17 January 2022
Ninety One has today announced the appointment of Juliana Hansveden, CFA, as Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity. In this newly created role, Juliana will be responsible for developing a strategy which will complement Ninety One’s suite of sustainable capabilities, inclusive of Global Environment, Global Sustainable Equity, UK Sustainable Equity and Global Multi Asset Sustainable Growth. Juliana will be based in London.
With fifteen years industry experience and recognised as a triple AAA-rated Citywire Portfolio Manager, Juliana joins Ninety One from Nordea Asset Management. In her role at Nordea, Juliana was responsible for managing the €6 billion Emerging Stars Equity and Asian Stars Equity strategies. Both strategies were at the forefront of sustainable investing in Emerging Markets. Additionally, she has held roles with First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1) and BlackRock. Juliana has a Master of Science in Economics & Business from Stockholm School of Economics and has also studied at Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris (HEC Paris).
Mimi Ferrini, Co-Chief Investment Officer, Ninety One: “Juliana brings with her a tremendous depth and breadth of expertise, an outstanding track record and an extensive understanding of, and commitment to sustainability with substance. Our firm is committed to the goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and the broadening of our suite of global sustainable strategies is demonstrative of our commitment to ensure sustainability remains at the core of our business. We are particularly focussed on allocating capital to companies and industries which can drive real-world change in Emerging Markets, enabling a just and inclusive transition.”