Katie Beith joins Forsyth Barr from the NZ Super Fund.
Forsyth Barr has established a new management role to meet growing demand for advice and solutions on embedding environment, social and governance principles into investment strategies for clients.
Katie Beith has been appointed the first head of ESG. Her long career in ESG investment began in 2004 with Newton Investment Management in London where she introduced the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment into the company’s processes.
Beith has joined Forsyth Barr from the NZ Super Fund, where she has been since February 2016, lately as senior investment strategist, responsible investment. Beith was a key contributor to driving the Fund’s climate change investment strategy and designing its new sustainable finance strategy. She also sits on the External Reporting Board’s Stakeholder Advisory Board.
Forsyth Barr Managing Director Neil Paviour-Smith said many of Forsyth Barr’s significant investment clients, including community trusts, iwi and philanthropic funds, have ESG principles as a priority in their mandates.
“Katie’s expertise will help incorporate ESG factors into our research process, investment strategy, and client reporting as well as assisting advisers with specific client needs,” he said.
Beith said: “I’m delighted to … help steer a very deliberate commitment to ESG that goes into all elements of the business.”
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