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2021-12-14 11:00:00
2021-12-14 12:00:00
Europe/London

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Webinar Description:

Investment Week is pleased to host the fourth in our new series of Career Booster webinars linked to our Women in Investment Awards, in association with HSBC Asset Management, focusing on helping women progress and thrive in sustainable and ESG investing roles within the sector.

We received a high number of entries for our new Sustainable & ESG Investment Woman of the Year category at this year’s awards and this webinar aims to help more women succeed in this exciting area.

This webinar would be of interest to women who are in the early stages or want to build on their career in sustainable and ESG investing, as well as those who would like to learn more about developing their skills and incorporating sustainable and ESG considerations into their current role.

Our panel of senior women will share the secrets of their success building a career in sustainable & ESG investing. They will highlight the opportunities for women in this exciting and rapidly-expanding area, where women are taking a leading role in setting the agenda and driving change.

The panel will give practical advice on how our audience can expand their skills and contacts, find the right roles for them, as well as negotiate an industry in transition and stay on top of recent developments. They will also discuss how women can have influence at firm and industry level to help champion sustainable and ESG investing.

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Panellists

Katrina Baugh

Katrina Baugh

Editor-in-Chief, Investment Week

Erin Leonard

Erin Leonard

Head of Sustainability, HSBC Asset Management

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Erin was recently appointed Head of Sustainability for HSBC Asset Management and is responsible for the delivery of our sustainability business and product strategy, and the transition to sustainable investing across all parts of our business.    She joined HSBC in 2010 and has worked in a number of roles, including Interim Head of Institutional Client Business, Global Head of Fixed Income Product and EMEA Head of Product Development.   She has also led strategic business initiatives including the development of a UK Master Trust business and Asset Management’s firm-wide Responsible Investment Initiative.   Erin currently serves as Chair of the HSBC Global Liquidity Funds Board and as Director of Climate Asset Management and RadiantESG Asset Management.  She has over 25 years of asset management industry experience, with Fixed Income portfolio management and business management roles for Wells Fargo Asset Management, Aegon Asset Management, Lehman Brothers and Neuberger Berman.  Erin is a CFA Charterholder, past-President of the CFA Society NC and holds a BA in Economics from Davidson College in North Carolina.

Paris Jordan

Paris Jordan

Multi-Asset Analyst, Waverton Investment Management

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Paris joined Waverton in 2021 as a multi asset analyst, specialising in fund selection. Paris has held roles at Sanlam managing over £2bn in advisory and private client portfolios, and prior to that worked at Fidelity. She has a proven track record across a variety of asset classes and a notable specialism in ethical and sustainable investing. She is the Co-founder of the ethical investing network, Virtuvest and a Trustee of Rising Girl. Paris was ranked a Top 30 under 30 Investor by Citywire in both 2020 and 2021 and was awarded WeAreTheCity's Rising Star in Investment Management Award. She is a CFA Charterholder and holds the CFA ESG Certificate. She has been shortlisted for Fund Selector of the Year at the Investment Week Women In Investment Awards 2021.

Amanda Young

Amanda Young

Global Head of Responsible Investment, abrdn

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Amanda is the Global Head of Responsible Investment at abrdn. She has had over two decades of experience in responsible investment. She leads the Responsible Investment activities within the investment team in support of abrdn’s asset classes, including the development of abrdn’s sustainability funds. Previously, Amanda held positions in responsible investment and economic research at Newton Investment Management, CCLA Investment Management and Rabobank International. Amanda graduated from Lancaster University with a BSc in Psychology and has completed the University of Edinburgh Business School’s Executive Women’s Leadership Programme. Amanda led a workstream for the UK Government’s Taskforce on social impact investment and is a board director for Social Investment Scotland’s SIS Ventures fund. She currently Chairs the FTSE Russell ESG Advisory Committee and is deputy Chair of the Sustainability and Responsible Investment Committee of the Investment Association. She served on the board of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) for six years. Amanda has appeared on the Financial News top 100 most influential women in European Finance for five years from 2017 to 2021.

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