Simone Utermarck
Senior Director, Sustainable Finance, ICMA
Simone Utermarck is Senior Director, Sustainable Finance at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). She supports the Principles, serves as Secretary to the Advisory Council and the Global Sustainable Finance Council, and oversees the voluntary Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings and Data Providers. She contributes to several international working groups, including the ASEAN Joint Sustainable Finance Working Group IAP and the UK Transition Finance Council, and is an observer to the Singapore SSFA working groups.
Simone led ICMA’s guidance on Sustainable Blue Economy Bonds (2023), Green, Social & Sustainability Sukuk (2024) and Sustainable Bonds for Nature (2025), and co-coordinates ICMA’s taskforce on Sustainable Finance and FinTech.
She joined ICMA in 2020 and has over 20 years’ international experience across Europe, the US, Asia and the GCC in roles at Thomson Reuters, S&P Global Ratings, Bloomberg, PwC, EY and DaimlerChrysler. She holds a double degree in International Business (DCU and ESB Reutlingen), the International Certificate in Investor Relations and CFA Level I.
All Sessions by Simone Utermarck
Data-Driven Content Strategy
Explore how analytics can guide content creation and improve ROI on marketing campaigns.
CLIMATE CHANGE – PANEL
Moving from portfolio decarbonization to real-world climate transition
- Enabling transition across whole economies, including emerging markets
- Shaping credible transition planning and identifying companies that are moving toward decarbonization
- Moving from net-zero pledges to credible transition pathways
- Decarbonizing portfolio vs decarbonizing high emitting companies
- Balancing portfolio decarbonization with real-world emissions reductions
- Discussing the importance of active engagement to support and influence carbon-intensive companies to transition
- Highlighting the need for transparent reporting to demonstrate actual emissions impact over time
- Understanding how investors can balance climate commitments with financial performance and market realities