BlackRock Names Former Obama Aide to Run Sustainable Investing
- Brian Deese was a key adviser on Paris Climate Agreement
- Winshel to now focus full time on firm’s philanthropy efforts
Brian Deese speaks in the White House briefing room in 2012.
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BlackRock Inc., is bringing in a former senior Obama administration official to run fast-growing sustainable investment strategies at the world’s biggest asset manager.
Brian Deese, 39, who led environmental initiatives for the Obama White House and was deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, is joining BlackRock Tuesday as head of sustainable investing, according to a staff memo obtained by Bloomberg. He’ll report to Richard Kushel, who oversees the multi-asset strategies unit.