Maria Simonson
Head of Client Relationship Management and Sustainability, Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK)
Maria Simonson has been with the Swedish Export Credit Corporation (SEK) since 2022 and is a member of the Executive Management Team. As Head of Client Relationship Management and Sustainability, she leads the newly established unified business area, reflecting the strategic integration of sustainability into client relationship management. She has more than 25 years of experience in banking and finance. She holds a Master of Laws from Uppsala University.
09:50 - 10:40
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