As Global Director of Corporate Sustainability at Anheuser-Busch InBev, Ezgi Barcenas is responsible for the development of the company’s environmental sustainability vision and strategy. She focuses mostly on water stewardship and climate resilience across the value chain, and she leads engagement with key external stakeholders. Barcenas oversees Anheuser-Busch InBev’s plan to achieve ambitious environmental goals, which are integrated in business strategies across supply chain, procurement, and sales functions. She also works closely with the brand teams on cause marketing initiatives and partnerships, and she works investor relations on socially responsible investor (SRI) outreach.

Laurent Claquin is Head of Kering Americas, the parent company of 20 global luxury, sports, and lifestyle brands, including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Stella McCartney, Puma, and Volcom. He has been with Kering (formerly PPR) since 2004, when he joined as an Advisor to Francois-Henri Pinault at Artemis. Before his current role, Claquin initiated and developed Kering’s corporate social responsibility program, and prior to that, he was Kering’s Senior Vice President of Communication. Claquin also has held positions in the arts and government, including roles as the Deputy Communications Director at the Pompidou Center, Deputy Chief of Staff to the French Minister of Culture and Communication, and Technical Advisor to the Minister.

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Laura Gitman spearheads BSR’s New York office, working with global companies across a range of industry sectors and sustainability issues. A member of BSR’s executive committee, she oversees global membership strategy and services. Gitman runs senior-level sustainability strategy workshops and multistakeholder forums, she launched BSR’s global financial services and media practices, and she has published reports on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) integration in mainstream investing, as well as sustainability integration and leadership. From 2006 to 2010, she facilitated the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), growing the EICC from 15 to more than 50 companies. Previously, Gitman worked for Deloitte Consulting, managed a community development project in Ecuador, developed the business strategy for a social venture in Brazil, and worked with the biotechnology sector in Chile.