People Moves: Redwheel adds powerhouse duo to sustainability team

Press Release - Redwheel, formerly RWC Partners, has appointed Olivia Seddon-Daines and Katherine Velasquez Rodriguez to its sustainability team, as CEO Tord Stallvik continues to push the firm's sustainable agenda throughout the business.

Seddon-Daines joins as a senior specialist, while Velasquez joins as a responsible investment associate.

In January, the firm established a centralised sustainability function, marking the occasion with the appointment of Chris Anker as its head of sustainability.

Seddon-Daines joins from Somerset Capital Management where she was head of ESG. In her new role she is responsible for supporting stewardship training and development and ESG integration.

Rodriguez joins from La Francaise Group where she worked as an ESG quantitative analyst. She will oversee the development of portfolio analysis tools to support the firm's responsible investment activities in practice.

"With highly complementary skill sets and backgrounds, Olivia and Katherine are important hires for Redwheel, and bring to a close the first phase of our work to build a team devoted to collaboration, implementation and reporting of our responsible investment activities across our client portfolios," said Anker.

Source: Investment Week