ICE Climate & Capital 2025

1 - 2 p.m. – Registration

2 - 2:05 p.m. – Welcome and introduction

Brian C. Matt

Head of ESG Advisory, NYSE

Brian C. Matt, CFA, is Head of ESG Advisory for the New York Stock Exchange, and is responsible for the NYSE’s relationship with its listed companies with respect to their progress on ESG. He has over 20 years of experience in working with corporate investor relations teams to help them craft and deliver their investment stories. Prior to NYSE, Brian was head of ESG for Americas for IHS Markit’s Issuer Solutions group, and led the buildout of a product suite helping companies to evaluate their ESG disclosures and engage with stakeholders. He was previously Global Head of Strategy & Innovation, as well as led the buildout of various corporate IR-focused products including investor targeting, situational analytics, and corporate governance / shareholder engagement platforms, for Ipreo. Brian is based in New York and is a CFA charterholder.

Larry Lawrence

VP, Sustainable Finance Data , ICE

In this role, Larry is responsible for developing and delivering ICE’s data strategy and product roadmap surrounding sustainable finance. He works with financial market participants to support their and their clients’ sustainable finance goals in areas such as ESG.

He was previously head of ESG and climate product strategy for the wealth management, private assets, fund ratings, ESG reporting product lines at MSCI. He joined MSCI from KLD, a pioneer in the field of ESG investing. Larry served as a product manager with KLD, RiskMetrics and later MSCI, where he was instrumental in the development of the firm’s ESG ratings, governance metrics and ESG controversies product lines, as well as MSCI’s ESG platforms. Larry holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Newbury College.

2:05 - 2:20 p.m. – Keynote: Physical climate risk and materiality

This keynote will open the session with highlights showing evidence of materiality directly related to climate events – across fixed income asset classes and geographies.

Phoebe DeVries, Senior Manager, Research, ICE Climate

Phoebe DeVries

Senior Manager, Research, ICE Climate

Phoebe DeVries is a Senior Manager on the ICE Climate Team, focusing on research and content development. The goal of her work is to help to convey the research and insights that the team is doing to clients and the broader public, a role that is informed and motivated by her background in earth science, teaching, and communication.

Before joining ICE, she has worked as a researcher and educator and holds a PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University and an MPhil in Polar Studies (Glaciology) from Cambridge University.

2:20 - 2:30 p.m. – Transition

2:30 - 3:15 p.m. – Panel: Managing flood risk exposure: evolving policy and climate risk strategies

So far, 2025 has been an exceptional year in terms of flood events. This panel will bring together experts on flood modeling, the evolving landscape of related policy, and climate risk management.

Evan Kodra, Senior Director, Research and Content, ICE Climate (Moderator)

Dr. Natalie Lord, Principal Climate Scientist, Fathom Global

Jon Williams, Managing Director & Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader, Accenture

Lisa Washburn, Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer, Municipal Market Analytics

Dr. Evan Kodra

Senior Director of Climate and ESG, ICE

Dr. Evan Kodra is the Senior Director of Climate and ESG at Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) and was formerly the CEO of risQ, a National Science Foundation grant funded spinout of Northeastern University that ICE acquired in 2021. He leads a team of scientists and engineers that build products to empower leaders in the financial markets to respond to climate change and growing socioeconomic inequality. He holds a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Engineering from Northeastern University in Boston. His academic research has been cited by the International Panel on Climate Change and has been highlighted by publications including Nature, USA Today, Yahoo!, and MSNBC. His work at risQ and ICE has been highlighted by the Wall Street Journal, Politico, the Los Angeles Times, and MarketWatch, among others.

Dr. Natalie Lord

Principal Climate Scientist, Fathom Global

As our Principal Climate Scientist, Natalie leads everything related to climate at Fathom. She grounds our models and datasets in the latest climate research so that they robustly account for future climate change. Natalie also makes sure everyone is up to date on all the need-to-know climate science, sharing and explaining research not only with our team members but also with our clients and other scientists around the world.

Natalie is highly experienced in analyzing climate data and applying it to industry and social challenges. Her PhD at the University of Bristol saw her work with European nuclear waste management companies and simulating future climate change over hundreds of thousands of years to understand how it may affect the disposal of high-level radioactive waste. She followed her PhD with a Research Associate role at the University of Bristol where she worked on projects modeling past and future climate change and climate extremes, and investigated tropical cyclone representation in climate models, all with an aim to improve our understanding of future impacts on the environment and society.

