Japan’s Nikko Asset Management (AM) has announced the establishment of its global sustainable investment, a move that consolidates its international ESG capability.
It comes on the back of a 12-month expansion of its sustainability teams across its Tokyo, Singapore and London offices.
The team will be led by Natalia Rajewska as global head of sustainable investment, a newly-created position based in Singapore.
She will report to group president Stefanie Drews and chief investment officer Hiroshi Yoh.
Rajewska joined Nikko AM in 2021 and was previously sustainable finance vice president at ING Singapore and an ESG analyst at Aviva Investors in London.
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