Melissa Kittermaster

Melissa Kittermaster is Chief Executive of Asesoria Group, a professional services company specialising in Governance, Sustainability and Climate Change, and Leadership Services. She leads and is operationally responsible for Asesoria’s Board Effectiveness and Governance practice, Board Insight.

Following a successful executive career, Melissa has been advising boards of FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and large private organisations for over 20 years on a range of governance issues including board effectiveness, policy development and implementation, stakeholder engagement, workforce and diversity, and strategy development around a range of ESG issues, as well as how to report on these topics. She has undertaken projects across a wide range of industry sectors, including major multi-nationals and has an in-depth understanding of the issues faced by boards in managing risks, and integrating ESG into strategy and business practices.

She regularly engages with institutional investors and other key stakeholders to understand their expectations of corporate governance and ESG, to enable informed discussions with her clients. She also advises in the field of non-financial reporting, supporting companies to develop the narrative and Non-Financial Metrics/KPIs for sustainability reports and the non-financial elements of annual reports. Melissa’s expertise is in helping organisations develop practical solutions to ESG reporting, including how to gather and, interpret the data and use it to demonstrate an organisation’s progress against its commitments. This includes incorporating TCFD, SASB, GRI,< IR > and other frameworks into the company’s reporting.