Randolph-Macon College, Virginia, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia, USA. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst, a Certified Investment Fund Director and a member of the New Zealand Institute of Directors.

Peter Jones

Senior Manager, Responsible Investment

ANZ New Zealand Investments Limited (ANZI)

Peter has more than 35 years’ experience in domestic and international financial markets with the last 14 years in funds management, initially managing fixed income portfolios and responsibility for external manager selection and monitoring. Since 2016 Peter has taken on a growing role leading ANZI’s policy development in RI and the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment analysis and decision-making across asset classes and geographies. ANZI became a PRI signatory in 2018 and seeks to recognise and mitigate the changing ESG risks to investment portfolios whilst recognising the opportunities that a changing economy and society will bring. In 2019/20 Peter was a member of the Technical Working Group for The Aotearoa Circle’s Sustainable Finance Forum.

Jason Patrick

Chief Investment Officer

New Zealand Green Investment Finance

Jason joins NZGIF from his role as managing director of Real Options International, a boutique advisory firm in energy and low carbon market strategy, investment, risk and fund management. Prior to that, he was managing director of the Macquarie-established BioCarbon Group and a vice president at Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he led investment and marketing of environmental and renewable power commodity products. Jason was also a vice president at Evolution Markets and a programme officer at the Environmental Defense Fund.   He has an MA Economics from New York University, a Master of Environmental Management (MEM) from Yale University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Joanna Silver

Head of Sustainable Finance

Westpac

Joanna Silver is Head of Sustainable Finance for Westpac New Zealand. She is responsible for providing sustainable finance solutions for Westpac’s customers to help them achieve their sustainability goals and support New Zealand’s transition to become a thriving, resilient, net-zero emissions and sustainable nation. Joanna’s career has intersected in various ways with climate change, leadership, finance, strategy, and innovation. Prior to joining Westpac, Joanna advised numerous CEOs and Boards of major publicly listed and private companies on strategy, commercialising sustainability, and climate change policy, markets and risk. Prior to her advisory work, Joanna was Director of Environmental Markets for IHS Markit in London where she led the development of the world’s first multi-credit environmental markets registry. Joanna was also a commercial lawyer in the financial services sector for NZX, BNY Mellon and Aon Hewitt.

Esther Tsang

BLOOMBERG/ INTELLIGENCE(HK)

曾晴(Esther Tsang)是彭博行业研究(Bloomberg Intelligence)的环境，社会与治理(ESG)分析师，专注于亚太区的ESG发展。在彭博社工作之前，她在安永会计师事务所担任ESG咨询经理，为金融机构，企业和政府提供ESG战略和风险咨询服务。她的职业生涯始于Sustainalytics，担任ESG分析师，专注于房地产和TMT领域。她目前是香港科技大学商学院绿色金融课程咨询委员会成员。

James Bell

Head of Australia & New Zealand

Bloomberg

Vicky Cheng

Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Asia Pacific

Bloomberg LP

Vicky Cheng is Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs Asia Pacific, overseeing government relations and regulatory developments impacting Bloomberg and its clients in the region. Before joining Bloomberg, Vicky worked in both the public and private sectors. Her focus has been policy and regulatory development, advising senior management on related requirements and implementations. Vicky drove advocacy and public affairs programmes for various organizations including global corporates and financial institutions. During her time with an international law firm, Vicky led business development and thought leadership strategies for the Financial Services Regulatory and Dispute Resolution practices. She began her career with a Government providing policy analysis and communications.