32 Dr . Celine Herweijer
Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn
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32 Dr . Celine Herweijer
Group Chief Sustainability Officer
HSBC
Financial Services $ 30bn 221,000
Dr Celine Herweijer is Group Chief Sustainability Officer at HSBC , and member of HSBC ’ s Group Executive Committee . She leads the bank ’ s net zero ambition , including decarbonising the Group ’ s financing portfolio and directing $ 1tn towards sustainable finance by 2030 . Celine co-chairs the Group ESG Committee and is a PhD climate scientist and NASA fellow . Prior to HSBC , she was PwC Partner and Global Sustainability Leader .
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Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn
Chief Sustainability and Commercial
Officer / co-GM for SAP Sustainability
SAP
Computer Software $ 31bn
112,000
Organisational , transformational and futuristic , Sophia Leonora Mendelsohn has been a leading executive in sustainability for the last 15 years . Mendelsohn specialises in balancing immediate financial goals with sustainability and ESG governance for long-term business viability .