CFA Institute's Information Watchdog Sandy Peters: Shaping the Future of Finance.

If you're an investor or just interested in a smooth functioning economy, Sandy Peters is an unsung hero. She heads CFA Institute's advocacy and regulatory affairs efforts globally relating to the information needs of investors for investment decision making. This includes corporate disclosures, financial reporting, accounting, ESG/sustainability disclosures, and how the information is assured and audited. She also looks at how technology creates new forms of information and how that information is integrated into the capital markets.

Sandy began her career at a “Big Four” accounting firm, KPMG, then went to MetLife where she was the corporate controller. So she has the perfect background to be the watchdog over information for one of the most influential professional investor organizations in the world, having worked as an investor, a corp ...