Boards Navigating the Green Transition: Paths for Strategic Renewal

Strengthening governance in an era of climate, AI, and stakeholder transformation

📅  Date: November 20, 2025
🕐 Time: 8:00 – 09:30 CET
📍 Online in Zoom

From Risk Awareness to Boardroom Readiness 

As global challenges intensify, from climate change and AI disruption to shifting stakeholder expectations, boards are under growing pressure to anticipate risks and lead with foresight.  

Effective governance today means not only identifying emerging risks but also turning them into opportunities for resilience and long-term value creation. 

This insightful webinar will explore: 

• How boards can strengthen oversight of complex and interconnected risks. 

• Practical approaches to embedding risk thinking into strategy and decision-making 

• The evolving role of the board in balancing resilience, innovation, and stakeholder trust. 

• Real-world insights on board practices that move from reactive to proactive governance. 

Join experienced board leaders, risk experts, and strategists to uncover how your board can build readiness for the risks—and opportunities—shaping tomorrow’s business landscape. 

Guest speakers:

- Pia Heidenmark Cook – experienced board director and sustainability leader, best known for her role as Chief Sustainability Officer at IKEA/Ingka Group. She brings over two decades of leadership in integrating sustainability into global business strategy. Pia serves on several corporate boards and advisory councils, and is the author of “Embedding Sustainability: How to drive organizational transformation” (2024).

- Peter Ahlström – leads A. Ahlström Real Estate Ltd, the real estate arm of A. Ahlström Oy, managing a diversified portfolio valued at over €400 million — including real estate, forestry, and hospitality assets  . With more than 30 years of leadership experience across the Nordic region and Central Europe, he is recognized for his long-term strategic vision, values-driven management, and ability to foster high-performing teams.

- Anne Gram – board member/ investment professional, having worked as portfolio manager and Chief Investment Officer at large asset managers, including Robeco, ABN Amro Asset Management, and Fortis Mees Pierson. She also served a large number of institutional investors, including current positions at Future Ireland Funds, Danish ATP, pension funds of the doctors (SPH), ING, Hal, United Pensions and Fonds1818. Additionally, she is on the supervisory and advisory boards of organisations active in impact, climate and biodiversity investing.

- Alice Gregoriadi – Board Director, Management Consultant, Blockchain & DeFi enthusiast and Startup advisor with over thirty years international experience in executive MD roles in the Financial Institutions industry. iNED, Chair of the Board Digital & Transformation committee, member of the Audit and Remunerations committees at Eurobank S.A. and Eurobank Holdings; Board member of Climate Governance Initiative – Greece; Founding member of the Hellenic Blockchain Hub; Affiliate partner at True North Partners; Mentor at Startup Bootcamp, Imperial College and various Greek incubators and accelerators. Previously: led businesses in corporate and investment banking at Citigroup, ABN Amro, RBS and JPMorgan; held board directorships at the Hellenic Growth Fund, CHAPS & IBOS.

Moderation by Liselotte Engstam, NED and chair, and Fernanda Torre Operations Director at Boards Impact Forum. Organized together with Chapter Zero Netherlands, Chapter Zero France, Chapter Zero Brussels, and Climate Governance Initiative Greece.