With many LPs using the crisis to re-evaluate their portfolios from an ESG perspective, the spotlight for many has shifted towards more sustainable investing. Hear from a senior panel of experts about their ESG investing journeys, whether the Coronavirus pandemic has magnified concerns and the possibility of using the secondaries market to tip the balance towards a more impact-focussed portfolio.
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CloseClaire is the Head of Strategy at Palico where she oversees partnerships with institutions and key stakeholders. Her career spans 20 years in the investment management industry, handling private assets portfolios and advising endowments, families, and other institutions. Claire started her career at Cambridge Associates, followed by the Williams College Investment Office and New England Pension Consultants (NEPC). She later joined Wilshire Private Markets. Most recently she was a portfolio manager at Brown Advisory.
Claire received her BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
Paul joined Unigestion in June 2002 and is a member of Unigestion’s private equity investment committee. Paul began his career in 1995 as a financial analyst at Procter & Gamble. He then went on to advise on public and private capital raising for technology companies at Quartz Capital and was later an investment officer at BancBoston Capital, making and managing venture capital investments in Europe. Paul has a first class Master's degree in engineering, economics and management from Oxford University and is a Chartered Management Accountant.
Chris Varco is a Managing Director in the ESG and Impact Investing Group of Cambridge Associates. He works on investment research and implementation in client portfolios across the ESG, sustainable investing and impact spectrum. Prior to joining Cambridge, Chris was the Programme Director at Montpelier Foundation in London, making impact in emerging countries, the UK and USA. He remains a Trustee on the foundation board. The foundation was set up by Montpelier Investment Management, Chris was a Partner and the senior analyst in the firm, heading up investment research across asset classes, examining listed and private opportunities in equity and debt. Chris began his investment career in 2003 at Threadneedle Investments in London, as an emerging markets equities analyst and fund manager, alongside broader global sector responsibilities. He has an MSc in International Management, King’s College London and a BA in Biological Sciences, Oxford University. He is a CFA Charterholder and holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC).
Denise joined Unquote in June 2016 to spearhead our GP and LP profiling effort. She now focusses predominantly on the secondaries market and features. She is a seasoned moderator at Acuris events and a regular Unquote podcast guest and interviewer. Prior to this, she spent almost nine years at Unquote’s sister publication Debtwire as Mid-Market Editor setting up the product in 2012 after five years covering leveraged loans and the restructuring market. Denise graduated from Edinburgh University with a degree in History and also has a master's from the Victoria & Albert Museum.
