Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva, has expanded the responsible investment team in its real assets division by appointing Phillipa Grant, Elizabeth Ortiz and Jeremy Ho.
Grant joins as director of sustainable investments, while Ortiz has been appointed as an associate, and Jeremy Ho as an analyst. All will report to Edward Dixon, Aviva Investment's head of responsible investment in the real assets unit.
Grant is a chartered engineer and joins Aviva Investors following eight years at AESG, a global advisory business, where she was a partner and global director of sustainability. At Aviva Investors, she will be responsible for delivering sustainability outcomes for clients across its real assets sustainable fund range.
Joining from KPMG where she was an assistant manager, leading on climate strategy development for corporate clients, Ortiz will focus on developing and delivering client sustainability objectives across private markets asset classes.
Prior to her role at KPMG, her new employer says she researched whistleblower cases with Kirby McInerney. She holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a Masters in Environmental Science from King’s College London.
Ho is a graduate of Durham University and Imperial College Business School and will be responsible for delivering sustainability research and due diligence for the growing private lending business at Aviva Investors.
He joins having previously worked at Pyxis Wealth Advisors and proSapient, where he carried out cross-asset class research for hedge fund, private equity and ultra-high-net-worth family clients.
Dixon said in a statement: "All three hires bring an enviable level of expertise from across a range of geographies and sectors to address this need and we believe they will materially advance the breadth and depth of our sustainability offering to clients."