Tessa Dann to lead SocGen’s Apac sustainable finance team | FinanceAsia

Tessa Dann has been appointed head of sustainable finance, Asia Pacific ( Apac ), effective September 14, according to a Société Générale ( SocGen ) Corporate and Investment Banking spokesperson.

Based in Sydney, Dann ( pictured ) most recently held the role as head of sustainable finance for Australia and New Zealand at SocGen, since 2023. She has experience at the Queensland Treasury Corporation as well as working in the sustainable finance department at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group ( ANZ ) for almost four years prior to joining the French bank.

In her new position, Dann reports to Paul-Antoine Thiebot, head of lasting and positive effects financing, Apac. In March, Thiebot, who has a base in Singapore, joined the French institution.

The team has recently acted as bookrunners in the Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s €1 billion ($ 1.1 billion ) 10NC5 green Tier 2 notes issuance in May 2024. It also acted as a sustainability coordinator on the conversion of Australian property firm Cromwell’s multi-bank A$ 1.2 billion ($ 811 million ) lending facility to a green and sustainability-linked loan in June 2024.

By 2025, SocGen intends to donate €300 billion to sustainable funding.

In Apac, SocGen has headquarters in mainland China, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, according to its site.

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