Susanne Stormer (Chair) | Denmark

Susanne is Leader in Residence at Copenhagen Business School and an external lecturer at Roskilde University. She brings more than 30 years of leadership as a passionate pioneer in relentless pursuit of corporate accountability and sustainable development. Notably from previous roles as VP, Corporate Sustainability at Novo Nordisk, and most recently at PwC Denmark, where she built a team dedicated to sustainability advisory and assurance services. As a report preparer, she has contributed to the evolution of sustainability reporting, from mandatory green accounts, over Triple Bottom Line reporting to integrated reporting. She was a founding member of the International Integrated Reporting Council, served on the EFRAG Project Task Force that developed the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) and was member of the SASB prior to its transition into the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB).

While Susanne's anchor roles have been in the corporate sector, she engages seamlessly with other stakeholder constituencies. She is a firm believer in the power of multiple perspectives and learning with others through collaborative efforts. Her work experience includes other  independent board roles, currently Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at the International Corporate Governance Network; Member of the Corporate Governance Committee of Business Member at the OECD; Board Member of the Access to Nutrition Foundation and Member of the Board of Trustees at Shift (the center of expertise on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights).

Constituency: Civil Society
Appointed: 1 April 2026 | Appointed Chair: 1 April 2026
1st term expires: 31 March 2029

Jeff Robertson P.Eng., EP (Vice Chair) | Director, Envirormental & Sustainability, Bimbo Canada | Canada

Jeff brings 15 years of sustainability experience leading teams in industry, public sector and consulting organizations. He has advised dozens of global organizations on sustainability strategy across finance, telecom, manufacturing, utilities, retail, institutional, and other sectors. Jeff brings technical expertise in sustainability reporting, sustainability strategy, enterprise risk management, operations management, climate change mitigation, and climate risk assessment. Currently, Jeff oversees all environmental matters for Bimbo Canada (Canada’s largest bakery company) including hundreds of facilities and over $1B in annual revenue.

Jeff’s work has been honoured with several awards, including recognition for projects in climate change mitigation and sustainable packaging.  Jeff has also written for multiple industry publications and delivered speaking engagements at domestic & international conferences. Jeff holds an Honours degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Waterloo, is a certified Environmental Professional, and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Constituency: Business Enterprise
Appointed: 1 April 2023 | Appointed Vice Chair: 1 April 2023
2nd term expires: 31 March 2029

Tomoo Machiba (Vice Chair) | Managing Director, Zeroboard Research Institute | Japan

Tomoo has over 20 years of experience in developing and advising corporate and government strategies on sustainability and net-zero transition, including ESG disclosure practices in different parts of the world. After starting his career as newspaper journalist, he moved into the sustainability world by working at SustainAbility on benchmarking corporate environmental reports for the UNEP Engaging Stakeholders program. He then served as a project manager at the GRI Secretariat between 2002-04 and helped update the GRI Guidelines and draft sector supplements and the GRI Boundary Protocol, organizing multi-stakeholder working groups.

Through the following work with UNEP, OECD, IRENA, UNIDO and UAE government, Tomoo has promoted sustainability performance measurement and reporting as a core part of implementing SDGs, developing national KPIs and business tools and conducting capacity building. Most recently, working as a partner of low-carbon economic transition at ERM, helped global firms to compile GRI-based integrated reports and provided climate risk analyses for TCFD-compliant disclosure. Tomoo is currently Managing Director of the Zeroboard Research Institute at Zeroboard Inc., a leading GHG/ESG data solutions provider in Japan and Asia-Pacific. He holds an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Sussex, UK.

Constituency: Mediating Institution
Appointed: 1 January 2024
1st term expires: 31 December 2026

Professor Charles H. Cho, PhD, CPA | Professor of Sustainability Accounting, Schulich School of Business, York University | Canada

Charles is Professor of Sustainability Accounting and the Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability at the Schulich School of Business, York University in Toronto, Canada. He previously held faculty positions at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and ESSEC Business School (Paris, France). He also worked for KPMG LLP and other public accounting firms for several years in auditing and taxation.

