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Karen Wendt

Karen Wendt, an exceptional leader, guides organizations in banking, sustainability, innovation, and digital transformation. Unleash success with her expertise and insights.
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EBRD has invited Karen for a couples of events as a committed and inspiring speaker about topics stretching from Alternative Conflict Resolution, Risk Assessments and Management, Sustainability, <br>Global Administrative Law, Reporting and introducing Theories of Change into investment and finance. Her speeches are dynamic, interesting and sometimes challenging the audience in a very sophisticated way. We are extremely grateful for the great collaboration and inspiration that Karen is able to instill.

Darius Prazek

Former Director EBRD, now Sustainabilty Advisor

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Why you should book speaker Karen Wendt

  • International Leader: Karen pioneered extra-financial risk management, co-creating global standards in top-tier financial institutions.
  • Change Catalyst: Karen's exceptional leadership transforms companies, implementing change with proven success.
  • Proven Expertise: Benefit from Karen's 20+ years in investment banking, guiding turnarounds and risk management.

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Sustainability in Action: Lessons from a Change Leader
Unlock success with Karen Wendt, a visionary in sustainability, finance, and change leadership. With 20+ years in top-tier financial institutions, she pioneered strategies, co-created international standards, and oversaw 180+ annual transactions. Karen, President of SwissFinTechLadies, blends expertise in banking, sustainability, innovation, and digital transformation. Inspire your team with Karen's proven theories of change, Sustainable Development Goals implementation, and impactful business intelligence. Elevate your event with Karen Wendt—shaping a sustainable and prosperous future.

Known as a motivational speaker extraordinaire, Karen Wendt's expertise in sustainability and change leadership resonates with the essence of steering a ship through uncharted waters. Her unique ability to merge 20 years of investment banking experience with social and green economy finance positions her as a beacon of knowledge in navigating the complexities of today's business landscape.

Karen Wendt's motivational talks are not just about words—they are a call to action. Picture your organization becoming a better version of itself, embracing antifragility and agility as core concepts. As a financial specialist, Karen showcases a profound understanding of investment, sustainability, and digital transformation, providing your team with practical tools for success.

With a track record of leading and implementing change management in top-tier financial institutions, Karen is more than a speaker—she is an exceptional leader. Her knowledge spans banking, innovation, and digital transformation, evident in her published works and media presence. When you book Karen Wendt for your event, you secure a thought leader who doesn't just talk about change; she instigates it.

As the CEO of Eccos Impact GmbH, Karen is actively shaping the future. Her role as the editor of the Sustainable Finance Series with Springer – Palgrave- Macmillan Publishing and as President of the SwissFinTechLadies underscores her commitment to fostering positive change. She works collaboratively with clients, supporting them in implementing theories of change, integrating sustainability, and creating a lasting impact.

Karen Wendt's achievements as a change leader in investment banking, coupled with her international board memberships and certifications, establish her as a trusted guide for organizations seeking direction. When you book Karen Wendt for your event, you secure more than a keynote speaker—you secure a transformative experience that equips your team to navigate the challenges of today's business world and emerge stronger on the other side.

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5 of 5

EBRD has invited Karen for a couples of events as a committed and inspiring speaker about topics stretching from Alternative Conflict Resolution, Risk Assessments and Management, Sustainability, <br>Global Administrative Law, Reporting and introducing Theories of Change into investment and finance. Her speeches are dynamic, interesting and sometimes challenging the audience in a very sophisticated way. We are extremely grateful for the great collaboration and inspiration that Karen is able to instill.

Rated 5.00/5 based on 1 customer reviews

Keynotes

Keynote by speaker Wendy Wendt:

Change Leadership: Rabbit holes or Elephants in the Room

While change must be well managed, it also requires effective leadership to be successfully introduced and sustained. An integrative model of leadership for change is proposed, reflecting its dimensions and requirements.

Audience takeaways:

The most important thing in change leadership is not just urgency, it's social identity.

