Mona Naqvi awarded the 'Excellence in Finance - Leaders' award at FiNext Conference Orlando 2019

ORLANDO, Fla. - Sept. 24, 2019 - PRLog -- Mona Naqvi was awarded the Excellence in Finance - Leaders award for their significant contribution towards the financial sector at FiNext Conference 2019, held at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Orlando, Florida.

Mona is Senior Director, Product Management for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In this role, Mona serves as global spokesperson for S&P DJI's ESG Indices, educating the market on the values of ESG investing and our industry-leading ESG lineup. Our ESG indices support a diverse spectrum of ESG benchmarking and investing needs, from best-in-class approaches like the world-renowned Dow Jones Sustainability Index to broad-market ESG alternatives and core ESG solutions like the S&P 500® ESG Index.

Prior to joining S&P DJI, Mona was Director at Trucost (part of S&P Global) and advised some of North America's biggest institutional investors on low-carbon and fossil fuel-free strategies, energy transition alignment, and meeting the recommendations of the TCFD for investors. Mona also led the North American presence of the 2° Investing Initiative, a prominent sustainable finance NGO focused on aligning the finance sector with climate goals. Mona also served as an advisor to the Obama Administration on climate and energy policy, and she worked for several years as an Economist at the UK's Bank of England.

Mona graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree (with honors) in Government and Economics (double major) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). She is a regular market commentator on sustainable finance issues and is a published author of several research papers on topics ranging from disruptive technologies to the problem of "short-termism" in mainstream finance.

The third FiNext Awards & Conference was held on the 29th & 30th of August at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Florida. This event was the much awaited Finance and Technology conference of the year 2019 for North American region which aimed at bringing together the best and brightest from the field of Finance & Technology under one roof.

The conference strives to build a platform for startups, SMEs, key decision makers, researchers, investors and people from the media to interact and garner meaningful alliances.

The event saw individuals from technology, financial services, public sector, and academia come together for a two-day discussion on how to best support FinTech infrastructures, best ways to grow start-ups and general diversification in Finance & Technology and more.

For more information, visit: https://finextcon.com/member/mona-naqvi/