Artemis has continued the strengthening of its investment capabilities with the appointment of Sacha El Khoury to the newly created position of Head of Impact Equities.
She will also lead the existing team of four managers running the active global impact equity portfolios Positive Future.
The group is seeing a growing demand from clients ranging from institutional investors to intermediaries for impact equity strategies and El Khoury will be helping to develop some of these solutions alongside existing fund management teams.
El Khoury, who will be based in London, will be reporting to the recently appointed head of global equities, Alex Stanic. She starts with the firm on 6th March 2023.
She will be also leveraging off the wealth of engagement and investment research using ESG and sustainable criteria which individual teams perform across the existing fixed income and equity Artemis fund ranges.
“Sacha is an expert in identifying companies with strong sustainability credentials that can make a positive impact on the environment and society. Her expertise overlaps well with that of the Artemis Positive Future team. Many of our clients share Artemis’ long-term commitment to sustainable investment and increasingly they want strategies that make a measurable positive impact. Sacha’s appointment further strengthens our capabilities in global equities and in impact equities specifically.”
Paras Anand, Artemis’ CIO.
She joins from Columbia Threadneedle Investment, where she incepted and led the CT Sustainable Global Equity Income Strategy in May 2021 and remained lead manager up until her resignation. She was also co-manager of the CT Sustainable Opportunities Global Equity and CT SDG Engagement Global Equity strategies.
El Khoury spent more than 12 years at BMO Global Asset Management, prior to CT’s acquisition of the business in November 2021.
“This is a great hire for the firm and will not only help leverage on the excellent work the Positive Future team do currently but also help enhance the ESG research that Artemis integrates within its portfolios. It is clear to us that an active approach can really create real world impact and produce good long-term returns to investors. Sacha’s addition to an already strong team underlines our commitment to proving that.”
Artemis’ Head of Global Equities, Alex Stanic.
