Name
Martina Macpherson
Job Title
Head of ESG Product Strategy and Chair, Sustainability Risks, Products and Services Council
Company
SIX
Speaker Bio
Martina has almost 25 years of experience in financial markets and ESG, at strategy, products, research, operations, and at board level. She is an award-winning sustainable finance expert, innovator, and entrepreneur.
Martina is currently Head of ESG Product Strategy and Management at SIX, the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchanges Group, oversees SIX’ key ESG products and services council which constitutes of leading internal and external ESG and regualatory experts.
She is a founding Member of the Board at FoSDA, the leading voice of the ESG data, ratings and product industry. She has been part of leading industry associations and initiatives in the field, and nowadays sits on the Advisory Board of FinTech firm SG Analytics, is a member of the All-Parties-Parliamentary-Group (APPG) on ESG at Houses of Parliament UK, co-chairs the Sustainability Regulations Working Group at TISA (asset management body) in the UK, and is a Founding Member of the European Law Institute’s Sustainability/Regulations Advisory Group.
Prior to her role at SIX, she was Head of ESG Strategy at ODDO BHF Asset Management, Senior Vice President, ESG and Engagement Strategy at Moody’s, Global Head of ESG Index Products and Research at S&P DJI, Managing Director of Sustainable Investments Partners Ltd. and Vice President of ESG Solutions at MSCI. Earlier in her career, she worked in product, research and commercial roles at Insight Investment, F&C AM and at Deutsche Bank AG.
Martina has an NED Board Governance Certificate from ICSA, and an MBA Certificate in Finance and Business from London School of Business and Finance in the UK, and a M.A. in Law and Human Sciences from University of Frankfurt in Germany. She is a fellow member of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS) UK, a honorary doctoral fellow of the Institute for Certified Risk Management Professionals (ICRMP) UK, and an alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”). She is currently undertaking a part-time PhD at University of Cardiff, UK, in business, finance and accounting.
Martina is an academic lecturer, writer and public speaker in sustainable investing and has co-authored a range of ESG and Fintech books, including “The AI Book” (Wiley, 2020), the “Handbook on Biodiversity - Species Extinction Accounting and Biodiversity” (Routledge, 2022), the text book on “ESG in Portfolio Analysis” (RiskBooks, 2022) and the first “Handbook on Sustainability Regulatory Reporting and Accounting” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024). She is currently working on a “Handbook ofn Climate Finance and Transition Management” (Routledge, 2025 ff.).
For her work in sustainable finance and global ESG leadership, she received a nomination as a “Global Sustainability Ambassador” by the Global Thinkers Forum (Athena 40 Awards) in 2024, and was awarded the title “Top 50 Woman in Finance” by the World Finance Forum (WFF) in 2022. For SIX, she has won finance- and sustainability-related (Product) Strategy (by Finance Magnates) and Initiatives (A Team Insight) awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Martina is currently Head of ESG Product Strategy and Management at SIX, the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchanges Group, oversees SIX’ key ESG products and services council which constitutes of leading internal and external ESG and regualatory experts.
She is a founding Member of the Board at FoSDA, the leading voice of the ESG data, ratings and product industry. She has been part of leading industry associations and initiatives in the field, and nowadays sits on the Advisory Board of FinTech firm SG Analytics, is a member of the All-Parties-Parliamentary-Group (APPG) on ESG at Houses of Parliament UK, co-chairs the Sustainability Regulations Working Group at TISA (asset management body) in the UK, and is a Founding Member of the European Law Institute’s Sustainability/Regulations Advisory Group.
Prior to her role at SIX, she was Head of ESG Strategy at ODDO BHF Asset Management, Senior Vice President, ESG and Engagement Strategy at Moody’s, Global Head of ESG Index Products and Research at S&P DJI, Managing Director of Sustainable Investments Partners Ltd. and Vice President of ESG Solutions at MSCI. Earlier in her career, she worked in product, research and commercial roles at Insight Investment, F&C AM and at Deutsche Bank AG.
Martina has an NED Board Governance Certificate from ICSA, and an MBA Certificate in Finance and Business from London School of Business and Finance in the UK, and a M.A. in Law and Human Sciences from University of Frankfurt in Germany. She is a fellow member of the Institute for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (ICRS) UK, a honorary doctoral fellow of the Institute for Certified Risk Management Professionals (ICRMP) UK, and an alumnus of the German National Academic Foundation (“Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes”). She is currently undertaking a part-time PhD at University of Cardiff, UK, in business, finance and accounting.
Martina is an academic lecturer, writer and public speaker in sustainable investing and has co-authored a range of ESG and Fintech books, including “The AI Book” (Wiley, 2020), the “Handbook on Biodiversity - Species Extinction Accounting and Biodiversity” (Routledge, 2022), the text book on “ESG in Portfolio Analysis” (RiskBooks, 2022) and the first “Handbook on Sustainability Regulatory Reporting and Accounting” (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024). She is currently working on a “Handbook ofn Climate Finance and Transition Management” (Routledge, 2025 ff.).
For her work in sustainable finance and global ESG leadership, she received a nomination as a “Global Sustainability Ambassador” by the Global Thinkers Forum (Athena 40 Awards) in 2024, and was awarded the title “Top 50 Woman in Finance” by the World Finance Forum (WFF) in 2022. For SIX, she has won finance- and sustainability-related (Product) Strategy (by Finance Magnates) and Initiatives (A Team Insight) awards in 2022, 2023 and 2024.