22 Apr 2010
Will Oulton is to join Mercer as European Head of Responsible Investment within its Investment Consulting business, based in London. Oulton starts in his role in May.
His previous position was as Director of Responsible Investment at FTSE Group where he led the management and development of FTSE's responsible investment services, including the FTSE4Good, FTSE KLD, and FTSE Environmental Markets indices. He is widely recognised as a leading thinker in the responsible investment world and is a board member of the Responsible Investment Academy of Australia and a member of UKSiF's Sustainable Pensions Advisory Board. He was also recently appointed as Vice President of EUROSIF.
His previous position was as Director of Responsible Investment at FTSE Group where he led the management and development of FTSE's responsible investment services, including the FTSE4Good, FTSE KLD, and FTSE Environmental Markets indices. He is widely recognised as a leading thinker in the responsible investment world and is a board member of the Responsible Investment Academy of Australia and a member of UKSiF's Sustainable Pensions Advisory Board. He was also recently appointed as Vice President of EUROSIF.
“We are delighted to be expanding our global Responsible Investment team and to have Will lead our efforts in Europe,” said Andrew Kirton, Global Head of Mercer’s Investment Consulting business. “We are strongly committed to our RI offering and Will brings an impressive wealth of knowledge and experience to the team that will enable us to further enhance our services in this area.”
Helga Birden, Acting Global Head of Mercer’s Responsible Investment team, added: “Will is bringing his extensive market experience and RI product knowledge to our growing list of European and global clients and is a great fit, both with Mercer’s Responsible Investment team and the wider Mercer business.”
