Who are the women contributing to making the financial sector more sustainable?
In 2025, WIFS is organizing the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance again: a list of women working on sustainability in the financial sector with demonstrable visibility and impact on this topic.
Everyone is welcome to submit nominations for this list. The nomination period is now open and runs until June 9, 2025.
The nomination period was launched on May 12, 2025, by jury member Cindy van Oorschot during the WIFS event Accelerating 50/50 - Challenges and Chances at De Nederlandsche Bank.
L-R: Cindy van Oorschot, Maarten Edixhoven, Indra Frishert | ©LOPKE FOTOGRAFIE
Your nomination contributes to visibility for pioneers in sustainable finance. The nominee makes a demonstrable contribution to sustainability within the financial sector.
Top 50 women contribute to various aspects of sustainability within the financial sector, ranging from sustainable investing to the sustainability of banks' mortgage portfolios and contributing to public health within insurance companies. Initiator of the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance 2025 is WIFS, an association aiming for a 50/50 balance in finance: a financial sector that is as diverse and inclusive as our society itself.
Previous editions of the Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance reflect a diverse and inspiring group of women who all, in their own way, make a positive impact within the sector. From entrepreneurs to C-level executives and managers, as well as emerging talents and thought leaders.
On the basis of the received nominations, a jury consisting of impactful leaders from the financial sector will select the Top 50. De jury consists of Cindy van Oorschot, Faisal Setoe, Maarten Edixhoven, Nicolette Loonen, Stephan Veen, Jellie Banga en Lars Dijkstra and is chaired by Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen.
Chair of the jury Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen emphasizes the importance of the recognition provided by the Top 50:
“The nominees not only give sustainability a face. These ladies take ownership, inspire confidence and create essential results both internally and externally.”
The Top 50 Women in Sustainable Finance 2025 will be officially launched on 30 September at a.s.r. in Utrecht. WIFS-members can already register for the event.