A special conversation with Professor Robert G. Eccles Join us for this important ESG discussion with Professor Robert G. Eccles, Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, Oxford University; Maha Eltobgy, Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Brightstar Capital; and David Shaw, Publishing Director, Family Business Magazine.
A long-term mindset, sense of purpose and the importance of creating and sustaining a legacy are central to how businesses define success. Given this purpose-driven mindset, how can boards of privately held and family-controlled businesses lead the way in adopting and accelerating the evolution of the sustainability and ESG agenda? How does this agenda impact the family legacy?
In this webinar, featuring special guest speaker Professor Robert G. Eccles — who specializes in integrated reporting and is a leading researcher on how companies and investors can create sustainable strategies — we will demystify ESG and provide practical guidance for how businesses can align its purpose and strategy with its environmental, social and governance goals.
Speakers
Robert G. Eccles
Visiting Professor of Management Practice, Saïd Business School, Oxford University
Robert is the world’s foremost expert on integrated reporting and a leader on how companies and investors can create sustainable strategies. He was previously a tenured Professor and Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School. He is the Founding Chairman of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and one of the founders of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC). He has recently joined the board of Mistra Centre for Sustainable Markets (MISUM) in Sweden. Bob is also on the Advisory Board of the JANA Impact Capital Fund. In 2011, Bob was selected as one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior, for his extensive, positive contribution to building trust in business, and in 2014 and 2015 he was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). Bob is the award-winning author of a dozen books, including seminal works on integrated reporting, sustainability, and the role of business in society. A prolific writer for both academic and practitioner audiences, he has his own column on Forbes.com
Maha Eltobgy
Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Brightstar Capital Partners
Maha Eltobgy is the Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director at Brightstar. She is responsible for designing and implementing the firm's ESG strategy to support efforts to generate long term value for portfolio companies, investors and stakeholders. Prior to Brightstar, Maha was Head of Investors Industries and a Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum. She spearheaded the Forum's stakeholder capitalism and ESG activities and led a global team responsible for overseeing the Forum's community of asset owners and fund managers. Previously, she worked for nearly two decades in senior leadership roles in strategy, first as a consultant with the Monitor Group and subsequently as a member of in-house strategy teams with Pearson PLC and Louis Vuitton North America. Maha also has experience working in government, having served as Vice President of Marketing and Strategy for the New York State Department of Economic Development. Maha holds an MBA from INSEAD and an MA in International Relations, Economics and Middle East Studies from Johns Hopkins University.
David Shaw
Publishing Director, Family Business Magazine
David Shaw is the publishing director for MLR Media. He also co-founded and serves as conference director of the Transitions conferences, the Private Company Governance Summit and Family Business Legacy. David writes frequently on governance issues for public and private companies, and develops and maintains close relationships with multi-generational family-owned businesses. He is married, with two grown children.
Benefits
• No cost to attend
• Opportunity for questions and feedback
• Unbiased third-party family business education
• All participants can receive a copy of the webinar materials after the event, upon request
• All participants receive Family Business Magazine weekly newsletter, with news, tips and trends that impact your family business. You may, of course, opt out at any time.
• 60 minutes — maximum value for time
Sponsor
Brightstar Capital Partners