Who We Are

Prior to joining TISFD, Simon served as Deputy Chief Executive of ShareAction, a responsible investment charity, leading the organisation’s work to build ambitious investor engagement initiatives to help companies transition towards a fair, just and sustainable economy. He previously worked for McKinsey & Company, a global management consultancy, where he helped build the firm’s social responsibility function. Simon has also served as a diplomat for the British government, including an overseas posting to Pakistan and as a private secretary to the Minister for Europe. He is currently a member of the Senior Advisory Board of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Preparer Forum for Sustainable Disclosure.

Andrea is a sustainability practitioner and business and human rights expert with over 20 years of experience advancing social sustainability across sectors and geographies. She has led the development and implementation of strategies to address complex sustainability challenges, with a strong focus on human rights. Her work spans multinational corporations, global financial institutions, governments, and civil society.

A qualified international lawyer, Andrea has worked closely with legal, commercial, and operational teams to embed human rights into business practices, ensure regulatory compliance and support sustainability disclosures. Her financial sector experience includes serving on the expert roster of the EBRD’s Project Complaint Mechanism, advising Dutch banks under the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement, and leading the social policy team at Barclays.

Kate is the Chief of Strategy for the TISFD, with over 20 years of experience in sustainability strategy and multi-stakeholder collaboration. She is also a Partner at SocialSide, a consultancy that helps business leaders create positive outcomes for people across workplaces, value chains, and communities. Her previous roles include leading the Global Business & Innovation Hub at Save the Children and a decade at FSG, where she co-led the firm’s corporate practice and worked with companies across sectors to develop strategies to create social impact and business value simultaneously with a focus on economic inclusion, workforce development, and children’s rights.

An established voice on the relationship between business and society, Kate has co-authored reports with WBCSD, Unilever, and FSG on equity, inclusion, and the social dimensions of corporate purpose. She holds an MBA in International Business from Georgetown University.

Luisa is a Policy Specialist in UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub, where she builds partnerships with corporate and finance actors to align capital with the SDGs and direct resources to developing countries. Previously, she worked with UNDP’s Inclusive Growth team, advising country offices and governments on private sector development, trade capacity, and integrated SDG implementation, with a focus on creating opportunities for women and youth.

Before joining UNDP, Luisa coordinated the Trade for Development Programme at the South Centre, advising developing countries on multilateral trade negotiations. She also served as Project Manager at Venezuela’s Ministry of Production and Commerce, participating in regional and bilateral trade and investment negotiations, and later as Economic Attaché at Venezuela’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva, representing her country at the WTO and other international fora.

As a Research Fellow at the Taskforce, Valerie is compiling a comprehensive body of evidence on how businesses and financial institutions impact inequalities and social outcomes, their dependencies on people-related factors, and the associated risks and opportunities at both the entity and system levels. She isalso focused on ensuring the evidence is presented in an accessible format and that its direct relevance to our stakeholders is clearly communicated.

Valerie has a background as a researcher, project manager, and lecturer at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB, Belgium). Throughout these roles, her primary focus has always been worker wellbeing, with a particular emphasis on inclusion and opportunity for all in the workplace. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Management from the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB). Valerie also serves as a Board Member for The Shift, the Belgian sustainability network.

Currently a Partner at strategy firm SocialSide, Richard has extensive experience in the design and delivery of policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement and communications strategies and activities for companies and development organisations in support of social impact goals and strategy.  He has strong experience across a range of social impact issue areas including economic inclusion, human rights and living wage.

Richard has co-authored over 20 agenda setting policy and research reports on responsible, sustainable business practice and partnerships with the Corporate Responsibility Initiative at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) and Ashridge Hult Business School.  

Prior to focusing on the “social-side” of sustainable business, Richard held senior positions in leading communication firms Edelman, Weber Shandwick and Burson.

Keith is an executive leader with 20+ years advancing social change and cross-sector partnerships across Africa, the UK and Europe. He began in Uganda as Director of the Uganda Law Society and Chair of the Uganda Peace Network, then moved to the UK to lead work spanning philanthropy, development and impact. As Head of African Philanthropy at Save the Children UK, he launched the African Philanthropy Programme and secured a record £10 million donation, organisation’s largest from an African donor.

As Chief Executive of Crown Agents International Development (CAID), Keith built the organisation from the ground up, assembling its board, establishing regional teams and growing annual income to £15 million within three years. As Founder of New Global Markets, he leads a fundraising and convening agency connecting corporates and philanthropists. Known for his collaborative style and ability to engage diverse leaders, he continues to shape global development through strategic partnerships.

