Climate and Natural Disaster Resiliency

9:00am - 10:00am - Registration and Networking Breakfast

10:00am - 11:30am - SESSION #1: Climate and Natural Disaster Resiliency

The rise of climate in ESG investing is one of the hottest topics in the investment management community, and Bermuda is at the forefront of climate finance and allocating risk and capital.  
 
This panel will bring together leading experts from the global investment community to discuss issues including climate related megatrends in the industry, strategies to promote the blue economy, investment in business opportunities afforded by climate and cleantech, and the role that Bermuda as both a global financial services capital and climate impacted island community can play in respect of these trends. Chatham House Rules will be in effect for this session.

Moderator: Stephen Weinstein, Chair, Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) 

Panellists:  

• Benoit Allehaut, Managing Director, KKR Infrastructure (Energy Transition)
• Peter Giacone, Senior Managing Director, KBRA
• Abhisheik Dhawan, Sustainable Finance & Partnership Specialist/Corporate Lead on Climate Change, United Nations Capital Developments Fund (UNCDF) 
• Arianne West, Co-Founder, COO and Head of Structured Finance, Re2 Capital