As a European grid operator, TenneT owns and manages more than 25,000 kilometres of high-voltage lines and cables. As such, TenneT supplies electricity to 43 million domestic and business users in the Netherlands and much of Germany. Together with more than 8,500 employees in two countries, Manon is driven by our mission to ensure a better energy future – energy secure, affordable and sustainable.
To meet the European target of reducing emissions by at least 55% by 2030, TenneT, together with partners, designs, builds, maintains and operates a high-voltage grid that extends over land and sea. This transports electricity from where it is produced – including a rapidly increasing share of wind and solar power – to where it is used. This makes TenneT one of the largest investors in the energy transition in the Netherlands and Germany.

Massimo Claudio Comparini has a long and proven track record in space industry, from technology to services, and in the Earth observation domain.
In 2024 Massimo Comparini was appointed Managing Director of Leonardo’s Space Business Unit and Chairman of Thales Alenia Space Supervisory Board.
From 2020 until 2024, he was Deputy CEO, Senior Executive Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation at Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), and CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia.
In 2016, he was named CEO of eGeos, a joint venture between Telespazio (80%) and the Italian Space Agency (20%). and Director Line of Business Geo Information at Telespazio. He was, at the same time, Chairman of GAF and EarthLab Luxembourg.

Lisa Ittner is CEO of LionAvis and serves companies and investors as an interim executive, board advisor, or non-executive director. As founder and former CEO of a mobility subscription company, she scaled the business from idea to €30m+ in revenue and structured over €100m in equity and debt financing for an asset-heavy model. With a background in strategy, finance, restructuring, and ecosystem growth across mobility, healthcare, and infrastructure, she brings hands-on leadership and board-level perspective. Lisa is known for her entrepreneurial, collaborative style and strong focus on execution and long-term value. She holds a CEMS MIM & MSc in International Management from WU Vienna & ESADE Barcelona and is a YPO member. She is passionate about shaping future-fit business models and diverse governance.

Ms. Koors is a senior managing director with Pearl Meyer and head of consulting services for the firm. She has over 30 years’ experience in executive compensation and governance, and has consulted to companies of all sizes and industries. She advises company boards and management teams on all aspects of strategic human capital decision-making. As an advisor, she helps companies deconstruct their long-term value creation objectives into tailored HR strategies that go beyond simple competitive parity—designing programs that consider a company’s specific business strategy, management talent, and corporate culture.

Ms. Koors is an NACD Governance Fellow and serves as faculty for the NACD’s director education programs and she is a member of WCD’s Compensation and Human Capital Peer Exchange Steering Committee.

Born in Genoa on 18th December 1975, she graduated in Economics from the University of Genoa in March 1999.

She joined the ERG Group in February 2008 where she is currently Chief ESG, IR & Communication Officer, with the mission to develop and monitor the implementation of the ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) Plan and to ensure the development of integrated communication strategies and solutions to guarantee the extensive promotion of the Group with the financial community and all stakeholders maximising the value of its reputation and protect ERG’s company image.

Lynn is the Chief Commercial Officer for S&P Global Ratings. In this role, she leads the global relationship management, business origination, commercial strategy, marketing, product and commercial operations teams. Her teams are focused on providing high quality customer coverage and product development services for ratings and non-ratings credit products, including sustainability and cyber risk products, data and models.

Before joining S&P, Lynn spent 20 years in debt capital markets as MD, Global Head of Structured Finance Strategy and Global Head of Securitisation at HSBC and EMEA Head of Flow Securitisation at BNP Paribas. Prior to her banking career, Lynn was a finance law solicitor at Clifford Chance in London.

Expertise in the field of sustainability, climate, energy transition, industry and trade. Developing strategy, leading campaigns, public affairs, networking, negotiating and engagement with corporations, governments, political parties and NGOs. Leading teams up to 40 professionals. Experience with (international) project management and crisis management. Very broad network in the business community at C-level, ministers, MPs and top government officials. Spokesperson, extensive media experience with national and international outlets and public speaking.

Sarah Russell is a member of the supervisory board of ABN AMRO Bank (since 2022), (chair audit committee, member risk and capital and nominations committees. She is also vice chair of the supervisory board of APG Group NV (member audit and risk committee), and of APG Asset Management NV (vice chair, chair of remuneration committee, member of the finance committee), since 2021. In addition, she is a vice chair of the supervisory board of The Currency Exchange Fund NV (chair remuneration committee and chair audit and compliance committee) since 2019. Sarah has over 30 years’ experience in international finance and investment management.

Born and educated in Australia, Sarah worked for Toronto Dominion in Melbourne from 1981 to 1994. In 1994, Sarah joined ABN AMRO in Sydney, Australia, before moving to The Netherlands in 2000.

Elisabeth Stheeman has been on the board of FTSE100 listed financial services company M&G plc as well as its Audit and Risk Committees since 1 August 2024. Elisabeth is the Chair of FTSE 250 listed Edinburgh Investment Trust plc and a Non-Executive Director of S&P 500 listed W. P. Carey Inc. She is an External Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

She served on the Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee until February 2024 and the Bank of England’s Financial Market Infrastructure Board until December 2023. Prior to this, Elisabeth was Global Chief Operating Officer for LaSalle Investment Management and prior to that worked at Morgan Stanley for almost 25 years.

For over 30 years, I have been committed to social sustainability in society and business.
For example, with an autistic program in quality assurance at SAP that attracted worldwide attention. Or with the introduction of the Scandinavian Barnahus concept in Germany, which makes it possible to traumatized children in preliminary proceedings not to be subjected to unnecessary stress.

Our companies in particular must be socially open and align their actions much more consistently with people’s needs.

Solutions that generate opportunities for everyone and at the same time have a convincing economic impact are crucial.