As a Project and Partnership Analyst, Mathilde Liger supports the Taskforce on Inequality and Social-related Financial Disclosures, with a focus on operational processes, project management, and donor coordination.

Mathilde has a background in sustainable finance, governance, and international development, with experience across both the United Nations and the private sector. She has a particular interest in how financial systems can advance environmental and social progress and has supported multi-stakeholder initiatives promoting responsible investment, sustainable development, and data-driven policy implementation. She holds a dual bachelor’s degree in law and economics from Sorbonne University and a master’s degree in international business law from Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University.

Jana Mudronova is a sustainability practitioner with nearly 15 years of experience supporting  investors and regulators in emerging markets. In her work, Jana focuses on strengthening the management and reporting of social impacts, adapting global best practices to local contexts.

Jana began her career improving shared value for mining communities and has since advised banks, impact investors, and private equity funds on elevating sustainability performance across portfolio companies. At IFC, she led ESG Thought Leadership projects linking risk and impact management systems to the SDGs and Paris Agreement. Her work has advanced understanding of wages and inequality, stakeholder voice in business conduct, and inclusive sustainable finance. She holds a Doctorate in Applied Development Economics from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, and has lived in Hong Kong, China, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the UK.

As the TISFD’s Head of Engagement, Rithu brings over a decade of experience in social sustainability, focusing on integrating sustainable practices into business strategy. Before joining TISFD, she was an Associate Research Scholar at NYU Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business, where she led Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI™) collaborations across industries to quantify the financial value of sustainability.

She began her career in operational risk management and public finance investment banking at Goldman Sachs, where she gained deep experience in risk mitigation and infrastructure finance. Combining financial expertise with a commitment to sustainability, Rithu helps organizations align profit with purpose and build resilient business models that advance social equity and environmental stewardship.

Prior to joining the TISFD, Gustaf was a Research Analyst at the World Benchmarking Alliance, an international NGO assessing companies’ contributions to achieving the SDGs. He led their benchmarking efforts on Just Transition in a role focused on assessing how companies address the social aspects of their transitions to a low-carbon future. His work involved developing methodologies, producing insights, and engaging with stakeholders on the importance to not only transition, but to do so in a just way. He previously worked at Equileap, a data provider tracking global corporate gender equality and diversity.

He holds an MSc in Economics and Innovation for Global Sustainable Development from Lund University. His work is driven by a strong interest in the intersecting points between different aspects of social equity and environmental sustainability.

Vincent Siegerink is an Economist in the OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE Centre). He is responsible for the WISE Centre’s work on the measurement of business impacts on people’s well-being and inequalities. In this capacity, he works to align official statistics with business measures of their own non-financial performance. He also was co-facilitator of the Impact Management Platform, a collaborative initiative of a group of leading providers of international sustainability standards and guidance, and co-led the technical working group of the TISFD’s Founding Partners.

He has a background in the measurement of well-being and social progress and was previously an advisor in the Office of the Secretary General of the OECD. Vincent holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy from Sciences Po, Paris.

Bernadette Victorio is an international development and sustainable finance specialist with over fifteen years of experience leading multi-country programs and partnerships across Asia Pacific. She has worked with institutions such as the Asian Development Bank Institute, the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, focusing on sustainable and inclusive finance, business and human rights, and corporate accountability. As a strong advocate for gender equality and social justice, Bernadette is dedicated to amplifying women’s voices and leadership in shaping equitable financial systems. She currently leads Oxfam’s Fair Finance Asia program, a regional initiative spanning ten countries and over 90 civil society partners, driving sustainable finance and responsible cross-border investment.

Bernadette has lived and worked in the Philippines, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, and Thailand, with professional experience across Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific. She holds a Master’s degree in International Development from the International University of Japan.

As Engagement Analyst, Pablo Varela supports stakeholder engagement by coordinating outreach, managing the Alliance application process, and ensuring timely and thoughtful communication with partners and prospective members.  Pablo previously served as a Programme Manager at the Global Development Network, where he coordinated multi-stakeholder research programs, and as a Programme Advisor at the UN Global Compact, working on sustainability and innovation initiatives. He also brings experience as a CSR and research consultant.

He holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, UK. He is committed to advancing collaborative, inclusive, and data-informed approaches to sustainable development.