First Sentier Investors (FSI) has appointed Kate Turner as global head of responsible investment to succeed Will Oulton.
Based in Sydney, Turner had worked at FSI since 2019, including the last eight months as deputy global head of responsible investment, and would replace Will Oulton who had been based in the UK and set up the firm’s Responsible Investment team.
He would retire at the end of the year after 10 years in the role but remain active in a consultancy capacity for FSI.
Chief executive, Mark Steinberg, said: “I am delighted to internally appoint Kate as successor to this important role. For the past three years, Kate has played an integral role in working with our investment and Responsible Investment teams to support integration of ESG considerations into our investment processes, while also regularly engaging with clients and stakeholders”.
As well as leadership changes, FSI also made four appointments to the team.
Finian Power was appointed as head of ESG policy and regulation, Bjorn De Smedt, Belinda White and Rhys Foulkes were appointed as a responsible investment specialist.
They joined the RI team from a variety of previous roles and locations; Power was formerly head of investment management in Dublin, White was a senior communication manager in Sydney, Foulkes was a senior credit analyst in London and De Smedt was a new hire who would be based in Sydney.
Steinberg said: “Our global RI team is now well-positioned to advise on increasingly complex ESG regulations, and work with investment teams on critical issues including climate change, human rights and modern slavery, diversity and biodiversity – all with the aim of driving long-term investment performance and helping address some of society’s significant challenges”.
