Credit Suisse expands ESG specialist team with five new hires

Swiss banking giant  Credit Suisse announced that  it has added five new hires to grow its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy team. They are Michael van der Meer, Angela Saxby, Sina Dorner-Müller, Timothy Oehmigen,  Karim Sayyad respectively. 

In their new roles, they will join the existing team of specialists who are responsible for the development and oversight of Credit Suisse's ESG Investment Framework, and who have built the ESG Hub which acts as the bank's center of expertise.

In addition, they will advance and consolidate Credit Suisse's ESG practices and procedures, support an integrated ESG house view by industry sector, provide opinions on single securities, perform sector sustainability analyses, and facilitate fundamental integration of relevant sustainability insights in research outcomes and investment cases.

The five will join the bank's Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance (SSAF) function, be based in Zurich and report into Daniel Wild, Global Head of ESG Strategy. Mr. van der Meer will act as Head of ESG Analysis and will lead the ESG strategy team. An experienced sustainable investments expert, he was most recently Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Robeco.

Daniel Wild, Global Head of ESG Strategy at Credit Suisse, said: "I am delighted to welcome such a well-respected, talented and experienced group of individuals to our team. As ESG continues to grow in significance in our industry and across the world, Michael, Angela, Sina, Timothy and Karim will help to offer our clients a further enhanced sustainability service and position Credit Suisse as a leader in the area of ESG policy, analysis and expertise."

Marisa Drew, Chief Sustainability Officer and Global Head of SSAF at Credit Suisse, added: "These appointments are a key step in augmenting our ESG expertise and expanding our sustainability offering for clients. This investment in our ESG center of knowledge will help us to scale our activities across the bank, ultimately furthering our ambition to be a sustainability leader."