mallowstreet University Digital Roundtable: Quantifying Sustainability - Making Sense of ESG Data

Speakers

• Thomas Kieselstein, CFA

  Thomas is Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of Quoniam. As CIO, he is responsible for Quoniam's Investments division - consisting of Research, Portfolio Management and Portfolio Implementation - as well as the cross-asset class implementation of active quantitative strategies in our sophisticated investment process. He has specialised in the development of quantitative investment processes since 1994, previously at DZ Bank and Dresdner Bank Investment Group. He holds a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Karlsruhe and is a CFA Charterholder.

• Mara Schneider

  Mara joined Quoniam in November 2019 and is the SRI Coordinator in the investment area. Before joining Quoniam Mara was an associate in the Sustainability Services department at KPMG in Düsseldorf. She has also worked in the sustainability teams of Deutsche Börse AG in Frankfurt, BASF SE in Ludwigshafen and Dachser SE in Copenhagen. Mara holds a Bachelor degree in General Management and Master in Management from EBS University of Economics and Law, Oestrich-Winkel.

Program

1. 8:45 AM Login & Access Meeting

   The University Roundtable will take place online via a 'Zoom' meeting (a widely used webcast meeting provider). We will provide further information, including an access link and password to all attendees in advance of the event.

2. 8:55 AM Welcome & Introductions

3. 9:00 AM Presentation

   Thomas Kieselstein and Mara Schneider will present how they integrate ESG into their investment decisions and discuss how systematic processes have evolved beyond exclusion lists.

4. 10:00 AM Questions and Close

5. 10:15 AM End