Emily Chew Managing Director, Head of Sustainability, GIC of Singapore

Emily is the Managing Director, Head of Sustainability, GIC of Singapore. She is also the Co-Chair of the Morgan Stanley Investment Management Sustainability Council. Prior to this role she was Executive Vice President and Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Calvert Research and Management and the Global Head of Sustainability for Investment Management and chairs the division’s Sustainability Council. Before joining Morgan Stanley in 2020, Emily was Global Head of ESG Research and Integration for Manulife Investment Management in Hong Kong and Boston, where she built an ESG investing program for public markets investments encompassing research, investee stewardship, thought leadership and thematic product development. Previously, Emily was Head of Asia-Pacific ESG Research for MSCI Inc. in Beijing and Hong Kong, leading a team of ESG research analysts covering the Asia-Pacific constituents of the MSCI All Country World Index. Emily commenced her career as a capital markets lawyer with Baker & McKenzie in Melbourne, Australia, with a focus on funds management, capital raisings, and REITs. Emily is a member of the CFA’s ESG Technical Committee responsible to develop an industry ESG disclosure standard for investment funds, and formerly served as rotating chair of the Steering Committee of the Climate Action 100+ investor engagement initiative, and chair of the Asian Investor Group on Climate Change. She holds an MBA from the University of Oxford, and Bachelors of Laws and Arts (honors) from the University of Melbourne.

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