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Given the global challenges we are collectively facing as a result of climate change, it is important to understand the role that green finance can play to ensure we can sustainably transition to a net-zero economy by 2050 at the latest and limit global warming to 1.5C.

Alongside multilateral work on carbon taxes and other measures, financial institutions can play a key role to help incentivize both their retail and corporate customers to make more environmentally sustainable choices, while offsetting the ‘green premium’ through the provision of more affordable capital provided by green finance. Attend this exclusive event to discover how Italian banks can leverage the opportunity with green and sustainable finance to positively impact the environment and our society.

SOME OF OUR DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS:

Steven Sprague
President, The British Chamber of Commerce for Italy

Christopher Wordsworth
First Secretary Economic Governance, UK Embassy Rome

With a background in European and international economic policy at HM Treasury, Chris is responsible for macroeconomic, fiscal and financial regulatory affairs at the British Embassy Rome.

Jay Mukhey
ESG Director, Finastra

Jay Mukhey is the Senior Director of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) at Finastra, a leading Fintech with more than 8,500 customers globally. His appointment to lead the global ESG, Purpose & Impact program followed his co-founding role in creating the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) proposal and strategy prior to the inception of Finastra in 2017.  Before these roles, Jay managed marketing globally for Finastra Services after leading product marketing for the investment management business of Misys. Jay has worked for several other Fintech firms in customer-centric positions and at the European Commission in Brussels, where his professional environmental and social responsibility journey began. Earlier in his career, he carried out a number of roles in investment banking with Citigroup, Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase. Jay has a passion for sustainable value creation and is an avid traveller. He holds a degree in Business Economics with Spanish from the Cardiff Business School at the University of Wales.

Richard Hamilton
Partner, Gianni & Origoni

Richard Hamilton is an expert in the areas of debt issues and equity capital markets. He has significant experience in advising issuers and underwriters in offerings of financial instruments, such as IPOs, senior and subordinated bond issues (including convertible bonds and hybrid instruments) and MTN programmes, as well as in tender and exchange offers and debt restructuring. He has also gained experience in M&A and, in recent years, expertise in the aftermath of Brexit. Richard joined Gianni & Origoni in 2010, after working for ten years at a leading international law firm. He previously worked with English law firms in London. He graduated from the University of Leeds (UK) in 1986 and later attended the University of Westminster and the College of Law in London. He qualified as a Solicitor in the UK in 1996 and has been a member of the Milan Bar since 2007. He speaks Italian and English.

Matteo Bragantini
Partner, Gianni & Origoni

Paola Rossi
Managing Director – Group Sustainability, Mediobanca

Paola Rossi joined Mediobanca in 1994, since the late Nineties focused the activity on event driven and structured transactions covering a more and more senior role in Acquisition & Leverage Finance Team. From January 2019 to March 2021 had the responsibility of Mediobanca Lending and Structured Finance within CIB Mediobanca Debt Division. Last year she joined Mediobanca Group Sustainability with the responsibility to integrate sustainability within the Group’s various business lines, both in Italy and abroad, to monitor the indirect impacts of the Group and to identify business opportunities for ESG financial products and services.

Claudia Segre
President, Global Thinking Foundation

Claudia Segre is one of Italy’s most trusted financial experts and gender equality activists. Claudia is the President and Founder of Global Thinking Foundation and the co-founder, Board Member and Director of Publications at ASSIOM Forex . Claudia’s  thoughts and guidance on geopolitics, financial literacy and economic violence are frequently featured in Italy’s major media outlets including CFN CNBC, RAI1, RadioSole 24 Ore, Sky TV, RAI TG Economia and Rainews24. In 2019, Forbes recognized Claudia as one of the top 100 successful women in Italy and in 2021 Top Global Women in Leadership for GCPIT India. She is also Board Member of AssoFintech and Italian Forum for Sustainable Finance. She partecipate to Technical Scientific Committee of LUCE! ,  Terres des Hommes Italy and to the Advisory Board of Cryptovalues Consortium.Today, Claudia uses her platform to fight economic violence, accelerate financial inclusion for women and promote the role of “fintech for good” in closing the gender gap and empowering women and female entrepreneurs.

Francesco Bicciato
Segretario Generale, Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile

Francesco Bicciato is a member of the Eurosif board. He has worked for the United Nations and other public and private international organisations as a programme manager. Since the 1990s, he has been a promoter of the ethical finance movement and has led microcredit and social and environmental finance organisations. He was Vice President of FEBEA (Fédération Européenne des banques Ethiques et Alternatives). He is the author of numerous publications on the topics of sustainable finance and international cooperation; he has held teaching positions at Italian and foreign universities in these same fields. He holds a PhD in Political and Economic Geography from the University of Padua.

