Hanken Finance Day 2021

Sustainability in the banking industry

The yearly Hanken Finance Day will be held online 17 March 2021 with this year's theme being "Sustainability in the banking industry".

Programme

14.00-15.30

Welcoming words

Euro area financial stability – risks, vulnerabilities and supervisory responses to the pandemic
Magnus Andersson, Lead Supervisor, European Central Bank
Simon Schulz, Senior Supervisor, European Central Bank

Sustainability at Nordea Bank Abp
Veronica Palmgren
Head of ESG Analysis, Group Sustainability, Nordea Bank Abp

Panel discussion: Sustainability in the banking industry
Emilia Vähämaa, Wärtsilä Associate Professor, Hanken
Jesper Haga, Assistant Professor, Hanken
Magnus Andersson, Lead Supervisor, European Central Bank
Simon Schulz, Senior Supervisor, European Central Bank
Veronica Palmgren, Head of ESG Analysis, Group Sustainability, Nordea

Closing words

Registration

Sign up here (by 16 March)

The programme will be in English. The seminar is free of charge and is open for Hanken alumni, students, staff and corporate partners to register

Please contact alumni@hanken.fi if you have any questions regarding the event.

Speakers and topics

Magnus Andersson
Lead Supervisor, European Central Bank

Magnus holds a PhD in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics. He has been at the ECB since 2002 and worked at different departments with tasks related to both monetary policy and financial stability issues. Magnus is currently working in SSM, supervising one Spanish bank.

Simon Schulz
Senior Supervisor, European Central Bank

Simon holds a Master's degree in Banking and Finance from  the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland). He joined the ECB in 2014 at the start of the SSM and has supervised various banks across the euro area since.  Prior to joining the ECB Simon was Policy Adviser at the German Financial Supervisory Authority.

Veronica Palmgren
Head of ESG Analysis, Group Sustainability, Nordea Bank Abp

Veronica Palmgren is working at Nordea Bank Abp with sustainability and climate change related aspects and is Head of ESG Analysis, a unit within Nordea Group Sustainability analysing environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects as part of financing processes. She has an M.Sc. in Business Administration and Leadership (Hanken School of Economics), M.Sc. in Forest Resource Economics (Helsinki University) and is pursuing an MSt. in Sustainability Leadership (University of Cambridge).