Euan joined Standard Life Investments in January 2001 from Schroder Investment Management. As a senior fund manager and investment analyst in the UK Equity Team, he has managed a range of institutional UK equity portfolios for both public and private sector pension schemes.

Commenting on the appointment, Rod Paris, Chief Investment Officer, Standard Life Investments, said: “We are delighted to appoint Euan Stirling as Head of Stewardship and ESG Investment. It is testament to the depth of talent we have in our investment team that we have been able to fill this role internally. Euan’s expertise in company analysis, portfolio management and client relations equip him well to ensure that the outstanding stewardship capability of our Governance & Stewardship and Responsible Investment teams is fully embedded within our Focus on Change investment process.

“This new role will enable us to enhance our client offering in an area where we are already regarded as market leaders and will ensure that Standard Life Investments continues to be at the forefront of Stewardship and ESG Investment.

“Finally I would like to take this opportunity to thank Guy Jubb for his contribution to the business and in particular for over the last 20 years, where he has played a major role in helping to build Standard Life Investments’ reputation as a leader in the governance & stewardship arena.”

Guy will continue to lead Standard Life Investments’ engagement with companies until he retires on 31st March 2016.

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The revised Guidelines will be applied on a global basis. A notable change to the Guidelines is the inclusion of a new section entitled “Values and Business Practices”. In addition, specific reference is made to Standard Life Investments’ support for arrangements that would require directors and senior executives to retain an appropriate proportion of the shares they own after they leave a company.

Commenting on the new Principles and Policy Guidelines, Guy Jubb, Global Head of Governance & Stewardship, said: “Our new Principles and Policy Guidelines provide our investment team with a global framework to help enhance our evaluation of the governance of companies, which is an increasingly important component in our stock selection process. Corporate values and business practices are new ingredients. We shall not only be looking to boards to demonstrate how they have ensured that their values and standards of business practice are implemented but also progressively hold them to account for doing so.”

The new Principles and Policy Guidelines will be effective from January 2014, following which regional voting guidelines will be developed to assist the investment team in putting the Guidelines into practice in a voting context.

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