Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning, Sustainability, Corporate Banking

Key Responsibilities

• Lead E&S due diligence (including EP, ESDD) for complex and high-risk transactions.
• Ensure that the Transition Finance transactions are taken through detailed technical review and internal governance/ transaction validation.
• Act as the senior IBG Sustainable Finance E&S approver while identifying key risks, defining mitigation measures and firmly keeping the commercials of the transactions in sight.
• Drive the creation, enhancement, and implementation of sector-specific position statements, E&S Risk Management Frameworks, and exclusion lists to align with the Bank's risk appetite.
• Support ongoing integration of climate risk considerations into transaction assessment processes.
• Advise client coverage teams and external clients on market-aligned and market-leading ESG solutioning, ESG risk management, including negotiating E&S clauses in loan documentation and Action Plans.
• Support constructive client engagement on sustainability practices and transition pathways where appropriate.
• Actively and regularly collaborate with Risk Management Group and CSO teams to integrate E&S factors into underwriting and investment processes from a business perspective.
• Provide input into the development of climate risk methodologies, sustainability assessment tools, and ESG risk monitoring practices across the Bank's portfolio.
• Monitor emerging E&S best practices, regulations and market developments (e.g., carbon markets, biodiversity) to guide the Bank's thought leadership and shape its overall positioning.
• Develop and deliver training programs on ESG risk assessment for internal stakeholders (e.g., on Transition Risk).
• Mentor and support junior members of the E&S risk team to strengthen the Bank's technical capabilities in sustainable finance and environmental risk assessment.