BLOG.ACCOONLINE.ORG: Marlys Appleton (AIG Investments) and Leslie Cordes (UN Foundation) Join ACCO Advisory Board

Marlys Appleton (AIG Investments) and Leslie Cordes (UN Foundation) Join ACCO Advisory Board

As ACCO continues to bring in thought leaders from all sectors, I'm thrilled to announce the additions of Marlys Appleton (AIG Investments) and Leslie Black Cordes (UN Foundation) to theACCO Advisory Board.

Marlys Appleton is Vice President of AIG Investments and Chair of its Sustainability Steering Committee. Her background is in traditional and emerging risk, valuation and financial modeling. In 2006, based on her leadership in an elite concept team looking at emerging risk, she was appointed to spearhead the integration of climate change and environmental factors, as well of social and governance risk, into investment decision making. In this capacity, she has developed and executed strategies for enhanced investment due diligence, including thought leadership, education and skill building, reporting, metrics and data acquisition to support the enhanced due diligence process. To read more about Marlys, please click here.
Leslie Cordes serves as the Director of Partnership Development for Energy and Climate at the United Nations Foundation where she works to develop partnerships in support of the foundation’s clean energy, climate, and sustainable development programs and special initiatives. She previously served as Chief of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Supply and Industry Branch where she managed a suite of voluntary programs that included the Climate Leaders, Green Power, and Combined Heat and Power Partnerships. To read more about Leslie, please click here.