Ian Simm, founder and chief executive of Impax Asset Management, talks to editor Katrina Lloyd about opportunities following the Paris Climate Change Agreement and the growing demand for real assets exposure in areas including infrastructure and property.
Ian has been responsible for building the company since its launch in 1998, and continues to head the listed equities and real assets investment committees. Prior to Impax, Ian was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company advising clients on resource efficiency issues. In 2013 he was appointed by the Secretary of State (Senior Minister) for Business, Innovation and Skills as a member of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the UK's leading funding agency for environmental science. He has a first class honours degree in physics from Cambridge University and a Masters in ...
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