Natalie enjoys working at Fathom because it gives her the perfect opportunity to combine scientific investigations with solving customer challenges, and in a field that makes a real difference to millions of people globally. She was drawn to Fathom by its transparent research-led approach to flood modeling and data production and is proud of its peer-reviewed academic journal publications.

Outside of work, Natalie stays active through hiking, boxing (non-contact!) and yoga. She also loves painting, cooking and traveling.

Jon Williams

Managing Director & Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader, Accenture

Jon is a Managing Director at Accenture and their Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader. His role is to work with clients globally to deliver market-leading sustainability strategies, transformation, risk management and reporting solutions, empowered by technology and data. His clients include financial institutions in both developed and developing economies, and he has also advised companies in the retail, consumer goods, healthcare, energy and mining sectors. Jon has a focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, particularly relating to climate change, including Net Zero, sustainable finance, carbon markets and natural capital risk management.

Prior to joining Accenture, Jon spent 15 years at PwC and was their Global Banking & Capital Markets ESG Leader and chair of their UK Sustainability practice. Before that, he worked for HSBC for 21 years, with a variety of banking roles in Europe and Asia, most recently as Head of Group Sustainable Development. Jon developed and implemented HSBC’s sustainability risk strategy and their sustainable business strategy, with a focus on lending and investments related to climate change, forestry and microfinance.

Jon was a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). He has previously advised the World Economic Forum (WEF) on their Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics and was a member of the City of London Green Finance Initiative Steering Committee, co-chair of the Climate Markets & Investors Association (CMIA) TCFD Working Group, sat on the UK Green Investment Bank Sustainable Finance Group as an adviser and was Project Adviser to the World Economic Forum for the Critical Mass Initiative, the Energy Access Partnership and the Climate Governance Initiative. Jon has also chaired the Equator Principles, the global benchmark for banks to manage social and environmental issues in project finance and the Climate Principles, a framework for the finance sector to respond to climate change.

Lisa Washburn

Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer, Municipal Market Analytics

Lisa is a managing director and the chief credit officer at Municipal Market Analytics (MMA), an independent research and consulting group that publishes data, analysis, and commentary on the US municipal bond market. MMA subscribers include institutional investors, underwriters, bond issuers, regulators, and think tanks. Lisa is often quoted in the media on credit issues affecting municipal bond market issuers.

Along with MMA president Matt Fabian, Lisa authors the weekly OUTLOOK report, which covers credit and market structure trends and federal policy and regulatory developments. Matt and Lisa also write the weekly DEFAULT TRENDS report, which tracks and analyzes troubled and defaulted municipal borrowers.

Prior to MMA, Lisa spent twenty years with Moody’s Investors Service, where she was a managing director in the public finance group and led several ratings teams. She served as chairperson of the National Federation of Municipal Ana¬lysts and was the organization’s representative on the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council. A graduate of Lehigh University, Lisa is a Certified Management Accountant, a Fundamentals of Sustainability Accounting credential holder, and earned the CFA’s Certificate in ESG Investing.

3:30 - 4:15 p.m. – Panel: Rethinking climate risk in U.S. real estate and municipal debt

As climate-driven events and shifting global regulations reshape the mortgage and real estate landscape, this panel will explore how to redefine risk across underwriting, credit evaluation, and asset valuation. We’ll delve into the financial impact of physical hazards on cash flow and credit performance, while highlighting the growing importance of real-time, location-specific data and historical event analysis in shaping more resilient financial strategies.

Dr. Carling Hay, Director, Research and Product Development, ICE Climate

Owen Woolcock, Partner, Climate Core Capital

Colleen Denzler, Chief Sustainability Officer, Loomis Sayles & Company

Richard Lombardi, Executive Vice President Property Data Solutions, ICE

Dr. Carling Hay

Director, Research and Product Development, ICE Climate

Dr. Carling Hay is the Director of Climate and Social Impact Analytics at ICE Sustainable Finance. She formerly the Lead Climate Scientist at risQ, a National Science Foundation funded start-up that ICE acquired in 2021. Carling holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Toronto and her expertise covers a broad range of disciplines including statistical modeling, climate change, and sea-level rise. Her academic work has been highlighted by the US Senate and gained media coverage in 30+ news outlets including The New York Times, BBC, and The Economist. In her current role at ICE, Carling’s uses climate and social science datasets to quantify, and simplify, complex climate and social interactions.

