Transaction banking trailblazer: Paula da Silva, SEB

THE TRAILBLAZERS

Hari Janakiraman, ANZ Catherine Porter, CBRE John Laurens, DBS Diane Reyes, HSBC Umar Farooq, JPMorgan Damian Glendinning, Lenovo’s former treasurer Andrea Melville, Lloyds Lisa Robins, StanChart Ebru Pakcan, Citi Paula da Silva, SEB

In 2008, SEB helped the World Bank issue the first ever green bond for institutional investors. 

“Investors were demanding green bonds, so SEB delivered,” says Paula da Silva, head of transaction banking at SEB. “Since then, our corporate clients are increasingly asking us what we are doing to become a green bank, or how we are supporting sustainable supply chains.