Future Connect: Networking Event – March | Finance Events in Jersey, CI

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Future Connect: Shaping a Greener Future

As part of our Sustainable Finance Summit, we’re excited to host Future Connect: Shaping a Greener Future, an inspiring event sharing key messages from the summit. This session will empower you to become an ambassador for sustainable finance, driving positive change within your organisation and the wider industry.

Why Attend?

Jersey Finance is committed to supporting its Members to achieve our 2030 Sustainable Finance vision: “By 2030, Jersey will be recognised by its clients, key stakeholders and industry partners as the leading sustainable international finance centre in the markets it serves.’ Our 2025 Sustainable Finance Summit is designed to focus on this vision and the actions we need to take to achieve it.
Gain key takeaways from the Sustainable Finance Summit, explore emerging trends and build the confidence to drive meaningful change.

This event is perfect for finance professionals eager to promote green initiatives and shape a more sustainable future to benefit everyone.

For more information, please contact a member of our events team.

Speakers

Tom McKennaSustainable Finance Lead, Jersey Finance

Profile

Tom joined Jersey Finance as the Sustainable Finance Lead in April 2023.

Born and educated in Jersey, Tom studied at the University of Chester where he graduated with a BA Hons and MSc.

Tom has over 17 years’ experience in Jersey’s finance industry, having worked as an Associate Director at Zedra before joining Jersey Finance and, prior to that, at EFG. In his role at Zedra, he drove the creation of, and was Chairperson of, their Global Green Team.

Olivia DakeyneAssociate Director of Insight, Themis

Olivia is the Associate Director of Insight at Themis, an anti-financial crime provider, where she leads financial and environmental crime research projects for the private and public sector, including for a number of governments across the world. She specialises in projects involving modern slavery and human trafficking, wildlife trafficking and other environmental crimes, especially through the lens of serious organised transnational crime. She has 13 years’ varied experience across the public and private sectors in a fulltime and freelance capacity, including in research, finance, sustainability, policy and strategy for organisations like the Natural History Museum, Kew Gardens and Client Earth.

Miguel ZaragozaSenior Policy Advisor, Government of Jersey, Department for the Economy

Miguel is a Spanish-qualified lawyer with masters degrees in geopolitics and European affairs from the University of Strasbourg and the College of Europe in Warsaw. After living in Brussels, where he worked at the European Commission overseeing the funding of wind farm projects, Miguel relocated to Jersey with his British wife. In Jersey, before joining the Government, Miguel worked for the executive team at the Jersey Financial Services Commission and in a legal team at Royal Bank of Canada Wealth Management International. Miguel also worked for the Jersey Institute of Law as an EU Law and Trusts Law tutor.

Agenda

5.30 pm

Networking and Registration

6.00 pm

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