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As director of sustainability and transparency, Catherine oversees strategy for sustainability brand-building and communications, global responsibility reporting, ratings and rankings, and key transparency-related initiatives at General Mills. Gunsbury’s 19-year tenure at General Mills includes experience in classic brand management, new product development, and “front end” innovation. She has worked on iconic, global brands such as Yoplait, Big G Cereals, Nature Valley, and Betty Crocker as well as on heritage brands such as Gold Medal Flour. Prior to General Mills, Gunsbury worked in management consulting and international development.

Heather Rubin is the director of corporate citizenship for The Walt Disney Company. She is a seasoned marketer and brand strategist with an exceptional ability to identify key growth opportunities, design cutting-edge marketing strategies, and engage multiple audiences in ways that create impassioned brand ambassadors. Rubin has launched powerful brands, led turnaround situations, established effective public-private partnerships, and developed credible cause initiatives amidst complex stakeholder communities. She has also previously held roles at POM Wonderful, Johnson & Johnson, and Neutrogena.

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Robert Nuttall is internationally recognized for bringing sustainability into mainstream business. He has held senior roles at the BBC, Cable and Wireless, Citibank, GlaxoSmithKline and Marks & Spencer (M&S). While at M&S, he led the team responsible for the development and communication of the company’s sustainability strategy, Plan A. As a consultant, his current work focuses on helping businesses and their brands shape the future by integrating how they create value (their strategy), what they stand for (their purpose) and how they connect to the world (their societal impact). Core to this is consumer insight, which helps ensure the organization’s sustainability strategy addresses what customers already care about.

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Elisa leads BSR’s consumer sectors practice globally. She works with companies in the luxury, beauty, fashion, hospitality, retail, and food industries to better integrate sustainability into core business strategy, products, and operations.

She helps companies use business assets to solve society’s global challenges, evolve brand strategy to integrate changing consumer expectations, and better partner with stakeholders to create more resilient and inclusive business practices. Elisa also leads BSR’s Responsible Luxury Initiative.