EOS Stewardship

Michael Benedict Yamoah engages in North America with a focus on mining & materials, oil & gas, technology software and transportation. Prior to joining the EOS team, Michael worked as a senior sustainability consultant and US climate strategy lead for Quantis International advising top organisations on how to adopt science-based climate strategy with robust metrics, tools, and outcomes. He has held various corporate roles, including acting climate and sustainability research lead at Aramco (US), and sustainability and analytics manager at Bechtel Corporation. Michael’s other previous roles include consulting for the World Bank Group and the Asian Development Bank, and international climate programme support at the Natural Resource Defense Council. His academic background includes University College London BSEER (PhD Candidate), NYU Stern (MBA + certificate in corporate sustainability), George Washington University ESIA (MA, International Development), Carroll College (BA, International Relations and Business Administration) and KNUST (BA Coursework, Geography and Sociology).

Bruce Duguid is head of stewardship at EOS. As well as overseeing the team of engagement professionals, Bruce leads engagements with environmentally-exposed companies across the oil and gas, mining, and utilities sectors. Prior to joining EOS, he was head of sustainability at the UK Green Investment Bank, where he spent four years working on the project to establish the bank. This followed a variety of corporate strategy roles, including a management consultant position at the Boston Consulting Group.

Lisa Lange focusses on engagement with companies in Europe and leads EOS work on pollution, waste and the circular economy. Prior to joining EOS, she worked as a sustainability consultant in London and was a research fellow at the Institute for Managing Sustainability at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Lisa holds a Master of Science in Nature, Society & Environmental Policy from the University of Oxford and an MA with honours in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh with a focus on climate ethics. Lisa speaks English and German.

Jaime Gornsztejn is responsible for corporate engagements in Latin America and Russia and focusses on the industrials & capital goods sectors. Prior to joining EOS, he worked for the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES), where he held executive positions in Brazil and the UK as banker in its Telecommunications Department, as portfolio manager in its Venture Capital Division and as a project finance manager at the Renewable Energy Department. More recently, as managing director of BNDES UK, he was responsible for setting up the bank’s subsidiary in London. Jaime has also held executive positions as portfolio manager at Nortel Networks UK and as an adviser to private finance initiative projects at KPMG Corporate Finance UK. Jaime holds a BSc in Electronics Engineering from IME, the Military Institute of Engineering in Rio de Janeiro, an MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from PUC-Rio, the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and an MSc in Finance from Cass Business School in London. He is also chair of the board of the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce in Great Britain and serves on the Senior Advisory Council of the Brazil Institute at King’s College London.