Karin Leunis

ESG & sustainability

Manager

Meet Karin

Karin ’s thinking

Karin Leunis joined MJ Hudson’s ESG & sustainability team in 2018. During her tenure, she strengthened her analytical skills and developed skills relating to financial modelling, problem solving and client engagement.

Karin has seen and worked with companies across various industries ranging from software companies to manufactures of heavy construction machinery. Her project portfolio ranges from ESG due diligences to fund proposition development for private equity.

Experience

After her studies, Karin did an internship at EY in Warsaw and worked at Cryptica Capital, a cryptocurrency investment fund, where she was actively involved in setting up the fund.

Prior to MJ Hudson, Karin gained experience at Spring Associates and has worked on various strategy projects ranging from international growth strategy development to operational turnaround, in the space of renewable energy (solar) and e-commerce amongst others.

Qualifications

BSc degree in Business Economics as well as in Dutch Law, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Financial Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam
Erasmus Mundus LLM joint degree in European Law and Economics, Erasmus University of Rotterdam

Expertise

ESG policy and approach

ESG due diligence

Investor reporting

ESG engagement and monitoring

Recent client work

supported private equity firms in assessing the ESG performance of their current portfolio, where she engaged with current portfolio companies to become more ESG focused and identify value creation opportunities
involved in the development of a private equity fund proposition, focused on sustainably mined metals required for the energy transition, where she gained experience in fund strategy development and the world of critical metals
assisted private equity firms in fast-paced ESG due diligence projects of potential targets, analysing the data room from a risk perspective to identify red flags and risk mitigation (or value creation) opportunities

In-depth (2/2)

From the very beginning of the ESG movement, about fifteen years ago, asset managers have asked themselves if and how ESG can create value. In our view, trillion-dollar questions are always worthy of our attention, particularly if answering them may help to save the planet.

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Value creation is not the only driver of ESG. By creating monetary value, an entrepreneur can turn a public need into a solution. This public need is what drives ESG. Our practical ESG insights will be published on a regular basis.