ABOUT US

What you have to know about StePs

Cooperation for maximum Benefit

StePs, splendid learning gmbh, together with recognized experts, created this training and communication portal for ESG and stewardship professionals, and all those who seek to advance the environmental, social and governance performance of companies. This unique instrument for the effective transfer of knowledge and skills draws from many years of experience with all types of professional education, including traditional, online and blended learning.

The portal serves two main purposes:

it serves as a platform for organizations and individual experts to make their ESG learning content accessible to a wide range of ESG and stewardship professionals; and
it provides content providers access to ESG resources and teaching tools to help them develop content and deliver effective learning programs.

The StePs Certified Stewardship Professional (CSP)

A recognized professional credential for stewardship professionals.

Comprehensive curriculum of live and virtual courses from StePs and other investors, professional and educational instituions.

Blended learning approach: Online elements paired with physical presence; real time and asynchronous.

Rigorous examination program.

Continuing education requirements and offerenings to ensure StePs members' knowledge and skills remain current.

Equivalency credits for those who have taken relevant training provided by other respected professional, investor and educational institutions.

Curriculum by StePs in consultation with Stewardship and ESG professionals at investor and educational institutions, with ongoing oversight by a panel of experts.

Management

Alexander JuschusStePs Executive Director

Mike LubranoAmericas Director

Supervisory Board

Stephen DavisAssociate Director and Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Programs on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors

Jon LukomnikManaging Partner Sinclair Capital LLC Investment Advisor

Cristina UngureanuCo-Chair of the ICGN Global Governance Committee, Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, Member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Association of non-executive Directors

Hetal DalalPresident and Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Investor Advisory Services (India)

Advisory Board

Stephen DavisAssociate Director and Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Programs on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors

Jon LukomnikManaging Partner Sinclair Capital LLC Investment Advisor

Hetal DalalPresident and Chief Operating Officer, Institutional Investor Advisory Services (India)

Susheela Peres da CostaFounder of the Stewardship Centre, Chair of the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia, Director of The Shareholder Commons

Deborah GilshanAdvisor, Investment Stewardship and Fellow, UK's Chartered Governance Institute

Sydney Carlock

Managing Director at Teneo

Content Oversight Committee

Dionysia KatelouzouReader (Associate Professor) in Corporate Law and Corporate Governance at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London

Alexander JuschusManaging Partner of Governance Values GmbH and President of the Sports Governance Association

Mike LubranoManaging Director, Valoris Stewardship Catalysts. Author (with George Dallas) of Governance, Stewardship and Sustainability (2022, Routledge and ICGN).

Stephen DavisAssociate Director and Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Programs on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors

Rupini Deepa RajagopalanHead of ESG Office, Berenberg Wealth and Asset Manager

Woochan KimProfessor of Finance at Korea University Business School (KUBS), Director of Economic Reform Research Institute (ERRI)

Kornelia FabisikAssistant Professor of Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Oğuzhan KarakaşAssociate Professor in Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School at University of Cambridge, Co-Director of the Center of Endowment Asset Management (CEAM)

Hiroki SampeiFounder and Principal of Astonering Advisor LLC, Co-Founder of the Forum of Investors Japan and Visiting Researcher of Hitotsubashi University CFO Education and Research Center

Marco BechtProfessor of Finance and Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance at the Solvay Brussels School for Economics and Management at Université libre de Bruxelles

Carola RinkerAccounting fraud expert/ accounting expert

Fabio CoelhoPresident of Amec, the Association of Capital Market Investors Professor of Corporate Governance and Investment Management

Instructors

Stephen DavisAssociate Director and Senior Fellow, Harvard Law School Programs on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors

Alexander JuschusManaging Partner of Governance & Values GmbH and President of the Sports Governance Association

Mike LubranoManaging Director, Valoris Stewardship Catalysts. Author (with George Dallas) of Governance, Stewardship and Sustainability (2022, Routledge and ICGN).

Kornelia FabisikAssistant Professor of Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Rupini Deepa RajagopalanHead of ESG Office, Berenberg Wealth and Asset Manager

Woochan KimProfessor of Finance at Korea University Business School (KUBS), Director of Economic Reform Research Institute (ERRI)

Hiroki SampeiFounder and Principal of Astonering Advisor LLC, Co-Founder of the Forum of Investors Japan and Visiting Researcher of Hitotsubashi University CFO Education and Research Center

Carola RinkerAccounting fraud expert/ accounting expert

Nana LiHead of Sustainability; Stewardship, Asia-Pacific

Dionysia KatelouzouReader (Associate Professor) in Corporate Law and Corporate Governance at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London

Karoline HermsSenior Global ESG Manager, Investment Stewardship

Karin RiechenbergDirector of Stewardship at Sands Capital Management