An ESG Fireside Chat with KPMG’s Kay Swinburne
In this episode, Vice Chair of Financial Services at KPMG UK, and former parliamentarian, Dr. Kay Swinburne and CSS’s Chief Product Officer Ronan Brennan discuss the latest on ESG, level 2 SFDR and what investment managers need to be thinking about to prepare for 2022 implementation.
About Our Guest Speakers:
Dr. Kay Swinburne is Vice Chair of Financial Services KPMG UK, and previously served as Vice Chair of the European Parliament’s influential Economics and Monetary Affairs Committee, playing a pivotal role in shaping EU and global financial services legislation, including setting up the EU supervisory bodies (ESAs, SSM, SRM), capital markets union (EMIR, MiFID II, Prospectus, CCP Recovery & Resolution), and the broader banking union files. Prior to Kay’s career as an MEP, Kay worked in investment banking. Kay brings a unique insight to policy ‘behind the scenes’ and the reality of Brexit in the aftermath of 31 January 2020.
Ronan Brennan is the Chief Product Officer at Compliance Solutions Strategies (CSS). In his role, he has direct responsibility for the strategic evolution of the global suite of CSS products and regulatory content. Managing product in CSS involves ensuring the product suite is ready to support both the current and future compliance management and regulatory reporting needs of investment management and advisory firms globally. Ronan participates as a speaker in many industry events each year, in addition to publishing a company blog and development of thought leadership materials. Ronan has 26 years of experience in the technology sector, 21 of which have been spent in the investment data management and regulatory reporting space.
