American Century Investments has named former Schroders employee Sarah Bratton Hughes as its new senior vice president and head of ESG and sustainable investing.
Hughes, who previously worked as the global head of sustainability solutions for Schroders, will also lead American Century’s ESG and Investment Stewardship team.
Hughes will be responsible for driving and executing American Century’s sustainable investing strategy, while managing the firm’s ESG research platform and active ownership practices.
Her and her team will also be responsible for implementing firmwide ESG research and training, innovating ESG assessment tools, managing the ESG engagement and proxy voting protocol and driving sustainable investment initiatives and client solutions.
Prior to her ten years at Schroders, Hughes held roles at JP Morgan Asset Management and JPMorgan Chase.
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“Over the past five years, we have made tremendous progress in our ESG efforts, building a solid foundation, deepening our ESG knowledge and developing innovative tools and resources,” said Victor Zhang, senior vice president and chief investment officer of American Century.
“As we look ahead, we want to accelerate our sustainable investing efforts and believe Sarah will help take us to that next level. In hiring Sarah, we have added to our team a talented ESG and sustainable investing leader with a distinguished reputation in the industry.”
American Century Investments has named former Schroders employee Sarah Bratton Hughes as its new senior vice president and head of ESG and sustainable investing.
Hughes, who previously worked as the global head of sustainability solutions for Schroders, will also lead American Century’s ESG and Investment Stewardship team.
Hughes will be responsible for driving and executing American Century’s sustainable investing strategy, while managing the firm’s ESG research platform and active ownership practices.
Her and her team will also be responsible for implementing firmwide ESG research and training, innovating ESG assessment tools, managing the ESG engagement and proxy voting protocol and driving sustainable investment initiatives and client solutions.
Prior to her ten years at Schroders, Hughes held roles at JP Morgan Asset Management and JPMorgan Chase.
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“Over the past five years, we have made tremendous progress in our ESG efforts, building a solid foundation, deepening our ESG knowledge and developing innovative tools and resources,” said Victor Zhang, senior vice president and chief investment officer of American Century.
“As we look ahead, we want to accelerate our sustainable investing efforts and believe Sarah will help take us to that next level. In hiring Sarah, we have added to our team a talented ESG and sustainable investing leader with a distinguished reputation in the industry.”