Elena Philipova is Global Head ESG at Refinitiv (formed from the Financial and Risk business of Thomson Reuters), based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Elena is responsible for the end-to-end management of the ESG business, products and services at Refinitiv. She is also the Rapporteur for the Benchmarks group of the EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance appointed by the European Commission. Previously, Elena was Head of Company Content Management at Thomson Reuters, where she led the Global Investing and Advisory Content Management Team. Elena worked as Head Data Quality and Senior ESG Analyst at ASSET4, the ESG data provider acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2009, and started her career as Research Analyst at Morgan Stanley. Elena holds an MBA and BA in Finance and International business from Stetson University, Florida.