Evi Chasapogianni
HR & CSR Executive, Coach

Evi Chasapogioanni is a People and CSR Executive and a certified Coach with almost 25 years’ experience, in the consultancy, automotive industry and the financial, banking industry. Evi’s added value is about crafting innovative and high-quality people services, related to ESG risks and opportunities, ensuring that the organizations’ transformational needs, during mainly M&A, are successfully met. She has a strong business acumen, and excels in utilizing synergies with stakeholders, while providing a holistic and an international perspective aligned with the UN Global Agenda 2030 for SDG’s and the ESG reporting framework. Serving senior roles and as former Piraeus Bank Group Head of Organizational Health, Evi has contributed as a strategist and certified Sustainability Practitioner (CSR-P). Volunteering, DE&I, mental health, well-being, future of work are areas of her expertise which has led to a multi-time internationally awarded working environment in the aforementioned fields.

INFO / REGISTRATION

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Language: English
Places limited – Participation free of charge
Registration required

For further information please contact
Maria Luisa Fantoni – BCCI Marketing & Event Manager: marketing@britchamitaly.com

Under the direction of Maestro Vincenzo Simmarano, the Milan-based choir, Canti Corum, will perform the renowned, British choral piece for choir and orchestra, by the famous, contemporary Welsh composer, Sir Karl Jenkins, called “The Armed Man – A Mass for Peace“, in concert on Tuesday 14th June 2022 in the Basilica di Santo Stefano, in Milan at 8:45 PM.

The concert, which had originally been planned for June 2020 and was postponed twice due to the pandemic, will now mark the 22nd Anniversary of the work which was commissioned by the Royal Armouries in 2000 and dedicated to the victims of the Kosovo crisis.

The concert will be a charity event in aid of the peace and humanitarian works of the Comunita’ di Sant’Egidio, specifically the “Progetti per la Pace” project.

Canti Corum has grown into a large international choir as many singers from all nationalities are coming together to sing this Mass for Peace. Some singers are even flying in from the UK just to sing, in what we believe will be a premiere performance of Sir Karl Jenkins’ work in Milan.

Canti Corum was established in 1998 by a group of music lovers from different backgrounds and musical experiences. It is made up of more than 30 singers led by director Vincenzo Simmarano, who is the author of the arrangement of some songs of the Choir repertoire. Canti Corum is committed to expanding its repertoire, carrying on that multifaceted and versatile features that make it stand out, giving a central role to polyphonic music, without neglecting the other aspects of cultured music as well. Its repertoire also includes folk songs, accurate a cappella performances and performances with instrumental accompaniment.

As this is a charity event, donations will be accepted at the door. Your generosity will go towards the “Progetti per la Pace” project of  the Comunita’ di Sant’Egidio.

LOCATION
Basilica di Santo Stefano Maggiore –  Piazza Santo Stefano – Milano

INFO & BOOKING
Free entrance with donation
For info:    info@canticorum.it
www.canticorum.it    www.facebook.com/CoroCantiCorum

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

For sponsorship opportunities please contact
John Law, BCCI Vice President
Mob. 348 2655365 | jlaw6@me.com

INFO / REGISTRATION

For further information or reservations please contact
Maria Luisa Fantoni, BCCI Marketing & Event Manager
Mob. 377 7063348 | marketing@britchamitaly.com

The Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK (ICCIUK), the UK Government Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and The British Chamber of Commerce for Italy (BCCI) are delighted to invite you to the webinar “The New UK Domestic Regime for Goods”, with the contribution of BSI Group (the British Standards Institution).

The UK’s new product conformity marking, the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking is the new product marking that will be required for goods being placed on the market in Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) from 1 January 2023. The session will cover the general rules on how to correctly label your product for the GB market under the new regulatory regime. This will include use of the UKCA marking, importer labelling responsibilities and placing goods on the market in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

At the end of the webinar, participants will have the chance to raise questions to the panellists so to ensure that your business is compliant by the January 2023 deadline.

The online webinar will take place on Thursday 16th June at 10am – 11.30am BST | 11am – 12:30pm CEST, to participate please REGISTER HERE

AGENDA
[Schedule in Central European SummerTime / CEST]

11:00 – Welcoming speech by the President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the UK, Alessandro Belluzzo;
11:05 – Presentation on UKCA by Erin Fair, Policy Advisor at BEIS;
11:30 – Presentation by Pietro Foschi, Group Executive Director Assurance Services and Shahm Barhom, Global Director for Product Certification Services at BSI Group;
12:00 – Q&A;
12:25 – Closing remarks by the President of the British Chamber of Commerce for Italy, Steven Sprague
12:30 – End