Investors increasingly recognize that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors can affect a company’s ability to manage risk and deliver financial performance over the long-term. ESG data and information can provide investors with a more comprehensive view of company performance.
SASB’s Investor Advisory Group (IAG) comprises leading asset owners and asset managers who are committed to improving the quality and comparability of sustainability-related disclosure to investors.
Egon Vavrek
APG (All Pensions Group)
Director Global Emerging Markets Equities, Fundamental Strategies
Christian Kjaer
ATP
Head of Liquid Markets, Vice President
Ole Buhl
ATP
Head of ESG, Senior Vice President
Matt Christensen
AXA Investment Management
Global Head of Responsible Investment
Anna Snider
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Head of Due Diligence for the Chief Investment Officer,
Global Weath & Investment Management
Jennifer Coulson
BCI (British Columbia Investment Management Corporation)
Senior Manager, ESG Integration | Public Equities
Michelle Edkins
BlackRock
Managing Director & Global Head of Investment Stewardship
Ray Cameron
BlackRock
Head of Investment Stewardship – The Americas
Peter Coffin
Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Founder & President
Rob Fernandez
Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Vice President & Director of ESG Research
Faith Ward
Brunel Pension Partnership
Chief Responsible Investment Officer
Dan Bienvenue
CalPERS
Interim Chief Operating Investment Officer & Managing Investment Director, Global Equity
Beth Richtman
CalPERS
Managing Investment Director, Sustainable Investment Program
Christopher Ailman
IAG Chair Emeritus
CalSTRS
Chief Investment Officer
Kirsty Jenkinson
CalSTRS
Investment Director, Sustainable Investment & Stewardship Strategies
John Streur
Calvert Research & Management
President & CEO
Anne Richardson
Calvert Research & Management
Chief Operating Officer
Robert W. Lovelace
Capital Group
Vice Chairman
Natasha Braginsky Mounier
Capital Group
ESG Investment Director
Bertrand Millot
CDPQ
Vice-President
Head of Investment Stewardship
Ben Lambert
CPPIB
Interim Head of Sustainable Investing
Carole Laible
Domini Impact Investments
CEO
Corey Klemmer
Domini Impact Investments
Director of Engagement
Pam Holding
Fidelity Investments
Co-Head, Equity Division
Nicole Connolly
Fidelity Investments
Head of ESG Investing and Portfolio Manager
Julie Moret
Franklin Templeton Investments
Head of ESG
John Goldstein
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Managing Director, Global Head, ESG Investing
Catherine Winner
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Vice President, Fundamental Equity Client Portfolio Management
– Head of Stewardship
Michael Cappucci
Harvard Management Company
Senior Vice President, Compliance and Sustainable Investing
Eoin Murray
Hermes Investment Management
Head of Investment
Dr. Michael Viehs
Hermes Investment Management
Associate Director – ESG Integration
Aaron Meder
Legal & General Investment Management America
Chief Executive Officer
John Hoeppner
Legal & General Investment Management America
Head of US Stewardship and Sustainable Investments
Christopher Conkey, CFA
Manulife Investment Management
Head of Public Markets, Global Wealth and Asset Management
Margaret Childe
Manulife Investment Management
Director,ESG Research & Integration
Ted Eliopoulos
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Vice Chair Investment Management & Head of Strategic Partnerships
Rui de Figueiredo
Morgan Stanley Investment Management
Co-Head and Chief Investment Officer, Solutions & Multi-Asset Group
Joseph V. Amato
Neuberger Berman
President of Neuberger Berman Group LLC, Chief Investment Officer of Equities
Jonathan Bailey
Neuberger Berman
Managing Director and Head of ESG Investing
Alex Doñé
New York City Retirement Systems
Deputy Comptroller & Chief Investment Officer, NYC Bureau of Asset Management
Michael Garland
New York City Retirement Systems
Assistant Comptroller – Corporate Governance and Responsible Investment, NYC Office of the Comptroller
Tomoaki Fujii
Nissay Asset Management
Co-CIO
Toshikazu Hayashi
Nissay Asset Management
Chief Analyst
Eivind Lorgen
Nordea Asset Management
CEO, North America
Marjo Koivisto
Nordea Asset Management
Co-Head Responsible Investments
Wilhelm Mohn
Norges Bank Investment Management
Head of Sustainability Initiatives, Corporate Governance
Christopher Shipley
Northern Trust Asset Management
Senior Vice President and Head of Fundamental Equities
Barbara Zvan
IAG Chair
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Chief Risk & Strategy Officer
Deborah Ng
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Director, Strategy and Risk
John Skjervem
IAG Vice Chair
Oregon State Treasury, Investment Division
Chief Investment Officer
Anna Totdahl
Oregon State Treasury, Investment Division
Investment Officer, ESG & Sustainability
Hans Op ‘t Veld
PGGM
Head of Responsible Investment
Jelena Stamenkova van Rumpt
PGGM
Advisor Responsible Investment
Gavin Power
PIMCO
Executive Vice President and Chief of Sustainable Development and International Affairs
Del Anderson
PIMCO
Senior Vice President & Credit Analyst
Katherine Collins
Putnam Investments
Portfolio Manager and Head of Sustainable Investing
Paul Scanlon
Putnam Investments
Head of Credit Research
Margaret Stumpp
QMA (a PGIM company)
Senior Advisor
Pat Watral
QMA (a PGIM company)
Senior Governance Officer
Jessica Ground
Schroders
Fund Manager & Global Head of Stewardship
Lynn Blake
State Street Global Advisors
Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, Global Head of Beta Solutions
Rakhi Kumar
State Street Global Advisors
Senior Managing Director, Head of ESG Investments and Asset Stewardship
George Parker
Sustainable Insight Capital Management
Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Benjamin L. Cotton, CFA
UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
Senior Managing Director, Liquid Markets
Bruno Bertocci
UBS Asset Management
Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investors
Christopher Greenwald
UBS Asset Management
Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing Research
Glenn Booraem
Vanguard
Principal & Head of Investment Stewardship
Marc Lindsay
Vanguard
Senior Strategist, Investment Stewardship
Heidi Soumerai
Walden Asset Management
Managing Director & Senior ESG Advisor
Carly Greenberg
Walden Asset Management
Manager of ESG Investing
Hannah Skeates
Wells Fargo Asset Management
Global Head of ESG
Jessica Mann
Wells Fargo Asset Management
Head of Stewardship
David Zellner
Wespath Investment Management
Chief Investment Officer
Nicholas Abel
Wespath Investment Management
Manager, Sustainable Investment Services
The SASB Investor Advisory Group (IAG) comprises leading asset owners and asset managers who recognize the need for consistent, comparable and reliable disclosure of material and decision-useful ESG information. IAG Members:
Expectations from a wide range of corporate stakeholders for more detailed reporting on sustainability have yielded high rates of such reporting. Today, expectations of a wide range of investors for higher quality sustainability data is also growing, resulting in a need for tools through which companies can better translate their work on sustainability into a language and format more usable to investors across asset classes and strategies.
