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Women Shattered the ESG Glass Ceiling, Now the Men Want In

Responsible investing is that rare arena in finance where the gender imbalance in top jobs isn’t hugely lopsided in men’s favor. 

Left to right: Jane Ambachtsheer, Lindsay Patrick, Rakhi Kumar, Emily Chew, Bonnie Wongtrakool

Left to right: Jane Ambachtsheer, Lindsay Patrick, Rakhi Kumar, Emily Chew, Bonnie Wongtrakool

Source: BNP Paribas Asset Management; Royal Bank of Canada; State Street; Manulife Investment Management; Western Asset Management;

It was the usual setup for panelists at a finance conference talking about making smart investments. They were all the same gender.

In this case, all women. That probably wasn’t  surprising, considering the event was hosted by the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment. Still, Karine Hirn, founding partner at East Capital in Hong Kong, watched in admiration. She celebrated on Twitter: “Climate finance is at last opening up perspectives for great talent within the otherwise very unbalanced world of finance.”