Paris Jordan departs Waverton IM to lead Charles Stanley responsible investment research team

investmentweek.co.uk:

Paris Jordan (pictured) will join Charles Stanley as head of responsible investing in December 2023.

She currently holds the role of senior multi-asset analyst at Waverton Investment Management, where she has worked since February 2021.

Prior to that, Jordan worked at Sanlam Investments UK for more than five years, joining as a reporting analyst before being promoted to fund analyst for responsible investing.

In 2020, she also co-founded Virtuvest, a responsible investment network for professional allocators aiming to educate, challenge and combine expertise to aid investment managers, investors and existing initiatives to boost their sustainability goals.

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In her new role, she will be responsible for managing the responsible investment research team and leading integration and analysis that will inform Charles Stanley's investment strategy and decisions.

Based in London, she will report to Charles Stanley CIO Patrick Farrell.

Farrell said: «Paris is a highly regarded sustainable investor who brings a wealth of expertise in fund selection, portfolio construction and sustainability analysis across various asset classes.

»I am delighted that she is joining the team to help us further develop our research capabilities and integrate responsible investing analysis across our portfolios."

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