Dr Joanne Khew is currently the Head of Sustainability at Eastspring Investments. She has about 15 years of experience in ESG and Sustainability and reports to the Chief Investment Officer. Her work includes setting the Sustainability strategy of Eastspring, enhancing Eastspring’s Responsible Investment (RI) integration, creation of proprietary RI research tools, product development, ESG reporting and stewardship. She also leads Eastspring’s participation in Sustainability related industry organizations such as the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC) and the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI).
Prior to joining Eastspring, she was Director, Sustainable Finance and Strategic Partnerships at Standard Chartered Bank where she contributed to growing the sustainable financing portfolio in Asia across sustainable debt, trade and derivative products. She was also involved in the establishment of market-making initiatives such as the Climate Impact X carbon credit marketplace.
Before her role at Standard Chartered Bank, Joanne held the role of ESG Specialist at the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank where she expanded its Sustainable Capital Markets Initiative, ensuring ESG and Climate integration across the investment cycle for capital market, loans and private equity products.
Dr. Joanne Khew earned her Ph.D. (Sustainability Science) from the University of Tokyo and is also a Senior Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore where she focuses on ESG Data for Finance and Investments.