Katerina Katsouli, is the ESG & Sustainability Principal of Grant Thornton in Greece.
Her bachelor is in Economics and Financial Sector from the Economic School of Athens University and holds a Master of Science in International Economic Relations from the University of Mannheim in Germany. In the first decade of her career has acquired an extensive professional experience in the field of economics and statistics as well as in the field of Marketing (marketing manager in a European Group of Companies).
Starting from 2007 Katerina has undertaken the development of ESG/Sustainability programs for major Greek and multinational companies and financial institutions (National Bank of Greece, Alpha Bank and Eurobank). Her experience in Sustainability Consulting Services includes the development of ESG Reports according to international standards (GRI, SASB, AA1000), the preparation of ESG Strategy, specific GRI Standards and IR Training, as well as the external verification of non-financial data according to ISAE 3000 and AA 1000. She cooperates with international organizations like EFRAG, UN Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC), United Nations Environment Programme for Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), etc. and she has been a certified GRI Trainer and an Integrated Reporting <IR> trainer.
She has been an elected member of the Board of CSR Hellas (the local branch of CSR Europe) and in 2021 was also elected as a member of the Board of Global Compact Network Greece.
In May 2022, has been appointed from EFRAG as a member of the Technical Expert Group, contributing with her strong experience on Sustainability on the development of the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS).