Industry, Logistics & Shipping
Global asset manager Jupiter names sustainability head
Jupiter, a UK-based asset management company, has appointed Sandra Carlisle as the head of its newly-created Corporate Sustainability business. In this role, she will be responsible for structuring and implementing the company’s sustainability strategy.
Jupiter, a UK fund management group, managing equity and bond investments for private and institutional investors, has appointed Sandra Carlisle as the head of its newly-established Corporate Sustainability business.
In this role, she will be responsible for structuring and implementing the company’s sustainability strategy.
Carlisle joins Jupiter from HSBC Asset Management where she was Global ESG lead for the institutional business since 2017, a role which covered client and business strategy across insurance, sovereign wealth and pension funds.
Her experience spans three decades across public and private markets in leading global investment banks and the asset management industry, with 16 of these years dedicated to the field of responsible investment and ESG, including three years as a Board member of the UN PRI.
She was instrumental in the launch of several ESG and impact funds as well as chairing the HSBC Asset Management Climate Business Council for two years between 2018 and 2020.
The Corporate Sustainability team will take responsibility for implementing and driving Jupiter’s cohesive sustainability strategy across our dual corporate and investment footprint.
They will partner with all business areas to further integrate sustainability; driving external engagement with clients; collaborating with external bodies, supporting best practice outcomes at an industry level; as well as developing additional targets and reporting to support the company strategy.
The team will be led by Sandra with the support of a new Corporate Sustainability Manager.
Prior to this, Carlisle was Head of Responsible Investment at Newton Investment Management where she managed the global ESG research team across equities, fixed income and multi-asset strategies. She also spearheaded the company’s investment stewardship and public policy work.
Her appointment and the creation of the Corporate Sustainability function builds on Jupiter’s industry leading and longstanding ESG and Stewardship capabilities.
With a 34-year track record in responsible investing, the company has been a pioneer in the industry. Jupiter has continued to develop its investment offering and integrate ESG through its active investment approach and investment in data.
Welcoming Carlisle’s appointment, CEO Andrew Formica said: "This signals our desire to continue to build and deliver a competitive and compelling offering in this crucially important area. As a pioneer in responsible investing and with an established track record of engaged and effective stewardship, we are focused as a business on maintaining our distinctive leadership position, always with our clients’ best interests at our heart."
"I am very proud of what we have achieved to date and look forward to Sandra’s arrival and an exciting path ahead as the Corporate Sustainability team take us to the next level of further integrating our core principles throughout the business," he added.-TradeArabia News Service