Kieran Dobson, PhD

Experience

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  KU Leuven

  Sept 2014 - Sept 2018

  PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Economics and BusinessDepartment of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation:- Research on how social enterprises scale up; organizational growth & social impact. - Qualitative and quantitative research.- Developed and developing market focus.Select research projects (1) Venture philanthropy and its role in social enterprise development and growth.(2) Antecedents to growth and factors influencing development of social enterprises.(3) Business model characteristics and the scaling and internationalization of social enterprises. (4) Business model development and simultaneous scaling. Weniger anzeigen

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  Robeco

  Feb 2019 - Jan 2020

  Sustainability Specialist

  The SAM Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), established by RobecoSAM, is now issued by S&P Global. S&P Global’s acquisition of the CSA includes the transition of the related ESG ratings and ESG benchmarking teams that will operate out of S&P Global Switzerland, Zurich branch.

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  S&P Global

  Jan 2020 - now

  Global Commercial Lead for Stock Exchanges; developing our commercial and partnership strategy with regional and segment leads to facilitate greater engagement on sustainability opportunities with Exchanges and Issuers. Engaging with both internal and external clients across various asset classes to implement ESG initiatives, themes, and data within their workflows and benchmarking to mitigate ESG risks, address ESG Regulations, and enhance their sustainability product strategies. Namely through the provision of technical expertise and responding to technical questions on products, methodologies, and market positioning.Assessing market developments and client initiatives to materialize on our competitive product positioning; coordinating with Sales, Innovation, Product Management, and Content and Technology teams to inform and deliver new innovative products and updates, and developing compelling go-to-market material.Developing ESG Client Engagement team strategy for deep account-based engagement with financial services and non-financial corporate clients across the entire relationship cycle, including pre-sale ESG expert engagement with prospects, to tailored engagement with clients. Weniger anzeigen ESG products specialist interacting with sustainability and financial specialists, within S&P Global and outside, consulting on the application of material ESG data and scores in new and existing financial products and models.Authoring thematic publications regarding ESG and financial materiality to better inform the market and ESG clients on ESG value drivers and material topics across industries. Consulting with clients and internal stakeholders on opportunities for ESG product development.Supporting various stages of the sales process in providing key information around our researchto internal and external clients.Identifying, analysing, and quantifying financially-material sustainability aspects in the renewables, oil & gas, and automotive industries. Weniger anzeigen Industry responsible specialist for Renewables, Oil & Gas, and AutomotiveIdentifying, analysing, and quantifying financially-material sustainability aspects in the renewables, oil & gas, and automotive industries. Interacting with other sustainability and financial specialists, within S&P Global and outside, in research for ESG reporting standard development within the Corporate Sustainability Assessment methodology. Authoring thematic publications regarding ESG and financial materiality within the renewables, oil & gas, and automotive industries to better inform the market on ESG value drivers and material topics.Participating in direct company engagements in the space of ESG, particularly engaging with companies interested in participating in the Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Weniger anzeigen

  • EMEA Head of ESG Client Engagement

    Jan 2022 - now

  • ESG Product Specialist

    Apr 2021 - Jan 2022

  • ESG Specialist

    Jan 2020 - Apr 2021