Our People

Renata leads BSR’s Nordic practice, working with a diverse range of sectors and sustainability topics, with primary focus on Value Chain Transformation and Tech.

She helps companies transition towards more ambitious goals and practices in adapting to the continuously more and more demanding regulatory landscape and stakeholder expectations to create a Just and Sustainable World, via adopting more resilient practices, management systems, working collaboratively, and providing the necessary support and incentives to enable meaningful sustainable change.

Renata brings over 20 years of experience in innovation and sustainability in global value chains. Prior to joining BSR, Renata worked in A.P. Møller - Mærsk, Coloplast, Danske Bank, and The Conference Board. She has served on various boards, including Maersk, IKEA Industry, Organic Basics, and the Danish Initiative for Ethical Trade. She was a long-term member of the UN Global Compact Advisory Group on Supply Chain Sustainability and participated in the shaping of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Renata is a First Mover Fellow with the Aspen Institute’s Business and Society. She holds a professional degree in global trade; a BSc in Philosophy and Rhetoric from the University of Copenhagen; a Post Graduate Diploma in Strategic Organisational Leadership and Strategy from SAID Business School, University of Oxford. She speaks English, Danish, Russian, and intermediate French.

Diane leads BSR's Financial Services sustainable and impact investing work, collaborating closely with BSR's Transformation team.

She advises private equity firms, financial institutions, and corporate clients on integrating sustainable finance and impact investment into business and fund-level strategy, design, investment due diligence, portfolio management, and product development.

Before joining BSR, Diane was a senior manager at Ramboll, where she advised clients on strategy, responsible investing, and sustainability. Prior to Ramboll, she worked at the World Bank Group and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), focusing on impact strategy and investments, financial inclusion, governance, and transparency to support the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and drive economic growth in emerging markets.

Diane holds a joint Global MBA from Columbia Business School, London Business School, and Hong Kong University. She also earned a Master's in Management and Business Economics from Harvard University and a Bachelor's in Economics and Political Economy from UC Berkeley. Additionally, she holds a CFA ESG Investing Certification.

As part of the Transformation team, Miyako supports BSR member companies on a wide range of sustainability topics across Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. 

With over 15 years of experience as a researcher and consultant, including more than a decade in sustainable investment, she brings deep expertise in ESG assessment and benchmarking, sustainable finance and investment, climate and nature risk analysis, board advisory, capacity building, and sustainability reporting. Before joining BSR, Miyako held key roles such as Global Sustainability Reporting Lead at Nikko Asset Management, Sustainability Manager at EY Singapore supporting financial institutions across APAC, and APAC Regional Lead for ESG Research & Client Engagement at FTSE Russell. 

Miyako holds a BA in Intercultural Communication from Ryukoku University, along with several sustainable finance-related certifications, including CFA ESG Investing and CISL Sustainable Finance.

Alisha is responsible for the accounts payable process and supporting accounting related tasks as well as process improvement.

Before joining BSR, Alisha worked at Habib Bank LTD, Pakistan’s largest bank, as a business analyst managing the IT payment and vendor procurement process along with project managing end-to-end processes in lieu of the digital transformation initiative. Prior to that, Alisha worked at BDO Pakistan in Risk Advisory, writing reports and assisting in projects with several clients.

Alisha has a BA in Business with Finance. She also speaks in Urdu and is currently learning Japanese.