PIMFA Webinar: SDR – One Year On, What’s Changed and What’s Next?

Maja joined PIMFA as Senior Policy Adviser, EU and Government Affairs in November 2018. She is a former diplomat, public affairs and policy official with extensive experience of international, European and UK government and policy operations.
At PIMFA, Maja is responsible for developing policy and implementing the associated advocacy work with key EU and UK institutions, including the European Commission, Parliament, and Council, HMG, and the FCA, on a range of European and UK legislative and regulatory issues.

Prior to PIMFA, Maja worked at the City of London Corporation as an European Policy and European Regulation Adviser, focusing on Brexit related issues and on strengthening the dialogue between the UK-based financial and professional services industry, the UK government, regulatory authorities, EU institutions and Member States. While in the diplomatic service, Maja worked on numerous policy initiatives, engagement strategies and advocacy efforts, including Croatia’s negotiations for membership of the EU and NATO.

Maja was educated at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.

Hortense Bioy, CFA, is Global Director of Sustainability Research within Manager Research at Morningstar.

Based in London, Hortense leads Morningstar’s ESG research efforts globally, with the objective of educating investors and providing the tools they need to evaluate investments through an ESG lens. Prior to assuming this role in February 2021, she was responsible for Morningstar’s sustainability research in EMEA for three years.

Before transitioning to a dedicated ESG focus, Hortense was European Director of Passive Strategies Research. She led an award-winning team that provides research on ETFs and index funds. Hortense joined Morningstar as an ETF analyst in 2010 from Bloomberg where she was a financial journalist. She began her career as an M&A analyst at Société Générale in Hong Kong.
Hortense holds a master’s degree in finance from Paris Dauphine University and a postgraduate degree in finance from Paris Sorbonne University. She is also a CFA charterholder.

Investment professional with 25+ years experience. Focused on responsible investment

Jessica is an experienced financial services and funds lawyer. She advises a wide range of clients including asset managers, wealth managers, banks, international financial institutions and charitable institutions on the full spectrum of financial regulatory, contractual and transactional issues.

Jessica regularly advises asset managers operating UK authorised funds and has recently been advising clients extensively on ESG regulation, including SFDR, UK SDR and TCFD reporting obligations.