NEW YORK, June 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- ING Capital
LLC ("ING") today announced the appointments of Anne van Riel as head of Sustainable Finance
Americas and Melisa Simic, vice
president Sustainable Finance, Environmental & Social
Responsibility advisory. The newly created roles, based in
New York, expand ING's global
sustainable finance team into the Americas to provide responsible
financial services solutions and strategies to clients.
As head of sustainable finance Americas, Anne will work with
ING's clients to facilitate and finance the implementation of
sustainable strategies. Anne was previously a director in the
metals & mining sector group. She will report to Bill James, head of lending Americas region and
functionally to Leonie Schreve,
global head of sustainable finance.
Melisa will be supporting ING's clients to take steps towards
making transactions meet international environmental and social
risk standards and advise on sustainability criteria.
"With the addition of Anne and Melisa we can now support
our global clients wherever businesses are considering
sustainability demands, energy transition and the evolution of
circular economy practices," said Leonie
Schreve, global head of sustainable finance. "These issues
increasingly drive opportunities no matter their sector or region,
and we will be there to provide the best solutions as we build a
better planet together."
Anne has a strong track record in sustainable finance at ING.
Over the past 10 years she has worked on project finance, private
equity and corporate finance projects involving energy efficiency,
climate change and water scarcity in North and South America. Previously she worked at BBVA
in the structured finance North
America team and as investment officer for FMO Bank. She
holds a master's degree from University of
Maastricht in international business with an emphasis on
international financial management.
Melisa joins from Ramboll Environ and brings over 10 years of
experience in environmental and social impact assessment on the
ground in New York and São Paulo.
Her experience includes projects across the energy, food &
agriculture, metals & mining, oil & gas and infrastructure
sectors. She has an MSc from Columbia
University with an emphasis on sustainability management and
masters and bachelor's degrees in civil engineering from
Politecnico di Torino in
Italy.
ING's sustainable finance team is dedicated to providing global
clients with sustainable business strategies and solutions to
achieve their sustainable goals. The team brings together
sustainability experts and wholesale banking in-depth knowledge to
identify sustainable clients and opportunities. ING reviews every
project financing and client to ensure they meet environmental and
social risk policies and standards.
Press enquiries
Elaine
Clark
+1 646 424 7021
elaine.clark.@ing.com
About ING Capital
ING Capital LLC is a financial
services firm offering a full array of wholesale financial lending
products and advisory services to its corporate and institutional
clients. ING Capital LLC is an indirect U.S. subsidiary of ING Bank
NV, part of ING Group (NYSE: ING), a global financial institution
of Dutch origin. The purpose of ING Bank is empowering people to
stay a step ahead in life and in business. ING Bank's more than
51,000 employees offer retail and wholesale banking services to
customers in over 40 countries.
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