Joint Alumni Forum
Supply Chain Monitoring: what exactly does this mean for organizations?
Panel Discussion with Experts
Keynote Speaker:
Tim Nelson, CEO of Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance
Panel Speakers:
Dr. Philipp Aeby, CEO and co-founder of RepRisk
Sree Kancherla, Director, Global Sustainability at Kearney
Skyler Chi, SVP, Global Head of pre-Sales and Innovation at Exiger
Maya McNally, Partner and co-founder at Iten McNally
Kevin Wood, Head of Sustainability Regulatory Change at UBS Asset Management
Moderator:
Diane Bailey, Executive Board, Harvard Club of Switzerland and Founder of the Joint Alumni Forum
Dear Harvardians, Joint Alumni Forum, and Interested Parties,
A complex web of national and international regulations has emerged requiring companies to analyze and report on the impacts of their activities across national borders. As the sphere of responsibility of corporations is expanding, with this movement emerges a need for actors to better assess and understand their value chains. Supply chain traceability is therefore increasingly an extraterritorial regulatory requirement. Navigating these regulations can be daunting for businesses, and non-compliance can lead to severe sanctions. These regulations span a wide spectrum, from environmental standards and labour laws to import/export regulations, sanctions, and product safety requirements.
The Joint Alumni Forum would like to invite you to an interactive evening with experts in supply chain monitoring commencing with Tim Nelson, as the keynote speaker who will talk about how Hope for Justice detects and monitors modern slavery and other human rights abuses globally. We will also hear from Sree Kancherla about her work and advice to Fortune 500 clients on supply chain monitoring. Maya McNally will address supply chain monitoring in a Swiss context. Kevin Wood will talk about the challenges of supply chain monitoring for Banks and Financial Institutions. Finally, we have leading experts, Dr. Phillip Aeby and Syler Chi who will talk about the use of technology and AI to assist in supply chain monitoring. The goal is for participants to understand both the implications and how to develop supply chain monitoring infrastructures and where to get assistance.
When: Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 6:00 pm (arrivals from 5:30 pm) Drinks and Networking to follow
Location: Walder Wyss AG, Seefeldstrasse 123, 8008 Zürich
Tickets: General Admission CHF20, Student/Part-timer and Retired rate CHF10, Free Virtual Option. Free for refugees
We look forward to providing a forum for discussion and networking.
For and on behalf of the Harvard Club of Switzerland and the Joint Alumni Forum
Diane B Bailey
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Meet our Panel
Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson is CEO of Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance, a global non-profit that aims to end human trafficking and modern slavery. It is active across the world, with projects and staff in the UK, USA, Norway, Australia, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Tim has devoted more than 16 years to Hope for Justice and other combating modern slavery initiatives and is looking to help develop and grow the impact.
Tim is passionate about seeing an end to human trafficking and modern slavery and desires to work collaboratively with other organisations to do all that is possible with what is available to make a difference.
Tim is skilled in leading teams within nonprofit organisations, with a developed understanding of ESG and the role of modern slavery in procurement. and is working with major multinational businesses to provide effective solutions to the risks in their businesses and supply chains.
Tim has a BSC with Honors in Management and Technology from the University of Bradford.
Philipp Aeby
Dr. Philipp Aeby is the CEO and co-founder of RepRisk, an environmental, social, and corporate governance data science company based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in ESG and business-conduct risk research, and quantitative solutions. Phillip is an expert in business conduct risk management, with a special interest in machine learning.
Before joining RepRisk in 2006, Philipp served in various managerial positions across Europe at Amgen, a global biopharmaceutical firm, and worked on a broad range of international assignments with the Boston Consulting Group. He started his career as a visiting scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia.
Philipp holds a PhD in Environmental Physics and a Master’s degree in Climatology and Hydrology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland, where he earned the ETH Medal for outstanding research that involved applying neural networks to pattern recognition.
Sree Kancherla
Sree is an innovative and influential advisor and global business strategist in the evolving social impact and corporate sustainability sector, She has fueled ESG initiatives for diverse industries, bringing > 20 years of dedicated expertise in building new ESG programs, empowering enterprises to design environmentally and socially conscious infrastructures and partnerships that transform organizations, communities, and individuals.
Among many initiatives, Sree launched a social enterprise fellowship program for recent college graduates; created a hybrid social impact business model to transition Women for Women International’s Rwandan program; and led her consultancy for ESG sustainability and social impact programs.
Sree currently steers business advisory as Global Director of Sustainability for Kearney, developing sustainability practices, social impact, and ESG projects for Fortune 500 clients.
Sree has a BA from Emory University, a JD from New England Law in Boston, and an MBA from George Mason University.
Skyler Chi
Skyler is Global Head of pre-Sales and Innovation at Exiger, an open-source, supply chain risk management (SCRM) software, where he is a forensic accountant and SCRM risk expert. Skyler’s work includes leadership roles in the independent monitorship of HSBC, with parallel responsibilities in the DOJ and FCA. He also played a crucial role in SCRM for some of the world’s largest governments, including the U.S. Joint Acquisition Task Force in response to COVID-19, and collaborated with leading law firms on major global investigations. Skyler also led the development and market launch of innovative, multi-million-dollar product solutions leveraging AI/automation for forensic accounting and SCRM engagements.
Prior to Exiger, Skyler was an Associate at Kroll Global Financial Investigations practice, focusing on forensic accounting, litigation consulting, economic damages evaluation, asset tracing, and investigation of investment mismanagement and fraud. His international experience includes scrutinizing sanctions and transaction monitoring at banks in various countries and handling complex financial investigations across major issues.
Syler got a B.S.B.A. in accounting and finance at Drexel University.
Maya McNally
Maya is a co-founder and partner at Iten McNally LLC and a Swiss attorney with 15+ years as in-house counsel in banking, financial market, and capital market law, advising on domestic and cross-border trading, financing, and restructuring transactions, with a special focus on impact investing, sustainable finance, and emerging markets. Maya also specializes in regulatory compliance and ESG matters, recently advising Swiss commodity trading, industrial, and textile companies on compliance with the Swiss DDTrO.
Prior, Maya worked at UBS as a legal counsel in the Sales and Trading department, Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd and Blum and Grob Attorneys at Law Ltd, as well as at Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
Maya McNally has a lic. jur. from the University of St. Gallen, Dr. jur from the University of Lucerne, and CAS from the University of Zurich.
Kevin Wood
Kevin is Head of Sustainability Regulatory Change at UBS Asset Management, where he has worked in sustainability since 2019 focusing on regulation in the EU, Switzerland, UK, USA, and APAC.
Kevin has 20 years of experience in consulting, banking, insurance, and asset management. Prior to UBS Kevin worked at Credit Suisse for more than 9 years as a Senior Project Manager on a number of change initiatives and as a Senior Consultant at Detica.
Kevin has a degree in computing science from Newcastle University.
About the Joint Alumni Forum
The Joint Alumni Forum, a social responsibility committee of the Harvard Club of Switzerland and cooperation with the alumni clubs in Switzerland of Harvard, Oxford & Cambridge, Stanford, Yale, and Columbia University was established in January 2018 as a forum for discussion, education, and debate on various themes encompassing social responsibility (i.e. equality themes, environment, sustainability, human rights, etc.). The outreach for the speakers series is broader than the alumni of universities in the collaboration, but also like-minded representatives of institutions and interest groups and members of the public. If you’d like to know more about us or participate in our initiatives you can contact joint.alumni.forum@gmail.com.
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