Désirée holds an environmental science degree and a specialisation in European environmental policy & regulation. She has worked in the sustainability sector covering strategic sustainability consulting in The Netherlands, green building certifications & integrated infrastructure planning in Australia and responsible investing in both The UK and Australia. In investment, Désirée has worked with a large institutional client base consulting on ESG integration and ESG & climate risk data solutions. More recently, she worked as the Head of ESG for an award-winning ethical fund in AU where she was responsible for both ESG integration and stewardship activities with portfolio holdings. Désirée is a very curious and versatile sustainability professional, published and quoted in publications such as Responsible Investor, Portfolio Institutional UK, Financial Standard and the AFR/The Age. She is an Honorary Associate of the UTS Finance Department of UTS Business School, an industry mentor with the Banking and Finance Oath initiative and in 2022-2023 she mentored for RMIT University’s Future Skills course in Sustainability and Social Impact. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9YDx7jPCYg