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Mary Ivy Mbayah

Sustainability Innovation Consultant
New York,NY

Summary

Mary Ivy has 9+ years expertise in sustainability technology consulting, the start up ecosystem, and leveraging capital markets for impact. She is specialized in strategic sustainable strategy setting, performance management and content development, collaborating with Big Tech and start ups anchored on SDG #17: partnerships for the Goals.

She leads EY's Americas-Africa Market Network with a focus on being the preeminent connector of US and Africa markets. She is passionate about youth and women's economic empowerment through public speaking, building global ecosystems for impact, and investing in sustainable solutions for underserved markets.

Overview

10
years of professional experience

Work History

Ernst & Young LLP

Sustainability Technology Ecosystem Strategist
09.2023 - Current

Job overview

  • Led inaugural AI + sustainability program, developing use cases with Big Tech Alliance partners across: corporate regulatory reporting. risk management and resource stewardship underpinned by Green IT and responsible compute.
  • Developed comprehensive sustainability ecosystem strategy, resulting in new relationships (incl. startups) for solution co-development [build, buy, partner] across strategic pillars by sector.
  • Liaised with senior stakeholders to manage a change management program as part of the Sustainability Technology and Innovation Board.
  • Developed educational materials for workshops on the sustainability ecosystem, raising internal awareness and fostering informed client interactions.

Ernst & Young LLP

Sustainability Portfolio Manager
09.2021 - 09.2023

Job overview

  • Coordinated sustainability technology go-to-market strategy across Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, creating global network of 200+ practitioners.
  • Evaluated sustainability investment business cases determining eligibility for Strategic Innovation Group (SIG) fiscal year funding.
  • Managed inaugural global sustainability investment portfolio (solutions leveraging AI, blockchain, 5G, cloud and data analytics), facilitating portfolio performance reviews and solution development.

Ernst & Young LLP

Financial Services Office Consultant
01.2015 - 09.2021

Job overview

Risk Management Association: developed, conducted and synthesized inaugural Climate-Change Risk Survey to assess financial institution's climate risk readiness

and integration into credit risk management

Large US Bank: implemented business requirements, governance procedures and change management framework to facilitate Bank's compliance to Single Counterparty Credit Risk regulatory requirement.

National Clearing House: led Board of Director's (BoD) reporting assessment for General Counsel, recommending streamlined audit and management committee escalations.

Wealth Advisor: enhanced credit risk group's counterparty credit operations and governance protocols, refining credit risk policy

Public Sector (secondment): developed wildlife state corporation's 5-year strategy (incl. financial projections, resource mobilization principles, risk framework and monitoring/evaluation procedures)

Global Investment Bank: launched inaugural goals-based wealth advising retirement planning product for high net worth advisors

Global Investment Bank: facilitated capital plan reviews to enhance risk identification, scenario design and capital adequacy across FR Y-9C, FR Y-14Q.

Education

Columbia University in The City of New York
New York, NY

Master of Science from Sustainability Management
05.2023

University Overview

  • Awarded Student Organization Program Innovation Award 2022 [Climate Symposium]
  • Awarded Student Organization of The Year 2022 [VP of Partnerships]
  • Research Capstone: Innovation in Biodiversity and Deforestation

Goldey-Beacom College
Wilmington, DE

Master of Science from Finance
06.2017

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

General Course from Economic History
09.2012 - 5 2013

Clark University
Worcester, MA

Bachelor of Arts from Economics
05.2014

University Overview

  • Davis United World College Scholarship Recipient
  • Cum laude graduate
  • Study Abroad: London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE), Economics History
  • Omicron Delta Epsilon Economics Honors Society
  • Thesis: Impact of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment in Africa

Clark University

Bachelor of Arts from Economics
8 2010 - 5 2014

Skills

Ecosystem orchestration

Events

  • 2023, shortlisted to represent EY at COP28, coordinating 12 events with global ecosystem partners i.e., MSFT, IBM
  • 2023, co-hosted inaugural EY-IBM Financial Services Innovation Summit
  • 2023, African Diaspora Investment Symposium (ADIS) 2x speaker
  • 2022, Black History Month (EY-Morgan Stanley) and Women's History Month (EY-Barclays) events project manager
  • 2020, speaker and mentor at African Women Entrepreneurship Cooperative (AWEC)
  • 2019, Next Gen panel moderator at Invest Africa US
  • 2019, New York University (NYU) Association for African development speaker
  • 2019, Women of Color and Capital Conference panel moderator
  • 2016 - 2019, Consecutive speaker and panelist at the annual National Association of Black Accountants (NABA) convention

Publications

  • How Can AI help us accelerate the pace of change the world needs (EY Sustainability at COP28) - Dec 2023

Link - https://www.ey.com/en_uk/sustainability/how-can-ai-help-us-accelerate-the-paceof-change-the-world-needs


  • Media Feature: Africa Diaspora Investment Symposium: presented EYs Foreign Direct Investment Report - March 2023

https://guardian.ng/features/anchoring-africas-development-future-on-diasporans-shoulders/#google_vignette 


  • Op-ed for Columbia University's Morningside Post - Dec 2021

Link - Https://morningsidepost.com/articles/2021/12/15/the-virus-out-of-africahas-arrived-do-black-african-lives-actuallymatter

Accomplishments

  • Shortlisted to represent EY at COP28, leading 12 sessions with ecosystem partners
  • EY team won Microsoft Sustainability Change Maker Award (2022 - 2023)
  • EY team won IBM Sustainability Call for Code Ecosystem Engagement Award (2022)

Interests

Photography

Public Speaking

Travel

Timeline

Sustainability Technology Ecosystem Strategist

Ernst & Young LLP
09.2023 - Current

Sustainability Portfolio Manager

Ernst & Young LLP
09.2021 - 09.2023

Financial Services Office Consultant

Ernst & Young LLP
01.2015 - 09.2021

London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

General Course from Economic History
09.2012 - 5 2013

Columbia University in The City of New York

Master of Science from Sustainability Management

Goldey-Beacom College

Master of Science from Finance

Clark University

Bachelor of Arts from Economics

Clark University

Bachelor of Arts from Economics
8 2010 - 5 2014
Mary Ivy MbayahSustainability Innovation Consultant