SJP hires head of responsible investment

Former Hermes EOS co-head

St. James's Place (SJP) has appointed Emma Hunt, former co-head of EOS at Hermes, as head of responsible investment.

Hunt will lead the strategic and operational development of the responsible investment offering at St. James's Place to enhance the company's stewardship capabilities and further engage partners and clients in its responsible investment work. Hunt is also a non executive director at not-for-profit think tank Carbon Tracker, and as previously worked at Mercer and Towers Watson. SJP replaces Standard Life Aberdeen with Impax on Ethical fund; launches Diversified Assets fund Tom Beal, deputy chief investment officer at St. James's Place, commented: "We are thrilled to welcome Emma to ...