River and Mercantile Group PLC Recruitment of Group Head of ESG
February 02 2021 - 3:44AM
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River and Mercantile Group PLC
02 February 2021
2 February 2021
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River and Mercantile recruits Group Head of ESG
River and Mercantile has announced that Roger Lewis has joined
the Group in a new role as its Group Head of ESG.
Roger will be responsible for implementing and overseeing the
group's ESG philosophy and core principles across its various
investment divisions and integrating these important factors within
the firm's investment processes and asset management activities.
The coordination of these important factors horizontally across our
businesses and vertically into our corporate responsibilities is an
important and key development.
Roger previously worked at Aviva Investors, where
responsibilities included aligning ESG strategy and factors with
investment functions across its GBP47.3bn Real Assets platform,
which invests in property, infrastructure and private debt. Prior
to this, Roger held roles at Legal & General Investment
Management and J.P. Morgan.
Group Chief Executive James Barham, speaking of the appointment,
said: "We welcome Roger's appointment which underscores our
commitment to place environmental, social and governance factors at
the heart of everything we do. ESG has been a key part of our
investment thinking for many years as has our clients' interest and
awareness of the importance of sustainable investing. This
appointment will enable us to enhance our commitments and continue
to deliver exciting ESG investment opportunities to both current
and future clients."
Roger Lewis said: "With approximately half of all asset
managers' ESG strategies allocated to listed equities, a unique
position to influence asset owners through its investment
consultant role and a commitment to long-term active management,
River and Mercantile is extremely well positioned to capitalise on
the opportunities, while mitigating risks, that ESG presents.
Several sustainability mega-trends are emerging where financial
institutions play an important role, like rapidly increasing
awareness of climate change and drive to achieve 1.5 degrees above
pre-industrial levels. This is therefore an exciting time to be
joining the Group and I look forward to working with its talented
team of investment professionals as they continue to seek
opportunities to deliver sustainable, positive returns to
investors."
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About River and Mercantile
River and Mercantile Group PLC has AUM of GBP45.4bn, as at 30th
September 2020. The Group's capabilities encompasses Equities,
Fiduciary Management, Derivatives, Advisory Solutions and Macro
investments. Infrastructure will be the next division in the Group
designed to meet the investment needs of the existing and future
clients. The Group works across the institutional, wholesale and
intermediary markets spanning the UK, Europe the US as well as
Australia and New Zealand.
MRM: Chris Duncan
Director
020 3326 9907
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