ERM appoints Invoice Theofilou as govt chair – Skilled Insights & Tendencies

Sustainability consultancy ERM has introduced the appointment of Invoice Theofilou as govt chair. CEO Tom Reichert famous that he was trying ahead “to working carefully collectively” because the agency helps its companions reply to quick altering shopper and regulatory expectations.

Reichert continued, “Invoice is a extremely revered advisor to CEOs and boards, with a uncommon mixture of strategic perception and sensible expertise in rising and rising affect {of professional} companies organizations. As our purchasers navigate more and more advanced regulatory and transformation challenges, Invoice’s perspective will likely be an unlimited asset to ERM and to these we serve.”

Regardless of a difficult yr of political pushback in some areas – notably by the US authorities – strengthening local weather regulation stays one thing companies want to pay attention to globally. Within the UK, political challenges stay in assembly local weather and sustainability objectives. Whereas the roadmap to web zero by 2050 stays legally binding, current court docket rulings have uncovered gaps in supply plans, forcing revisions – which companies might want to reply to, to stay compliant. In the meantime, throughout the EU, 2026 begins with modifications to the Company Sustainability Reporting Directive and Company Sustainability Due Diligence Directive coming into impact. 

With ERM’s purchasers working to satisfy with these new challenges, as govt chair, Theofilou will work carefully with ERM’s Board, govt management staff and world companions to assist form the agency’s strategic route, drawing on his intensive expertise in skilled companies to assist ERM’s development initiatives and continued evolution to satisfy the wants of its world shopper base.

Talking on his new position, Theofilou remarked, “ERM’s status and management in sustainability are unmatched, and that is an thrilling second to hitch the agency. As sustainability turns into extra deeply embedded in enterprise technique and execution, organizations are in search of recommendation that connects ambition with real-world supply. I look ahead to working with Tom, the board and ERM’s world specialists to additional strengthen the agency’s place because the preeminent sustainability associate to the world’s main organisations.”

As a extremely skilled company chief, Theofilou brings deep govt and non-executive experience throughout consulting, advisory companies and a spread of different sectors. He based and led Axia, a US-based technique consulting agency, till its acquisition by Accenture in 2015, and subsequently spent eight years as a senior managing director main Accenture’s world CEO advisory apply.

Rami Bibi, head of Europe for world affect at KKR, the funding agency backing ERM’s development, added, “We’re delighted to welcome Invoice as Government Chair of ERM. His expertise advising boards and govt groups at pivotal moments of change will likely be invaluable as ERM continues to scale and evolve. We’re long-term believers in ERM’s development story and look ahead to working with Invoice because the agency enters its subsequent part.”