Who We Are

Prior to joining TISFD, Simon served as Deputy Chief Executive of ShareAction, a responsible investment charity, leading the organisation’s work to build ambitious investor engagement initiatives to help companies transition towards a fair, just and sustainable economy. He previously worked for McKinsey & Company, a global management consultancy, where he helped build the firm’s social responsibility function. Simon has also served as a diplomat for the British government, including an overseas posting to Pakistan and as a private secretary to the Minister for Europe. He is currently a member of the Senior Advisory Board of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Preparer Forum for Sustainable Disclosure.

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Kate is a leader in the role of business in society. She brings more than 20 years of experience partnering with business, civil society, and government leaders on how to address social inequities—in the workplace, in the value chain, and in wider society.



Kate has extensive experience in sustainability strategy and facilitating multi-stakeholder collaboratives. Previously, she built and led Save the Children’s Global Business & Innovation Hub, a 20-person team responsible for designing, delivering, and evaluating Save the Children’s business and philanthropy partnerships across its 120 countries of operation. Prior to her work with Save the Children, she spent a decade at FSG, a strategy consulting firm founded by Harvard Professor Michael Porter and Mark Kramer, where she co-led the firm’s corporate practice and worked with a range of companies and their partners to develop strategies to address social issues material to business performance including gender equity, workforce development, and economic inclusion. 



She writes frequently on the relationship between business and society, including collaborating with the WBCSD on its flagship report “Tackling Inequality: An Agenda for Business Action”; with Unilever on its first equity, diversity, and inclusion paper “Equity for Impact”; and with FSG on “Centering Equity in Corporate Purpose,” “What Does It Really Take for Companies to Advance Gender Equity?” and “The Role of Business in Global Education.” She holds an MBA in International Business from Georgetown University.

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Rithu brings over a decade of experience in social sustainability, with a focus on integrating sustainable practices into business strategies. Prior to joining TISFD, she worked as an Associate Research Scholar at NYU Stern's Center for Sustainable Business, where she led Return on Sustainability Investment (ROSI™) collaborations with companies across industries. In this role, she helped organizations realize the financial value of sustainability, developing frameworks and analyses that demonstrate the tangible benefits of responsible business practices.

Rithu began her career in operational risk management at Goldman Sachs, where she developed expertise in risk management and mitigation practices within the investment banking sector. She then transitioned into public finance investment banking, where she facilitated infrastructure debt financings for state and local governments across the U.S. These experiences fueled her interest in the intersection of finance and sustainability, driving her to explore how businesses can innovate while addressing pressing social and environmental challenges.

Rithu’s combination of hands-on financial experience and commitment to sustainability allow her to bridge the gap between profit and purpose, helping organizations build resilient business models. Passionate about creating lasting impact, Rithu continues to advocate for systemic change that aligns economic success with social equity and environmental stewardship.

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Luisa is a Policy Specialist in UNDP’s Sustainable Finance Hub. In this role, she promotes partnerships with corporate and finance actors to support UNDP’s mission to align finance to the SDGs and channel resources to developing countries where they are most needed. Earlier she worked with UNDP's Inclusive Growth team, providing policy advice and programme support to UNDP country offices and governments towards private sector development and enhancing trade capacity while creating opportunities for women and youth. In this capacity, she also participated in UNDP efforts towards designing integrated approaches to SDG implementation advising UN country teams on SDG mainstreaming and acceleration efforts.

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Before joining UNDP, Luisa worked at the South Centre as Coordinator of the Trade for Development Programme providing policy advice and technical assistance to developing countries on multilateral trade negotiations. As Project Manager at the Ministry of Production and Commerce of the Government of Venezuela she participated in regional and bilateral trade and investment negotiations and later as Economic Attaché at the Permanent Mission of Venezuela before the UN in Geneva she represented the country in several technical Committees at the World Trade Organization and other fora.

Keith is a dynamic and results-driven executive leader with over two decades of experience in social change and cross-sectoral partnerships across Africa, the UK, Europe.

Keith began his career in Uganda and served as Director of the Uganda Law Society and Chair of the Uganda Peace Network. In the UK, he held pivotal leadership roles, including Head of African Philanthropy at Save the Children UK, where he pioneered the African Philanthropy Programme, connecting with African donors and securing a landmark £10 million donation, the largest single donation by an African donor. As Chief Executive of Crown Agents International Development (CAID), Keith led the organisation’s set-up, assembling the board of trustees, crafting a five-year growth strategy, and building a cross-border team based in London, Dubai, Delhi, Nairobi, and Washington, DC. Under his leadership, CAID’s income grew to £15 million annually within three years, representing almost 15% of the Crown Agents Group's total revenue.
 
Keith’s collaborative efforts have engaged various stakeholders, including British, Gulf, and African royalty, Heads of State, CEOs of multinational corporations, legal and health researchers, media professionals, and leaders of global nonprofit organisations. Through his visionary leadership, strategic initiatives, and unwavering commitment to social causes, Keith continues to impact global development, positioning him as a transformative figure in international development.

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Bernadette Victorio is an international development and sustainablefinance specialist with a proven track record in implementing initiativesin a variety of management, strategic advisory, and policy advocacy roles. Shehas driven multi-country, multi-partner programs with a focus on Asia Pacificin organizations including the Asian Development Bank Institute, GermanInternational Cooperation Agency, and Alliance for Financial Inclusion.Bernadette is a seasoned leader in strategy design and implementation,institutional capacity strengthening, civic action, and policy influencing insustainable and inclusive finance, business and human rights, social equity indevelopment, and gender-transformative investments. Her passion for genderequality is a defining value and key guiding principle in her personal andprofessional life. She aims to enable more female voices and leaders to takeprominent roles in shaping sustainable, inclusive, and equitable financialsector policies and practices and is dedicated to supporting female-driveninitiatives, peers, leaders, disruptors, and pioneers.

Bernadette has lived and worked across highly diverse development andcultural contexts in Asia including in the Philippines, Cambodia, Japan,Malaysia, and Thailand. She also worked extensively on assignments to otherregions, including Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific. Currently,Bernadette leads Oxfam's regional program, Fair Finance Asia, which spans tencountries and over 90 civil society organizations as partners in acceleratingpolicy implementation and action on sustainable finance and responsiblecross-border investments across Asia. She holds a master's degree ininternational development from the International University of Japan.

Vincent Siegerink is an Economist in the OECD Centre on Well-Being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE Centre). He is responsible for the WISE Centre’s work on the measurement of business impacts on people’s well-being and inequalities. In this capacity, he works to align official statistics with business measures of their own non-financial performance. He also was co-facilitator of the Impact Management Platform, a collaborative initiative of a group of leading providers of international sustainability standards and guidance, and co-led the technical working group of the TISFD’s Founding Partners.

He has a background in the measurement of well-being and social progress and was previously an advisor in the Office of the Secretary General of the OECD. Vincent holds a Master’s degree in Economics and Public Policy from Sciences Po, Paris.