Biography
Martina Tessari,
Head of Europe, Accounting for Sustainability (A4S
Martina leads the A4S CFO Leadership Network for Europe and A4S projects and programmes that require extensive collaboration across different teams, organizations and geographies. She currently leads the A4S Sustainability Reporting Project and is heavily involved in the banking work. Her role includes contributing and delivering the A4S strategy, technical work in sustainability reporting, project management, relationship management, knowledge development and sharing.
Before joining A4S, Martina spent 11 years in consulting in Finance and Financial Services, having worked for Ernst & Young (EY) where she was a Senior Manager in the CFO Advisory team. She has extensive experience in leading technical projects in the reporting, regulatory and risk space, working with C-suite executives and senior finance professionals by managing cross border compliance and change programmes.
She is a chartered accountant (ACCA), qualified project manager (Prince2) and holds an
ACCA Certificate in Sustainability for Finance. She holds a Master’s degree in Banking and Finance and a Bachelor in Business and Economics from the University of Padua, Italy.
