Suzanne Tavill is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at StepStone. Her role encompasses ESG and Impact across all asset classes and investment strategies. She is also a committee member on the StepStone Charitable Giving Program. Prior to StepStone, Suzanne was responsible for AMP Capital’s global alternative investment platform that included private equity, infrastructure and real assets. Before that, she spent five years at Van Eyk Research in Sydney, the last four as head of research. Before moving to Australia, she was an executive director at Goldman Sachs Investment Management, responsible for their UK small-and mid-cap portfolios. Suzanne received an MSc in finance and economics from the London School of Economics, in addition to a BBS with honors in economics and honors in finance from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Ana Colazo co-leads Investor Engagement at the World Benchmarking Alliance, connecting investors and the finance community to the work of WBA with the aim of catalyzing sustainable development through data and insights on the world’s most influential companies. Prior to joining WBA, Ana served as ESG Director for Corporates & Governments in Moody´s Analytics covering UK and European markets. Her working experience also includes several years at Vigeo Eiris in Latin America, where she focused on advancing and developing the sustainable finance debt market in the region.

Marieke Hood is the Executive Director Impact Translator of GESDA. She joined the foundation at its inception in 2019. Her role is to implement the most advanced science diplomacy solutions ideated by GESDA, working towards their spin-off as independent institutions. This involves prototyping real-world activities, framing their governance and securing their funding. Marieke Hood led the incubation of the Open Quantum Institute, culminating with its launch in March 2024 as part of CERN with the support of UBS. Marieke Hood’s expertise covers emerging science and technology, futures and foresight studies, practice-led multilateral governance, start-up and corporate innovation. Before joining GESDA, she worked for 10 years for the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs. In her latest position, she headed the business section of the Embassy of Switzerland in London, where her projects focused on artificial intelligence and data-driven technology with applications in the financial sector, life sciences, and performance engineering. Marieke Hood holds Master’s Degrees in Business and in Dynamics and Economic Policy from the Sorbonne University and EMLyon Business School.