Esther Badiola is Principal Climate Advisor at the European Investment Bank’s Climate Office. She played a pivotal role in developing the EIB’s inaugural Climate Strategy in 2015 as lead economist and has been instrumental in international climate partnerships. Her career began in industrial auditing and analysis, transitioning into senior regulatory roles in network industries. Esther holds a MSc degree in Environmental Economics and a Bachelor’s in Economics. She contributes to sustainability as a writer and visiting professor. She contributed as a review editor to the last IPCC’s AR6 climate change mitigation report.
Prof. Sinnig was appointed as assistant professor in commercial law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg per September 2024, after two years as postdoctoral researcher at the ADA Chair in Financial Prof. Sinnig was appointed as assistant professor in commercial law at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance of the University of Luxembourg per September 2024, after two years as postdoctoral researcher at the ADA Chair in Financial Law (inclusive finance) at the University of Luxembourg where she worked on company law, financial regulation (with a focus on investment funds) and sustainable and inclusive finance regulation.
Prof. Sinnig obtained her PhD from the University of Luxembourg in the field of digitalisation and taxation in December 2020, for which she has received two international awards.
Her current research interests focus on the regulation of investment funds, taxation of investment funds, Luxembourg company and commercial law as well as inclusive, digital and sustainable finance. She is the author of more than 50 publications in the field of digitalisation, financial law, taxation, company and commercial law and investment fund regulation in Luxembourg, European and international law journals.
Prof. Sinnig has held presentations and lectures inter alia at Oxford University, LUISS in Rome, WU Vienna, University of Lisbon, Sorbonne/Paris I, and presented in front of regulators at the European Law Academy, the German Financial Regulatory Authority BaFin and the Asian Development Bank.
She publishes and teaches in French, English and German language.
Prof. Sinnig obtained her PhD from the University of Luxembourg in the field of digitalisation and taxation in December 2020, for which she has received two international awards.
Her current research interests focus on the regulation of investment funds, taxation of investment funds, Luxembourg company and commercial law as well as inclusive, digital and sustainable finance. She is the author of more than 50 publications in the field of digitalisation, financial law, taxation, company and commercial law and investment fund regulation in Luxembourg, European and international law journals.
Prof. Sinnig has held presentations and lectures inter alia at Oxford University, LUISS in Rome, WU Vienna, University of Lisbon, Sorbonne/Paris I, and presented in front of regulators at the European Law Academy, the German Financial Regulatory Authority BaFin and the Asian Development Bank.
She publishes and teaches in French, English and German language.
Michael joined the University of Luxembourg in January 2021, as Full Professor within the Department of Finance, and moved into his current role as the Chair and coordinator of the research program in Sustainable Finance in November 2021. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the Vienna University of Technology and a PhD in finance from the University of Vienna. During his academic career, he spent five years at the University of Utah and almost nine years at the Stockholm School of Economics. Michael’s research ranges from empirical asset pricing, asset management and business-cycle dynamics of firms’ capital structures, to sustainable finance. His work has been published in leading journals including the Journal of Finance, the Review of Financial Studies, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and the Review of Finance.
Sara Shoff is the Program Manager leading GARI’s efforts in the Climate Adaptation Innovation Learning (CAIL) initiative and growing GARI’s global network and impact. Prior to GARI Sara led operations and impact at Provenance Capital Group, a start-up investment advisor focused on regenerative food and agriculture. Earlier she led Oikocredit US’ efforts to re-enter the US retail impact investing market. Sara started her career as an agro-forestry extension agent with the US Peace Corps in Senegal then support the US’s international development finance institution by implementing environmental and social safeguards. Sara holds a BS in Environmental Management from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo and an MBA from the Yale School of Management.
Stephane Perrier has been involved in natural resource protection and management for the last 25 years, at the interface between science and business. He graduated as a veterinarian specialized in biodiversity conservation and holds an MBA in sustainability. He worked in grassroot organization for wildlife conservation, as an entrepreneur to create nature-based investments inside corporations, and in investment funds as a director of projects and innovation. He now works inside CIFOR-ICRAF, a global leading center for landscape research applied to development. As the leader of the Resilient Landscapes, his current focus is on connecting science and business in large-scale, impact-driven action.
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