ASrIA INAUGURAL CONFERENCE

Ivo Knoepfel
Head of Rating & Index Research
SAM Research

SPEAKER BIOS

Ivo Knoepfel is the Head of Rating and Index Research at SAM Research, one of the world's leading sustainability research organisations. In his function he is responsible for the global assessment of companies for the Dow Jones Sustainability World and STOXX Indexes. Prior to this position he was Head of Corporate Environmental Management at Swiss Reinsurance Co.

In previous years he has worked in the field of energy and climate policy analysis in Switzerland, the US and Germany. He has also gained experience in the mechanical engineering and chemical/pharmaceutical industries. Ivo studied process engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH), followed by post-graduate studies in environmental law, economics and science at the University of Zurich and a doctoral thesis in Life Cycle Assessment at ETH.

Ivo has been a founding member of the UNEP Financial
Services Insurance initiative and is a co-chair of the Global Reporting Initiative's Measurement Working Group.