Director, Sustainable Finance Solutions
Begum is the Head of Sustainalytics’ Opinion Services business in the EMEA region. She oversees the business strategy while acting as a bridge between Sustainalytics and its external stakeholders. She advocates for sustainable finance standards and Taxonomies for the labelled instruments such as green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked, and transition instruments. She represents Sustainalytics within the industry working groups on novel structures and sectoral criteria developments.
Coming from a financial institution and asset management background, Begum joined Sustainalytics in 2018, and prior to her current role, she acted as a regional leader for the research of Second-Party Opinions.