Fran van Dijk

Background

About Fran van Dijk

With an active, pioneering career in corporate sustainability, I help businesses thrive. To prosper in the new, low carbon economy, understanding the strategic imperative of ESG factors in governance and management is key. But many companies lack the right competence at senior level: I draw on my detailed understanding of mission-critical ESG issues in finance and business to inspire and guide resilient corporate leaders. Inquisitive and enthusiastic in style, my advisory and governance work ensures that companies understand vital challenges, set the right strategy and build effective capacity to succeed in the new economy.Advisory skills• Cutting through complexity to identify material ESG risks and opportunities such as disruptive climate change, nature-related risk and social inequality• Driving positive impact by providing tools and inspiring confidence in businesses to become ambitious, resilient sustainability leaders• Developing convincing business cases to future-proof organisations and drive big improvements in social and environmental performance • Drawing on leading, diverse experience to build ESG capacity in senior teams, empowering them to tackle transformative change• Building essential legitimacy and trust with stakeholders in an age of radical transparency.Governance and NED skills• Preparing and challenging boards to understand why ESG risk and opportunity integration is mission-critical for their business • Holding boards to account on managing and measuring their ESG risks, opportunities and performance, to comply with emerging regulation and reporting requirements such as TCFD• Providing expert insights to guide the complex trade-offs and dilemmas characteristic of ESG strategy development, from climate change to business ethics and diversity• Sharing thought leadership to drive ESG capability at board and executive levels, providing exemplars from decades of experience supporting sustainability and ESG pioneers across industry, finance, government and the third sector • Connecting boards and their organisations with ESG experts from my wide network of influential sustainability leaders.MA Cantab, MDes RCA, MEM Current board rolesPublic Interest Member (NED) Institute of Chartered Accountants of ScotlandAdvisory Board member, Green ElementPrevious board rolesDeputy Chair Scottish Environment Protection AgencyChair Macaulay Development TrustAdvisory Committee member Montanaro Asset Management Better World FundBoard member, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute