LONDON, Jan 24 (IFR) - Standard Life Investments, theUK-based investment manager, has appointed Deborah Gilshan asgovernance and stewardship director to strengthen its ESGinvestment team.
Gilshan will report to Euan Stirling, head of stewardshipand ESG (environmental, social and governance) investment andwill actively engage with companies, their boards and regulatorson governance issues, SLI said on Tuesday.
She will join in May from RPMI Railpen, where she is head ofsustainable ownership. Gilshan is also a member of the steeringcommittee of the 30% Club, a global initiative to promotediversity, and co-chairs the 30% Club's institutional investorgroup in Britain.
"As active investment managers, engagement continues to beat the heart of our approach to ESG matters and it is importantfor us to influence the standards of governance that apply,"said Stirling. (Reporting by Steve Slater)
