Eric Quao

Eric Quao is a highly experienced finance and accounting professional currently pursuing his MBA at Vancouver Island University. With over 15 years of progressive experience, his expertise lies at the intersection of Development Finance, Financial Due Diligence, and Financial Inclusion within emerging and global growth markets. Eric is committed to utilizing capital and robust compliance standards to generate both financial returns and verifiable social impact.
Eric has extensive experience in supporting global consulting firms, delivering projects for highly reputable international development agencies, including the Mastercard Foundation, DANIDA, USAID, and KfW (German Development Bank). This work has focused on bridging institutional capital and policy for sustainable development. As a Financial Specialist for multi-million Euro donor-funded projects, he successfully managed IFRS-compliant financial reporting and rigorous statutory requirements, including leading the financial due diligence for the disbursement of over €20 Million in credit lines to strengthen financial institutions in emerging economies. He has consistently enforced credit risk compliance and coordinated complex internal and external audits across large commercial loan portfolios.
Eric is dedicated to contributing to the Canadian Responsible Investment landscape, as evidenced by his Professional Membership with the Responsible Investment Association (RIA) and his affiliation with the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development (CAFIID). He holds an MSc in Accounting & Finance (Merit) from the University of Northampton, UK, and is a Chartered Banker (ACIB) from the Chartered Institute of Bankers, Ghana, providing a robust technical foundation for advanced financial strategy and banking compliance.

Toronto Foundation

As the city’s community foundation, we exist to create a more fair and just society where everyone can thrive. We pool philanthropic dollars and facilitate charitable donations for maximum community impact. We administer more than $840 million in assets, nearly 40% of which are responsibly invested.

Toronto Atmospheric Fund (TAF)

TAF is helping the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area become net-zero by 2050! As a regional climate agency, we invest in low-carbon solutions that are locally relevant and support their scale-up for broad implementation. We are experienced leaders and collaborate with stakeholders in the private, public, and non-profit sectors who have ideas and opportunities for reducing carbon emissions. We advance the most promising concepts by investing, providing grants, influencing policies and running programs. We’re particularly interested in ideas that offer benefits beyond carbon reduction such as improving people’s health, creating new green jobs, boosting urban resiliency, and contributing to a fair society. TAF is a proud member of the Low Carbon Cities Canada (LC3) network.

ICE is a leading global provider of technology and data to a broad range of customers including financial institutions, corporations and government entities. Our products, which span major asset classes including futures, equities, fixed income and U.S. residential mortgages, provide our customers with access to mission critical tools that are designed to increase asset class transparency and workflow efficiency.

ICE Climate uses high-resolution geospatial data to map climate and event risk to assets, debt, and equity securities. Our analytics help quantify climate-related risks and opportunities across a range of asset classes – including corporates, municipals, sovereigns, mortgage-backed securities, and real estate – with data-driven insights to inform risk management and investment decisions.

Learn more: ice.com/climate
Contact us: climaterisk@ice.com

Deloitte

At Deloitte, our Purpose is to make an impact that matters for our clients, our people, and society. This is the lens for which our global strategy is set. It unites Deloitte professionals across geographies, businesses, and skills. It makes us better at what we do and how we do it. It enables us to deliver on our promises to stakeholders, while creating the lasting impact we seek.

Harnessing the talent of 460,000+ people located across more than 150 countries and territories, our size and scale puts us in a unique position to help change the world for the better—by bringing together the services we provide, the societal investments we make, and the collaborations we advance through our ecosystems.