Create yourself as the leader that is so attractive that others want to learn you, imitate you, create identity-based trust and you can do anything. I am sharing how to create purpose and solidarity for the mission.
Request a quote: Karen Wendt Change Leadership: Rabbit holes or Elephants in the Room

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

From the Margins to the Mainstream: Sustainable Finance, Impact Investing & Green Economy

While some years ago investors were mainly looking into risk adjusted returns, Sustainability has found its way into mainstream investing in a number of ways: From smart beta strategies to norms-based screening, environmental and social governance inclusion or carbon at risk calculations.

Audience takeaways:

This keynote will guide you through the benefits and trade-offs of each strategy and its pros and cons.
Request a quote: Karen Wendt From the Margins to the Mainstream: Sustainable Finance, Impact Investing & Green Economy

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

Change Management: EQ versus IQ: Translating Change into organizational commitment

Create urgency, but also bring stability to the phase of change. H ow to create a positive movement. Do the right thing and get the teams aligned. What a good change management process looks like and how to overcome challenges.

Audience takeaways:

Lessons from C-Suite in Change Management.

What are the specialties in change management in digital companies and how to unblock situations
Request a quote: Karen Wendt Change Management: EQ versus IQ: Translating Change into organizational commitment

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

Business Foresight Leverage Points & Digital Transformation: The 7 Qualities of a Digital Leader

Inspire your vision and strategy on digital transformation. Based on a range of future scenarios and trends in digitalization Karen demonstrates how to define how to transform the scenarios into an attractive vision and strategy. Have you ever used leverage point analysis as a tool for understanding your options?

Audience takeaways:

The 7 personal qualities and how they must match organization qualities
Request a quote: Karen Wendt Business Foresight Leverage Points & Digital Transformation: The 7 Qualities of a Digital Leader

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

From Green and Black Swans: Using Leverage Point Analysis for implementing Sustainability.

From Risk Management to Opportunity Recognition and Strategy Execution: How to combine leverage point analysis with a long-term vision and translated into actionable business solutions helping companies to become sustainable, abide by international frameworks, global administrative law, and mitigate risk. Transforming uncertainty into business opportunities early on.

Audience takeaways:

Insights into leverage Point Analysis and unlocking the potential to sustainability in an easy inspiring way.
Request a quote: Karen Wendt From Green and Black Swans: Using Leverage Point Analysis for implementing Sustainability.

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

Impacts of the EU Action Plan for Business Owners & Asset Managers

Introduction to the EU Action Plan, the EU Taxonomy and the New Green Deal. Defining the Decision Agenda, find the easy wins, and define the most important leverage points. combining effective leadership and change management.

Audience takeaways:

Insights into the EU Action Plan and its impacts on business, asset management, and finance.

An analysis of opportunities for business. Unlocking the potential to sustainability in an easy inspiring way.
Request a quote: Karen Wendt Impacts of the EU Action Plan for Business Owners & Asset Managers

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

The Four Insights to Exponential Leadership: Leadership & Sustainability in the Board Room

The four insights to exponential Leadership Framework clarifying the resources and qualities of the organization for future fitness and strategic foresight to enable the organization to transform itself effectively.
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Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

The Fifths Discipline: The art of Open Banking & Open Finance

Lets share how to retain smarter banking with the help of economic ecosystems. Create customer-centric services and customer advocacy. This brings a wave of innovation to the market. Also guidelines, governance, and compliance requirements are growing.

Audience takeaways:

Platform Strategies, Customers Journeys Ecosystems creation.

Shows you how to navigate the business, market and policy disruption and create and craft your open banking and open
finance strategy
Request a quote: Karen Wendt The Fifths Discipline: The art of Open Banking & Open Finance

Keynote by speaker Karen Wendt:

Antifragility: How diversity helps creating it

In a crisis in particular it is important that leadership can take as many perspectives as possible to develop a resilient position, to stream through the crisis, and even become antifragile.

Antifragility is a concept that has been developed by Professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the author of the “Black Swan”. He defines antifragility as the ability to resist failure and thrive and withstand stressors, shocks, volatility, noise, mistakes, faults, attacks, or failures. It is different from the concept of resilience, being the ability to recover from failure. It is extremely useful in environments that cannot be described any longer by systemic risk and volatility.

Audience takeaways:

Three strategies that make your business and yourself antifragile.
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