Allianz Global Investors

Dr Steffen Hoerter is the Global Head of ESG at Allianz Global Investors which he joined in 2001. He is internationally responsible for the ESG integration strategy at AllianzGI including ESG Policy and Framework, ESG Investment Positioning, ESG Investment Offering/ Product Design and ESG Client Investment Advisory.

Dr Hoerter has published various whitepapers and thought leader pieces on financial materiality of ESG in Equities, ESG in Corporate Fixed Income, ESG in Sovereign Bonds and ESG in Strategic Asset Allocation. Between 2010 and 2016 he has been advising institutional investors, in particular pension funds in Europe on investment strategy, risk management and ESG.

Prior to joining Allianz Global Investors, Dr Hoerter worked as a Management Consultant for banks and risk management at an international consultancy firm. Dr Hoerter studied Business Administration in Regensburg, Edinburgh and Ingolstadt/Eichstaett. He holds a doctorate from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, where he worked as a lecturer at the Department of Finance and Banking at WFI – Ingolstadt School of Management.

Eugenia Unanyants-Jackson is a Director and Head of ESG Research at Allianz Global Investors, which she joined in 2016. Eugenia is responsible for directing ESG research, guiding and overseeing AllianzGI’s stewardship activities, including corporate governance, engagement and proxy voting, and supporting integration of ESG factors into AllianzGI’s investment process for different strategies.

Prior to joining AllianzGI, Eugenia was a Director, Governance and Sustainable Investment and Head of Corporate Governance at BMO Global Asset Management (formerly F&C Investments), a Stewardship Services Manager at Governance for Owners LLP, a Policy Analyst at Manifest Information Services, a Researcher at Pension Investments Research Consultants (PIRC). Eugenia co-chairs ICGN’s Shareholder Rights Committee and represents AllianzGI on the Governance and Engagement Committee of the Investment Association and other professional associations and networks.

Eugenia has written on corporate governance matters, covering issues related to shareholder rights, listing standards, board diversity, directors’ liabilities, cross-border voting issues, and director remuneration. Eugenia has a M.P.A. from the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs in partnership with the National Academy of Public Administration (USA). She holds the IMC designation.

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Isabel Reuss is Global Head of SRI Research at Allianz Global Investors – a position she has held since October 2018. She contributes extensively to AllianzGI’s proprietary socially responsible investment (SRI) rating methodology and the implementation of SRI filters across asset classes. Ms Reuss was previously a Senior Portfolio Manager European SRI equities and a member of the Conviction strategy team. She also co-managed AllianzGI’s European SRI flagship fund and was responsible for AllianzGI’s Climate Transition strategy, which was launched at the end of 2015. Before that, Ms Reuss was a Senior Portfolio Manager of a global sector fund for 10 years. She joined the Allianz Group in 1987 and was active in various management positions in insurance in Italy and the US. Ms Reuss has 24 years of experience in the asset-management industry, plus seven years of experience in the insurance industry. She graduated from Stanford University and is a member of AIAF (Associazione Italiana degli Analisti Finanziari); she is also a Certified AIAF Financial Analyst and an EFFAS ESG Analyst. Ms Reuss has been a member of the Italian SIF since 2011 and is part of the DVFA Kommission Corporate Governance in Germany. She is fluent in German, English, Spanish and Italian and was an Olympic finalist.