Céline Bak

Céline leads Deloitte’s FSI ESG practice as a partner in Deloitte’s Risk Advisory practice. She works with clients on their ESG strategy to build the path from compliance and reporting to growing shareholder and stakeholder value through greater competitiveness and differentiation. To these clients, she brings 30 years of international experience in more than 25 countries. Her work has spanned management consulting to Fortune 500 companies, investment in scaling up innovative sustainability and emissions reduction solutions, development of national legal frameworks and international regulations, as well as advice for civil society, philanthropists and governments. In 2018, she was knighted as a Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite by French President Emmanuel Macron for mobilizing the private sector in the run-up to the Paris Agreement and for establishing the platform for the private sector to play a pivotal role in limiting warming to 1.5° C. This was the foundation of the Race to Zero. For her clients she structures business opportunities aligned with the full ambition of the Paris Agreement and how to prosecute these by converting corporate goals and ambitions into business opportunities. Her governance roles include member of the Technical Readiness Group of the IFRS ISSB and Audit and Risk Chair of Emissions Reduction Alberta. Called on frequently by leading print and broadcast outlets around the world for her expertise on a host of interrelated issues – from to ESG Governance to the global oil & gas industry to energy markets and climate-related scenarios – Céline is respected above all, for her ability to identify what is relevant to a variety of audiences.