HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) has appointed Fatima Hadj as climate investment strategist, and Laëtitia Tankwe as head of sustainability implementation & assurance.
In a newly created role, Hadj will based in London and report to Stuart Kirk, global head of research & responsible investments.
She will lead HSBC AM’s climate change strategy, ensuring climate considerations are embedded across its investment platform, according to the UK asset manager. She will also work with clients to help shape their climate strategies and investment teams as well as identify climate-related risks and opportunities in portfolios.
Hadj joins HSBC AM with two decades of experience across financial services and in supporting businesses to consider ESG factors from a risk and impact perspective.
She has held several senior roles in the banking and asset management industry, including Tikehau Capital, Standard & Poor’s, and Moody’s.
She has been the chair of the Principles for Responsible (PRI) ’s committee for ESG integration in securitised products since its creation, and is a member of the steering committee of the new collaboration between the Principles for Responsible Investment and the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative on bank loans and related products. Hadj is also a lecturer at Bocconi University on ESG integration in finance.
In another newly created role, head of sustainability implementation & assurance, Laëtitia Tankwe will focus on developing and delivering assurance frameworks for HSBC AM’s sustainability commitments to customers and industry partners. She will also coordinate some of our external industry activities.
She will be based in Paris and reports to Erin Leonard, head of sustainability.
Before joining HSBC AM, Tankwe was the responsible investment advisor to the president of the French public sector pension scheme, Caisse des dépôts Group, where she contributed to the definition and implementation of its responsible investment roadmap.
Prior to this she held advisory, consultant and analyst roles at Banque Populaire Méditerranée, BPCE, Secafi, Batirente and BNP Paribas. Tankwe has also held board-level roles on the UN PRI and FrenchSIF, as well as being a member of the Climate Action 100+ Steering Committee.
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