SLR strengthens Strategic Advisory offering with Netherlands team expansion

SLR is pleased to announce the expansion of our Corporate Sustainability capabilities with the addition of a new team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, joining our existing 1,700 strong team in Europe.

This expansion builds on SLR’s recent growth in Europe, including the expansion of our Finance Advisory team across EMEA earlier this year, and reflects continued investment in regional capability. The Amsterdam-based team adds expertise in sustainability strategy and transformation, climate and ESG risk, human rights and environmental due diligence, reporting, and governance, strengthening the support SLR can provide to clients across the Benelux region and more widely in Europe.

Led by Ivan Kukhnin, the team brings a strong international and European track record to SLR, enhancing our ability to serve our European based clients more effectively, helping them navigate increasingly complex sustainability and regulatory challenges across the region, translating strategic intent into tangible outcomes.

Welcoming senior Strategic Advisory expertise in Europe

We’re pleased to welcome the following senior professionals to our expanding Corporate Sustainability team in Europe:

• Ivan Kukhnin: Ivan is a senior sustainability leader with over 20 years of international consulting experience. He helps organisations integrate sustainability into business strategy, operations, and reporting, with a focus on practical transformation and long-term value creation. Ivan brings strong leadership experience, a strategic perspective, and deep expertise in guiding clients through complex sustainability challenges.
• Tatiana Budishevskaia: Tatiana is a senior advisory leader with over 20 years of experience helping global companies manage risk and build resilience. She has led climate resilience, quantitative modelling, and CSRD readiness programmes. Tatiana excels at translating complex data and uncertainties into board-level insights and practical action. She holds a PhD in Economics and is a Fellow of ACCA, with experience across geographies and sectors including heavy industries, consumer, and technology.
• Thijs van Brussel: Thijs is a senior human rights professional with 15+ years of experience shaping and implementing human rights and environmental due diligence programs and responsible business strategies within the private and public sectors. Thijs has led human rights and responsible sourcing projects at a large variety of clients and sectors, including Finance, Agri, Consumer and Technology.
• Elizaveta Ustilovskaya: Elizaveta is a senior non-financial disclosures and reporting professional with 10+ years of experience helping organisations turn ESG data into reliable, decision-ready investor-grade information and navigate evolving sustainability regulations, including CSRD/ESRS, EU Taxonomy, GRI, SASB, ISSB, etc. Elizaveta has led ESG reporting and assurance-readiness programmes for a wide range of multinational clients and industries, including consumer products, retail, mining, and technology.
• Aleksandra Egorova: Aleksandra is a sustainability consulting professional with 10+ years of experience in climate change, risk management and regulatory compliance. She has led cross-functional advisory projects in climate risk assessment, quantitative risk modelling, and enterprise risk management for clients across energy, retail, and manufacturing sectors. Aleksandra also holds a PhD in Economics with a focus on sustainability and corporate finance.
• Maksim Lata: Maksim is a sustainability and risk management consultant with 5+ years of Big 4 advisory experience. He specialises in ESG, climate change, sustainability reporting, risk assessment, data analysis, and modelling. Maksim is skilled in Excel, Python, Power BI, and other analytical tools, supporting dashboard development and tailored reporting solutions for clients.

On joining SLR, Ivan Kukhin, says: "I am delighted to join SLR and excited about the opportunities ahead. Being part of a growing organisation with deep and broad technical expertise, alongside advanced digital capability, will enhance the service we can offer our European clients. This powerful combination of strategic consulting insight, analytics and deep technical expertise is in high demand across Europe and is a compelling proposition for our clients."

Glynn Roberts, Global Corporate Sustainability Advisory Practice Director at SLR, added: “This team adds unique experience in sustainability strategy, climate and ESG risk, due diligence, reporting and governance, and strengthens our Corporate Sustainability offering in Europe that will help us deliver even better practical support for our clients responding to evolving sustainability expectations, regulation and risk.”