In this new role, Gabriel will work with Fidelity’s investment professionals to help further integrate sustainability considerations into the firm’s investment process. He will also work closely with Fidelity’s large research function on the firm’s proprietary sustainability ratings and support the execution of Fidelity’s sustainability-related regulatory programme, which continues to grow.

Gabriel will report to Jenn-Hui Tan, global head of Stewardship and Sustainable Investing at Fidelity International, who comments: “As we continue to expand our ESG capabilities and integration across the firm, I am delighted to have Gabriel join our growing team. He brings deep industry expertise in ESG research and stewardship, which will be a great asset to Fidelity. Gabriel will play an important part in helping the Sustainable Investing function identify long-term sustainable investment trends and strategic opportunities for our clients.”

With more than 15 years of experience, Gabriel joins Fidelity from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he was most recently global head of Sustainability Research. Prior to BNPP AM, he was an Executive Director in Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research division and Head of GS SUSTAIN for Asia. Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Economics) and a Bachelor of Information Systems from the University of Melbourne. He is a CFA charter holder.

Sustainable investing at Fidelity International

At Fidelity International, we believe that high standards of corporate responsibility make good business sense and have the potential to protect and enhance investment returns. Consequently, we integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into our research and investment decision-making process; we believe it has the potential to affect the long-term value of an investment.

Our objective is to act as responsible stewards of our clients’ capital and to influence corporate behaviours that will help to build and potentially increase investment returns. We do this in three ways by:

• integrating sustainability research and ratings into our fundamental research and security selection process
• using our corporate access to promote positive change and protect shareholder value
• offering sustainable investment solutions to meet our clients’ investment needs and objectives .

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