Invesco has appointed Arun Kelshiker as head of EMEA sustainable and impact investing distribution, helping to raise and mobilise capital in sustainable and impact-focused investment strategies in EMEA, and coordinate with colleagues at Invesco globally.
Kelshiker comes with 20 years’ experience in multi-asset and sustainable investing, having managed institutional assets and provided responsible investment advisory services at global firms. Prior roles include head of asset allocation and portfolio strategy at Standard Chartered Bank and senior portfolio manager at Allianz Global Investors.
He has worked on sustainable investment solutions and green finance projects for stakeholders including the University of Cambridge for the Commonwealth Secretariat, as well as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Kelshiker is also a board member of Philanthropy Impact and a member of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change’s Just Transition Advisory Group.
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Richard Glenn, head of EMEA private markets distribution at Invesco, said: “We see more demand globally for impact-related investments, with investors increasingly searching for highly targeted and sophisticated solutions that can demonstrate transparent impact.
“Scaling these efforts around climate adaptation is essential to building resilience and ensuring a sustainable future for communities and economies facing the most severe impacts of climate change.
“Kelshiker brings experience across multi-stakeholder environments and will play a key role in helping us engage with our clients on their financial and impact-orientated outcomes.”
Speaking about his appointment, Kelshiker added: “Invesco’s investment solutions are driving efforts to fund impact investing and climate adaptation at the scale needed to deliver transformative outcomes.
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