Aviva Investors has appointed Sam Tripuraneni as its new head of sustainable outcomes.
In this role Tripuraneni will oversee the firm’s stewardship and sustainable outcomes franchises, encompassing the climate transition, social transition and natural capital transition suite of products.
This will involve oversight of the Aviva’s existing sustainable funds range, looking at both philosophy and processes, which will include quantitative research models, and the quantification and delivery of sustainability impacts.
Tripuraneni will also be responsible for overseeing ESG thematic research and how this is integrated across liquid market asset classes. He will also play a key role in the development of new sustainability and impact strategies.
Tripuraneni will be based in London and report to Mirza Baig, global head of ESG investments, who manages a team of eight sustainability specialists.
Tripuraneni joins from BlackRock, where he has worked for seven years, most recently as a director in its sustainable investing team. Prior to that, he was a relationship manager in the UK defined contribution sales team.
Baig say Tripuraneni would play a strategic role within the business. “I am confident he will help build on our solutions to meet the financial, social and environmental objectives that matter increasingly to our clients and wider society.”
Tripuraneni adds: “I was attracted to Aviva Investors because of its strong heritage in responsible investment. The world is experiencing multiple social and environmental crises, such as catastrophic levels of biodiversity loss, increasing social inequality and temperature rise that threaten to fundamentally destabilise our economies and societies. I am excited about how my role at Aviva Investors can contribute towards the investment industry’s response to tackling this triple sustainability challenge.”