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CEO Forum
2025 edition!

TARIQ FANCY

Former Chief Investment Officer for Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, world's largest asset manager

Tariq Fancy is a world-renowned investor and entrepreneur, leading voice for ESG reform. Formerly BlackRock’s CIO for Sustainable Investing, he is the author of contrarian essay “The Secret Diary of a Sustainable Investor” that went viral in 2021 and sparked a growing backlash against widespread ESG industry practices that constitute greenwashing with little to no real-world impact.

He has developed a reputation as a rare contrarian in the ESG space, an intellectually honest voice that challenges us all to step outside of our short-term incentives and targets in order to find long-term solutions that actually work.He is especially popular as a voice amongst those who believe that we need a hard-nosed, practical and honest conversation about where business is today and where it needs to go, and want to get from the optical changes and PR initiatives of the last few years (talking the talk) to the real-life results (walking the walk).

Tariq’s unique perspective and experience give him unparalleled insights into arguably the most important challenge for global capitalism today: how to merge sustainability and social imperatives with traditional business models focused purely on profit.

He has served as a successful investor, hands-on turnaround specialist, and entrepreneur, has lived and worked across North America, Europe, and Asia, and speaks four languages.