Owen Woolcock

Partner, Climate Core Capital

Owen Woolcock advises capital allocators and global companies on what a changing climate means for their assets, supply chains, and geographic exposure. With background spanning diplomacy, family offices, and climate-focused investment, he translates complex climate risk into actionable insight through his firm, Climate Core Capital and its partner data platform, Coastline. They have advised on $200M+ in real estate transactions for a host of family offices and large LPs, and their work and thought leadership continues to think about the underlying readiness, fragility and insurance attributes of markets through a climate lens — tools built upon from his research at Harvard's Graduate School of Design

Colleen Denzler

Chief Sustainability Officer, Loomis Sayles & Company

Colleen Denzler is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Loomis, Sayles & Company. She is responsible for developing and advancing the firm’s sustainability initiatives. In service of our fiduciary duty, we believe the best way to consider sustainability is through integration that aims to identify the financial materiality of ESG factors. To that end, Colleen partners with the investment teams provide forward-looking insights on sustainability and transition risks and opportunities related to industry trends, and regulatory changes to help meet clients’ evolving sustainability needs. Colleen has 20-plus years of dedicated industry leadership and experience in sustainable investing. She began her career as an ESG-focused portfolio manager at Calvert Asset Management and has held roles as a senior portfolio manager and investment team leader at American Century Investments, global head of fixed income strategy at Janus Henderson, independent strategic consultant, and chief investment officer at First Affirmative Financial Network. Before joining Loomis Sayles in 2022 Colleen led Smith Capital Investing’s firmwide ESG integration efforts. She earned a BS in finance from Radford University. Colleen holds FINRA licenses 7 and 66 as well as certifications from the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. She is a CFA® charterholder

Richard Lombardi, Executive Vice President Property Data Solutions, ICE

A 30+ year veteran of the data and financial services industries, Richard currently serves as Executive Vice President, Data Strategy & Property Data Solutions at ICE.

Richard joined ICE in May 2020. Prior to joining ICE Richard was the founder & the Chief Operating Officer of ATTOM Data Solutions responsible for oversight of operations, sales, customer success and contracts. Prior to Attom Richard was the Vice President of Data Solutions and Licensing at CoreLogic responsible for the overall sales strategy and field engagement within the National Licensing division. Earlier in his career Richard was the Director of Product Management and Development with Experian. While there, Richard’s team successfully developed and implemented an industry-leading triggers program for financial institutions that managed risk, retention and marketing programs. Richard has also held key executive positions with Westcorp as Vice President of Banking Operations and Vice President of Safety and Soundness.

Richard has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Colorado State University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from California State University, Long Beach. He is presently active on the boards of a number of charitable organizations and is a recognized community leader.

Coffee break

4:30 - 5:15 p.m. – Panel: Climate adaptation & resiliency

A large majority of climate investing strategies are focused on mitigation, with a very small number currently directed towards adaptation and resilience. As extreme weather events become more frequent, this panel will focus on the current challenges, opportunities, and increasing need for adaptation and resilience investing strategies in addition to mitigation efforts.

Jeff Gitterman, CEO, Gitterman Asset Management (Moderator)

Dr. Sarah Kapnick, Managing Director and Global Head of Climate Advisory, J.P. Morgan

Aniket Shah, Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability and Transition Strategy, Jefferies Group LLC

De Rui Wong, Senior Vice President, Sustainability Office, GIC

Jeff Gitterman

CEO, Gitterman Asset Management

Jeff Gitterman is the CEO of Gitterman Asset Management and a Partner at Gitterman Wealth Management. He is a widely recognized leader in the climate-focused investing field, with a particular emphasis on climate adaptation and resilience, and the co-creator of the firm’s SMART (Sustainability Metrics Applied to Risk Tolerance)® Investing Services, which offer climate-focused investing solutions to both financial professionals and individual investors.

Jeff is a co-host of TheIMPACT TV show, which films at the New York Stock Exchange and airs on fintech.tv. He speaks frequently at conferences throughout the United States, and has also been featured in Barron’s, Forbes, Financial Advisor Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, and on CNN, among many others. Jeff is the author of Beyond Success: Redefining the Meaning of Prosperity, and also an Associate Producer of the feature documentary film Planetary.

