GAM Investments’ Global Chief Sustainability Officer Stephanie Maier is due to join index provider FTSE Russell, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), as of September in the newly created role of Global Head of Sustainability. The position forms part of a wider revamp of LSEG’s data and analytics arm. Maier will be departing Swiss asset manager GAM, which she had joined in 2021, first as global head of sustainable and impact investment, before becoming global chief sustainability officer last year. Maier had previously spent more than three and a half years as HSBC’s director of responsible investment, and three years as Aviva Investor’s head of responsible investment strategy and research. She is also a Founding Global Steering Committee Member at investor-led initiative Climate Action 100+. At GAM, Maier will be replaced by Katherine Roach in the expanded role of Global Head of Sustainability and Investments Business Management, effective 1 August. Her move is the latest in a string of departures from the Swiss firm this year, following those of former emerging-markets equities team managers Tim Love and Joaquim Nogueira, UK equities fund manager Adrian Gosden, among others.
