Environmental Economics (PhD.), University of St. Gallen, Switzerland – International Banking, INSEAD, France
Dr Tauni Lanier has considerable experience in the development and advancement of corporate responsibility and governance strategy in the market place, a recognized expert in the fields of sustainable finance and sustainable development in the finance sector. Previous publications include: Environmental Business, Sustain Magazine and various academic publications. She has also participated in a number of Radio 5 Live interviews.
As an investment banker, Tauni Lanier has worked for organisations including JP Morgan and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson on the debt side and in structured finance. In 1999 she became the first managing director of the Dow Jones Sustainability Group Indexes. Her work at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, a business advocacy group representing 160 of the largest multinationals, involved advising companies regarding external reporting on sustainability issues.
She is a pioneer in the field of corporate responsibility and corporate governance ratings.
Aside from her consulting activities, she is also a director of Aurochs plc, combining experience in environmental best practice and commerce to create a unique business in biodiversity. Aurochs is at an early stage and believed to be conceptually unique. It intends to own and manage the planet’s most richly biodiverse tracts of land and commercialise their natural valuable assets in an entirely ecologically sustainable and ethical manner.
Tauni is based in London.