Susanne Katus is the senior vice president, market leader, at Datamaran. She leads engagement activities with Datamaran’s global network of clients and influencers, focused on maintaining brand integrity, relevance, and respect among our target audience of corporate executives. Katus is part of the founding team in New York. She shapes key business development, marketing, and client engagement processes, working across teams to ensure that Datamaran’s product and insights offer consistent value. Katus has global experience advancing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) strategy in business. She’s collaborated with Fortune 500 companies, regulators, accounting organizations, academics, industry associations, and the media to support this. Prior to Datamaran, she worked at Global Reporting Initiative, the global standard for ESG reporting, alongside Datamaran’s CEO Marjella Lecourt-Alma. Katus is an international keynote speaker, published author, and guest lecturer at master of business administration programs in New York City (including Columbia University and Bard College). She has research background in emerging markets, having completed a master of science at the University of Amsterdam and a bachelor of arts at Washington University in St. Louis.