He is actively involved in the academic community with the Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research (former Council member) and the European Accounting Association (DEI Committee member) as well as the business community with CPA Ontario (member of the Sustainability Strategic Advisory Committee) and the Club Canadien de Toronto (member of the Board of Directors). He is also regularly invited as plenary keynote speaker at international conferences and professional events and solicited by the media. Charles was selected as one of the “Top 50 Academic and Research Support Project” from the Republic of Korea’s Prime Minister and Minister of Education and is recognized as one of the top 2% most cited scholars within discipline worldwide.

Constituency: Civil Society
Appointed: 1 January 2025
1st term expires: 31 December 2027

Rebeca Coriat | Head of Stewardship, Lombard Odier Investment Managers | England

Rebeca is the head of stewardship at Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM).  In this role she has overall responsibility for the stewardship function, which is implemented through engagement and proxy voting. Drawing on her previous corporate governance and wider ESG expertise on the investor, proxy and research side, Rebeca has defined and implemented LOIM’s strategic investment stewardship framework and objectives. Rebeca leads the stewardship function, which is embedded within Holistiq, in close collaboration with other senior stakeholders from sustainability research, sustainability data analytics, risk and portfolio management.

Rebeca chairs LOIM’s Stewardship Committee, tasked with the governance of the stewardship function, and under Rebeca’s guidance, LOIM became a signatory of the UK Stewardship Code. She is also a member of LOIM’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Previously, she worked as ESG Analyst at Investec Asset Management, and Senior Researcher at ISS She has a BA in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Masters in Global Politics from the LSE.

Constituency: Investment Institution
Appointed: 1 January 2024
1st term expires: 31 December 2026

Yan Dong | Distinguished ESG Scientist, Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou) | Tsinghua

Yan is a distinguished ESG Scientist at the Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua. Her research focuses on life cycle assessment (LCA), ESG regulations, and carbon footprint. Her recent works includes advising Chinese industries and ministries on ESG and product carbon footprint regulations implementation. She also serves in the technical expert group to establish industrial park ESG assessment standards in China. She is a member of Chinese mirror organization for ISO/PC343 “Management Systems for UN Sustainable development goals – Requirements”, and a member of the expert group for ISO IWA 48 “Environmental, social and governance (ESG) implementation principles”.

Yan has obtained her Ph.D. in management engineering from Technical University of Denmark. She has worked in the academia for 10 years, establishing environmental assessment methodologies for both government and companies, and supporting UNEP on climate policy impact assessment. Afterwards she has worked at Deloitte Denmark for 3 years, leading teams to architect and implement sustainability solutions for EU clients, including EU Taxonomy alignment, CSRD compliance, decarbonization strategy, sustainability report auditing, and supply chain ESG risk management. She has returned to China in 2023, aiming at bridging the collaborations between China and the global community.

Constituency: Civil Society
Appointed: 1 January 2025
2nd term expires: 31 December 2027

Isidora Diaz Heredia | Chief Sustainabiity & HSE Officer, Parques Reunidos | Spain

Isidora is a senior sustainability executive with over 20 years of international experience across the leisure and hospitality, industrial manufacturing, mining and waste management sectors. She works at Parques Reunidos Group, a leisure operator active in 10 countries. Previously, she held senior leadership positions at Holcim at country, regional and global level.

In her current role, Isidora leads the Group’s sustainability strategy, integrating environmental, social and governance priorities into business operations, with a strong focus on safety performance of both customers and workforce, climate strategy, supply chain engagement and sustainability reporting. She serves as President of the Parques Reunidos Foundation, promoting inclusion and biodiversity conservation. She holds a Master Degree in Chemistry by University of Murcia, a Master in Business Administration by ESADE Business School and advanced education in safety and environmental management. Isidora plays an active role in industry governance as Chair of the Safety and Security Committee and Advisory Board member of IAAPA. She is also engaged in international standards‑setting bodies, as well as in academic institution programs, supporting the education and development of future generations of sustainability professionals.

Constituency: Business Enterprise
Appointed: 1 April 2026
1st term expires: 31 March 2029

Zuzanna Muskat Gorska | Legal Officer, ITUC | Belgium

Zuzanna Muskat-Gorska works as Legal Officer for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), a global organization which represents 191 million workers in 169 countries and territories. She supports the organization’s legal advocacy before the International Labour Organization and other international institutions and tribunals and advises national trade unions on labour law and policy. She holds LLM in international and EU law from the KU Leuven (Belgium); Master of Laws from the UAM University (Poland),  MA in sociology of law from the Oñati IISL (Spain) and MA in industrial sociology from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa).

Constituency: Labor
Appointed: 1 January 2025
1st term expires: 31 December 2027

Anne Lindsay | England

From June 2020 to October 2025 Anne Lindsay was the Responsible Investment Coordinator for the International Transport Workers’ Federation, highlighting the rights and working conditions of transport workers worldwide and actions needed to support a genuine shift to sustainable transport. A particular focus was engaging with trustees, pension funds and asset managers on ways to increase respect for human rights in global value chains and support a just transition. This included supporting ITF affiliate unions in their work to improve conditions for cabin crew, ground staff, seafarers, dockers, delivery drivers and workers in travel and tourism. She was an active member of the Committee on Workers’ Capital, chairing the CWC’s taskforce on strategic policy and from 2022 to 2025 she supported the ETUC on the EU Sustainable Finance Platform, with a particular focus on transition plans. During 2024 she was part of the GRI Working Group reviewing the Economic Impact standards.

Before joining the ITF in June 2020, she worked as Lead Analyst on the Private Sector at the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD). As well as leading work on business and human rights across a range of industrial sectors including mining and electronics, she contributed to successful civil society advocacy for the EU Non-financial Reporting Directive, the Modern Slavery Act, and the UK Bribery Act. She was a Director of the CORE corporate accountability coalition from 2011 to 2018.

Constituency: Labor
Appointed: 1 January 2025
2nd term expires: 31 December 2027

Anna Nefedova | ESG Reporting Leader, Deloitte | Switerland

Anna is responsible for Deloitte’s global sustainability reporting. She leads a number of ESG reporting processes and goal setting efforts for the organization’s environmental strategy, and serves as a technical expert on the topic of greenhouse gas reporting. Anna also drives efforts to align sustainability reporting with material impacts for Deloitte’s stakeholders and manage the organization’s responses to various ESG ratings.

Anna spent 13+ years in the sustainability field at Deloitte, eight of which were focused on helping Deloitte’s clients develop sustainability strategies. She was seconded to GRI to help develop G4 guidelines, and assisted Global Impact Investing Network in the development of their framework. In 2019 Anna became responsible for Deloitte’s internal sustainability in the US, to later focus on sustainability reporting globally.

Constituency: Mediating Institution
Appointed: 1 January 2022
2nd term expires: 31 December 2027

Deborah Ng | Head of ESG and Sustainability, GMO LLC | USA

Deborah Ng is the Head of ESG and Sustainability at GMO. Prior to joining GMO in 2022, she was the Head of Responsible Investing at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), where she spent more than 18 years. At OTPP, Ms. Ng developed and led the Plan’s Responsible Investing Strategy and climate change initiatives, and was responsible for key deliverables, including thought leadership, integration, and corporate engagement. Previously at OTPP, Ms. Ng was part of OTPP’s Strategy & Asset Mix team, where she focused on the research, evaluation, and introduction of asset allocation strategies. Ms. Ng currently sits on the Investment Committee of the United Church Pension Plan and is a past board member of the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB). Ms. Ng earned her Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Finance from the University of Toronto. She is a CFA charterholder.

