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Geir Espeskog (left) and Emily Woodland (right), co-heads of Blackrock Sustainable Investing
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Blackrock Names APAC Co-Heads for Sustainable Investing
The New York-headquartered asset manager has appointed
Geir Espeskog and
Emily Woodland as co-heads of «Blackrock Sustainable Investing» (BSI) for APAC.
Espeskog is Blackrock’s current head of iShares APAC distribution after first joining the exchange-traded fund business in 2010 through its London office. He relocated to Hong Kong in 2015 and has grown iShares assets under management from $50 billion to over $160 billion including for sustainable investment products.
Woodland joins from AMP Capital where she as its head of sustainable investment since 2018 overseeing ESG-related initiatives across products, research, analysis and thought leadership. Previously, she was also with Asia Debt Management’s sustainable investment programs and spent 16 years with UBS in trading and portfolio
CFP Board Names New D&I Director
The Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards Inc. (CFP Board) has named Dawn Harris as its director of diversity and inclusion (D&I) for the Center for Financial Planning.
In this newly created position, Harris will be responsible for advancing diversity and inclusion programs and growing the number of diverse CFP professionals within the financial planning profession.
“CFP Board and the center are committed to advancing a culture of diversity and inclusion throughout the financial planning workforce,” says
CFP Board CEO Kevin R. Keller. “Dawn brings experience and skills that will strengthen our D&I strategic objectives and programs that help drive a more diverse financial profession.”
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