College Of Advisors

Kenneth Gutwillig is a partner and Chief Investment Officer of Financial Decisions, LLC, a wealth management firm in New York City with clients across the United States.

He is a member of the prestigious Bretton Woods Committee, the Economic Club of New York, and is a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association.  After the financial crisis of 2008, Ken was Founding Chairman of the Investment Managers and Advisors Alliance (IMAA®), a non-profit trade association dedicated to improving communication within the financial profession and out to the investing public.

Ken’s current research collaborations include:

• Applying principles of behavioral finance to the problems of chronic underparticipation and underperformance in defined-contribution pensions.
• Finance mechanisms and the role of the private sector, as well as non-governmental organizations (NGO’S) in shaping sustainable development.

Ken regularly provides his professional expertise on a wide variety of topics to the financial trade media, including The Wall Street Journal, Financial Advisor Magazine, Financial Planning Magazine and Investment News.

Ken earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado. He lives with his wife and two young boys in Westchester County, NY. In his spare time, Ken enjoys fly fishing and skiing.

Hart Schafer has over 33 years in professional and senior management positions in the World Bank and the European Commission. He is an internationally recognized solution-oriented strategist with an established track record of impact and results. Hart is highly skilled at forging productive relationships with clients and partners and effectively communicating at all levels. He has deep experience in balancing short and long-term goals and fostering cross-functional collaboration. Hart is a respected team leader with the tested ability to motivate, inspire, and guide teams to success.

Hart Schafer was the World Bank’s Vice President for the South Asia Region from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2022. In managing the World Bank’s engagement in South Asia to end extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity, Schafer lead relations with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. He managed a portfolio of financial support worth more than $50 billion. Before that, Schafer served as the Vice President for Global Themes where he oversaw the World Bank Group’s engagement in corporate priority areas of Fragility, Conflict and Violence, Gender, Infrastructure, Public-Private Partnerships, Guarantees, Climate Change, and Knowledge Management.

Earlier, as Vice President for Operations Policy and Country Services, Schafer was responsible for the World Bank’s business policies, practices, and procedures for lending products and knowledge services to client countries. He led several key reforms, including the rollout of the Bank’s new policies on procurement, environmental and social safeguards, and innovation of the Bank’s lending and knowledge instruments.
Also, Schafer served as the World Bank’s Country Director for Djibouti, Egypt, and Yemen in the Middle East and North Africa Region. He was Director for Strategy and Operations in the Sustainable Development Network. Schafer has also worked as Director for Operations and Strategy in the Africa
Region, Country Director for Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe and Chief Administrative Officer in the Africa Region.
A German national, Schafer holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Graduate Degrees in Agricultural Economics.

Pat is passionate about sustainable governance with purpose and is invested in making change within UK pensions and asset management by developing sustainable governance solutions to help UK pension schemes, trustees and asset managers progress robust governance.

With a focus on sustainable governance, Pat is committed to education to drive positive change in pensions and asset management. This includes the delivery of extensive education programming around ESG and climate risks and in late 2021, culminated in the  launch of The CACEIS Climate Change Briefing, a podcast series hosted by Pat, bringing together climate and industry experts.

Pat brings over 36 years’ experience in securities services and joined CACEIS (formally KAS BANK) in 2015, where she was appointed as Managing Director leading the KAS BANK UK branch. She joined from HSBC, where she was Head of Relationship Management & Sales, Pensions, Europe. At HSBC, Pat was appointed as a Trustee Director for HSBC Pension Trust (UK) Ltd, one of the largest and best governed DB and DC pension schemes in the UK.

Following the acquisition of KAS BANK, Pat was appointed as Country Managing Director, UK at CACEIS, in 2020, leading the UK branch which focuses on the UK pensions and asset management sectors.

Pat is also a trustee of a small DC trust-based scheme and outside of work, is a dedicated dressage rider, owning her own horses and with an ambition to compete at Grand Prix.

Anne Stevenson-Yang co-founded J Capital Research, which publishes highly diligenced research reports on over-valued, publicly traded companies, with particular focus on Chinese companies. Anne was formerly co-founder of a group of online media businesses in China and also founded and operated a CRM software company and a publishing company there. Over 25 years living in Beijing, Anne also worked as an industry analyst and U.S. trade advocate. Anne authored the 2013 China Alone: China’s Emergence and Potential Return to Isolation, arguing that China historically repeats a cycle of expansion and retreat.

Paul Watchman has an international reputation as a pioneering lawyer. He was named by Ethical Corporation with Hank Paulson, former United States Secretary of the Treasury, as one of the six most influential global figures in the development of sustainable finance and has been awarded the Thomson Reuters Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Leadership Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Development of ESG (Environment Social and Governance) in 2010.
He has been highly influential in the development of policy, business and financial practice, national and international legal norms and voluntary codes and standards. Paul is a recognised authority and thought leader in a number of areas, including business and human rights, sustainable finance (including Equator Principals, corporate responsibility, climate change law and policy and environmental law generally. He has a proven track record as legal counsel advising global businesses and financial institutions, sovereign states, international and multinational organisations, NGOs and other public and private bodies.
Paul has also had a long association with the United Nations (UN) and the Principles of Responsible Investment. He has acted as Legal Counsel and Special Advisor to the United Nations Environment Programme Financial Initiative (UNEPFI) on a number of projects. Paul led the Freshfields pro bono team and was the principal author of the UN report on fiduciary duties. Known generally in the financial and investment sectors as The Freshfields Report, it has been said to be the most downloaded report in UN history. It is also credited with revolutionising market practice on the legality of integrating ESG considerations into the investment decision-making by pension funds and other investment houses.
Paul has made important contributions to civil society through pro bono work and representing the poorest members of society. This has encompassed working for or actively supporting a number of charities and other organisations, including Shelter, Emmaus , ShareAction, Amnesty, Protimos – a charity which supports the development of legal capacity to represent indigenous people in Southern Africa, Business Leaders in Human Rights, TBLI(Triple Bottom Line Initiative) Group, BankTrack and Acclimatise.
Paul is currently the Global Head of Climate Change and ESG Transition at Ben McQuhae & Co. He also works as a consultant on the ESG Advisory Group for the Blended Capital Group [TBCG], and is the co-founder with Thomas Harding of ESG RS.