Diana Patrascu
Head of Sustainable Finance Unit, European Investment Fund
With over 16 years in financial services, Diana Patrascu currently leads sustainable finance product development and mandate design at the European Investment Fund (EIF), where she developed the first pan-EU sustainable finance portfolio guarantee. Her work supports financing in line with the EU's green transition ambitions. Previously, she developed, launched, and managed EIF’s InvestEU debt instruments focused on sustainability, innovation, and digitalisation. Before joining EIF, Diana headed funding and capital management at a top-tier commercial bank in Central and Eastern Europe, overseeing long-term funding, IFI relations, and bond issuance—including pioneering local capital market instruments such as subordinated and AT1 bonds, as well as securitisations and portfolio guarantees.
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ADAPTATION & RESILIENCE – PANEL
Enhancing adaptation and resilience for physical risks across the financial sector
- Addressing the rising impacts of physical climate risks such as wildfires, floods and drought
- Strengthening supply chains and infrastructures to minimize disruption to services
- Identifying the need for effective public-private partnerships to better share risks and incentives
- Integrating climate adaptation into sustainable finance as both a risk management and business opportunity area
- Confronting the insurance crisis as climate disclosures become more frequent, costly and uncovered
- Integrating nature and water dependencies into resilience strategies
- Elevating adaptation and resilience alongside mitigation in sustainable finance
- Mapping physical risk across global supply chains