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SIWG/FIEC Meeting Agenda

TIME

SESSION

JUNE 10

10:00-10:30

Registration

10:30-17:00

Governance Workshop: Managing Client Protection Across the Investment Lifecycle – A Peer Exchange for Debt and Equity Investors

This workshop brings together debt and equity investors for a practical, peer-to-peer exchange on how to implement client protection across the investment lifecycle — from due diligence to monitoring and exit. Participants will engage in candid, case-based discussion on topics such as red flags in due diligence, monitoring challenges, escalation and decision-making processes, and the role of boards, covenants, and internal teams.

By exploring what investors actually do in practice (what data they rely on, how they identify and respond to risks, trade-offs, and constraints faced when integrating client protection into investment processes, particularly amid heightened ESG scrutiny and market stress), participants will leave with a clearer sense of what works, what doesn’t, and realistic tools/insights to better translate client protection principles into consistent, effective action. This workshop will also highlight the differences and complementarities between debt and equity approaches, offering a rare opportunity for cross-learning.

JUNE 11

08:30-09:00

Registration – Coffee, Tea, & Networking

09:00-09:15

Welcome by Cerise+SPTF

Speaker: Paola D’Angelo, Managing Director, SPTF Europe

09:15-10:15

Keynote Speech | Bridging the Capital Gap: Strategic roles for DFIs in a changing impact finance landscape

Speaker: Luuk Zonneveld – Chairman of the Board of Directors, EDFI

In a context of declining international aid, evolving regulatory frameworks, and geopolitical unrest, development finance institutions (DFIs) are rethinking their strategic role in catalysing private capital for impact. This keynote will explore how DFIs, collectively and in partnership with private impact investors, can drive systems change.

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12:00

SFDR 2.0: Regulatory evolution & investor implications

Panel Moderators: Anna Grabowska & Paola D’Angelo

A panel of DFIs, compliance experts, and regulatory advisors will give an overview of SFDR 2.0 and discuss its implications for classification and reporting and its alignment with inclusive finance realities.

Panelists:

  • Anna Grabowska – Senior Adviser, Sustainable Finance and Global Cooperation, EDFI
  • Inés van der Vorst – General Counsel, ILX Management B.V.
  • Daniela Arias Rivera – Impact Specialist, Triodos Investment Management B.V.
  • Martine van Aalst-Ebbers – Advisor, FMO
  • Maxime Trap – Impact Analyst Officer, Proparco

12:00-13:30

Lunch & Group Picture

13:30-14:30

Gender Working Group Update and Panel Discussion

The panel will feature an engaging exchange on gender lens investing practices led by UN Women and 2X Global. We will also cover SPI Online developments, and how to strengthen collaboration and alignment of gender-focused due diligence practices. This includes a presentation of the new gender dashboard updates aligned with international frameworks and discussion on measuring gender outcomes in portfolios.

Panelists:

  • Vanina Vincensini – Senior Strategic Advisor, Sustainable Finance & IFIs, UN Women
  • Alyanna Carrion – Membership and Community, 2X Global
  • Sam Mendelson – Knowledge & Research Specialist, & Head of GLI AG, e-MFP
  • Maritza Cabezas Ludena – Researcher, Triodos Investment Management
  • Chiara Pescatori – Manager, CAMCO
  • Cécile Lapenu – Director, Cerise+SPTF
  • Céciliane Mananjara – Inclusive Finance Project Officer, Cerise+SPTF

14:30-15:00

Coffee Break

15:00-16:00

How to Address Physical Climate Risk in Inclusive Finance

Panel Moderator: Paola D’Angelo, Managing Director, SPTF Europe

Sector-specific tools and investor experiences in integrating climate risk, adaptation, and resilience into portfolio decision-making. This session will share insights from the field (at the level of FSPs), from social investors and from a data provider.

Panelists:

  • Edouard Sers – Head of Risk and Impact, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation
  • Altynai Valikhanova – Head of Market and Credit Risk, Symbiotics
  • Courtney Roberts – Executive Director, The Joint Impact Model Foundation
  • Michel Hanouch – Senior Consultant Financial Services, CGAP (Zoom)

16:00-17:00

Impact Measurement Evolution: Reporting alignment among investors

Panel Moderator: Paola D’Angelo, Managing Director, SPTF Europe

An overview of the Impact Institute tool and practical application by Triodos and Bank im Bistum Essen eG. A guide to aligning emissions reporting.

Panelists:

  • Mariella Llontop – Senior Sustainable Finance Officer, Bank im Bistum Essen eG
  • Megan Roux – Manager, Impact Institute
  • Daniela Arias Rivera – Impact Specialist, Triodos Investment Management B.V.

17:00-18:00

Lessons Learned from the Over-Indebtedness Crisis in Cambodia

Speaker: Nitin Madan, Director of Responsible Inclusive Finance Facility for Southeast Asia, SPTF

18:00-20:30

Dinner and Networking at Kompaszaal Restaurant

Directly following the sessions on the 11th, there will be a reception and dinner at the event venue’s in-house restaurant. Kompaszaal’s restaurant offers panoramic sunset views over the IJ River and a menu of sustainably-sourced vegetarian and fish dishes.

JUNE 12

08:30-09:00

Coffee, Tea, & Networking

09:00-10:15

SIWG/FIEC Roundtable: Steering investing for impact through global transformation

Panel Moderators: Deborah Drake & Paola D’Angelo

Are investment strategies and long term impact creation affected in a changing global economy? Debt and equity investors will explore challenges, opportunities and priorities with focus on:

  • exit strategies
  • pipeline origination
  • raising money for new initiatives – who are the new patient investors?


Panelists:

  • Rita Van den Abbeel – Chief Risk & ESG Officer, Incofin Investment Management
  • Valeria Gelsi – Head of Specialized Finance and Partnerships, Oikocredit
  • Huw Dalkin – Executive, Market Building, British International Investment
  • Caspar Sprokel – Head of Private Equity, Triodos Investment Management

10:15-10:45

Coffee Break

10:45-12:00

Breaking the Silos and Working Through Change: AML, risk, readiness, and collaboration in impact investing

Panel Moderator: Manon Loison, Head of Community Engagement, Cerise+SPTF and Founder and CEO of the Luxembourg Foresight Institute

In this session, panelists will unpack best practices and collaborative initiatives to help break silos between regulations, investments, risk, and operations in impact investing.

Panelists:

  • Margherita Noto – Compliance Manager, Triple Jump
  • Marloes Noppen – Head of Compliance, Risk and Finance, Symbiotics Netherlands
  • Pauline Blit – Risk Manager, Grameen Credit Agricole Foundation

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-14:30

Investing for Systemic Impact

Panel Moderator: Paola D’Angelo, Managing Director, SPTF Europe

An exchange to demystify the concept and operationalization of systemic impact investing.  

Panelists:

  • Rianne van Raaij – Environmental & Social Impact Manager, Alterfin
  • Marina Korostina – Senior Officer Impact & Sustainability, Finance in Motion
  • Ben Taylor – CEO, Agora Global

14:30-15:30

CP Pathway Joint Statement – State of Practice

Speaker: Rula Mheissen, Director of Client Protection Pathway & MENA Outreach, SPTF

15:30-16:00

Wrap-up and Closing Remarks

Speaker: Paola D’Angelo, Managing Director, SPTF Europe