Sustainability Leadership Lunch: Fresh Insights from Abu Dhabi and Davos

By Invitation Only

Date and Time
January 28, 2026
12:30 pm-2:00 pm GMT

Location
London

Kick off the New Year at a private lunch exclusively designed for sustainability leaders with BSR’s Elisa Niemtzow and Christine Diamente in London.

Hear Christine’s first-hand reflections following her engagement in Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week and the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos—and join fellow BSR members for an intimate, thought-provoking conversation on the year ahead.

Attendance by invitation only, with attendance from Charlene Collison, Director Collaborative Initiatives, Richard Wingfield, Director Responsible Technology, Kathryn Doyle, Manager Responsible Technology

Scheduled Speakers

Christine Diamente, Managing Director, Transformation, BSR

Managing Director, Transformation, BSR

London

Christine leads BSR’s Business Transformation team, helping companies to manage sustainability throughout their business and across their supply chains and to develop resilient business strategies that leverage insights from BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab.

She works with companies across sectors and geographies to structure a sustainability management approach that mitigates risk and captures emerging opportunities, creating strategic advantage for their businesses, while contributing to a more just, sustainable world. Christine also co-leads engagement with boards of directors to promote effective board governance and leadership ambition on sustainability.

She brings over 20 years of experience in leading brand, sustainability, public affairs, communications, and reputation management with multinational corporations at the executive leadership level. This also includes overseeing corporate relations with external stakeholders, such as the World Economic Forum, the UN, European institutions, and investors.

Previously, Christine was Head of Brand Strategy at Nokia. She has also held major roles at Alcatel-Lucent and Alcatel, leading Brand and Corporate Sustainability and European Affairs. Christine has also served on various boards, including as a chair of the Telecoms Industry Dialogue on human rights, as an advisory board member of Reuters Events Sustainability, as a member of the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation, and on the European Internet Foundation.

Christine holds a MA in History and a BA in History and International Politics from the University of Ottawa. She completed the Management Acceleration Program (MAP) at INSEAD, and she achieved the ESG Competent Boards Certificate and Global Competent Boards Designation (2021). She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.

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Elisa Niemtzow, Vice President, Relationship Leads, BSR

Vice President, Relationship Leads, BSR

Paris

Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally and oversees the BSR global membership network. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.

She helps companies understand the world’s big disruptions, create resilient and inclusive business models and practices, and evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations. Elisa also leads BSR’s Responsible Luxury Initiative and the Southeast Asia Reptile Conservation Alliance (SARCA).

Prior to joining BSR, Elisa was an account manager at CHANEL and a consultant at Accenture and Ernst & Young.

Elisa is French-American. She holds an M.B.A. in Luxury Goods Marketing and Management from Sup de Luxe, an M.A. in International Relations from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques Paris, and a B.A. in French from the University of Pennsylvania.

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