SEC/CFTC Sustainability-related proposals: Views from Exchanges

Nandini Sukumar

CEO, The World Federation of Exchanges

Nandini Sukumar is the Chief Executive Officer of the World Federation of Exchanges, the global association for exchanges and CCPs. The WFE represents more than 250 exchanges and clearing houses globally, educating stakeholders on the vital role played by market infrastructures in the real economy and as a standard setter, finding the consensus on issues among the global membership. WFE exchanges are home to nearly 45,000 listed companies, the market capitalization of these entities is over $82.5 trillion and around $81.8 trillion in trading annually passes through the infrastructures that the WFE members safeguard. Ms. Sukumar is Vice Chair of IOSCO’s Affiliate Members Consultative Committee and Chair of the AMCC’s DLT Workstream.

Ms. Sukumar has been CEO of the WFE since March 2015. Prior to this, she served as Acting Chief Executive Officer from November 2014, having been recruited by the WFE Board as Chief Administrative Officer in May 2014 to run the Federation on a daily basis and work with its global network of members as a proponent of the benefits of fair, orderly, public markets. Ms. Sukumar came to the WFE after a 14-year career at Bloomberg where she created, grew and ran their coverage of market structure, exchanges and UK regulation.

Christine Brentani

Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs – Sustainability Lead, The World Federation of Exchanges

Christine recently joined the World Federation of Exchanges as a Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs leading on ESG/ Sustainability and Financial Literacy topics. She has worked on supporting the implementation of global ESG/Sustainability rules from a Risk & Compliance perspective at a large asset management firm and she has also previously worked as Head of Regulatory Developments at UK-based asset management firms. She has spent a number of years working at both the UK regulator (in policy and supervision) and at a trade association (on prudential matters). She has an MBA from the London Business School and is author of a book entitled “Portfolio Management in Practice.”

Cesar Sanches

Head of Sustainability, B3

Cesar Sanches is Head of Sustainability at B3 SA – Brazil Stock Exchange and OTC Market. He is based in Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, and spearheads a number of projects and initiatives to promote ESG best practices, sustainable investing, education, reporting as well as develop innovative solutions in data & analytics, natural language processing and machine learning, supporting ground-breaking financial products and indices such as B3’s Corporate Sustainability Index (B3 ISE), Carbon Efficient index (B3 ICO2), Corporate Governance Trade Index (IGCT), Novo Mercado Corporate Equity Index (IGC-NM), Special Corporate Governance Stock Index (IGC), Special Tag-Along Stock Index (ITAG), S&P/B3 Brazil ESG, Special Corporate Governance Stock Index (IGCX). Cesar has earned his PhD in engineering from the University of Sao Paulo, MSc in Economics from the University of Aberdeen and completed the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Business Sustainability Management course. He also worked on major capital projects across the globe whilst living in Scotland, UK.

Brian Matt

Head of ESG Advisory, New York Stock Exchange

Brian C. Matt, CFA, is Head of ESG Advisory for the New York Stock Exchange, and is responsible for the NYSE’s relationship with its listed companies with respect to their progress on ESG. He has over 20 years of experience in working with corporate investor relations teams to help them craft and deliver their investment stories. Prior to NYSE, Brian was head of ESG for Americas for IHS Markit’s Issuer Solutions group, and led the buildout of a product suite helping companies to evaluate their ESG disclosures and engage with stakeholders. He was previously Global Head of Strategy & Innovation, as well as led the buildout of various corporate IR-focused products including investor targeting, situational analytics, and corporate governance / shareholder engagement platforms, for Ipreo. Brian is based in New York and is a CFA charterholder.

Angelo Evangelou

Chief Policy Officer, Cboe Global Markets

Mr. Evangelou is Chief Policy Officer for Cboe Global Markets, Inc.  He leads Market Policy for the firm which is responsible for public policy and market structure advocacy as well as the corporate ESG program. He is a 22-year veteran of Cboe.  Prior to joining Cboe, he worked as an attorney at the Chicago Stock Exchange. 

Mr. Evangelou is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received his J.D. from Boston University.  He is a resident of Chicago, IL.