Eric Hespenheide serves as the Global Leader of the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL) member firms' Climate Change and Sustainability group within Audit and Enterprise Risk Services. He represents DTTL in various forums such as the Liaison Delegate to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Deloitte's Organizational Stakeholder for GRI and a member of the Working Group of the International Integrated Reporting Committee. He also chairs the Taxonomy Committee for IRIS (Impact Reporting and Investment Standards).

He is a frequent speaker and author on the topic of sustainability, particularly related to reporting and assurance matters. He also hosts Deloitte's monthly Finance Executives Sustainability Dbriefs webcast series which is dedicated to bringing current topics regarding sustainability to the finance community. Eric is a CPA and has served numerous global companies during his 35 year career.