Former U.S. Securities and Exchange commissioner joins Persefoni Sustainability Advisory Board

(WO) – Persefoni, a leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for enterprises and financial institutions, announced former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Acting Chair and Commissioner Allison Herren Lee has joined its Sustainability Advisory Board (SAB).

Commissioner Lee joins the SAB alongside industry experts including Robert Eccles, a professor at the University of Oxford who was founding Chair of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (now merged into the ISSB/IFRS); Paul Dickinson, founding Chair of CDP, and Kristina Wyatt, Chief Sustainability Officer of Persefoni. Her role will be to advise Persefoni’s board and executive team on best-in-class climate disclosure standards and likely regulatory shifts, and on the integration of sustainability reporting into corporate and investment management.

During her time as Acting Chair, Commissioner Lee brought environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) issues to the forefront of the agency's agenda, and specifically worked to meet investors’ demand for material climate disclosures. She launched a program during her tenure as Acting Chair that included extensive public outreach and a request for public comment related to climate-related disclosures, which laid the foundation for the subsequent climate disclosure proposal pending before the SEC. She created an ESG Taskforce in the Commission’s Division of Enforcement and launched an investor education program related to ESG investment risks, among other critical initiatives.

Prior to her role as Acting Chair and Commissioner, she spent over a decade at the SEC, including as counsel to Commissioner Kara Stein and as Senior Counsel in the Division of Enforcement’s Complex Financial Instruments Unit.

“Allison is a global leader in addressing climate risk as financial risk within the public markets; I can think of no one better to advise Persefoni and our clients/partners through upcoming climate disclosure regulation,” said Kentaro Kawamori, CEO & Co-Founder of Persefoni. “The insight and relationships she has formed during her time at the SEC will be vital as we continue to guide our clients on their journey to compliance.”

Commenting on her new role, Commissioner Lee said, “I am incredibly fortunate to be joining Persefoni’s Sustainability Advisory Board to advance climate disclosure and promote greater transparency and accountability in this space. Sustainability continues to be a complex topic for many businesses, particularly around regulation, and I admire the work Persefoni is doing. I hope that my skills and experience at the SEC will help further Persefoni’s goal of providing timely solutions to businesses across the globe.”