LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The alternative investing arm of the world's biggest asset manager BlackRock has hired Kristen Weldon as global head of sustainable finance, a memo seen by Reuters showed.
Weldon joins from Partners Capital where she was head of ESG (environmental, social and governance) and Impact Investing. Among her previous roles, Weldon was co-head of Blackstone's hedge fund solutions business, the memo said.
"Based in London, she will continue to drive our agenda to embrace ESG and sustainable investing principles at the center of our business and lead important initiatives such as developing a comprehensive framework for assessing climate risk," the memo from BlackRock Alternative Investments $(BAI.SI)$ head Edwin Conway and Chief Investment Officer Jim Barry said.
Weldon replaces Teresa O’Flynn who is moving to become a founding member of Decarbonization Partners, a venture capital and private equity partnership with Singaporean investor Temasek announced in April.
As part of its expansion into sustainable investing, BAI earlier this year also launched the world's largest renewable power infrastructure fund, Global Renewable Power III, which closed at $4.8 billion, it said.
(Reporting by Simon Jessop Editing by Mark Potter)
((simon.jessop@thomsonreuters.com; +44 (0) 207 542 5052; Reuters Messaging: Reuters Messaging: simon.jessop.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))
免責聲明：投資有風險，本文並非投資建議，以上內容不應被視為任何金融產品的購買或出售要約、建議或邀請，作者或其他用戶的任何相關討論、評論或帖子也不應被視為此類內容。本文僅供一般參考，不考慮您的個人投資目標、財務狀況或需求。TTM對信息的準確性和完整性不承擔任何責任或保證，投資者應自行研究並在投資前尋求專業建議。