Dr. Sarah Kapnick

Global Head of Climate Advisory, J.P. Morgan

Dr. Sarah B. Kapnick is the Global Head of Climate Advisory at J.P. Morgan. In this role, she advises the bank's clients on climate, energy, biodiversity and sustainability topics. Responsible for overseeing the Firm’s climate thought leadership strategy, Dr. Kapnick leverages extensive technical and scientific expertise to drive content strategy and advise clients at the intersection of finance, climate science, commerce and national security.

Prior to her current role, she served as Chief Scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), appointed by the President, responsible for guiding the programmatic focus of NOAA’s science and technology priorities. In this capacity, Dr. Kapnick oversaw the development of critical scientific strategies for emerging topics such as climate intervention, greenhouse gas monitoring, marine biodiversity, climate macroeconomics, and climate security.

Dr. Kapnick engaged with Congress on legislation, education, and budget priorities, and served as an advisor to the Department of Commerce and the U.S. Federal Government on R&D design, technology transfer, and public-private partnerships. She also acted as a senior strategic advisor to various government working groups and advisory committees on climate security, climate macroeconomics, climate intervention, weather and ocean technology, space commerce sustainability, and water, including the Water Subcabinet.

Previously, Dr. Kapnick was a Senior Climate Scientist and Sustainability Strategist for J.P. Morgan’s Asset & Wealth Management division, where she produced thought leadership on climate and environmental issues and advised clients.

Dr. Kapnick has also served as Deputy Division Leader and Research Physical Scientist at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL), NOAA, where she led R&D efforts in seasonal to decadal variability and predictability and collaborated with various U.S. states and agencies on climate change and infrastructure planning. Her earlier roles include Research Physical Scientist at GFDL, Visiting Researcher at the University of Hamburg and Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology, and NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University.

Dr. Kapnick earned a Ph.D. in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and a Leaders in Sustainability Certificate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), as well as an A.B. in Mathematics with a certificate in Finance from Princeton University. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including the Young Alumnus of the Year by the UCLA Alumni Association in 2023 and the AGU Cryosphere Section Early Career Award in 2015.

Aniket Shah

Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability and Transition Strategy, Jefferies Group LLC

Aniket Shah is Managing Director and Global Head of Sustainability and Transition Strategy at Jefferies Group LLC. In this role, Aniket leads a research and advisory efforts for investors, corporates and sovereigns on their energy transition and sustainable business efforts. In that capacity, he also leads the firm’s Washington Strategy efforts, advising clients on the intersection between public policy and investment decision making. Aniket and his team were ranked #1 in the Institutional Investor and Asiamoney Brokers Poll for Sustainability Research in US, Europe, Japan and Australia and is also a top ranked in Thematic Research in the US.

Prior to joining Jefferies, Aniket held senior roles in emerging market investing and financing sustainable development in both the public and private sectors, including at the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, OppenheimerFunds and UBS Group AG. He is an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Aniket is a member of the Economic Club of New York and the Bretton Woods Committee, and is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Oxford, where he completed his PhD on the financing of sustainable development.

De Rui Wong

Senior Vice President, Sustainability Office, GIC

De Rui is Senior Vice President of the Sustainability Office at GIC, a global long-term investor established in 1981 to manage Singapore's foreign reserves.

He leads research on sustainability-related themes such as climate change, nature, supply chains, and inequality that will have material impact on GIC’s investment portfolio. These issues are often overlooked by investors because they take time to manifest, and their impact is difficult to quantity. By collaborating with industry partners, peers, academic thought leaders, and GIC's investment teams, De Rui develops investment integration tools, analytics, and strategies for GIC to be future-ready for these long-term trends.

Effective communication is key in bringing investors on their sustainability journey. De Rui leverages his past experience as a macro strategist and equity analyst to translate complex sustainability concepts into insights that investors understand. He is a Board Committee Member of the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and chairs its Paris-Aligned Investing working group that shares and advances emerging investor solutions for facilitating the transition to a net zero emissions economy.

In recognition of his passion and expertise in advocating for sustainable investing, he was awarded AsianInvestor's Top 10 Sovereign Wealth Fund Executives in Asia for 2024.

Outside of his day job, De Rui is passionate about empowering youths. He volunteers with youth mentorship non-profits like Advisory Singapore and The Astronauts Collective, and lectures at universities in Singapore and the US to share the practitioner perspectives on sustainable investing.

De Rui holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics from Northwestern University.

To find out more about what De Rui does in Sustainability, you can connect with him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/de-rui-wong/

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ICE Climate & Capital 2025

Climate & Capital

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