Richard Butters

Profile

Job title

Head of Stewardship

Contact details

Work location

London, United Kingdom

Joined Aviva Investors

2014

Joined The Industry

2014

Biography

Main responsibilities

Richard leads on Stewardship within the Public Markets ESG team, including proxy voting and engagement activities. 

Experience and qualifications

Richard joined Aviva Investors as part of a graduate scheme and previously worked in the Finance Team before joining the Sustainable Investing Team. Since then, Richard has worked in a variety of ESG roles covering research, product, and integration responsibilities. This includes being an ESG fund analyst for the Aviva Investors Stewardship Funds (an ethical fund range), a Senior ESG Analyst responsible for covering the financial sector, and then leading the ESG Credit Team. Before Aviva Investors, Richard worked for a renewable energy provider and volunteered in a government funded international development programme.

Richard holds a BSc in International Management from Manchester University. Richard is also a Chartered Management Accountant (ACMA, CGMA) and holds the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing. 

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