Jess Foulds

Profile

Job title

ESG Strategy Director

Work location

London, United Kingdom

Joined Aviva Investors

2021

Joined The Industry

2015

Biography

Main responsibilities

Jess works with Global Head of ESG, Mirza Baig, in the ESG Executive Office leading and coordinating ESG strategy, delivery and commercialisation across Aviva Investors. 

Experience and qualifications

Jess first joined Aviva Investors to work with Chief Responsible Investment Officer Steve Waygood in the Aviva Investors’ Sustainable Finance Centre for Excellence driving change to the financial system through market reform. Prior to joining Aviva Investors, she led sustainability and responsible investment as a policy area at the Investment Association, where she represented the views of the investment management industry to advocate for policy change and support the development of industry standards and best practice.

Jess has an undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge in Modern and Medieval Languages and a Masters’ degree from Kings College London in Intelligence and International Security.