Constituency: Investment Institution
Appointed: 1 April 2023
2nd term expires: 31 March 2029

Dr. Igazeuma Okoroba | Nigeria

Igazeuma is a Development Sociologist with over 20 years of experience in civil society, media, energy, telecommunications, and manufacturing sectors. In her current role as Group Head of Sustainability at Dangote Cement Group, she is leading sustainability strategy and working to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in operations. She is responsible for sustainability reporting, promoting business ethics and governance, as well as driving the company’s decarbonization and circular economy programme.

Igazeuma has an MSc in Sustainable Development from the University of Exeter, UK and a PhD in Development Sociology from the University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. She is also a certified lead auditor of ISO 26000:2010 Social Responsibility. She is a fellow of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Nigeria (ICGN) and the Sustainability Practitioners Institute of Nigeria. She serves on the board of several non-governmental organizations focused on sustainable development.

Constituency: Mediating Institution
Appointed: 1 January 2024
1st term expires: 31 December 2026

Felipe Martinez Rodriguez | Head of Operational Environment and Compliance, Hydro | Spain

Felipe works at Hydro, a multinational aluminium company, where he leads the development and implementation of the company’s environmental strategy. With over 15 years of experience in manufacturing environments as well as in management positions, Felipe has extensive experience in environmental compliance and adherence to sustainability standards such as GRI, ISO and the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative.

Felipe is currently the Vice-Chair of the Sustainability Committee at European Aluminium, where he engages with stakeholders to promote sustainability initiatives. He is also a member of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Corporate Standard Technical Working Group, contributing to the development of international standards for emissions reporting.

Previously, Felipe held several environment roles at Hydro and Alcoa and served as HSE Manager at European Aluminium, gaining expertise in environmental policy and advocacy.

Felipe holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and Master’s degrees in Environmental Management and Occupational Health and Safety. He is deeply committed to fostering a culture of sustainability and sound environmental management.

Constituency: business Enterprise
Appointed: 1 January 2025
1st term expires: 31 December 2027

Chulendra de Silva | Founding Partner and Owner, InterBalance Consulting | Sri Lanka

Chulendra is the Co-Founder of InterBalance, a consultancy company providing Sustainability and Risk Management solutions to corporate clientele. Chulendra also acts as the Sustainability Consultant and Country Representative for Goodera, a Sustainability Software provider headquartered in Bangalore India and Menlo Park, California. Chulendra has over 19 years of experience in Financial Analysis, Business Process Management, Enterprise Risk Management and Sustainability, and was instrumental in entrenching Sustainability and Risk Management processes within organizations of various industry groups.

Chulendra holds a first class honours degree in Science from the University of Colombo, an MBA from the University of Southern Queensland, was an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (UK) from 2006 to 2017, and was a Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) Charterholder (USA) from 2006 to 2020.He is also a certified Sustainability Practitioner and Sustainability Assurance Practitioner, and a certified lead auditor for ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management Systems.

Constituency: Mediating Institution
Appointed: 1 April 2023
2nd term expires: 31 March 2029

Galya Tsonkova | Head of Sustainability Reporting and Nature Programs, Coca Cola HBC AG | Bulgaria

Galya leads Sustainability governance, reporting and nature programs across 29 countries of Coca-Cola HBC AG, and she is also responsible for ESG ratings, benchmarks and indices.

She has 15 years professional experience in developing sustainability strategies, reporting, ESG goal setting, GHG accounting, environmental sustainability, quality, occupational health and safety, and 10+ years manufacturing experience. She was selected as the first woman to chair the Coca-Cola System’s Global Environmental Council. Under her leadership Coca-Cola HBC was awarded with top score at Dow Jones Sustainability Index (by S&P Global) for seven times since 2015 and achieved leading scores in beverage industry in the most recognised ESG raters and benchmarks such as CDP Climate and Water, ISS ESG, Morningstar Sustain. Prior to Coca-Cola HBC she worked for Nestle.

She holds a master degree from the University of Food Technology (Bulgaria) and post-graduate programmes in IMD Lausanne, the Open University UK, SDA Bocconi Italy.

Constituency: Business Enterprise
Appointed: 1 April 2023
2nd term expires: 31 March 2029