Mikkel Larsen new Adjunct Professor at MSC

Inaugural lecture at MSC.

10/30/2019

Mikkel Larsen new Adjunct Professor at MSC

MSC welcomed its new Adjunct Professor in sustainable finance, Mikkel Larsen, on 23 October, when he gave his inaugural lecture in Dalgas Have.

 

In his lecture, ‘Measuring what matters’, Mikkel Larsen discussed the challenges of establishing credible measuring systems capable of capturing and communicating the impact of Sustainability initiatives, with a particular focus on the role (and potential) of the financial sector.

 

About Mikkel Larsen

Mikkel Larsen is the Chief Sustainability Officer of DBS – the largest bank in South

Mikkel Larsen with Dorte Salskov-Iversen and Søren Hvidkjær

Mikkel Larsen between Head of Department Dorte Salskov-Iversen and Dean of Research Søren Hvidkjær.


East Asia. As such,he is responsible for the strategic initiatives relating to sustainability in the bank. He holds a Master of Science in Auditing and Accounting from CBS (1999) and is a State Authorised Public Accountant (2001). He has an Executive MBA from London Business School (2010), supplemented with executive education at Harvard.


The trajectory of Mikkel Larsen's distinguished career in London, Hong Kong and since 2012 in Singapore is noteworthy for the way he has gradually become an internationally recognised expert in green finance of high standing, both in the financial sector, with financial regulators and in the global organisations and networks that address sustainable transitions.

 

From the vantage point of his current position in DBS, Mikkel Larsen is uniquely poised to inspire and support CBS’s efforts to further develop its edge in research and teaching related to Corporate Sustainability and Responsible Business & Management. He is the author and co-author of a large number of reports and articles on different aspects of green finance and integrated reporting (including a recent report on forest restoration & the role of finance). Moreover, Mikkel Larsen is also a frequent speaker and panelist at Singapore’s foremost universities, NUS, Nanyang and SMU on topics ranging from the purpose of companies to creating sustainable outcomes at scale.

 

Further information about the new Adjunct Professorship: Dorte Salskov-Iversen, dsi.msc@cbs.dk.

 

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