Claire is responsible for leading the portfolio of sustainable finance related projects across London Stock Exchange Group’s Capital Markets business which includes equities, fixed income and ETFs. Claire has played an important role in the development of model ESG disclosure and reporting guidance for London Stock Exchange listed companies and initiatives such as an ESG Disclosure Tool, the publication of a guide to green finance and Green Economy Mark for AIM and Main Market companies.

Claire’s background is in the fund management industry and in equity capital markets, working with private and listed companies. Claire is a member of an industry Taskforce on the Scaling of Voluntary Carbon Markets.

Positioned at the heart of global financial markets, LSEG works across the investment and finance chain from issuers to asset owners, and across the financial, banking, trading and advisory ecosystem. As such LSEG is uniquely positioned to support clients in achieving the transition to a sustainable and net-zero economy and was the first exchange group to commit to net zero emissions.

William De Vijlder has been Group Chief Economist of BNP Paribas since 2014. He began his career in the Economic Research Department at Belgium’s  Générale de Banque in 1987 and joined the Asset Management division in 1989. At Fortis Investments he was Managing Director and Global Chief Investment Officer. When joining BNP Paribas Investment Partners in 2010, he became a member of its Executive Committee and Chief Investment Officer of Partners and Alternative Investments.

He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Ghent (Belgium), where he has been a senior lecturer since 1991. He is a board member of Le Club du CEPII and is also a member of the Group of Economic Advisers to ESMA’s Committee for Economic and Market Analysis.

Mr. Serdar Çelik is Acting Head of the Corporate Governance and Corporate Finance Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). His main responsibilities include corporate governance, capital markets and state-owned enterprises. His current work focuses on the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on corporate governance practices, corporate ownership structures and capital markets. Recent OECD reports include Corporate Bond Market Trends, Emerging Risks and Monetary Policy; the OECD Capital Market Reviews of Italy and Portugal; Institutional Investors as Owners: Who Are They and What Do They Do?, and the Business Models of Stock Exchanges and Stock Market Fragmentation. Prior to joining the OECD, he worked at the Capital Markets Board of Turkey and was responsible for reviewing corporate financial reports and overseeing IPOs, Mergers and Acquisitions. Referenced reports can be found at OECD capital markets. 

Oliver is Head of Economic Content for Refinitiv’s Datastream platform, which is the oldest and most trusted database, and covers over 14 million economic time series. He oversees content, strategy and development of the platform to ensure clients have access to the right data on which to support their business decisions.

Oliver is relatively new to Refinitiv, having started in August of 2020. Prior to that, he worked as an independent consultant providing a range of economic consultancy services to central government, regulators and FTSE 100 corporations.

Oliver holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a master’s degree in Real Estate Development from the University of Westminster.