Alternative assets: Why governance is key to strategic advantage
The growth in alternative assets is increasingly driven by climate-related investments. Asset managers who master governance can gain a strategic edge.
Isabel Cane is a strategic leader specializing in anti-corruption and social performance within the infrastructure and minerals industries, committed to achieving results through multi-stakeholder cooperation.
As Founder and Director of Cane Advisory, Isabel drives strategic insights and impactful programs across local, national, and international levels, including significant contributions to G7, G20, and ASEAN initiatives.
Isabel is a member of the Critical Minerals Commission at the Krach Institute for Diplomacy, University of Purdue, advising on policies that ensure ethical supply chains crucial for global economic security. She is also a regular contributor to the G20/B20 Compliance and Integrity task force and the Think20 Taskforce on Energy and Infrastructure.
Isabel has led several impactful initiatives in key international organisations. At the OECD, Isabel spearheaded the Blue Dot Network, enhancing G7 infrastructure investments, and launched the 'Galvanising the Private Sector to Combat Corruption (GPS) initiative, a U.S. presidential effort to counter corruption.
Previously, at the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative, she managed and expanded a community of over 100 global CEOs, oversaw strategic anti-corruption initiatives in rapidly reforming countries, and curated high-level discussions at the Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters.
Dr. Cane holds a Ph.D. in Sustainability and Anthropology from the University of Queensland and a Bachelor of International Studies (Hons) from the University of Adelaide. As an Industry Fellow, for the UQ Sustainable Minerals Institute, where she has critically shaped gender strategies in development projects for the Australian Government and the World Bank.
The growth in alternative assets is increasingly driven by climate-related investments. Asset managers who master governance can gain a strategic edge.
On the first anniversary of the assassination of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, we must remember what the sacrifice of heroes like her teach us, writes Isabel Cane.
"La corruption se nourrit de la crise de confiance générale et l’alimente à son tour, ce qui crée un cercle vicieux qui sape la santé économique et la cohésion sociale".
There is no global recipe for fighting corruption, but the good news is, a model is starting to form on how policy reform, innovation and leadership together can raise levels of trust and...