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Nikko AM Adds To Singapore-Based ESG Team

Editorial Staff

2 February 2024

has added three figures to its global ESG team, based in Singapore. 

The joiners – Sheela Veerappan, Bhaveer Shah and Alexandre Tessier – report to Natalia Rajewska, global head of sustainable development, the Japanese firm said in a statement yesterday.

Veerappan, who is global ESG integration lead, has a background of 15 years in sustainable investment. Prior to this role, she was head of Australia and New Zealand and UN Principles for Responsible Investment, and later senior sustainable investment specialist for a global asset manager.

Shah, who is Nikko AM’s global environmental lead, was previously vice president, applied climate and ESG investment research at MSCI.

Tessier, an ESG regulations specialist, comes from a Europe-based asset management house.

All three individuals are based at the firm’s sustainable investment hub in Singapore, it said.