Platypus appoints ESG head

Platypus/AMP-Capital/Gary-Adamson/ESG/

6 November 2020
| By Chris Dastoor |
image
image
expand image

Platypus Asset Management has appointed Kristen Le Mesurier as its head of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) and engagement.

Le Mesurier joined from AMP Capital where she was a senior member of the ESG team before becoming portfolio manager of the Ethical Leaders diversified funds.

Gary Adamson, Platypus chief executive, said Le Mesurier’s addition to the team was an important step in achieving the firm’s goal to be recognised as a leader in the integration of ESG, company engagement and shareholder advocacy. 

“As ESG and sustainable investment continues to gather momentum here and overseas we are delighted to welcome a professional of Kristen’s calibre to lead Platypus’s product development in this area and to support our investment team with ESG issues as they relate to portfolio construction and performance,” Adamson said.

“Kristen is passionate about engagement and driving change and has led ambitious engagement agendas on modern slavery, climate change, gender diversity, sugar and obesity and animal rights and we look forward to her contribution as part of the Platypus leadership team.”

Le Mesurier’s other experience included being a sell-side analyst covering financials, a corporate governance analyst at Ownership Matters, a commercial litigator at Piper Alderman, and a business journalist with Fairfax.

Read more about:

AUTHOR

Recommended for you

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months ago

Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

4 weeks 1 day ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

3 weeks ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

1 week 6 days ago

TOP PERFORMING FUNDS