
The Rise of Open Banking
and Sustainable Investment Webinar

Why Should You Watch This On-Demand Webinar?
Key Takeaways

Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG)

How Can Sustainable Technology Revolutionize the Sector?

Is Open Banking the Future?
Host and Speakers

Chirag Thakral
Head of Banking & Capital Markets at Capgemini Research Institute for Financial Services

Chirag is the Head of Banking & Capital Markets at Capgemini Research Institute for Financial Services. He has over 16 years of experience as a strategy and thought leadership professional with in-depth financial services, professional services, and FinTech industry expertise. He has consistently represented Capgemini as a spokesperson in Banking with clients and leading media houses.

Louisa Harris
Head of Sustainability & Systems Change

Louisa leads Brandpie’s sustainability practice, helping clients to define their role as corporate stewards and unlock their unique potential to create positive impact. She has worked in sustainable business for 13 years, with a background in strategy, non-financial reporting and ESG assurance. Her work currently focuses on transformation, responsible leadership and culture change to influence systems change. She is also a Trustee of Hawkwood: Center for Future Thinking and an academic tutor for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership’s courses on Sustainable Business Management and Sustainable Finance.

Gavin Starks
Founder and CEO

Gavin has created over a dozen companies, employing 100’s of people, and delivering $100M’s in measurable impact. He co-chaired the development of the Open Banking Standard, was founding CEO of the Open Data Institute, and has raised over $100M in venture and philanthropic funding. He has mentored, chaired, or been non-exec of over 30 organizations across sectors.

Rachael Kinsella (Host)
Editor in Chief

Rachael has specialized in professional and financial services editorial, business development, marketing and communications since 2003. An enthusiastic advocate of the power of thought leadership, she thrives on the challenge of forming and delivering creative concepts and content from complex data and themes, bringing unique ideas and perspectives to life. Highlights include leading and crafting thought leadership programs for global superbrands, including the flagship financial regulation series at KPMG International and Corporate Financier magazine at the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty.
What You Will Learn
Did You Know?
Nearly 50% believe sustainability will drive new customers.
Just over one-third (37%) believed enough was being done, while only 18% believed not enough was being done to finance sustainable development and practices.
57% of financial services professionals believe governments need to do a better job of supporting sustainability initiatives.
36% thought that competitor financial institutions, from banks to hedge funds, lacked the resources to become sustainable and that they are still managing the short-term impacts of COVID-19.
45% of financial services professionals said cost was the biggest barrier to adopting more sustainable strategies.
Source: How Sustainable is Financial Services?, iResearch Services, 2021.