Quilter Investors broadens responsible investment team with double hire
Quilter Investors, the multi-asset investment business of Quilter, has announced it has enhanced its responsible investment team with two new hires.
Jonathan De Pasquallie has joined as a responsible investment analyst from KPMG in the Crown Dependencies, where he provided investors with environmental, social and governance (ESG) due diligence as well as assisting them with approaches to climate risk and decarbonisation strategies.
At Quilter Investors, De Pasquallie will support enhancements being made to ESG integration and reporting, and help lead active ownership activities.
Meanwhile, Chris Wu has joined the business as a responsible investment quantitative analyst. Wu was most recently a Research Officer at the London School of Economics and has a decade of experience in applied data science.
With a PhD in Urban Studies, Wu will help the business utilise data and technology in its responsible investment decision making and conduct detailed research within the sector.
The responsible investment team at Quilter Investors is part of the extended manager research hub the business launched at the end of last year to enhance its fund manager research capabilities. The hub is formed of three teams: Manager Selection; Operational Due Diligence; and the Responsible Investment team.
Marisol Hernandez joined Quilter Investors in October last year to lead the Responsible Investment team. The team also features Nikki Williamson, a responsible investment analyst, and Will Miller, a responsible investment quantitative analyst, who have utilised their specialist knowledge to help embed responsible investment into the business to date.
The team is responsible for the development and implementation of the responsible investment policy in the investment process and across the business, as well as active stewardship of clients' assets by engaging with underlying fund managers on an ongoing basis.
Marisol Hernandez (pictured), head of responsible investment at Quilter Investors, said: “Responsible investment has become such a critical component of everything we do at Quilter Investors. The addition of a data scientist and an experienced responsible investment consultant brings an advanced set of skills to scale up the work already being done by the existing team, as we continue to work with our fund managers and distribution partners to meet customer and regulatory needs.
“Given the increase in regulatory requirements in responsible investment, we want to give advisers and investors the confidence that their objectives are being met and their money is being managed in line with their needs and regulations. Having a strong and well-resourced responsible investment team is a positive step in providing that support and expertise for our clients.
“I am really pleased we have constructed a strong team that has both deep understanding and experience of the sector as well as the business and I look forward to us shaping an ambitious and pragmatic responsible investment position for Quilter Investors.”
