People Moves: who is hiring who within the industry?
A range of large church pension funds across Europe have appointed new sustainability heads while the GSIA has a new chair
An overview of this week's most important hires and departures within the net zero community.
Church Pension Fund in Finland appoints head of sustainable investing
Anna-Stina Wiklund has been named as head of sustainable investing at the Church Pension Fund in Finland.
Wiklund replaces Magdalena Lönnroth, who has been appointed portfolio manager and head of responsible investment at the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland.
In her new role, Wiklund will be responsible for the development of sustainable investing practices within the pension fund across asset categories, engagement and stakeholder dialogues.
She will also act as coordinator and main contact for activities relating to the UN PRI, the Carbon Disclosure Project and Finsif, the latter of which she also acts as a board member of.
Wiklund was previously sustainability manager at Ålandsbanken Fund Management, joining the firm in September 2020.
UK SIF chief to lead Global Sustainable Investment Alliance
The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), the international body that represents a range of regional investor-focused green finance organisations, has a new chair.
London-based James Alexander, currently the chief executive of GSIA's UK-member body, the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), has been promoted to the role.
Alexander replaces Simon O'Connor, who started to lead the GSIA three years ago, while also serving as the chief executive of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia.
Church Commissioners names responsible investment director
The Church Commissioners for England have promoted Sofia Bartholdy to the role of responsible investment integration director.
Bartholdy takes the position from her previous role as net zero lead for responsible investment at the fund, a role she had held since June 2022.
In the new position, Bartholdy will act as strategic lead on key responsible investment integration and climate change approaches, including impact and solutions.
She also acted as an ESG analyst at Tesco Pension Investment from 2020-2022.
Gresham House makes trio of sustainability hires
Alternative asset manager Gresham House has brought Chris Coulton, Jane O’Connor and Vanessa Owen within its sustainable infrastructure strategy, managing the British Sustainable Infrastructure Funds (BSIF).
Coulton joins as the director and deputy head of portfolio within sustainable infrastructure, having previously worked as a portfolio director at LDC Private Equity and as a director at Deloitte within the mid-market corporate advisory business.
O’Connor joins as an investment analyst. Before joining Gresham House, she was an investment analyst for the renewable energy funds at Temporis Capital, with focus on investing in solar, wind and battery storage assets.
Owen, who joined the company as a portfolio analyst, previously worked at Secretariat as a forensic accountant specialising in valuations.
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