Manuel Vicente
Manuel Vicente is a senior international executive with over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry with business, treasury, risk, and finance expertise. Manuel is currently advising financial services, climate tech and academia in assessing materiality and leading solutions in sustainability, climate, and risk management. This includes ESG Board training, strategic plans, risk appetite, client/product due diligence, stress testing, and disclosures.
Prior to this, Manuel was CRO Europe Wholesale and Markets at HSBC, where he focused, amongst others, on shaping and delivering the Sustainability and ESG strategy across the UK and EU regulatory landscape. Prior senior positions included Group Risk, Regulatory and Data lead for IBOR Transition and Group Risk lead for Brexit.
Manuel holds a MSc in Business Engineering from the Louvain School of Management (LSM of UCL), and the Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) certificate from the Global Association of Risk Professionals.
Konstantina Armata
Konstantina is a highly experienced Financial Risk professional with over 20 years career in Banking. She has in depth understanding of quantitative models spanning all key processes across investment and retail banking (e.g., Trading, Capital, Stress Testing, Provisioning, Liquidity etc) and extensive expertise in framework design and implementation.
Konstantina started her career in UBS where she performed various quantitative roles in the Investment Bank. Having spent the last 10 years as the Group Head of Model Risk Management (first at Deutsche Bank and later at Barclays), she has now turned her attention to ESG and she is currently a senior Climate Risk adviser at Citi.
Alisa Carmichael
Jenn Harper
Michelle Yip
Michelle Yip is the Business Development Manager for Sederma at Croda Inc and has over 5 years of experience in the Beauty Industry. She has a diverse background having roles in Marketing, Synthesis Development, and Sales. Along with ACS accreditation, she pursued a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology. She furthered her studies by obtaining a Master of Science degree in Chemistry, with a concentration in Biomedicinal Chemistry from Stevens Institute of Technology. At Croda, she collaborates with the sales team in the West Coast and Midwest regions to foster innovation and drive successful projects with key customers. She has a passion for working with indie brands and sharing her expertise to help them grow and navigate the ever-evolving beauty landscape.
In addition, she loves to volunteer at local schools for STEM outreach to promote and inspire interest in STEM disciplines. In her spare time, she enjoys performing in community theater, hiking, and finding the newest, trendy foodie spots!
Beatrice Dixon
Dave Smith
