Standards Committee
The Finance for Peace Standards are based on insights from finance markets and peacebuilding and designed to support the market. They are set by an independent Standards Committee of senior experts, primarily from finance, peacebuilding and conflict analysis, with years of practice in the places these Standards are built for.
Committee members
Arne Hassel
Chair
Over 35 years in senior investment and management roles at Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Coutts and the Kuwait Investment Office, spanning asset allocation, fixed income, equities and alternatives, with a background in ESG and impact investing.
Donata Garrasi
Vice-Chair
Vice-Chair of the Finance for Peace Standards Committee, she has held executive positions at Peaceinvest, the UN Department of Peace and Political Affairs and the World Bank, and previously led the OECD’s engagement in crisis-affected economies and stabilisation operations for the UK Government.
Michal Fonea Alexandron
Member
ESG and sustainable finance expert; formerly Senior Manager at the UN-backed PRI.
Shahd Hammou
Member
Head of Programmes at the Center for Civilians in Conflict in Sudan, with experience leading peacebuilding, governance, Women, Peace and Security and civilian protection programmes across Africa, and research on how communities confer legitimacy on peace-positive investment.
Kathryn Nwajiaku-Dahou
Member
Director of Politics and Governance at ODI; formerly led the OECD’s International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding.
David Nyheim
Member
Executive Chairman of INCAS Consulting; 25 years in conflict resolution, mediation and early warning in over 30 countries.
Vanda Santos
Member
Two decades in crisis prevention, disaster risk reduction and the humanitarian, development and peace nexus; formerly in senior roles in UNDP’s Bureau for Policy and Programming.
Peter Webster
Member
Founding CEO of EIRIS, the ESG ratings agency, for 36 years; former PRI Advisory Council member.