Brooke Guven

Ms. Guven serves as the Head of Environmental, Social, Governance & Sustainability for Cerberus.
In her role, Ms. Guven coordinates the Firm’s Environmental, Social, Governance (“ESG”) and sustainability efforts across all desks and investments.
Prior to joining Cerberus in 2022, Ms. Guven was a Senior Legal Researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (“CCSI”), a joint center of the Law School and the Earth Institute at Columbia University, which she joined in 2016.
Her work at CCSI focused on aligning the legal and normative frameworks governing global investment activities with sustainable development objectives and outcomes.
From 2011 to 2015, Ms. Guven was a senior associate in the banking group at Hogan Lovells US LLP, where she represented public and private financial institutions and borrowers in multi-jurisdictional financing transactions.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Guven served as a legal advisor to the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of the Government of Liberia, and as an associate in the banking group at McGuireWoods LLP.
Ms. Guven graduated from Northwestern University, and received a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Wisconsin Law School, a M.A.
in International Public Affairs from the University of Wisconsin, and a LL.M from New York University School of Law, where she was also a Human Rights Scholar.
Ms. Guven is also an Adjunct Professor on Climate Change Law and Policy at the Columbia University School of Professional Studies.