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Helena Viñes Fiestas
Global Head of Stewardship and Policy
BNP Paribas Asset Management
Presentation
Helena has seventeen years’ experience of working in responsible business and sustainable investment. Helena led the Sustainability Research team until 2019 when she took responsibility of BNPP AM’s sustainability-linked policy and stewardship activities, including engagement with policymakers. As Deputy Global Head of Sustainability, Helena plays a critical role in the design, development and implementation of BNPP AM’s Global Sustainability Strategy. She was appointed to the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance whose role is to assist the European Commission in the development of EU taxonomy and the implementation of the EC Action Plan as well as to the AMF Comité de Climat et Finance Durable. She also represents BNPP AM in the EFAMA committee on Stewardship and ESG, is a board member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and a sits on a number of additional committees, including the Sustainable Stock Exchanges Green Finance Advisory Group, PRI Policy Reference Group and the Technical Advisory Group of the LSE-led Transition Pathway Initiative.
Previously, Helena led Oxfam's advocacy work on responsible investment and engagement with institutional investors in support of poverty reduction. She is the author of numerous papers and articles, including a book. She earned a BA in Economics and a postgraduate in Latin American Economics from the University of Barcelona (Spain), followed by an MSc in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
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