Katya Gorbatiouk has over 20 years of experience in international capital markets. She currently works at the London Stock Exchange in Primary Capital Markets, leading international companies towards public listing. Katya is also a member of the Sustainable Finance Committee at the London Stock Exchange. From February 2022 Katya serves on the Best Practice Committee of the Board of the Investor Relations Society. She is also a member of its ESG Communications Sub-committee and Chair of its IR Communications and Engagement Sub-committee. She served on the judging panel for the IR Society 2021 Best Practice Awards in ESG Communications. Her article on the evolution of corporate communications was published in the 2021/22 issue of the IR Society Journal Informed. Katya chairs the Board Effectiveness & Stakeholder Governance working group at the Institute of Directors’ Centre for Corporate Governance. She has co-authored an IoD publication on best practices of enacting a stakeholder-centric approach by corporate boards. Katya is a regular speaker on stakeholder governance, crisis governance, corporate social responsibility, green finance and green tech and other topics related to sustainability, particularly in the context of resource-intensive sectors and regions. Over 2020-21 she spoke at events by the Institute of Directors, COP-26 Cryosphere Pavilion, London Stock Exchange, Barclays, Natural Resources Forum, Washington DC-based Global Leaders Program, World Economic Forum’s Climate Governance Initiative, and Russo-British Chamber of Commerce. Prior to joining London Stock Exchange, Katya led a Eurasia joint venture at an LSE Green Economy Mark issuer, Plexus Holdings Plc, that is championing environmentally sustainable technologies in the oil and gas industry. She continues to serve as Strategic Adviser to Plexus. Her early career includes 14 years in investment banking at Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Barclays, in New York and London.