Gwen Safa
Global Head of Sustainable & Transition Finance Advisory, Barclays Investment Bank
Gwen Safa is the Global Head of Sustainable Corporate Solutions within Barclays Investment Bank, based in London. She has 20 years of Financial Services experience in London and New York. Prior to joining Barclays, she worked for 14 years at Moody’s, where her most recent role involved overseeing Moody’s ESG business strategy. She played a key role in Moody’s acquisitions of French ESG ratings provider Vigeo Eiris and US climate analytics leader 427. Gwen also has 6 years of M&A experience in Retail, Luxury, Consumer, & Healthcare sectors at JPMorgan.
15:50 - 16:35
PHYSICAL RISK DATA - PANEL DISCUSSION
Navigating complexity and data challenges in sustainable finance
- Discussing data challenges financial institutions are facing due to poor quality data and transparency
- Exploring the expectation of regulators and the data reality
- Understanding the impact of the insurance gap, and the value of insurance-grade data
- Overcoming limitations in historical sustainability datasets compared to mature areas
- Embedding governance frameworks to maintain ongoing data quality
- Leveraging AI and machine learning to enhance sustainability and physical risk data collection, validation, and analysis