Co-founder and Joint Managing Director
Responsible Investor
Categories covered by Hugh
Sessions covered by this speaker
Keynote discussion: Reflections on what COP26 will mean for asset owners and investors on getting to net zero, with a particular view on the US
Plenary 1: The role of the US in setting global ESG standards, and the double materiality debate
Investor Spotlight 1: Equity portfolios
Investor Spotlight 2: Sustainable fixed income in action
Deep Dive 5: How should investors and companies navigate through the landscape of a polarized America?
About this Speaker
Hugh has written extensively on investment, corporate and sustainability issues for UK national newspapers including The Observer and The Financial Times. He has interviewed some of the biggest names in global institutional finance and sustainability. He won the respected Aon Consulting award for European Pensions and Investment Journalist of the Year in 2006. From 2004 to 2007 he was Paris Correspondent and before that Fund Management Editor at Financial News, part of the Wall Street Journal.
Prior to that he was Political and Economic advisor to Irene Khan, secretary general of Amnesty International. From 1997 to 2003 he worked at Investment & Pensions Europe (IPE) magazine where he held the position of Deputy Editor, launch Editor of IPE Real Estate and launch Editor of IPE.com.