Emerging and frontier markets specialist East Capital created the position of a Chief Sustainability Officer to spearhead the group’s established position as an active responsible investor.
As Chief Sustainability Officer at East Capital, Hong Kong-based Karine Hirn will oversee the ESG and sustainability work within the East Capital Group, including the continued full integration of ESG analysis into the firm’s investment process, according to a media release sent on Tuesday.
In this new role, she will join the portfolio management team for East Capital Global Emerging Market Sustainable. She will build upon the existing ESG framework already in place for the group’s investment arms and coordinate new initiatives across the company. She will also be responsible for ensuring East Capital’s ongoing commitment to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), which East Capital joined as signatory in 2012.
Founding Partner of East Capital
Hirn has 25 years of experience in the investment industry and was a founding partner of East Capital in 1997 in Stockholm. She is currently the CEO of East Capital Asia, based in Hong Kong, and Chairperson to East Capital entities in Luxembourg.
She is a French trade counsellor, Vice Chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong and board member of the European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
